POLITICS

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has a new leader in charge of its parliamentary caucus. Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson has been named as the new Minority Leader, according to a letter to the Speaker of Parliament to that effect, which was signed by General Secretary Fifi Kwetey. As deputy minority …

The government’s agenda 111 projects in certain areas of the Ashanti Region have been delayed, which has alarmed the minority in parliament. The contractor hired to build the Kwabenakwa district hospital in the Obuasi East municipality was paid roughly $1 million, according to the Minority, but not even a foundation …

The terms of banks’ involvement in the Domestic Debt Exchange Program(DDEP) have seen major advancements between the Ghanaian government and the Ghana Association of Banks (GAB). Final adjustments to the program’s conditions are included in the revised agreement. These include a commitment to pay a 5% coupon in 2023 and …

According to the Auditor General, the Information Ministry paid itself Ghc151,000 as a Covid-19 payment for working under a lockdown. Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu, the Auditor-General, has ordered the Information Ministry to repay around 151,500 to its own management and personnel without permission. In Mr. Asiedu’s examination of Covid-19 transactions for …

In order to use a facility as a COVID-19 isolation center in Adaklu in the Volta Region, the Ministry of Health (MoH) entered into a 25-year finance lease agreement in 2020 for a total of Ghc15,265,000.00. However, the arrangement was never utilised. The facility was never used for what it …

According to the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC), Ghanaians should not believe rumours that the government’s upcoming Gold for Oil Policy will result in lower costs for petroleum goods. In an interview with Ghanatodayonline.com, COPEC’s Executive Secretary Duncan Amoah said that even if the anticipated 40,000 tons of distribution do …

When the Bishop brought up a recent news story alleging that Chinese illegal miners had invaded the town of Adum Dominase in the Western Region and are destroying over seventy acres of cocoa farms as well as water sources, he was obviously enraged. The Most Reverend Afrifa Agyekum questioned why …

Mr. Samuel Kofi Amoah, the Greater Accra Regional Deputy Communications Director of the Ghana Private Roads Transport Union (GPRTU) of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), is pleading with the Roads and Highway Minister to remove the abandoned toll booths on the Accra-Tema expressway immediately in order to save lives. He …

According to the Auditor General, the government has spent $80 million for vaccinations that have not yet been delivered. The Auditor General claims that although the government spent over $120 million on vaccinations, only $38 million worth of them really arrived at UNICEF and the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT). …

Ken Ofori- Atta’s continued tenure as finance minister, according to Sylvester Tetteh, Member of Parliament (MP) for Bortianor-Ngleshie-Amanfro, will harm the banking industry. To regain some trust in the banking industry, the mp urged that the president revoke the appointment of the finance minister. The minister’s involvement in the talks …