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Discriminatory policies needed for local businesses but AGI rejected reversal of benchmark value – Oppong Nkrumah

July 7, 2022

Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has said that discriminatory policies are required to help grow local industries. It is part of this reason that the government introduced the reversal of the 50 per cent benchmark value in order to assist local producers. However, he said, the Association of Industries (AGI) rejected that move because in […]Continue Reading

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Eid-ul-Adha: Monday, 11 July declared public holiday

July 6, 2022

The government through the Interior Ministry has declared Monday, 11 July 2022, a statutory public holiday. This is because Saturday 9 July marks Eid-ul-Adha which is a holiday on the Islamic calender. Due to the fact that the said day falls on a weekend, the holiday has been moved to Monday as it has traditionally […]Continue Reading

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NIA sets record straight on cards left to rot in office

July 6, 2022

The National Identification Authority (NIA) has dismissed the assertion circulating on social media that some Ghana Cards have been left to ‘rot’ at the Sowotuom Office. In a statement, the Authority explained that the said cards are 2D-barcode cards which were printed between 2008 and 2014 but were never issued to Ghanaians. According to NIA, […]Continue Reading

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OPEC chief Muhammad Barkindo dies in Nigeria

July 6, 2022

The secretary-general of OPEC, Muhammad Barkindo died aged 63 on Tuesday night in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, according to officials. His death was announced on Wednesday morning in a tweet by the head of Nigeria’s state oil company (NNPC). The circumstances of the death remain unclear. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) termed his death “a Continue Reading

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Death Penalty bills initiated by Madina MP gazetted

July 6, 2022

The Criminal and Other Offences (Amendment) Act 1960 Act 29 and Armed Forces (Amendment) Act 1962 Act 105, commonly referred to as the Death Penalty Bills introduced by Member of Parliament for Madina, Francis-Xavier Sosu, have been gazetted. The Bills which seek to amend sections 46, 49, 49a, 180, 194 and 317a of the Criminal […]Continue Reading

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Akufo-Addo cuts sod for €500m Manso to Huni Valley railway line

July 6, 2022

President Nana Akufo-Addo on Tuesday, 5th July 2022, cut the sod for the commencement of work on the construction of the €500 million Manso-Huni Valley section of the Western Railway. Describing it as the highest single investment for rail development since Ghana gained independence, President Akufo-Addo indicated that the project is expected to be completed […]Continue Reading

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Ghana bags $3.3bn from non-traditional exports in 2021

July 6, 2022

Ghana’s Non-Traditional Exports (NTEs) earnings increased from $2.847 billion in 2020 to $3.33 billion in 2021, representing an increase of 17% during the period under review. This was reported at the 2021 NTE statistics launch by the Ghana Export Promotion Authority in Accra. Over the past five years (2017 to 2021), the country’s NTEs grew […]Continue Reading

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IMF bailout: We will resist attempts to punish the poor worker – Dr. Beyuo to government

July 6, 2022

General Secretary of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA), Dr. Titus Beyuo, says both the government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) should look for creative ways to solve Ghana’s problem rather than disadvantaging poor public workers as has been done in the past. According to him, the cutting down of public sector employees, the freezing […]Continue Reading

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Ejura shooting: Administrative processes hindering victims’ compensation – Interior Minister

July 6, 2022

Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery has blamed the non-payment of compensation to victims of the Ejura shooting incident on administrative processes. This was in response to a question posed by the Ejura Sekyeredumase MP, Bawa Braimah Mohammed, who said that the victims suffer just to make ends meet. Speaking on the floor of Parliament on Wednesday, […]Continue Reading

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Toll workers petition Parliament over cessation of toll collection, salary arrears

July 6, 2022

Members of the Toll Workers Association of Ghana have petitioned Parliament to demand the reversal of the decision to cease collecting tolls. They also asked for the payment of their six-month salary arrears from the government. The group said about 800 toll workers, who were disengaged following a directive by the government to halt the […]Continue Reading