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 …
Read More »Ofori-Atta continues to blame Ghana’s economic problem on Covid-19 and the Russia-Ukraine war
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 …
Read More »German Bundestag delegation visits Ghana Parliament
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 …
Read More »“Leave our pensioners alone, you can solve the problem without touching their small money” – Bagbin to Ofori-Atta
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 …
Read More »“Use Parliamentary language, not the language in a chop bar or marketplace” – Bagbin to MPs
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 …
Read More »Pensioners who didn’t participate in Domestic Debt Exchange Programme exempted – Finance Minister
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 …
Read More »President Akufo-Addo reconstitutes Hajj Board; Hajj Board Secretariat
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has reconstituted the Hajj Board. The new composition is as follows: HAJJ BOARD 1.Alhaji Ben Abdallah Banda- Chairman 2.Habib Iddrisu – Member 3.Hajia Safia Mohammed – Member 4.Chief Saddique …
Read More »Government pays Gh¢1,218,897 compensation to Ejura shooting victims
The three victims of the notorious shooting incident at Ejura in the Ashanti Region received a total of Gh1,218,897 from the Ghanaian government. Awal Mesbawu, 17, received Gh 678 519, Louis Ayikpa, 22, received Gh 347 953 and Nazif Nuhu, 31, received Gh 192 425 for each of the three …
Read More »Reduce size of gov’t, merge some ministries – Sophia Akuffo
Former Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo has advised that some ministries ought to be combined and underperforming ministers replaced. Ms. Akuffo, who has recently spoken out against the government’s decision to include pension funds in the ongoing domestic debt exchange program, said having too many ministries is proving to be counterproductive …
Read More »Akufo-Addo’s gov’t is not only indifferent in the fight against corruption – they are collaborators! -Mahama
According to former president John Mahama, Attorney General Godfred Dame’s recent request in a letter to the Auditor-General to remove the Covid-19 audit report off the Audit Service website “is plainly aimed to quiet him and create a favorable environment for corruption to thrive.” Tweeted by Mr. Mahama: “President Nana …
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