President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has submitted to Parliament the annual report on the staffing position of the Office of the President for the period 1st January to 31st December 2022. This is Pursuant to section 11 of the Presidential Office Act, 1993 (Act 463). The report covers three key …
Read More »West Hills Mall to be ordered for raw footage on Shadrack Aloo’s murder
The Parliamentary Select Committee on Defence and Interior is to write to the management of West Hills Mall in Accra to demand the raw CCTV footages of the scuffle between security officere and Shadrack Aloo, who later lost his life. The Member of Parliament for Jomoro Constituency in the Western …
Read More »Some Ghanaians demonstrate in support of passage of 3 revenue bills
Some Ghanaians picketed the premises of Parliament on Thursday, March 30 to support the passage of the three revenue bills that are currently before Parliament. They believe that the bills, when passed, would help in the development of the nation. “We are losing a lot of lives in this country …
Read More »Minority will vote against the 3 revenue bills – Murtala
Tamale Central Member of Parliament Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed has said that the Minority in Parliament has decided to reject the three revenue bills that are currently before the House. He said the government has no reason to burden Ghanaians with additional taxes hence their decision to vote against the Bills. …
Read More »Pensioner bondholders raise yet another concern about delays
The Pensioner Bondholders Forum has written to the Minister of Finance, again, to address the continuous delays in payment of members’ coupons at maturity. The Forum said most of the members were exempted from the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP) and, consequently, assured of the safety of their bonds. But …
Read More »Mahama signed the most expensive gas contract in the world, costing Ghanaians $400bn – Bempah
Former President John Dramani Mahama has no moral right to be talking about public debt, a Deputy Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Ernest Owusu Bempah has said. Mr Bempah accused Mr Mahama of contributing to the debt situation in the country. Speaking on the Big Issue on …
Read More »The 3 revenues bills have nothing to do with IMF deal – Minority
The three revenue bills that are currently before Parliament awaiting approval or otherwise, do not have anything to do with the deal that Ghana is seeking to close with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Tamale Central Member of Parliament Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed has said. He said a wrong impression has …
Read More »Update on Unibank criminal case: The Republic v Dr. Kwabena Duffuor and others
The accused persons in this matter have been charged with fraudulent breach of trust, money laundering, dishonest appropriation, wilfully causing financial loss to the Republic and conspiracy to commit crime. The 1st Prosecution witness (Nii Amanor Dodoo), the Receiver of Unibank, has concluded his evidence-in-chief. Counsel for the 1st, 2nd …
Read More »ECG to release timetable as Ghana Gas shuts down for 14 days
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) is said to be preparing to release a schedule to guide consumers as gas supply to some power plants is going to be affected for the next 14 days due to a shutdown of the Atuabo Gas Processing Plant in the Western Region. The …
Read More »Ambulance Case: Prove Seth Terkper’s authorisation for LCs – Judge tells Ato Forson
The trial judge in a case of causing financial loss to the state brought against Former Deputy Finance Minister and current Minority Leader in Parliament,Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, has asked him to show proof of authorisation from the then Finance Minister to request the Bank of Ghana to set up …
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