Inflation shot up by 3.8% to end 2022 at 54.1%, data from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has revealed. Despite a strong improvement in the value of the cedi and a reduction in the prices of petroleum products, the rate of inflation still went up in December 2022. This was …
Read More »Mike Oquaye Explains Why The Appointment Of EC Chairs Should Be Reviewed
Former Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament, Professor Mike Aaron Oquaye has called for a review of the appointment of the Electoral Commission Chairperson. According to him, the appointment of the chair person by the every sitting President in accordance with the constitution, has always created challenges particularly between the two competing …
Read More »USA Based Ghanaian Citizen Donates Clothes And Cash To 217 Widows
Over 217 widows in the Ahafo Region have received donations of clothes and cash to support themselves in the celebration of the new year. The United States of America (USA) base Ghanaian citizen and a Businessman as well as an Estate Developer and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Pezalo …
Read More »16-year-old Abandoned South Tongu Assembly Project Given A Facelift
The 16-year-old abandoned South Tongu District Assembly building is finally being renovated to house departments that lack office space. The three-storey complex which was left at the mercy of the weather is now about 80 percent complete with auxiliary facilities. Speaking in an interview with the DCE, Seth Agbi, he noted that his priority …
Read More »Dr Nyaho Tamaklo To Akufo-Addo : Set The Court Free
Ghanaian statesman and One of the founding member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Nyaho Nyaho Tamakloe has asked President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to set Judges in the country free in order to make peace. “He should set the Court free. Having about 15 Supreme Court Judges is …
Read More »1% E-levy Implementation Starts Today
The Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications will commence the implementation of the revised Electronic Transfer levy (E-Levy) rate of 1% from today, January 11, 2023. The government presenting the 2023 Budget and Economic Policy Statement, reviewed the 1.5 percent electronic transaction levy downwards to 1 percent effective January 2023. The reduction …
Read More »Why Kufuor Is Against Bawumia-Alan Ticket For 2024 Elections – Majority Leader Details
The Majority Leader and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has divulged details of a conversation he had with former president John Agyekum Kufuor regarding the party’s flagbearership contest ahead of the 2024 elections. The Suame MP is a proponent of the Bawumia-Alan ticket and has been seeking opinions …
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Alan Promises Ghanaians ‘GTP’ During His Presidency
New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer hopeful Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen has served notice he will make himself available for election when the party opens nominations for its presidential primaries this year. He said if he wins the primaries and is subsequently elected President of Ghana, he will be a transformational …
Read More »“Ghana Is Gradually Becoming A NATO Country” – Alan Kyerematen
Ghana is gradually becoming a country where there is no action but talk only, former Minister of Trade and Industry Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen has observed. He, therefore, insists that as a people, Ghanaians must focus more on getting things done rather than talking. “As a people, we must focus …
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