1,938 The Bank of Ghana (BOG) has justified its funding support to the 2022 budget presented by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government According to the BOG, the support of ¢44.5 billion to the government avoided external and domestic debt default in 2022. In a statement copied to the press, the Bank of Ghana said […]
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Kwame Sefa Kayi Weeps Over Burning Of ‘Wee’ Valued At GH¢50million By NACOC
2,004 Host of Kokrokoo on Peace FM, Kwame Sefa Kayi he stated that he is pained by the destruction of cannabis estimated to be worth GH¢50 million by the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC). Reacting to the report during a panel discussion on his morning show, the journalist noted that while the conversation around the issue […]
Special Prosecutor arrests four persons for failing to declare sources of income
654 The Special Prosecutor has arrested four persons – three public servants and one civil servant – and charged them for failing to comply and declare sources of income in contravention of regulation 20 of LI2374. The four, Issah Seidu, James Keck Osei, John Abban and Peter Archibald Hyde are due to appear before the […]
Contribute to Ghana’s dev’t or get sacked- Akufo-Addo to SOEs
771 President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has cautioned Chairpersons of Boards and Chief Executives of State Owned Enterprises to sit up and collaborate with the government and bring forth strategic ways to develop the country or face expulsion from his government. He also charged CEOs of State Owned Enterprises to help change the current economic […]
Confidence in the Ghanaian economy is diminishing – BoG data
617 Data from the Bank of Ghana indicates a downward trajectory of both consumer and business confidence in the general economy since the end of 2020. Both the Consumer and Business Confidence Indices have consistently been below the 100 mark since January 2021. The consumer confidence index has averaged 86.13 during this period while the […]
Joe Ghartey to begin nationwide ‘Tour of Hope and Unity’ ahead of NPP primaries
652 Former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Joe Ghartey, who is vying to become the presidential candidate of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), will begin a nationwide tour of Ghana on Monday, February 13, 2023. The tour has been dubbed: ‘Tour of Hope and Unity.’ The veteran politician and ex-Minister of Railways Development […]
No amount of lies, propaganda can stop Sammi Awuku from contesting Akropong seat – Kenneth Offei Asah
650 New Patriotic Party (NPP) activist, Kenneth Offei Asah has assured all and sundry that former National Organiser of the party Sammi Awuku is poised to contest the Akropong seat, warning that persons fabricating lies and propaganda against him will not succeed since he is undeterred. Sammi Awuku, who is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) […]
MTN Introduces New Network Code – 053
814 MTN Ghana has announced the addition of a new network code 053. This new network code complements the existing codes of 024, 025, 054, 055 and 059. Commenting on the new network code, the Chief Sales and Distribution Officer of MTN Ghana, Samuel Addo, said “in this digital age, it is important we ensure […]
Withdraw your unconstitutional letter to the Auditor-General -NDC to Attorney General
627 The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has become aware of a letter addressed to the Auditor-General, by the Attorney-General, Godfred Yeboah Dame in which he condemned the latter over his publication of the report on the Special Audit of COVID-19 expenditures of the Government of Ghana for the period March 2020 to June 2022. The […]
Shocking:About 2.3 million kids in Ghana have no desk at school – EduWatch
644 There are about 2.3 million children in Ghana’s public basic schools, who lack desks, according to education think tank, Africa Educational Watch (EduWatch). Africa Education Watch disclosed this in an alert dated February 6, 2023. It quoted the Ministry of Education’s data that indicated that by 2021, about 596,000 KG pupils, representing half of […]