General News of Wednesday, 25 January 2023 Source: otecfmghana.com Kwaku Agyemang Manu, Health Minister The Ministry of Health has responded to the Auditor-General’s latest report on the government’s COVID-19 expenditure. In the report, the Auditor General noted that the Ministry of Health on behalf of the Government of Ghana paid an amount of $120,192,379.80 to UNICEF/VAT for the supply of vaccines, ...
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Government, GAB agreement reaffirms exclusion of individual bondholders from DDEP – Senyo Hosi
Senyo Hosi is a convener of the Individual Bondholders Forum The Individual Bondholders forum affirms the need to exclude individual bond holders from the debt exchange programme after an agreement was reached by the government and the Ghana Association of Bankers to offer some incentives to banks. According to a statement signed by their convener, Senyo Hosi, the bondholders stated ...
Read More »Why Ato Forson is our new Minority Leader – Asiedu Nketiah explains
General News of Tuesday, 24 January 2023 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Haruna Iddrisu and Cassiel Ato Forson National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah has explained why the party has replaced key members of its leadership in Parliament. The NDC through its General Secretary Fifi Fiavi Kwetey wrote to the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, to announce replacement of ...
Read More »FULL TEXT: Auditor-General’s report on government COVID-19 expenditure
Business News of Monday, 23 January 2023 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu, Auditor-General The Auditor-General has released a report on government’s expenditure made during the COVID-19 pandemic covering the period between March 2020 to June 2022. The special audit report has been prepared under Section 16 of the Audit Service Act, 2000 (Act 584) for submission to Parliament. It detailed the various expenditure made ...
Read More »Test run on €125 million Kumasi Airport begins
Kumasi International Airport Test run for the €125 million newly-constructed Kumasi International Airport has begun, AviationGhana checks at the facility have revealed. The ongoing test run is imperative ahead of the operationalization of the facility for scheduled and charter flights sometime this year. The Kumasi Airport project comprises the extension of the runway from 1,981m to 2,300m that can accommodate ...
Read More »National Cathedral Board of Trustees respond to Heward-Mills’ ‘leaked’ resignation letter
Bishop Dag Heward-Mills The Board of Trustees of the National Cathedral has responded to contents of the resignation letter of one of its members, portions of which have been published in the media this week. The August 2022 resignation letter of Bishop Dag Heward-Mills found its way into the media with some of the reasons he gave for leaving ...
Read More »Economic downturn softens as Ghana cedi, inflation improve – S&P Global
Business News of Friday, 6 January 2023 File photo of Ghana cedis notes While Ghana’s private sector remained in contraction territory at the end of 2022, there were signs of the downturn softening in the latest survey period, according to purchasing manager index posted by S&P Global on Thursday. The report noted that inflationary pressures also moderated in December as ...
Read More »Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu announces exit from parliament after 28 years
General News of Friday, 6 January 2023 Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, Majority Leader and MP for Suame Member of Parliament (MP) for the Suame constituency, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has announced that he will not be contest to return to the lawmaking chamber in the 2024 polls. The MP who is also the Majority Leader disclosed in an interview on Wontumi TV (January 3) ...
Read More »‘No prophecy would win us 2024’ – Sam George cautions NDC to work hard
Sam Nartey George, MP for Ningo Prampram Sam Nartey George, the Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram has tasked the National Democratic Congress (NDC) with undertaking a robust reorganization and galvanization of its structures ahead of the 2024 General Elections. The lawmaker in a January 1, 2023 open letter to party cautioned that 2023 will be critical to the ...
Read More »Build your own stadium in Ghana and name it after Pele – Ghanaians tell FIFA
The late Pele and FIFA President, Gianni Infantino Some Ghanaians on social media have hurled at the world’s football governing body, FIFA to construct a stadium in Ghana before thinking about naming a stadium after the late football legend Pele. FIFA president, Gianni Infantino who was in Sao Paulo in Brazil for Pele’s funeral disclosed that FIFA plans to ask ...
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