President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo left Ghana Saturday, April 14, to attend the 25th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. The meeting is scheduled to take place in London, United Kingdom, from Monday, April 16 to Friday, April 20, on the theme “Towards a Common Future”. A statement signed by Director of Communications at the Presidency, … Read more
Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire have resolved to address the challenges of the cocoa sector, within the framework of the implementation of the Strategic Partnership Agreement which links the two countries, by signing the “Abidjan Declaration.” With the two countries responsible for 60% of the world’s cocoa output, fluctuations of cocoa prices on the international market, … Read more
As a news editor, I keenly listen to speeches and addresses of newsmakers with the hope of reading in between the lines to convey the correct message to the eagerly awaiting public of news consumers. In fact, when the reading of the speeches are shown on television, my eye also does a good extra job … Read more
Trade Minister Alan Kyerematen has called for the prosecution of Minority Chief Whip Muntaka Mubarak for causing financial loss to the state. According to Mr. Kyerematen, the Asawase MP championed the setting up of a committee to probe the cash for seat allegations and since the claims have been described as lacking merit, Hon. Mubarak … Read more
The Majority Leader in Parliament Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu has slammed the minority for attempting to scuttle the cash for seat report before Parliament. According to him, some minority members are still hallucinating and yet to recover from the 2016 election defeat. The Minority in Parliament has on Tuesday stormed out of Parliament to avoid being … Read more
The Managing Director of Japan Motors Trading Company Limited, Salem Kalmoni has said he understood the “President” being referred to at the Presidential table during last year’s Ghana Expatriates Business Awards (GEBA) to be President Akufo-Addo. This was revealed in a 146-page report of the 5-member ad hoc committee of Parliament investigating extortion allegations against … Read more
The Minority in Parliament has stormed out of Parliament to avoid being part of the debate to approve and adopt the report of the committee which probed extortion claims against the Ministry of Trade and Industry. The 5-member ad hoc committee of Parliament in its report cleared the Minister Alan Kyerematen and his officials of … Read more
The Minority report of the Parliamentary Committee probing the ‘Cash-for-Seat’ saga has indicted the Trade and Industry Ministry of engaging in “serious ethical violations” by allowing its credibility as a public agency to be used to “amass profit” at last year’s Ghana Expatriates Business Awards (GEBA). The indictment contained in a 32 page report authored … Read more
Ashim Morton, the President of the Millennium Excellence Foundation, organisers of 2017 Ghana Expatriates Business Awards (GEBA) forged documents to conceal “blatant fact” from the Parliamentary Committee probing the ‘Cash-for-Seat’ scandal that hit the event. This is contained in a 32 page Minority report of the Committee’s proceedings. The report is aimed at countering the … Read more
The five-member ad hoc committee set up by the Speaker of Parliament to probe into claims that foreign businesses were levied to sit near President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at the Ghana Expatriates Business Awards (GEBA) has finished its work. The committee brought its work to an end on Thursday after meeting a representative of … Read more
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on behalf of government donated GH¢5,000 to the family of the late Kwadwo Asare Baffour Acheampong (KABA) for the one-week celebration. Vice President Bawumia graced Saturday’s celebration held at the forecourt of Multimedia. He was accompanied by some government functionaries including a Deputy Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah. Others … Read more
Government’s directive to port operators to achieve total paperless processing of operational clearance procedures at the ports from September 1 is close to being realised as the main technical partner to the Ghana Revenue Authority, the Ghana Community Network Services Limited (GCNet) has declared its readiness to implement the initiative. His Excellency, the Vice President, … Read more
INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, NANA ADDO DANKWA AKUFO-ADDO, AT THE 1ST MEDIA ENCOUNTER, AT THE BANQUET HALL OF THE PRESIDENCY, ACCRA, ON TUESDAY, 18TH JULY, 2017 Let me welcome you all to the seat of the Presidency for this 1st media encounter since I came here. I must, at the outset, … Read more
President Akufo-Addo on Tuesday, July 18, 2017 met with journalists at the Flagstaff House to account for his stewardship to Ghanaians after 6 months in office. The meeting was to afford journalists the opportunity to ask him key questions they believe he hasn’t adequately addressed at various forums and also know about his plans on … Read more
The US-Africa Business Centre has released its maiden Investor Confidence Indicator for Africa (ICIFA) in Washington, ranking Ghana among the best countries in Africa in terms of convenience of doing business. Ghana’s overall score was 59.4 per cent which placed it in the first quartile of overall performers in Africa. The report, which was released … Read more
The Vice President of the People’s Republic of China, Li Yuanchao, has announced his country’s preparedness to partner Ghana to undertake a massive transformation of her economy. Speaking at a State Reception for his Ghanaian counterpart, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, H. E Yuanchao said China stands ready … Read more
The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has challenged the investor community to take advantage of Ghana’s competitive advantages, especially within the West Africa sub-region, to make significant investments that would bring them appreciable returns. The Akufo-Addo government, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia indicated, is looking for “significant investments to do big things” and is putting the necessary … Read more
Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, is in China for a four-day official visit. This is the first visit by a high level government official to China since the New Patriotic Party (NPP) took office in January this year. Ghana was among the first group of Sub-Saharan African countries that established diplomatic relations with China, and … Read more
The Vice President of the Republic, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, left Accra on Monday June 19 for a four-day official visit to the People’s Republic of China. The visit is at the invitation of the Chinese government. This is the first visit by a high-level government official to China since the New Patriotic Party (NPP) took … Read more
The Minister for Trade and Industry, Alan Kyerematen, has sworn in a 13-member Ministerial Advisory Board (MAB) for the Ministry of Trade and Industry in Accra. According to the Minister, who is also the Chairman of the Board, the Ministerial Advisory Board will enable the Ministry to realise its vision and also help it undertake … Read more