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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Thursday, November 17, responded to allegations levelled against him and his Administration by Martin Amidu, the Special Prosecutor in his resignation letter. In a nine-page response, the president addressed some critical claims Martin Amidu made such as interference in the work of the Special Prosecutor; the Agyapa mineral royalties scandal; and the claims that ...

Documents sighted by The Finder indicate that the government has successfully secured a nine-floor Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) building at Ridge to house the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP). A memo from the Chief Director at Jubilee House addressed to the Chief of Staff, dated August 18, 2020, detailed efforts the government has made to provide decent accommodation ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has taken exception to allegations by the Special Prosecutor, Martin Alamisi Amidu, in his resignation letter, that he and his deputy, Jane Cynthia Naa Korshie Lamptey, have not been paid since taking office. “Your office received more than a sufficient budgetary allocation to assist it in its anti-corruption fight,” a letter from the Office of ...

Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu did not inform the board of his resignation, Board Chairperson Mrs. Linda Ofori-Kwafo of the not for profit Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) has said. According to Mrs. Ofori-Kwafo, the board got to know of Mr. Amidu’s resignation through the media. She stated, therefore, that the board will meet to discuss the plethora of concerns Mr. Amidu ...

In his resignation letter to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, former Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu, directly told the Commander-in-Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces that he could not direct him about as far as his handling of the corruption and anti-corruption assessment report of the controversial Agyapa Royalties deal was concerned, and refused to “bargain” with the President, who insisted ...

The Secretary-General of the African Development Bank Group, Professor Vincent Nmehielle has described as scary the $150 dollars being charged for COVID-19 testing at the Kotoka International Airport. Prof. Nmehielle is calling on the government to review the amount and reduce it adding that the charge is a disincentive for the business community and tourists who are interested in traveling ...

The arrest of four persons conducting research for the oppositionNational Democratic Congress, NDC, in the Upper Manya Krobo Constituency of the Eastern Region has heightened political tension in the area. The four were arrested Saturday, November 14, 2020, by armed Police officers led by the District Police Commander John Yeboah while in a community administering questionnaires. They were, however, granted ...

Emma Mitchell says she resigned as a Minister under Rawlings’s administration because of “a very strong difference” she had with the late former President. Speaking to Joy News on Sunday, the former Trade and Industry Minister disclosed that the late Jerry John Rawlings had his own challenges as a leader, something that soiled a good relationship they had and not ...

Koku Anyidoho, the former Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress has lost his daughter, Allotey Jacobs, the former Central Regional Chairman of the party has confirmed. The 8-year-old girl who is known as Sitsofe reportedly died in an accident while travelling with her mother. Allotey Jacobs made this disclosure when he spoke on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen program ...

Door corona zijn er straks misschien wel een miljoen huishoudens met problematische schulden. Zover mag het volgens staatssecretaris Bas van ‘t Wout (Sociale Zaken, VVD) niet komen. En dus doet hij een oproep aan vooral ondernemers en zzp’ers met geldzorgen: ‘Vraag de overheid om hulp.” Laurens Kok 14-11-20, 19:00 Corona slaat het hardst toe bij mensen die het toch al ...