POLITICS

The Individual bondholders resisting government’s Domestic Debt Exchange (DDE) programme are optimistic that the Joint Technical Committee set up by the Finance Minister to find solutions to the current stand-off between government and the group will successfully deliver on its mandate. The Individual bondholders have been asking government to completely exempt them from the programme and find money in the ...

North Tongu Member of Parliament Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has said that the statement which was issued by the National Cathedral Secretariat responding to his revelation on an alleged illegal payments totaling GHC 2.6m to a company called JNS actually confirms his revelation that Rev. Victor Kusi Boateng is indeed Kwabena Adu Gyamfi despite the different dates of birth, multiple TINs ...

Vice President Dr Mahamdud Bawumai has said that the gold for crude initiative is working effectively after Ghana received the first delivery on Sunday, August 15. The 40,000 metric tons of oil arrived at the Tema port on Sunday, January 15, 2023. This was announced by the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources. The Energy Ministry, the Bulk Oil Storage, ...

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has justified the ‘Gold-for Crude’ programme that has been introduced. He said it is an innovative way of easing the pressure on the local currency against the major trading ones, especially the Dollar. Speaking at the 74th annual new year school of the University of Ghana on Tuesday, January 17, he said while justifying the programme ...

Former Minister of Trade and Industry, Alan Kyerematen has presented his handover notes to the caretaker Minister Samuel Abu Jinapor. The handover ceremony took place in Accra on Monday, January  16 In a tweet, Mr Jnaipor who is the substantive Minister of Lands and Natural Resources said “Following my appointment by President Akufo-Addo as the caretaker Minister for Trade and Industry, I ...

An Economist, Dr. Theo Acheampong, says the new deadline for the domestic debt exchange programme will not be met. This follows an announcement by the Ministry of Finance on Monday, January 16. The date for the programme which has been extended three times since it was announced has faced strong opposition from various stakeholders, including individual bondholders who accuse the ...

North Tongu Member of Parliament Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has, in the form of a question to the National Cathedral Secretariat, revealed that Bishop Dag Heward-Mills has left the National Cathedral Board. “The Cathedral Secretariat by this statement confirms that Rev. Victor Kusi Boateng is indeed Kwabena Adu Gyamfi despite the different dates of birth, multiple TINs & addresses. “Too many ...

The Presidency has issued a disclaimer on the claim being made by the outgoing Minister of Trade and Industry, Alan Kyerematen to the effect that the One District, One Factory (1D1F) initiative is his brainchild. In a correspondence from the Communications Unit of the Presidency sighted by DGN Online, it stated that the claims by the Minister are false by ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured that by the middle of January or February this year, the team handling the International Monetary Fund (IMF) negotiations will conclude a full-blown deal. Mr Akufo-Addo said this while speaking at a meeting with some African-American students from the Harvard Business School at the Jubilee House, on Thursday January 12. President Akufo-Addo used ...

Lecturer and Political Communication Analyst Dr. Etse Sikanku has lauded the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, for his immense contributions to the Office of the Vice President, which he said, has significantly transformed the hitherto dormant office. In a write-up released on Wednesday, January 11, the revered scholar noted that the Office of the Vice President used to be docile, ...