General News of Thursday, 30 March 2023 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson is the Minority Leader in Parliament The trial judge in a case of causing financial loss to the state, brought against a former Deputy Minister of Finance and current Minority Leader in Parliament, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, has asked him to show proof of authorisation that gave into the ...

Business News of Friday, 24 March 2023   The International Monetary Fund The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called on all bilateral creditors to support Ghana’s efforts to restore debt sustainability, as the country works towards presenting its economic programme for IMF Board approval. Speaking at a news conference in Washington DC, the Director of Communications at the IMF, Julie Kozack, stressed ...

Business News of Friday, 24 March 2023 Kristalina Georgieva, IMF Managing Director The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged Ghana’s creditors to hasten to grant the financing assurances needed promptly so the Board of the Bretton Woods institution can approve the cocoa, gold and oil-producing West African country’s $3-billion extended credit facility to restore economic stability to the nation. “We’re calling on ...

General News of Wednesday, 22 March 2023 The NIA says it will make the cards available for collection at its district and regional offices The National Identification Authority (NIA) says it has commenced the printing of some 541,529 cards being the backlog of applications since July 2022. The backlog was occasioned by challenges with the supply of blank cards due ...

General News of Monday, 13 March 2023 Some Article 71 officeholders Ex-gratia and Article 71 officeholders have become some of the most frequently used words in Ghana following ex-President John Dramani Mahama‘s promise to scrap the former when he becomes president again. But what does ex-gratia mean? This article looks at what ex-gratia is and what the 1992 Constitution of Ghana ...

Business News of Wednesday, 8 March 2023   President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo President Akufo-Addo was in Parliament to present the 2023 state of the nation address on March 8, 2023. The President stated that the address will be a slight digression from the usual state of the nation addresses in former years due to the state of Ghana’s economy. He said: ...

General News of Tuesday, 28 February 2023 Source: peacefmonline.com File photo of Ghana Card sample The use of the Ghana Card as an electronic travel document by Ghanaians arriving in the country is on the rise, data by the Ghana Immigration Service shows. The biometric national identity card was officially certified by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) as meeting the ...

  Ghanaian nationals are required to pay between $20 and $50 to have their cards   The Chief Executive Officer of the National Identification Authority (NIA), Prof. Kenneth Agyemang Attafuah has disclosed that Ghanaian nationals abroad who seek to acquire a Ghana Card will have to make some financial commitments. Speaking in an interview on Peace FM’s morning show “Kokrokoo”, ...

Regional News of Wednesday, 1 March 2023 Source: starrfm.com.gh Tsatsu Tsikata An attempt by the lawyers of the embattled Member of Parliament for Assin North, led by Tsatsu Tsikata for leave to file an additional ground to their review application has failed. Following the Supreme court’s dismissal of an earlier application challenging a High Court ruling in his criminal trial, James ...

Osei Bonsu Amoah, Minister of State-Designate, Ministry of Local Government, Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has stated unequivocally that no one in Parliament can obstruct government business. The leader, who is also the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, made these remarks in his closing remarks after Electoral Commission officials explained why they wanted to use the Ghana card as the sole form of identification for ...