POLITICS

The former Chief Justice Sophia Akufo was supported by the Majority Leader of Parliament, Hon. Kyei Mensah Bonsu, for participating in a picket at the Finance Ministry over the Domestic Debt Exchange Program (DDEP). The lawmaker said he disagrees with those who think it was wrong for the stateswoman to …

The Ghanaian people have been assured by the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, of the Government’s commitment to effectively resolving the challenges the country is now facing. On Sunday, February 12, 2023, President Akufo-Addo said in remarks at the 18th Consultative Council Meeting of the Anglican Church …

The Attorney General, Godfred Dame, has been urged by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to rescind his letter to the Auditor-General about the posting of the Covid-19 audit report on its website. In a letter to the Auditor-General, the Attorney General criticized the latter for publishing a report on the …

Former Chief Justice (CJ) Sophia Akuffo has urged Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta to start over and develop a plan that will be acceptable to the government and bondholders. According to the former CJ, the agreement made when the bonds were purchased is still in effect until this is done. Ms. …

Galamseyers, also known as illegal miners, have been cautioned by Hon. Ernest Ofosu, the district chief executive for Fanteakwa South in the Eastern Region, to stop their activity or face arrest and legal action. He said that unlawful mining had severely harmed the environment, particularly water bodies and farmlands, and …

Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia, Ghana’s Vice President, has ordered the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) to build the Ejuraman Anglican Senior High School SHS in the Ashanti Region an ultramodern dining hall facility. The order was given in response to a request for a permanent dining hall for the school made …

Sophia Akuffo, a former chief justice, asserted that since she is no longer employed by the government, she is free to express her views. She believes that the government has failed and that it owes the elderly some respect. It is disrespectful and illegal to include pension bondholders in the …

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has warned the Ministry of Finance and the whole government against trying to reclassify the GMA’s Pension Fund as something other than a Pension Fund and place it under the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP), as such a move will be vehemently opposed. The 2nd …

The Domestic Debt Exchange Program (DDEP), which would put “haircuts” on the bonds, has been opposed by the Ghana Individual Bondholders Forum (IBF), which has asked all bondholders to hold onto their bonds. The IBF claims that if bondholders in the various DDEP categories signed up for the scheme, they …

In order to demand that their investments be spared from the government’s Domestic Debt Exchange scheme, pensioner bondholders continued their picketing outside the Ministry of Finance on Friday. On the fifth day of their demonstration, Sophia Akuffo, a former chief justice, joined them and carried a placard. Members of the …