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GHC400m oil cash ‘missing’

The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) says it is yet to receive any form of correspondence from the Ministry of Finance (MoF) explaining the whereabouts of the over-GH¢400million unutilised oil revenues allocated to the Annual Budget Funding Amount (ABFA) in 2017, as spelt out in the Petroleum Revenue Management Act (PRMA). According to Dr. Steve Manteaw, Chairman of the ...

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Akufo-Addo exposes Mahama at Manhyia

President Akufo-Addo virtually stripped John Dramani Mahama naked by disclosing to the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II that he cannot see the infrastructural projects the former president touted ahead of the 2016 polls. Addressing Otumfuo and his chiefs at the Manhyia Palace, the President stated that Mr. Mahama openly boasted about the significant gains that his administration made in infrastructure ...

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Christians standing with Mensa Otabil are stupid – Lawyer

Lawyer Chris-Vincent Agyapong Febiri who doubles as the Founding Editor of GhanaCelebrities.Com has described Christians sympathising with Dr. Mensa Otabil as stupid. In a long Facebook post which was also shared on his website under the heading Ghana’s 610 Million Cedis, the Man of God Called Dr Mensa Otabil and the Stupid Christians Who Stand With Him, Chris-Vincent said Otabil ...

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AG indicts Ministry of Finance for forging loan receivable balance

The Auditor General has indicted the Ministry of Finance (MoF) for fudging loan receivable balance in its 2016 financial statements. The 2016 financial statement reported an amount of GH¢1, 988,361,506 as the total loan recoverable balance. The Auditor General’s review of the schedule on loans recoverable, however, disclosed that loans totalling GH¢97,485,166, granted to some 170 companies and SOEs (State ...

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Ghana Post GPS charging GHC50, GHC100 to tag properties

Ghana Post has embarked on a nationwide digital property address generation and property tagging exercise. Its field agents are moving from house to house with valid identification cards and branded Ghana Post GPS costumes to generate digital property addresses and tag properties. Generation of the digital address is free, but tagging of properties attracts a fee. Ghana Post is charging ...

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Woyome settles ¢4.6m of ¢51m debt

The Controller and Accountant General, Eugene Ofosuhene has confirmed that businessman Alfred Agbsei Woyome has paid ¢4.6 million of the debt owed the State. The revelation was made at Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee sitting where the 2016 Auditor General’s report on the Consolidated Fund was scrutinised. Members of Parliament (MPs) on the Committee wanted to know the progress made so ...

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Bayern München overklast Eintracht Frankfurt in Duitse Supercup

Bayern München verloor drie maanden geleden in het Olympiastadion in Berlijn nog met 1-3 van Eintracht Frankfurt, maar vanavond was de Duitse kampioen in de Commerzbank Arena in Frankfurt veel te sterk voor de bekerwinnaar in de Duitse Supercup: 0-5. Jetro Willems en Jonathan de Guzmán stonden in de basis bij Eintracht Frankfurt, Arjen Robben bij Bayern München. Robben werd na ...

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Memphis Depay slaat direct toe bij Lyon

Memphis Depay gaat bij Olympique Lyon verder waar hij vorig seizoen is gebleven: met scoren. De ex-PSV’er was in de eerste speelronde van de Ligue 1 direct doeltreffend. Tegen Amiens scoorde Depay vanuit een heerlijk genomen vrije trap (2-0). Ex-Ajacied Bertrand Traoré bracht Lyon in de 24ste minuut op voorsprong. Hij trok vanaf rechts naar binnen en schoot de bal slim ...

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Government should establish efficient food distribution enterprise – Food scientist

For efficiency in the distribution of root and tuber food crops, government is being urged to establish a body for their improvement and marketing. In an interview with Goldstreet Business, Dr. Felix Engman, a Senior Lecturer and Food Scientist at Kumasi Technical University opined that, due to the high perishability of these food crops, resulting from their high moisture content, ...

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