The Ghana cedi remained stable in June 2023 and July 2024 against the US dollar, indicating the positive impact of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme on Ghana. According to data from the Bank of Ghana, the cedi’s Year-To-Date depreciation stood at 22.1% as of July 21, 2023. This is …
Read More »Inside Ken Agyapong’s Business Empire: Media Houses, Cold Store And Other Interests
When you hear of Ken City Media or NET 2 TV, Oman FM, what comes to mind? Your guess is as good as mine as all these media outlets belong to Kennedy Agyapong, the Member of Parliament for Assin North Central. But then, these are not the only media houses …
Read More »Govt Does Not Engage Land Guards – Lands Ministry Clarifies
The Government through the Lands Ministry has dismissed claims of engaging the services of land guards to reclaim encroached state lands. This comes after the Ghana Armed Forces and the Ghana Police Service were accused of hiring land guards to reclaim their encroached lands. This claim was allegedly made by …
Read More »‘Economic Strategists Don’t Go To IMF’ – Kennedy Agyapong Jabs Bawumia
Mr. Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, a prominent member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) vying for the party’s flagbearer position, has voiced his discontent with the government’s handling of the local currency. During his campaign tour in Kintampo East on July 16, Mr. Agyapong expressed his dissatisfaction with the depreciation of …
Read More »From Picketing Pensioners To School Food Suppliers: Is Finance Minister Still Sleeping On His Job?
Following the painful and poorly implemented Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP) by this government, Pensioners were forced to picket at the Finance Ministry several times to demand payment of their matured coupons and principal investment in government bonds. The scenes of agony and frustrations among the fragile Pensioners to get …
Read More »NEIP Fetes Prisons Officers And Inmates With Processing Equipment
Under auspices of the NEIP and in collaboration with the Prisons service to provide skills in various light manufacturing areas and entrepreneurship to prisons officers and inmates and to provide starter pack and kits they will use for production. Speaking at the official launch of the entrepreneurship for restoration programme, …
Read More »ECOWAS Court Dismisses Suit Against Agyapa Royalties Deal
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice has dismissed the suit against the Agyapa Royalties deal filed by the Ghana Integrity Initiative and Transparency International Ghana. This means that the court would not be ordering the government of Ghana to stop the sale of the country’s …
Read More »Millison Narh: Former BoG Deputy Governor Confirmed Dead
A former Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Millison Narh, has died. He died after a short illness in the U.S.A. Mr. Narh retired from the BoG as a Deputy Governor in 2017. He was Deputy Governor from July 2009. During his tenure, Mr. Narh once acted as …
Read More »We Have No Technical Issues – WAPCo Refutes GRIDCo’s Claims
The West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited (WAPCo), has debunked claims that it’s facing technical challenges which resulted in power outages in parts of the country on Friday, July 7. The Ghana Grid Company Ltd (GRIDCO) in a statement on July 7, blamed the power outages to a shortage of …
Read More »Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park To Be Temporarily Closed Down
The refurbished Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park (KNMP) in Accra, Ghana, is to be temporarily closed from midnight on Friday, July 7, 2023, to Tuesday, July 11, 2023. The closure is to allow for preparations towards the commercial operations of the park. This development was announced in a statement signed by …
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