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Manso Nkwanta Demo: DCE Meets Commercial Drivers…Set To Kick-start Grading Of Road After 2 Weeks

206  The Amansie West District Assembly on Wednesday, 20th September, 2023 had an urgent meeting with the leadership of the various transport unions who staged a demonstration against government owing to the bad road network in the area on Tuesday, 19th September, 2023. It took the form of a dialogue, aimed at giving an official […]

Politics

GUTA warns GRA of intimidation

238    The President of the Ghana Union of Traders Association ( GUTA) Dr. Joseph Obeng, has warned the Ghana Revenue Authority ( GRA) against using intimidating tactics to implement the Upfront Payment of the Value Added Tax ( VAT). At a press conference in Accra on Wednesday 20, September Dr. Obeng said GUTA members […]

Business

Pensioner bondholders reject new DDEP

231  The Pensioner Bondholders has declared members intention not to be part of the government’s fresh Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP). Government has invited bondholders including pensioners to be part of the Programme, which will be restricted to ESLA Plc and Daakye Trust Plc bonds. This was contained in a letter issued by the Ministry […]

Politics

Deputy Minority Leader (Hon Armah Buah) Donates GHS10k To Refurbish Dr Kwame Nkrumah Museum

296  With a day to the celebration of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah’s birthday on September 21, the Member of Parliament for Ellembelle, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has called on Ghanaians to celebrate him more often, not just on his birthday. Armah-Kofi Buah also bemoaned the deteriorating state of Dr. Nkrumah’s Museum at Nkroful, his first burial place […]

Crime

Riot at Ofankor Timber Market as traders burn tyres, block road over ‘unlawful eviction’

382  A riot broke out amongst a group of agitated youth of Ofankor Timber Market in Accra this morning. The youth, primarily traders, expressed their discontent, stating they had rented the space and regularly made payments. However, occupants were reportedly harassed in the early hours of the day by armed men reportedly sent by the […]