John Dramani Mahama, a former President of Ghana, has urged recent graduates to resist the unhealthy temptation of exploiting their positions of leadership to further partisan or personal agendas that would be detrimental to the organization or country they have been chosen to represent. He challenged the graduates to get …
Read More »Low to middle income earners targeted in Pokuase Housing Project – Housing Minister
The recently announced Pokuase Housing Project, according to Francis Asenso-Boakye, Minister for Works and Housing, has been designed to ensure that middle-class earners are not priced out. The Minister claimed that the project started with the common people as its foundation and would not stray from it. The sector minister …
Read More »Bank of Ghana blames Ghc60bn loss on COCOBOD loans and DDEP
The Bank of Ghana’s unprecedented GHC 60 billion loss has been attributed by the central bank on the government’s Domestic Debt Exchange Program (DDEP) and COCOBOD loans. The Bank of Ghana’s audited financial statement for the fiscal year 2022 indicated the large loss. The Central Bank reportedly recorded a profit …
Read More »Saglemi Housing project completion will be expensive – Akufo-Addo justifies
The government’s decision to start a new National Affordable Housing Project rather than continuing with the Saglemi Housing project, which was started during the previous John Mahama administration but later stalled due to doubts about its viability, has been justified by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. President Akufo-Addo explained that …
Read More »Chief Justice justifies contempt summons to Dormaahene
Judges who remark on ongoing court cases may be subject to contempt charges, according to Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo. Speaking at the 7th Annual Legal Ethics Training Programme sponsored by the African Centre on Law and Ethics (ACLE) at GIMPA’s law faculty, Justice Torkornoo argued that since judges’ conduct rules …
Read More »Comprehensive master plan developed for Pokuase Housing Project – Asenso-Boakye
Hon. Francis Asenso-Boakye, Minister of Works and Housing, says the government has created a thoughtful master plan for the Pokuase Housing Project. The government does not want this initiative to experience the same setbacks as the other housing projects, according to the sector minister. On Tuesday, August 1, Mr. Asenso-Boakye …
Read More »Akufo-Addo gov’t committed to completing Saglemi Housing Project, others started by previous administrations – Asenso-Boakye
According to Francis Asenso-Boakye, Minister of Works and Housing, President Akufo-Addo is determined to finishing all housing projects started by past administrations. According to Mr. Asenso-Boakye, the government is taking the necessary actions to resurrect the Saglemi Housing Project and other initiatives that ran into serious difficulties. On Tuesday, August …
Read More »Ejura Traditional Council meets with Ejura people living abroad on developmental projects
A delegation from the Ejura Traditional Council met with Ejura people living abroad to talk about methods to build up communities there. The fact that the delegation was led by Oheneba Owusu Bekoe, the Ejura Maawerehene, and that it was the traditional council’s and the diaspora’s second meeting shows how …
Read More »Crude oil prices projected to fall – Ken Ofori-Atta
The Finance Minister, Hon. Ken Ofori-Atta has said that crude oil is projected to fall from an average of US$96.4 a barrel in 2022 to US$73.1 a barrel in 2023. He said that the price of crude oil declined by 15.7% between August 2022 and February 2023. This was due …
Read More »Exchange rate has stabilized, inflation has softened, and interest rates have declined – Ken Ofori-Atta
In his 2023 mid-year budget review, Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta stated that the government’s efforts to lessen the effects of COVID-19 and the current economic difficulties had been successful in stabilizing fluctuating exchange rates, taming inflation, and lowering interest rates. In his address, the finance minister credited the accomplishments …
Read More »