Monthly Archives: October 2020

Grote kans op stemmen per post voor verkiezingen volgend jaar

Het kabinet onderzoekt de mogelijkheid om bij de Tweede Kamerverkiezingen in maart volgend jaar per post te stemmen, vanwege het coronavirus. Volgens Haagse bronnen is de kans groot dat er een vorm van ‘briefstemmen’ wordt ingevoerd. Peter Winterman 9 okt. 2020 Laatste update: 09:20 Bij ‘briefstemmen’ kunnen kiezers hun stem een paar dagen of enkele weken vóór de verkiezingen van 17 maart per ...

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232 out of 260 1D1F factories on track – Alan Kyerematen

Government says 232 out of 260 factories under its flagship 1D1F industrialization program are near completion with some operating at full capacity. Trade and Industry Minister, Alan Kyerematen who announced this at the Nation Building Updates held in Accra on Thursday, September 8, 2020 also disclosed that “through the 1D1F government’s initiative, 76 projects have been completed and are in ...

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‘You politicians have made the country very hard to live in’ – Eyewitness recounts how Mfantseman MP was shot

Ekow Quansah Hayford, the Member of Parliament for Mfantseman in the Central Region was shot dead by unknown assailants, according to reports. Sources say the MP of the incumbent NPP was shot on the Abeadze-Dominase-Abeadze Duadzi-Mankessim Road while returning from a campaign trip. The MP, according to eyewitness accounts, had visited four communities within his constituency to campaign for reelection for another ...

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NPP exposes Mahama over inflated cocoa road projects

The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has said it has in no way neglected cocoa road projects as being claimed by former president John Mahama. Speaking at a press conference in Accra on Monday, 05 October 2020 as part of its leadership series, the director of communications of the NPP, Yaw Buaben Asamoa, said the projects had to be suspended ...

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Parliament approves US$243.6 million Supplier’s Credit for trains

Parliament has approved an amount of US$243.6 million, being Supplier’s Credit Agreement between Ghana and Dongfang Electric International Corporation, for the procurement of Standard Gauge rolling stock (trains). The terms and conditions of the Agreement are that the facility amounts to US$243,600,000, repayment period of 10 years, tenor of 12 years, grace period two years, interest rate of six months ...

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Provide evidence of $10m spent on cocoa roads audit report – Fiiffi Boafo to Mahama

Senior Manager of Public Affairs at the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Fiifi Boafo has dismissed claims by former President John Dramani Mahama and the NDC Minority Caucus in Parliament that the Akufo-Addo government spent a whopping $10 million to conduct an audit report on the cocoa roads awarded to contractors under the erstwhile Mahama administration. Wondering how the leader of ...

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Tema Youth set to grab £2million over Partey transfer to Arsenal

Ghanaian second-tier side, Tema Youth is set to gain about £2 million from the transfer of their former midfielder Thomas Partey to English side Arsenal. The 27-year-old joined the London-based club from Spanish side Atletico Madrid on Monday night in a mouth-watering deal worth £45million after the Gunners triggered his buyout clause. Tema Youth is entitled to claim part of ...

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EC, NDC disagree with filing procedure

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has accused the Electoral Commission of imposing challenges on the Party hence its inability to file the nomination at 1100hours as earlier promised. The NDC said the decision by the EC to use a provisional register for the filing process instead of a certified one accounted for the delay of nomination submission. The Electoral Commission, ...

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Ghana will be off EU’s blacklist by end of 2020 – Deputy Finance Minister

Deputy Finance Minister, Kwaku Agyemang Kwarteng has hinted that Ghana will, by the end of 2020, be removed from the European Union’s (EU’s) crimes watch list. According to him, the government together with his outfit have already taken steps to ensure that the country’s name is cleared off the blacklist. He said Ghana has already received convincing responses from the ...

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