Author Archives: edwardkanawu

Nibud: aanvullend pensioen voor alle werkenden

Om te voorkomen dat er in de toekomst een grote groep pensioneerden met geldproblemen komt te zitten, zouden alle werkenden automatisch aanvullend pensioen moeten opbouwen. Daarvoor pleit het Nationaal Instituut voor Budgetvoorlichting (Nibud). De maatregel zou ook voor zelfstandigen zonder personeel (zzp’ers) moeten gaan gelden. Het Nibud voorziet in de toekomst een groeiende groep gepensioneerden die moeite heeft met rondkomen. ...

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BoG shuts down Dancom Microfinance; Directors arrested

The Bank of Ghana has shutdown Dancom Microfinance Ltd and also caused the arrest and prosecution of the Directors of the firm for engaging in deposit-taking activities without a licence. According to a statement from the BoG, Dancom Microfinance Ltd was not licensed to engage in microfinance business as per section 6 (1) of the Banks and Specialised Deposit-Taking Institutions ...

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NDC lost 36 seats to bickering, internal wrangling – Mahama spills more beans

Aside from the fact, there were diversions of campaign resources that played to the disadvantage of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the run-up to the 2016 elections, there are new issues cropping up as contributory factors to the party’s defeat. Former President John Dramani Mahama has revealed that internal bickering, disunity and power struggle at the constituency level cost ...

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Rawlings must apologize for 1982 judge murders, violence – Sam Okudzeto

A Member of the Council of State and lawyer, Sam Okudzeto has insisted that former President Jerry Rawlings should apologize for the “mess” that ensued following the mysterious deaths of three prominent Ghanaian judges and a retired army officer in 1982. “There was absolute lawlessness in the country,” Okudzeto told Daniel Dadzie on Joy FM’s Super Morning Show Wednesday. “The ...

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‘Don’t draw me into your education campaign’ – Prof Yankah to Mahama

The Minister of State in charge of Tertiary Education, Professor Kwesi Yankah, has advised former President John Mahama to desist from drawing him into his campaign on education. According to him, any process to reform the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) flagship education programme, the free Senior High School (SHS) policy would compromise the gains made so far. His comment comes ...

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Bank Crisis: Government saved deposits of 1m Ghanaians – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has revealed that the rationalisation of the banking sector has ensured that deposits of 1,147,366 Ghanaians were saved. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the new Standard Chartered Head Office on Wednesday, 3rd October, 2018, President Akufo-Addo noted that his administration assumed the reins of office in January 2017, with the country’s banking sector in ...

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