POLITICS

President Nana Akufo-Addo has said his government is not unable to tackle the economic crisis buffeting Ghana currently. Addressing a meeting with the Council of State at the Jubilee House on Tuesday, 22 March 2022, Mr Akufo-Addo said: “It is no secret that our economy is going through difficult times”. “It is also no secret that we are not alone ...

Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto on Tuesday, March 14, 2022, welcomed a Canadian delegation led by the Minister for International Development, Harjit S. Sajjan, to The Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ghana. The Canadian government has been investing in the Agricultural sector of the country through a whole range of initiatives by our long-standing relationship, thus, the purpose of the visit ...

The Association of Importers and Exporters of Ghana has implore President Nana Akufo-Addo to sack the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Ernest Addison over the depreciation of the cedi against the dollar and other major international currencies of trade. At the BoG’s recent Monetary Policy Committee meeting, Dr Addison said: “Gross International Reserves at the end of February ...

The Vice Chairman of the Conventions People’s Party (CPP) Onzy Kwame Nkrumah has filed an interlocutory injunction against his party Chairperson Nana Frimpomaa Sarpong Kumankuma seeking to stop her from performing her leadership duties. The application filed by the son of Ghana’s first President Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah is seeking for six reliefs. Onzy Nkrumah per his statement of claim ...

Investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni has wondered why the government has paid GHS100 million to a private waste company to dredge the Odaw river when the same water body was dredged for free by former President John Mahama’s brother, Mr Ibrahim Mahama, a few years ago. He wrote the following on Facebook: GHANA IS NOT BROKE! THIS IS HOW THEY ...

Assin North MP James Gyakye Quayson’s application challenging the High Court’s ruling that declared his election as null and void has been thrown out by the Court of Appeal. This effectively nullifies his stay of execution application. Presiding judge Irene Charity Larbi said on Tuesday, 22 March 2022 that Mr Gyakye Quayson did not comply with the court’s directive that ...

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has commissioned the 5th and 6th Distribution Centres for Zipline Ghana at Anum and Kete Krachi. “When the government, led by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo satisfied itself with the knowledge behind Zipline’s innovation and how it will improve access to vital medical supplies, we became interested and more eager to ensure that ...

Tullow Oil plc, an independent oil & gas, exploration and production group, quoted on the London, Irish and Ghanaian stock exchanges, has said it has completed the pre-emption of the Deep Water Tano component of Kosmos Energy/Occidental Petroleum Ghana transaction. The Group, which has interests in over 30 exploration and production licences across eight countries, said in a statement dated ...

Samuel A. Jinapor, Minister for Lands and Natural Resources and member of Parliament for Damango says the ongoing implementation of the digitalization of records at the Lands Commission is to among others promote transparency and inject a high level of efficiency in the Land services delivery of the country. The Hon. Minister said this when he led a team from ...

The Minister for Trade and Industry, Mr. Alan Kyerematen has attributed the delay in the payment of interest subsides to de-risk loans for Pharmaceutical Companies participating in the 1-District-1-Factory Programme to delay in release of funds from the Ministry of Finance. According to the Trade and Industry Minister, another reason for the delay in the payment of interest subsides can ...