President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the Bank of Ghana (BoG) should take part of the blame for sitting down unconcerned for the country to suffer the current banking sector predicament. He said if the Central Bank in years past had acted ‘responsibly’, the country would not have faced a situation where about 15 banks are going out of ...
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Ghana blessed to have a listening President – Council of State
The Council of State has described President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo- Addo as a listening President who takes his advisors seriously. This, according to the Council of State is based on the expeditious manner in which the President accepted and implemented the recommendation for a downward review of the tariff regime at the country’s port of entry. The Council said ...
Read More »Judges frustrating my Galamsey fight – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Akufo-Addo has said the amended illegal mining law has had to take away some discretions of judges because they have not been helpful to the fight against galamsey. At a meeting with the Council of State on Monday, 19 August 2019, the President said he gave his assent to the Minerals and Mining (Amendment) Act, 2019. The Act ...
Read More »50 warehouses ready
The Akufo–Addo government, through the Minister for Special Development Initiatives, has constructed 50 warehouses at various locations across the country as part of government’s ‘One district, One warehouse’ initiative. The 1000 metric tonne prefabricated warehouses initiative was funded from the $1 million per constituency allocation under the agriculture infrastructure component of the government’s Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP). The ...
Read More »GN Bank siphoned $62m – BoG
The clean-up of the banking, specialized deposit-taking (SDT) and non-bank financial institutions (NBFI) sectors in the country by the Bank of Ghana (BoG) is opening the Pandora’s box with regard to how some of the owners illegally transferred customers’ savings and investments without traces. The Central Bank last Friday struck once again when it announced a revocation of the licenses ...
Read More »Meisje (15) doodgestoken in huis Breda, buurt huilt: ‘Het was een schat van een meid’
VIDEODe politie in Breda heeft een jongen van 16 jaar aangehouden die verdacht wordt van het doden van een 15-jarig meisje. Zij kwam vanmiddag om het leven bij een mogelijke steekpartij in een woning aan de Bilderdijkstraat in Breda. Buurtbewoners reageren verslagen. ,,Het was een schat van een meid.” De melding van de steekpartij kwam om 14.15 uur binnen ...
Read More »Asamponhene’s killing: Close confidant arrested
A man identified as a close confidant of the Otumfuo’s Asamponhene, Nana Kwadwo Afoduo who was killed on Sunday has been arrested. His arrest comes barely less than 24-hours after the 46-year-old direct relative of the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II was murdered in what police suspect to be contract killing. Though police are tight-lipped on details of the man ...
Read More »FULL SPEECH: NAM1 officially speaks first time after arrest, return from Dubai
Thank you for coming to this event meant to provide you with the detailed state of our companies especially, what has bedeviled Menzgold for the past twelve months and the way forward. May I state humbly that, this communication is without Prejudice. First of all, let me start by praying the almighty God for grace today and to thank him ...
Read More »‘NDC living in another world; free SHS here to stay’ – President Akufo-Addo
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the Ghanaian people will not entrust power into the hands of the opposition National Democratic Congress in 2020 because of their determination to cancel the Free Senior High School policy. According to President Akufo-Addo, “I know that there are people in this country who don’t want this policy, who have ...
Read More »Akufo-Addo ‘mocks’ NDC plan to scrap free SHS after 2020 comeback
President Akufo-Addo says Ghanaians will not entrust power into the hands of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in 2020, because of their determination to cancel the Free Senior High School policy. He said, “I know that there are people in this country who don’t want this policy, who have been campaigning against this policy. They are dreaming that they ...
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