The Public Affairs Manager of First Allied Savings and Loans, Jones Owusu says the company cannot put out a date for repaying deposits to its customers because any such announcement may lead to the collapse of the business. According to Mr Owusu, chaos greeted a similar announcement last month and repeating same would inadvertently collapse the bank because of the ...

Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah has said a petition by customers of First Allied Savings and Loans will be referred to the government’s economic management team. The move, he said, will bring a lasting solution to the over four months old impasse between customers and management of the financial institution. “We will meet officials of First Allied Savings and ...

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has launched a scathing attack on the Board Chair of the Audit Service, Prof. Edward Dua-Agyemang, describing him as a ‘trickster and a hatchet man’. The party believes the former Auditor General does not have the credibility to undertake any role assigned to him, and thus questioned why President Akufo-Addo appointed him. In an ...

Former President John Mahama has revealed how he will improve the ‘Free SHS’ as currently being implemented by the Akufo-Addo government if wins power in the 2020 elections. According to him, though free education is a public good, “it must be implemented in a manner that is sustainable an does not compromise quality”. In this vein, he added, “a new ...

The Opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) to account for an amount of $6.8 million that has been allegedly paid to a private auditing firm to audit the dealings of the previous administration. According the General Secretary of the NDC, the NPP government has paid a private auditor to do a job ...

Ghana’s former Ambassador to the Netherlands, Dr. Tony Aidoo has disclosed why he stopped patronising congresses organised by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) detailing how the party has lost focus over the years. According to him, his decision to ditch NDC congresses is because they never hold discussions on significant issues and policies that will improve the party but rather ...

General Secretary of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has called the bluff of the chairman of the Audit Service Board, Professor Edward Duah Agyeman who has threatened to sue him over claims he [Aseidu Nketia] made against his character. Mr Nketia at a press conference on Tuesday, 2 October 2018 attacked the character of Prof ...

Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has outlined the groups of people impeding Ghana’s progress per his estimation. In a pour out of what appears to be his frustration on Ghana’s lack of forward-match, the legislator said the attitudes of politicians, clergy, journalists and chiefs towards work and corruption is hindering the progress in the country. “There are ...

The Chief Priest of Asantehene Baffour Sumankwahene Asare Ababio on Sunday stormed racecourse market in the Kumasi metropolis to perform rituals for River Subin following traders complaints of low patronage of their goods. It will be recalled that the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly(KMA) on November 6, 2017, embarked on decongestion exercise to relocate traders and transport operators from unauthorized places to ...

Fifteen students of the Agogo State College in the Asante Akyem North District of the Ashanti Region have been arrested for rioting over erratic power cuts and water crisis. The protest, which was led by female students has left several school property including school buses damaged. In all, ten female students and five male students participated in the protest on ...