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Steps are being taken to mitigate the impact of DDEP on financial sector – Akufo-Addo

1,823  President Akufo-Addo has said that government is taking steps to mitigate the impact of the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP) on the financial sector. Speaking at the 2023 International Labour Day parade he stated that among other things the government has established the Ghana Financial Stability Fund as earlier announced as part of the […]

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Election 2024:NPP doesn’t need Muslims, Northerners to break the 8 – NPP MP

2,304  New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for the Subin Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Eugene Boakye Antwi, has asserted that the NPP needs to not bother much about winning votes from areas with high Muslim or “Northern” populations but rather concentrate its energies on predominantly Akan or Christian areas since these areas […]

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Galamsey: Akufo-Addo putting Presidency on the line was only a figure of speech – Charles Bissue

1,588  former presidential staffer, Charles Onuawonto Bissue, has provided a new context to one of the most emphatic statements of President Nana Akufo-Addo’s own yardsticks for assessing the performance of his administration. In July 2017, the President served a strong notice of his readiness to put his all into the quest to fight illegal mining, […]

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Two lawyers ready to offer free legal services to Prof Frimpong-Boateng

2,809  Private legal practitioner lawyer Oliver Barker-Vormawor has offered to give free legal services to Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng following the defamation suit filed against him by lawyer Gabby Otchere-Darko. According to him, the former environment minister and chair of the inter-ministerial committee on illegal mining as a former heart surgeon saved his brother’s life. In […]

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Amenfi East NPP Parliamentary Candidate Donates 50 Bags Of Cement To Constituents

1,862  The Wassa Amanfi East constituency of the New Patriotic Party in the Western region, has received 50 bags of cement from the Chief Executive Officer of the “The Project Consult”, and Parliamentary aspirant hopeful,Dr. Isaac Nana Afriyie.   Dr. Isaac Nana Afriyie, who made the presentation on Friday, 28th April, 2023 explained that the […]

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It will be scandalous for Akufo-Addo to interfere in galamsey fight – Lands Minister

1,588  The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abdulai Jinapor, has debunked claims of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s interference in the fight against illegal mining and that it would be scandalous for him to do that. “The President will not countenance interference in the galamsey fight,” he stressed. He stated this during an […]

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Struggling Ghana loses access to Eurobond market, faces depleting reserves

1,531S In June 2022, when Ghana approached the IMF for a $3 billion bailout package, it was because the country’s gross international reserves had begun to deplete so rapidly that it placed enormous pressure on the cedi, making it extremely difficult to meet its import bills. According to the 2023 International Monetary Fund Regional Economic […]

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Abu Jinapor defends Oppong Nkrumah over Prof. Frimpong-Boateng’s report

1,720  Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Samuel Abu Jinapor has defended Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah against allegations that he attempted to sabotage Professor Frimpong-Boateng while serving as Chairman of the now-defunct Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM). Kojo Oppong Nkrumah was accused of gathering media to write unfavourable stories regarding Prof. Frimpong-Boateng’s work as […]