Author Archives: edwardkanawu

Fighting corruption in Ghana – A Danish view

The eighteenth International Anti-Corruption Conference took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, in October 2018. The conference which was organized by Transparency International in collaboration with the government of Denmark was attended by several high profiled personalities and opened by the then Danish Prime Minister, His Excellency Lars Løkke Rasmussen. Ghana’s delegation to the conference included the Deputy Minister of Finance, Hon. ...

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Run away from corrupt deeds or face severe sanctions – SDA Church warns Sir John, GOIL boss

The Seventh-Day Adventist Church (SDA Church) in Ghana has announced its intentions to sanction church members holding positions in government, if corruption charges are leveled against them. The proposed sanctions are beside criminal charges the state might bring against them during prosecution. Dr. Kwabena Annor-Boafo, a former President of the South Central Ghana Conference of the SDA Church, said this ...

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Don’t price goods and services in dollars – BoG

The Bank of Ghana has warned against the pricing, advertising and receipt or payment for goods and services in foreign currencies. This is the third time this year the BoG has issued the notice prohibiting the act after similar calls in April and May. Some institutions and individuals trade in foreign currencies which are without authorisation according to the BoG. ...

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PPA boss case not ‘too big’ – Martin Kpebu

Legal practitioner Martin Kpebu says the corruption case against the Chief Executive Officer of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) seemed to have been blown beyond proportion. To him, he wants to know whether the actions of suspended Adjenim Boateng Adjei affected the public purse or not. “That was what I am looking at and I haven’t found it [yet],” he ...

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Made in Ghana Toyota in 2020

Toyota Tsusho Corporation of Japan has pledged that it will introduce its first assembled vehicle in Ghana by August next year. Ichiro Kashitani, President and Chief Executive Officer of Toyota Tsusho Corporation, made this known when his outfit signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Government of Ghana in Tokyo. It was for the establishment of a Toyota and ...

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Mahama paid Nalerigu nursing students to chant ‘we are sorry’

The videos and photos in which some students of the Nalerigu Nursing and Midwifery Training College are seen chanting “JM we’re are sorry” were apparently staged, MyNewsGh.com reports. The students stormed the rally grounds at Nalerigu on Day two of former President John Dramani Mahama’s ‘Thank You Tour’ of the Northeast region, clad in their school uniforms and NDC paraphernalia ...

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