POLITICS

  The Bantamahene, Baffour Owusu Amankwatia VI, has vowed to lead the mobilization of chiefs for the development of the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi if the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) fails to do so. Baffour Owusu Amankwatia VI blames the KMA for the rampant mounting of kiosks and containers and …

  On Tuesday, December 20, 2022, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, MP for Assin Central Constituency, took his turn to visit the NPPP headquarters  Kennedy Ohene Agyapong (in black) with some party faithful during his visit to the party office The New Patriotic Party (NPP) policy of Party-Government Engagement has gained prominence …

  Government has announced an exemption of all pension funds from the Debt Exchange Programme. This follows a meeting between Organised Labour, Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations, the Finance Ministry, National Security Ministry and all other parties involved on Thursday, December 22. The exemption of all pension funds, however, …

  Parliament has cut ¢17 million from the original allocation made to the Office of Government Machinery for 2023. This was after the House agreed on Thursday that some of the expenditure items were superfluous and unnecessary. The nearly ¢1.5 billion allocations was reduced after ¢15.5 million earmarked for the …

    The Paramount Chief of Dormaa Traditional Council, Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyemang-Badu II The President of the Bono Regional House of Chiefs, Dormaahene, Osagyefo Oseadeyo Agyemang Badu II has appealed to President Akufo-Addo to put on hold the construction of the national cathedral and fix the economic hardship facing the …

The Comptroller-General of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) Kwame Asuah Takyi (Esq.) has been honoured at the 11th edition of the Ghana Leadership Awards at a ceremony in Accra. He received awards in two categories comprising the Public Servant of the Year for his outstanding leadership, strength and dedicated public …

  The Minority in Parliament has voted against the GHS80 million earmarked for the National Cathedral project in 2023 and thus may have no public funding for it. The National Cathedral has had its appropriation estimate in the 2023 budget stepped down. This was when the Parliamentary Committee on Trade, …

  l Professor Ransford Gyampo JoyNews/AdomNews · GYAMPO ON PENSIONS Political Scientist with the the University of Ghana, Professor Ransford Gyampo, has reiterated his position that organised labour will resist government’s resolve to use pension funds as part of its debt restructuring programme. Prof Gyampo is of the opinion that …

  President Nana Akufo-Addo has reiterated his commitment to building the National Cathedral. To him, the project when completed will be the collective thanksgiving of Ghanaians to God for blessings upon the country. “Sparing us the ravages of civil war that have bedevilled the histories of virtually all our neighbours, …

  The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta says government has extended the expiry date for enrollment onto the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme to December 30, 2022. Giving an update on the state of the economy on Monday, Mr Ofori-Atta said that the extension is to “allow for key concerns raised by …