The Vice President of the Republic , Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has cautioned State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) who default to present their audited financial account reports will be sanctioned. Speaking at the maiden edition of the Public Enterprises League Table (PELT) Awards, Dr Bawumia said the move is to help government generate …
Read More »Senior Presidential Advisor, Osafo-Maafo Apologises Over ‘Asantes Were Not Involved’ Comment
The President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo’s Senior Advisor, Mr Yaw Osafo-Maafo, has apologised for saying Asantes were not part of Ghana’s independence struggle, which, he noted, was led by the Akyems. The apology follows the leakage of a tape on which he is heard making the ethnocentric …
Read More »MP For Twifo Atti Morkwa Acquitted Over Fraud
A National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Twifo Atti Morkwa in the Central Region, David Vondee, has been acquitted and discharged by an Accra High Court where he was standing trial for fraud. The MP had been charged by the Office of the Attorney General for allegedly defrauding …
Read More »Ameri Plant Relocation Contract Clean – Energy Minister
The Minister for Energy and Member of Parliament Manhyia South Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh, says the government has nothing to hide in the contract to relocate the Ameri Plant from Daboase in the Western Region to Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. According to him, justification …
Read More »Lack Of Support For Gov’t Policies Forced Ghana To IMF – Gabby Otchere-Darko
A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Otchere-Darko, says it is unfortunate the government has been forced to seek economic refuge from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). According to him, no government, in this current situation, could have avoided going to the Fund for support especially when …
Read More »Nana Akomea Denies Political Slant
The former Member of Parliament for Okaikwei South and also the former Director of Communications for the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akomea says a report by some blogs on his comment about unfulfilled promises made by politicians amounted to misrepresentation of the facts. According to him, the caption …
Read More »Finance Minister To Present Mid-Year Budget Review On 13 July
The Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta is expected to present the Mid-Year Budget Review in Parliament on 13 July 2022. The Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu revealed this in Parliament on Friday (1 July 2022). The budget review, which is in accordance with Article 179 of the 1992 Constitution and …
Read More »Delay In Going To IMF Will Make Negotiations Difficult For Ghana – Former Dep. Finance Minister
The Former Deputy Finance Minister, Casiel Ato Forson has welcomed the decision by the government to go to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for support. He said he is glad over the decision. “I am glad that finally, the NPP government has taken the decision to go to the IMF …
Read More »Afenyo-Markin: NDC Went To IMF Due To Mismanagement Because There Was No Crisis
The Deputy Majority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin has told the Minority that the National Democratic Congress (NDC), when in government, went to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for support due to mismanagement of the economy. The Effutu lawmaker stated on the floor of Parliament Friday July 1 that …
Read More »President Akufo-Addo Directs Finance Minister To Engage IMF For Economic Support
President Akufo-Addo has directed the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, to begin formal engagements with the International Monetary Fund, for economic support, MyGhanaMedia.com can authoritatively confirm. A statement signed by the Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, and dated July 1st, 2022 indicated that there had already been a conversation between the …
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