The Managing Director of GIHOC Distilleries, Mr Maxwell Kofi Jumah says he will be very active on campaign grounds ahead of the 2020 elections to help secure Akufo-Addo’s second-term bid. The former Member of Parliament for Asokwa Constituency in the Ashanti Region, and one-time former KMA Boss said Nana Addo is on course to win the 2020 election and ...
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Dan Botwe proposes withdrawal of Dec 17 referendum over alleged attacks on Akufo-Addo
The Regional Reorganisation and Development Minister has proposed a total withdrawal of the December 17 referendum over what he said are attacks on President Akufo-Addo’s person. Dan Kwaku Botwe is convinced some persons are unjustifiably hurling invectives at the President over government-backed ‘YES’ campaign for an upcoming referendum. The December 17 referendum seeks to amend the law to enable Metropolitan, ...
Read More »Limann’s family demand apology for 1981 coup
The family of late President Dr Hilla Limann is unsatisfied with the level recognition given the former statesman. According to Kuoro Kuri-Bukkie Limann IV, the Paramount of the Gwollu Traditional Area, the state has continuously failed to show appreciation to the statesman who served Ghana in humility. A mausoleum started by the state in his honour has been abandoned while ...
Read More »Dr Bawumia cuts sod for Eastern corridor Hohoe-Jasikan to Dodo Pepesu roads
Construction works on the 88-kilometre Hohoe-Jasikan to Dodo Pepesu stretch of the Eastern corridor road has commenced. The Jasikan-Dodo Pepesu Project forms part of Phase 1 of the $2billion Government of Ghana/Sinohydro Master Project Agreement. Accompanied by the Minister for Roads and Highways. Kwasi Amoako Atta and the traditional rulers of Oti Region, the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on ...
Read More »1D1F: Pineapple juice from Ekumfi factory now on sale
Pineapple Juice from the Ekumfi Juice Factory under One District One factory is now on sale. The nicely packaged pineapple ‘Eku Juice’ can be compared to those imported into the country. This juice is not from concentrates as the others are. The Food and Agric Minister, Dr. Afriyie Akoto, made the announcement in a Facebook post on Saturday, November 16. ...
Read More »We didn’t back a ‘NO vote’ – House of Chiefs legal Committee
The Chairman of the legal Committee of the National House of Chiefs Nana Professor S.K.B. Asante says his commitee did not push for a ‘no’ vote in the upcoming referendum on local level elections. A statement by the House of Chiefs declaring support for a ‘no vote’ in the December 17 referendum – on whether political parties should be involved ...
Read More »Referendum: Ras Mubarak breaks ranks with NDC; canvasses for ‘Yes’ vote
NDC Member of Parliament for Kumbungu, Ras Mubarak, has broken ranks with the party over the participation of political parties in local level polls. According to him, it will be hypocritical for anyone to suggest that political parties are not already involved in the local level elections. The NDC is canvassing for a ‘No’ vote in the upcoming referendum ...
Read More »Separatist movement declares independence of Western Togoland
The Homeland Study Group Foundation, (HSGF), which has been campaigning for the secession of some parts of Ghana into an independent ’Western Togoland State’ declared their independence yesterday, Saturday. Leader of the Separatist movement, Mr. Charles Komi Kudzordzi alias Papavi Hogbedetor who is in his 80s made the declaration at a public gathering in Ho on Saturday, November 16, 2019. ...
Read More »Referendum: House of Chiefs didn’t consult chiefs – Okyenhene
The Okyenhene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin has said the statement by the National House of Chiefs declaring support for a ‘No’ vote in the upcoming referendum on local level elections does not represent Chiefs of the House. According to him, the various leaders of the regional bodies of the House have no knowledge of the statement. “The Committee of the ...
Read More »2020 revenue target set at GHC67.1bn
Government is projected to achieve GHc 67.1 billion in total revenue, representing 16.9 percent of GDP, in the 2020 fiscal year. This was made known by the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, during the presentation of 2020 Budget Statement and Economic Policy, presented to Parliament in Accra. Of the total expected revenue for the period, GHc 65.8 billion is projected to ...
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