The Minister of Trade and Industry, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, wants Parliament, and by extension the state, to investigate any possibilities of suing Minority Chief Whip Alhaji Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka for willfully causing financial loss to the state. According to him, the recall of Parliament during their Christmas break following the Asawase Constituency Member of Parliament’s … Read more
All the expatriate business representatives scheduled to appear before the Parliamentary ad hoc committee looking into allegations of the payment of monies to sit near President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at an awards event last year failed to show up on Tuesday. The business executives were expected to appear before the committee at 10:00 am … Read more
If the Minister of Trade and Industry, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, could be remembered as one of the best ministers of Nana Akufo-Addo’s government, then he has to put in place a well thought out plan to find the Ministry’s Toyota Land Cruiser with registration number GT 3505 Y which has gone missing since 2013. The … Read more
If the Minister of Trade & Industry, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, could be remembered as one of the best ministers of Nana Akufo-Addo’s government, then he has to put in place a well thought out plan to find the Ministry’s Toyota Land Cruiser with registration number GT 3505 Y which has gone missing since 2013. The … Read more
Credible information reaching The aL-hAJJ indicate that all is not well with the four-month-old Akufo-Addo government as Trade and Industry Minister, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, is said to be considering tendering in his resignation letter. Sources close to the twice failed NPP flag bearer aspirant told this paper that, Mr Kyeremanten has virtually been reduced to … Read more
Leading French sports equipment and sportswear company, Decathlon, has opened the largest sports store in Ghana. The store, which is located at the Junction Mall in Nungua, Accra, is by all standards the biggest sports store in West Africa. The store, which occupies a 1,245 square meter area, also provides over 3,000 products across 40 … Read more
The Association of Ghana industries has asked the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) to put in adequate measures to ensure that items produced in the country were of high standards. That, according to the President of AGI, Mr James Asare Adjei, was necessary if Ghanaian businesses were desirous of competing equally with their foreign counterparts. He … Read more
The Minister of Trade and Industry, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, says the government is ready to reverse the near decade-long trend where industrial establishments lost staggering numbers of their workers as a result of poor economic management and challenges in the supply of electricity. According to him, industrial jobs will soon come back in force as … Read more
Ghanaian-owned total beverage company, Kasapreko Company Limited, over the weekend scooped three awards at the maiden edition of the Ghana Beverage Awards organised by the Global Media Alliance. Kasapreko was adjudged Manufacturer of the Year, Bitters of the Year with Alomo and the ultimate award of the night, Product of the Year. The awards which were … Read more
PRESIDENT Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and ex-President J. A. Kufuor, Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Mike Ocquaye, and a host of other political figures were in Kumasi to mourn with Trade Minister. Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen and his family were performing the final funeral rites of Bridget Kyerematen-Darko, a victim of the La gas explosion. Bridget Kyerematen-Darko, 58, … Read more
President Nana Akufo-Addo and ex-President J. A. Kufuor, Mike Ocquaye and a host of other political figures were in Kumasi to mourn with Trade Minister. Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen and his family were performing the final funeral rites of Bridget Kyerematen-Darko, a victim of the La gas explosion. Bridget Kyerematen-Darko, 58, a sister of the Minister, … Read more
Document sighted by 3news.com has confirmed that Senior Minister-designate, Mr. Osafo Maafo and four others whose approval was delayed by Parliament have been cleared to be sworn in by the president today. The approval of Mr. Osafo Maafo in particular was not arrived without a divided front. There was a disagreement between the Minority and … Read more
President Nana Akufo-Addo is expected to swear-in eight nominees approved by Parliament after being vetted for various ministerial positions. They are Mr Albert Kan-Dapaah, Minister-designate for National Security, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, Minister-designate for Finance, Mr Dominic Nitiwul, Minister-designate for Defence and Mr Ambrose Dery, Minister-designate for the Interior. The rest are: Ms Gloria Akuffo, Minister-designate … Read more
Minister-designate for the Trade and Industry Ministry, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, has said the Government would support existing companies to be competitive on the international market by providing them with stimulus packages. Mr Kyerematen, the first to appear before the Appointments Committee, on Monday, explained the intervention was one of the six strategic pillars towards supporting … Read more
Minister-designate for Trade and Industry, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen this morning appeared before the Appointment’s Committee of parliament. Mr Kyeremanten spoke about why the Presidential Special Initiatives (PSIs) introduced by the Kufuor administration failed and among many others. Join GhanaStar.com to receive daily email alerts of breaking news in Ghana. GhanaStar.com is your source for all … Read more
Minister-designate for Trade and Industry, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen this morning appeared before the Appointment’s Committee of parliament. Mr Kyeremanten spoke about the why the Presidential Special Initiatives (PSIs) introduced by the Kufuor administration failed and among many others. Join GhanaStar.com to receive daily email alerts of breaking news in Ghana. GhanaStar.com is your source for … Read more
Ministers designate for Trade & Industry, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, has assured the nation that he’ll commit to a 100% local processing of the country’s number export commodity, cocoa, if the private sector will take a leading role. “Mr. Chairman, for every 100% of cocoa processed, 70% of the revenue goes to the processing factories while … Read more
As vetting commences for the ministerial appointees of President Akufo-Addo, the various nominees take turns before the Appointment Committee for questioning regarding their various portfolios. Interior Minister-designate Ambrose Dery was the second in the last batch that appeared before the committee on Saturday January 21, for his turn of the drill. Prior to this, members … Read more
Day Two of the ongoing vetting of ministerial nominees to serve in the administration of President Akufo-Addo, has ended with Ambrose Dery and Gloria Akuffo, both nominees for the ministries of Interior and Justice and Attorney-General respectively. This brings to six (6) the number of nominees to have been vetted, out of the Thirty-Six (36) … Read more
The Appointments Committee of Parliament is taking the issue of tax returns seriously, and so ministerial nominees who are found to have defaulted in filing same risk being disqualified, Sampson Ahi, a member of the committee, has said. “The constitution has stipulated that you should be a Ghanaian before you can become a Member of … Read more