Jacob Osei Yeboah, an independent candidate in the 2016 election has described the Akufo-Addo-led administration as a more listening government than his predecessor John Mahama’s. “To be very honest, you will notice that with Nana Addo, whenever he’s doing something and there is some agitations from prominent persons in the country or even any other citizen, he sits back and ...

Government has saved over GHC1.6m since 2017 as a result of due diligence on the part of officials and the implementation of reforms at the Public Procurement Authority. The reforms included the establishment of two new units charged with a mandate to scrutinise all procurement tenders and contracts and also review the procurement value chain from the process of awarding ...

Finance Minister Ken, Ofori Atta has been asked to brace himself for the worse should the New Patriotic Party (NPP) lose the 2020 elections to the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). Vociferous party activist and former Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Ejisu Juaben Municipality, Afrifa Yamoah Ponkoh has vowed that the NDC will stop at nothing in having Databank closed ...

Minister of Trade and Industry, Alan John Kyerematen, has reiterated government’s commitment of establishing a factory in each of the 216 districts of the country. According to him, it is an objective of the Akufo-Addo-Bawumia led administration and “we hope we can identify promoters who are prepared to make the initial investment in setting up new factories.” He said if ...

Johnson Asiedu Nketia, incumbent general secretary of the National Democratic Congress, appears to be in a dogfight with his deputy, Koko Anyidoho, as the two battle for the general secretary position in the party’s upcoming national executive elections. Johnson Asiedu Nketia, incumbent general secretary of the National Democratic Congress, appears to be in a dogfight with his deputy, Koko Anyidoho, ...

A Presidential Aspirant of the National Democratic Congress Party (NDC), Mr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, has in recent statement suggested that former President John Dramani Mahama is not good enough to lead the party to victory, come 2020. According to him, Mr. Mahama in the past had been dented with both an “incompetence” and “corruption” tag?the very label that plunged the NDC ...

The Bank of Ghana has withdrawn the licenses of 70 microfinance and lending companies across the country. It follows their inability to meet the conditions precedent to the issuance of a final license. This means Ghanaians could be at risk by doing business with the blacklisted microfinance and lending institutions. Below is the full statement issued by the Central Bank: ...

Country representative for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Dr. Natalia Koliadina has indicated that, investors are now confident in policies by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government. Speaking to GNTV’s Bright Nana Kwesi Amaning on ‘On One With Amaning’ she explained that, the current government has the capacity to achieve stable and strong economy than what it was before as ...

The findings made against Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, by the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) in the $2.25 billion bond saga have been quashed by an Accra High Court. The court presided over by Justice Georgina Mensah-Datsa, upheld the Attorney General’s argument that CHRAJ overstepped its bounds in making findings against the Finance Minister when the NDC’s ...

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has revealed that, he was shocked when he reconciled the huge sums in potential bailout money for the 5 collapsed banks and the enormous debt overhang. According to the Finance Minister, gross indiscipline by the powerful has risked and hurt those with very little to survive on. Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta was speaking at the Danquah ...