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 …
Read More »Keep your bonds, the Individual Bondholders Forum advises bondholders
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 …
Read More »Sophia Akuffo joins bondholders to picket at Finance Ministry
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 …
Read More »Boakye Agyarko begins campaign tour from his mother’s home
Today Friday, February 10, 2023, Hon. Boakye Agyarko, a former energy minister and founding member of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), will launch his statewide campaign tour under the banner of “Restoring Hope” in an effort to win the NPP’s presidential candidacy. This is a part of his vision, …
Read More »Court remands Suame NDC Youth Organizer for instigating political violence ahead of elections
Razak Kuampa Avoliya, a National Democratic Congress (NDC) Suame Constituency Youth Organizer, has been remanded into police prison by the Asokwa Circuit Court for allegedly instigating violence. The suspect will show up in court once more on February 14, 2023. The NDC executive has been accused of acting offensively. The …
Read More »We want total exemption from Domestic Debt Exchange Program -Pensioner Bondholders Forum
Today, Thursday, February 9, 2023, the Pensioner Bondholders Forum’s picket at the Ministry of Finance has reached its fourth day. In order to emphasize their requests that their assets be spared from the government’s Domestic Debt Exchange Program, members of the Pensioner Bondholders Forum continued to picket today. The government …
Read More »Reduce government size and expenses – Pentecostal and Charismatic Council to Akufo-Addo
According to the Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC), it is important to reduce spending and the size of the government apparatus in order to instill confidence in the ability to handle the economic problems facing the nation. The ecumenical group also emphasized how crucial it was for the government …
Read More »Recent extension for Debt Exchange Programme has received excellent feedback – Deputy Finance Minister
Following Tuesday’s deadline for the Debt Exchange Programme, the Ministry of Finance opened a three-day administrative window for bondholders who had not yet finished the registration processes to do so. The ministry has now stated that it is receiving the necessary response from various stakeholders and individuals. On Thursday, February …
Read More »Agradaa,four others granted Ghc100,000 bail bond with three sureties for circulating nude photos
Patricia Asiedua alias Nana Agradaa and three other people are in court in Accra on allegations that they illegally distributed videos of Prophet Emmanuel Appiah’s genital. Agradaa, the founder of Heaven Way Champion Ministry, has been accused of spreading intimate images without consent. The three others are accused of encouraging …
Read More »NPP MPs urges Akufo-Addo to fulfill his promise by sacking Ofori-Atta
Asante Akim North representative in parliament, Andy Appiah-Kubi has urged President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to keep his vow to oust Ken Ofori-Atta, the troubled Minister of Finance, from last year. Appiah-Kubi, the head of the controversial “Ken Must Go” coalition of governing party lawmakers, vowed to stop supporting government …
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