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FULL TEXT: President Akufo-Addo’s state of the nation address

Business News of Wednesday, 8 March 2023   President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo President Akufo-Addo was in Parliament to present the 2023 state of the nation address on March 8, 2023. The President stated that the address will be a slight digression from the usual state of the nation addresses in former years due to the state of Ghana’s economy. He said: ...

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Ghana Card use as E-Passport on the rise as KIA records 1,089 arrivals in 2022

General News of Tuesday, 28 February 2023 Source: peacefmonline.com File photo of Ghana Card sample The use of the Ghana Card as an electronic travel document by Ghanaians arriving in the country is on the rise, data by the Ghana Immigration Service shows. The biometric national identity card was officially certified by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) as meeting the ...

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Ghanaians abroad will pay between US$20 and US$50 for Ghana Card – NIA CEO

  Ghanaian nationals are required to pay between $20 and $50 to have their cards   The Chief Executive Officer of the National Identification Authority (NIA), Prof. Kenneth Agyemang Attafuah has disclosed that Ghanaian nationals abroad who seek to acquire a Ghana Card will have to make some financial commitments. Speaking in an interview on Peace FM’s morning show “Kokrokoo”, ...

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MP’s criminal case: Your application is an abuse of court processes – SC to Tsikata

Regional News of Wednesday, 1 March 2023 Source: starrfm.com.gh Tsatsu Tsikata An attempt by the lawyers of the embattled Member of Parliament for Assin North, led by Tsatsu Tsikata for leave to file an additional ground to their review application has failed. Following the Supreme court’s dismissal of an earlier application challenging a High Court ruling in his criminal trial, James ...

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Nobody can stop government business in parliament – Majority Leader

Osei Bonsu Amoah, Minister of State-Designate, Ministry of Local Government, Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has stated unequivocally that no one in Parliament can obstruct government business. The leader, who is also the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, made these remarks in his closing remarks after Electoral Commission officials explained why they wanted to use the Ghana card as the sole form of identification for ...

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Ghana card will not be used to vote in 2024 – Jean Mensa

General News of Wednesday, 1 March 2023 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Jean Mensa, Chairperson of the EC The chairperson of the electoral commission, Jean Mensa, has stated that the Ghana Card will not be used to vote in the 2024 general elections. According to her, the Ghana Card is only a requirement to register as a voter. “I wish to emphasize that the Ghana ...

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IMF deal: Chinese delegation in Ghana as government restructures external debts

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed confidence that with the cooperation Government is receiving from members of the Paris Club and China, it would be able to conclude finally an agreement with the International Monetary Fund, (IMF) by the end of March. President Akufo-Addo said the Chinese Government has sent a delegation from China’s Eximbank to Accra, over the ...

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Meerderheid Kamer voor TikTok-verbod op werktelefoons van ambtenaren

De vier coalitiepartijen VVD, D66, CDA en ChristenUnie willen dat het rijksambtenaren wordt verboden TikTok op hun werktelefoon te hebben. Dat stellen de partijen nadat de Amerikaanse Senaat eind vorig jaar unaniem stemde voor eenzelfde verbod in de Verenigde Staten. Daarmee is steun van een Kamermeerderheid. Redactie politiek 15-02-23, 17:13 Laatste update: 15-02-23, 17:28 ,,We moeten niet naïef zijn en de weg van de Amerikaanse ...

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Kleine meerderheid Nederlanders is voor ‘proefballon’ om dienstplicht weer in te voeren

MET VIDEOHet plan om een maatschappelijk of militair dienstjaar in te voeren voor jongeren, valt vooral bij ouderen in goede aarde. Per saldo is een bescheiden meerderheid van de Nederlandse bevolking (57 procent) te spreken over herinvoering van zo’n dienstplicht, blijkt uit een peiling van actualiteitenprogramma EenVandaag. Edwin van der Aa 16-02-23, 03:00 Laatste update: 08:39 Sinds 1 mei 1997 roept het ministerie van ...

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DDEP deadline ends February 7 as no further extensions announced

The deadline for Ghana’s domestic debt exchange programme ends on Tuesday February 7, 2023 after various extensions since the programme was announced in December 2022. The Finance Minister in an address on February 6, 2023, urged all institutional and individual bondholders to sign on to the programme. He noted that “However, we admit that there were legitimate and critical concerns ...

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