Business News of Monday, 23 January 2023 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu, Auditor-General The Auditor-General has released a report on government’s expenditure made during the COVID-19 pandemic covering the period between March 2020 to June 2022. The special audit report has been prepared under Section 16 of the Audit Service Act, 2000 (Act 584) for submission to Parliament. It detailed the various expenditure made ...
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Test run on €125 million Kumasi Airport begins
Kumasi International Airport Test run for the €125 million newly-constructed Kumasi International Airport has begun, AviationGhana checks at the facility have revealed. The ongoing test run is imperative ahead of the operationalization of the facility for scheduled and charter flights sometime this year. The Kumasi Airport project comprises the extension of the runway from 1,981m to 2,300m that can accommodate ...
Read More »National Cathedral Board of Trustees respond to Heward-Mills’ ‘leaked’ resignation letter
Bishop Dag Heward-Mills The Board of Trustees of the National Cathedral has responded to contents of the resignation letter of one of its members, portions of which have been published in the media this week. The August 2022 resignation letter of Bishop Dag Heward-Mills found its way into the media with some of the reasons he gave for leaving ...
Read More »Economic downturn softens as Ghana cedi, inflation improve – S&P Global
Business News of Friday, 6 January 2023 File photo of Ghana cedis notes While Ghana’s private sector remained in contraction territory at the end of 2022, there were signs of the downturn softening in the latest survey period, according to purchasing manager index posted by S&P Global on Thursday. The report noted that inflationary pressures also moderated in December as ...
Read More »Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu announces exit from parliament after 28 years
General News of Friday, 6 January 2023 Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, Majority Leader and MP for Suame Member of Parliament (MP) for the Suame constituency, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has announced that he will not be contest to return to the lawmaking chamber in the 2024 polls. The MP who is also the Majority Leader disclosed in an interview on Wontumi TV (January 3) ...
Read More »‘No prophecy would win us 2024’ – Sam George cautions NDC to work hard
Sam Nartey George, MP for Ningo Prampram Sam Nartey George, the Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram has tasked the National Democratic Congress (NDC) with undertaking a robust reorganization and galvanization of its structures ahead of the 2024 General Elections. The lawmaker in a January 1, 2023 open letter to party cautioned that 2023 will be critical to the ...
Read More »Build your own stadium in Ghana and name it after Pele – Ghanaians tell FIFA
The late Pele and FIFA President, Gianni Infantino Some Ghanaians on social media have hurled at the world’s football governing body, FIFA to construct a stadium in Ghana before thinking about naming a stadium after the late football legend Pele. FIFA president, Gianni Infantino who was in Sao Paulo in Brazil for Pele’s funeral disclosed that FIFA plans to ask ...
Read More »Special Prosecutor allegedly rejects insufficient GH¢20,000 salary – Report
General News of Tuesday, 3 January 2023 Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng allegedly rejected a GH¢20,000 salary government wanted to pay as his salary because the amount was too small. A report by the nynewsgh.com portal states that Agyebeng is therefore demanding a personal salary and series of allowances more befitting of his status until which time he is ...
Read More »Bawumia announces another digitalization landmark as e-pharmacy platform goes live
General News of Tuesday, 3 January 2023 Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia The Ghana National Electronic Pharmacy Platform, otherwise known as e-Pharmacy platform, goes live nationwide today, Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has announced. Ghana’s nationwide e-pharmacy platform, the first of its kind in any African country, and one of the few in the world, is a platform of registered pharmacies, ...
Read More »Decongest Kumasi or Nananom will do it – Bantamahene sends strong warning to KMA
Bantamahene Baffour Owusu Amankwatia VI The Paramount Chief of Bantama in the Ashanti Region, Baffour Owusu Amankwatia VI, has bemoaned the rampant mounting of kiosks and containers causing congestion within the Kumasi metropolis. According to the paramount chief, the development has turned the once blooming city of Kumasi which was referred to as the Garden city into a village. Sharing ...
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