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The Pensioners Bondholders Forum has received a letter from the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, informing them that they are excluded from the Domestic Debt Exchange Program (DDEP). This comes after a week of loud protests outside the Ministry’s forecourt over what some older residents fear would ruin their finances. According …

Peter Tenganabang Nanfuri, a former Inspector General of Police (IGP), has passed away. On Friday morning, he died away following a brief illness. Peter Nanfuri, who is now deceased, was IGP from October 1, 1996, to January 21, 2001. In his stead, Ernest Owusu-Opoku took over. He served as IGP …

In response to the news of the exemption from the government’s domestic debt exchange program, members of the Pensioner Bondholders Forum have expressed happiness. “I’m happy this is finally over and there will be nobody at the Ministry from tomorrow,” After the Minister’s announcement in parliament on Thursday, Dr. Adu …

The Speaker of Parliament has been urged to call the Governor of the Bank of Ghana immediately to brief the House on the different activities of the central bank, according to the deputy ranking member of the parliament’s finance committee. The Ranking Member claims that the invitation will be focused …

The House of Legislators has been urged by John Jinapor, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Yapei Kusawgu in the Savannah Region, to vote a resolution compelling Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta to exclude pensioners from the government’s Domestic Debt Exchange Program (DDEP). Mr. Jinapor also urged the passage of a …

Ken Ofori-Atta, the finance minister, has repeated what he sees as the root of the current economic problem. The Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 and the conflict between Russia and Ukraine were highlighted by the minister as the country’s problems. On Thursday, Mr. Ofori-Atta was before the House of Representatives to …

Members of the Ghanaian Parliament’s Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee, Judiciary Committee, Subsidiary Legislation Committee, and Foreign Affairs Committee were visited today by an eight-person delegation from the German Bundestag’s Committee on Legal Affairs. Hon. Kwame Anyimadu-Antwi, the chairman of the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee, welcomed the …

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has been instructed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives not to touch pensioner funds. According to Alban Bagbin, the current financial problem may be resolved without using pensioner monies. The former Nadowli Kaleo MP concluded the House’s session on Thursday, February 16, by …

On Thursday, February 16, 2023, Alban Bagbin, Speaker of the House, warned Members of Parliament against using unparliamentary language. When Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta appeared in Parliament to inform the chamber on the government’s Domestic Debt Exchange Program, the Speaker made this statement (DDEP). Mr. Bagbin pleaded with the house …

According to confirmation from Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, all pensioners who chose not to exchange their old bonds for new ones under the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP) have been spared from the program. On February 16, 2023, Ofori-Atta spoke to Parliament about the status of the Domestic Debt Exchange …