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Ghanaians Will Soon Praise NPP-Gov’t For Going To IMF – Agric Minister [video]

A  cabinet minister and also Minister of  Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto says Ghana will soon praise the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for engaging the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to support its economic programs.   Dr Afriyie Akoto rather wants Ghanaians to be concerned with the conditionalities that …

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Ghana Will Be Ungovernable If Any IMF Conditionality Freezes Wage Increment – Prof Gyampo

A political science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Prof Ransford Gyampo, has warned that the country will be ‘ungovernable’ if government accepts any IMF conditionality that freezes wage increment. In a Facebook post on Saturday, he stated that labour unions would be opposed to any policy, that does not …

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Social Media Reacts After Akufo-Addo Directs Finance Minister To Engage IMF

On Friday, the Information Ministry announced that President Akufo-Addo has directed the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, to begin formal engagements with the International Monetary Fund. The decision has taken many Ghanaians by surprise. This is because before approaching IMF, the government, on numerous occasions, insisted that a bailout from the …

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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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Ken Ofori Atta Lacks Financial Ideas –  Akufo- Addo Charged

The former District Chief Executive of Sekyere Afram Plains District, Honorable Fuseini Donkor charges the president, H.E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to sack the Finance Minister Ken. Ofori-Atta from office.   Mr. Fuseini said ‘From 2017 up to date, the finance minister, Ken. Ofori-Atta can not boast of introducing something …

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Fertilizer Suppliers To Finance Minister: Our Outstanding Debts Are Still Unpaid

Fertilizer suppliers under the Planting for Food and Jobs programme are calling on the Finance Minister to clarify his claim of clearing some outstanding debts owed to the Agric Ministry. They are questioning Ken Ofori-Atta’s claim to have released ¢278.57 million to the Agric Ministry as part of ¢485.90 million …

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Henry Osei Akoto: Next NDC Gov’t Will Retrieve Every Penny From Ofori-Atta And His Cohorts

The 2020 Parliamentary candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Oforikrom Constituency of the Ashanti Region, Hon. Henry Osei Akoto, has indicated that, the next NDC government which will be headed by John Dramani Mahama as President will retrieve every single penny from Akufo-Addo-led NPP adminstration on the …

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Covid-19 Expenditure: Government Spent ¢12bn Between 2020, 2021 – Ofori-Atta

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has announced that a total of ¢12.04 billion has been expended so far on Covid-19. According to figures put out by the Finance Minister in his address to Parliament on Wednesday, June 22, an amount of ¢11.16 billion was allocated for expenditures related to Covid-19. …

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Ofori-Atta : GH¢143m Was Spent On Free Water And Electricity During Covid-19 [ Full Text]

The Finance Minister has revealed that the government spent GH¢143 million on the provision of free water and electricity for lifeline consumers during the Covid-19 pandemic. Ken Ofori-Atta said that even though GH¢200 million was budgeted for the policy, not all was expended. He disclosed this while delivering his statement …

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Minority MPs To EC: Don’t Use Ghana Card For 2024 Voters Register

The Minority in Parliament have pushed against plans by the Electoral Commission (EC) to use the Ghana Card for the compilation of the 2024 Voters Register. According to them, such a move will disenfranchise a lot of Ghanaians since many citizens are yet to receive their Ghana Cards. Speaking on …

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