Out of Twenty Three oil fields discovered in Ghana in the last 12 years, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) under John Agyekum Kufuor and Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo administrations combined, discovered just two though the party made the first discovery in 2007. On the other hand, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) under Professor John Evans Atta Mills and John Dramani ...
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Business registration fee too low – Minority
The Minority Leader, Mr Haruna Iddrissu, has raised concerns about the pegging of registration fees of companies at GH¢120 in the new Companies Bill before Parliament. He said the amount was too low, particularly for multinational companies that would be registered as limited liability companies or companies limited by guarantee. “We should take a look at the fees and make ...
Read More »NPP disowns De-Eye militia group
The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has dissociated itself from a militia group called De-Eye, which is alleged to be affiliated to the party. The NPP, in a statement, said it has no connection to the militia group. The statement comes on the heels of an exposé by investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni on how the Osu Castle, a former ...
Read More »Akufo-Addo must resign over Castle militia – Minority
The Minority in Parliament is demanding the immediate resignation of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo over the Osu Castle Militia exposé arguing that he has lost every moral right to lead the country. Addressing the media following the exposé by Journalist Manesseh Awuni, the deputy minority leader, James Klutse Avedzi, charged the Inspector General of Police to arrest all the ...
Read More »Focus on the cedi, not me – Ofosu-Ampofo to Government
The National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo has admonished government to focus on arresting the cedi from further depreciating against dollar instead of him. According to him, the ongoing investigation into comments attributed to him in a leaked tape is deliberate to divert attention from President Akufo-Addo’s bad governance style. “These are diversionary tactics. We ...
Read More »Terminal 3 debt chokes Ghana Airports Company Limited
The Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL), a state-owned company responsible for managing all airport facilities in the country, is financially constrained due to the high cost of the funds secured for constructing the state-of-the-art Terminal 3 at Kotoka International Airport (KIA). The B&FT on August 12, 2015 reported that the GACL had secured an amount of US$250million from a consortium ...
Read More »No more deputies; Finance Minister ordered to appear in Parliament
The Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Mike Oquaye has directed the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta to be in Parliament himself to answer questions filed by Members of the House. Prof. Mike Oquaye’s ruling follows the Minority’s insistence that the Minister and not his deputies be present to answer questions which mainly concern mobile money transactions and other details about the banking ...
Read More »Sulley Muntari returns as Yiadom leads Ghana line for Kenya game – Repor
Ghana will host Kenya in the final Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers at the Accra Sports Stadium on 23rd March 2019. The Black Stars suffered 1:0 defeat to the Harambee Stars at the Karasani Stadium in September last year. Though both teams have qualified for the finals in Egypt in June, it will be about the bragging rights when the ...
Read More »Interest rate on loan for KIA Terminal 3 project expensive – Kofi Adda
Ghana’s Aviation Minister Joseph Kofi Adda has described the interest rate for the loan secured for the construction of the Terminal 3 at Kotoka International Airport as too much. In 2015, Ghana Airports Company Limited m interest rate of Libor plus 8.5%. The loan was approved by a consortium of banks led by Ecobank Capital. The Terminal 3 project at ...
Read More »Pasgeboren baby levend gevonden in papieren zak
n een Antwerps appartementsgebouw is een pasgeboren kindje gevonden in een papieren zak. Een schoonmaakster trof de baby vanmiddag aan. Het pasgeboren kindje werd rond 12.30 uur door de vrouw ontdekt in de inkomhal van een appartementsgebouw. Het zat in een papieren zak en was in handdoeken gewikkeld. Waarschijnlijk was de baby vanmorgen al te vondeling gelegd. Hoewel verschillende mensen ...
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