Monthly Archives: September 2019

Akufo-Addo, Gabby played no role in PDS — Philip Ayesu

The Chairman of the Power Distribution Services (PDS) Ghana Limited, Mr Philip Ayesu, has said President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Mr Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, a legal practitioner and journalist, played no role in the PDS and its power distribution concession agreement. He said whatever the PDS was engaged in, or had achieved as of now, was done purely on ...

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Fighting corruption in Ghana – A Danish view

The eighteenth International Anti-Corruption Conference took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, in October 2018. The conference which was organized by Transparency International in collaboration with the government of Denmark was attended by several high profiled personalities and opened by the then Danish Prime Minister, His Excellency Lars Løkke Rasmussen. Ghana’s delegation to the conference included the Deputy Minister of Finance, Hon. ...

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Run away from corrupt deeds or face severe sanctions – SDA Church warns Sir John, GOIL boss

The Seventh-Day Adventist Church (SDA Church) in Ghana has announced its intentions to sanction church members holding positions in government, if corruption charges are leveled against them. The proposed sanctions are beside criminal charges the state might bring against them during prosecution. Dr. Kwabena Annor-Boafo, a former President of the South Central Ghana Conference of the SDA Church, said this ...

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Contractors fail to provide evidence of 60% of work done for payments from Ghana First Company

Discontented contractors who postulated that Ghana First Company Limited has refused to pay them for 60% of work done have failed to show up when the company gave the leeway for those within the category to show up for their claims. Reports emerged earlier this week that some contractors of the multinational company are aggrieved for not being paid for ...

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Don’t price goods and services in dollars – BoG

The Bank of Ghana has warned against the pricing, advertising and receipt or payment for goods and services in foreign currencies. This is the third time this year the BoG has issued the notice prohibiting the act after similar calls in April and May. Some institutions and individuals trade in foreign currencies which are without authorisation according to the BoG. ...

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