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Dr. Ayew Afriye demands budget funding for Agenda 111

Politics of Saturday, 8 March 2025 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Ranking Member on the Health Committee of Parliament, Dr. Nana Ayew Afriye Dr. Nana Ayew Afriye, the Ranking Member of the Health Committee in Ghana’s 9th Parliament, has called on the government to allocate dedicated funding for the Agenda 111 hospitals projects through the Annual Budget Funding Amount (ABFA) in the upcoming national budget. ...

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FULL TEXT: Dr. Ato Forson’s presentation at National Economic Dialogue

Business News of Monday, 3 March 2025 Source: www.ghanaweb.com play videoDr. Cassiel Ato Forson, Minister of Finance The Minister of Finance, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, has acknowledged the issues saddling Ghana’s economy and the need for reforms to reset the economy. Speaking during the opening of the National Economic Dialogue on March 3, 2025, he noted that Ghana needs reforms to ...

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Mahama’s decision to move DRIP equipment from districts to regions is a terrible idea – NPP MP

General News of Saturday, 1 March 2025 Disclaimer Source: rainbowradioonline.com DRIP Machines Frank Asiedu Bekoe, Member of Parliament for Suhum Constituency, has criticized President Mahama’s decision to consolidate DRIP machines from various districts to regional levels, questioning the logic behind the move. He claims that each district has its own machine, and removing them would result in inefficiencies and higher ...

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Watch the moment Asantehene humbly declined a token from the Church of Pentecost

General News of Saturday, 1 March 2025 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, once again demonstrated his humility and kindness as he turned down an appreciation token from the Church of Pentecost (McKeown Temple), asking that it be retained by the church as offertory. A delegation from the Church of Pentecost at Asokwa in the Ashanti ...

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Ashantis are now not ashamed to have voted for NDC – Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu

Politics of Saturday, 1 March 2025 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu is a former Member of Parliament of Suame The former Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has opened up about voter apathy in the stronghold of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), the Ashanti Region, which contributed to the party’s inability to secure a significant number of votes from the region, thereby hindering their electoral chances. Speaking ...

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FULL TEXT: President John Mahama’s full 2025 State of the Nation Address in Parliament

Business News of Thursday, 27 February 2025 Source: www.ghanaweb.com play videoPresident John Dramani Mahama President John Dramani Mahama presented the maiden State of the Nation Address (SONA) of his second term on the floor of Parliament on Thursday, February 27, 2025, in accordance with Article 67 of the 1992 Constitution. President Mahama, among other things, said that the state of the economy he inherited from Nana ...

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Foreign ministry ‘calls out’ embassies over treatment of Ghanaian visa applicants

General News of Tuesday, 25 February 2025 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has written to embassies and high commissions in the country over the multitude of complaints received by its citizens on how they are mistreated when they apply for visas. In a statement sighted by GhanaWeb, the ministry indicated that the complaints ...

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1 vrs 3; $1.4bn vrs $1.7bn: The inconsistencies by Mahama’s government on state of Agenda 111 projects

General News of Tuesday, 25 February 2025 Source: www.ghanaweb.com (L to R) Felix Kwakye Ofosu, John Dramani Mahama and Dr Edward Omane Boamah There appears to be some confusion about the status of the Agenda 111 projects started by the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government. This confusion stems from contradictory statements on the number of health facilities that have been completed under the ...

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Stop widespread public sector layoffs – TUC tells President Mahama

General News of Tuesday, 25 February 2025 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Joshua Ansah, TUC Secretary General The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has demanded that President John Dramani Mahama withdraw the order to nullify any appointments made in the public sector after December 7, 2024. The appeal is in response to a direction from Chief of Staff Julius Debrah, which directed all heads of government agencies ...

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Watch Collins Dauda’s reaction after being discharged of charges in Saglemi Housing case

General News of Tuesday, 25 February 2025 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Member of Parliament of Asutifi South, Collins Dauda The Member of Parliament of Asutifi South, Collins Dauda, gave gratitude to God after he was discharged by the High Court in Accra hearing the Saglemi Housing case. The MP, who was charged with 4 other people over the implementation of the Saglemi Housing project when ...

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