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The first shipment of processed fruits just left Nana Foods in Nsawam-Adoagyiri to Canary Islands on Friday, January 28. Lawmaker for Nsawam-Adoagyiri Frank Annoh-Dompreh described this as “Progress!” Nano Foods is a One District One Factory (1D1F) financed fruit processing factory. It uses locally sourced fruits and local labour to process pineapples for export. The One District One Factory (1D1F) ...

The Minority in Parliament has asked the Majority to wait for Speaker Alban Bagbin to return from his trip outside of the jurisdiction before they re-lay the E-Levy in Parliament. Deputy Minority leader, James Klutse Avedzi said the Minority does not want any of the deputies to preside over the House when the levy is relayed in order to avert the brawls ...

The government has suspended 20 percent expenditure in the 2022 Budget, the Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori Atta has confirmed. Parliament has already approved the government’s total expenditure for 2022, but the government, in a prudent fiscal consolidation move, has decided to cut down on its expenditure, up to a whopping 20 percent. Addressing the media on Wednesday, the Finance ...

The Vice President of the Republic, H.E Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia is currently in Appiatse with the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr. George Akuffo Dampare to personally gather first-hand information after Thursday’s explosion. On Thursday, January 20, 2022, there was an accident involving a truck conveying explosive material for a mining company, a motorcycle, and a third vehicle close to ...

Dr Michael Kpessa-Whyte, one of the representatives of the Petitioner in the ‘strongroom’ of the Electoral Commission (EC), has explained that he “noticed many material irregularities during the entire process of the December 7, 2020, Presidential Election.” According to Kpessa-Whyte, he consequently alerted his colleague representative in the ‘strongroom’, Robert Joseph Mettle-Nunoo, and these irregularities were brought to the attention ...

Johnson Asiedu Nketia, the General Secretary of the NDC says, Jean Adukwei Mensa, the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission(EC), was biased in the December 7, 2020 elections because of her “close familial relationship” with first lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo. Ghana’s EC Chairperson, Jean Adukwei Mensa was appointed in 2018 by President Nana Akufo-Addo. In his witness statement submitted to the Supreme ...

The Supreme Court ruling on the appropriateness of the charges levelled against a former Director-General of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), Mr Ernest Thompson has been adjourned to March 17, 2021. Mr Thompson and four others have been accused of causing financial loss of more than $14.8 million in the SSNIT Operational Business Suite (OBS) project. A ...

More than 32 deaths have been recorded in Ghana from COVID-19related diseases between January 1 and 24, this year, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, announced on Monday. He said the third phase of COVID-19 surge in the country was very severe and deadly than the surges in July and September last year. Currently, 372 persons ...

The Ghana Revenue Authority says it is working in collaboration with the National Identification Authority (NIA) towards merging the unique ID number of the ‘Ghana Card’ to be replaced with the Tax Identification Number (TIN). According to the Commissioner of the Authority, Rev. Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah, the measure which will take effect from April 1, 2021, is intended to allow taxpayers ...

British Airways’ plan to move the London-Accra-London flights from Heathrow to Gatwick at the end of March 2021 has taken another twist, with Ghana promising to take reciprocal action in the coming days if the decision is not reversed. This follows the receipt of a letter dated January 14, 2021, which was signed by BA’s Senior Vice President for Africa ...