President John Dramani arrived at the commissioning of the newly built Naval Headquarters at Burma camp in Accra today [Thursday] in his military regalia. At the event, the President indicated that government has over the years provided the needed resources for the retooling of the Ghana Armed Forces. According to him, government has also constructed … Read more
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has reiterated his call for an extension of the presidential term arguing, the four-year term is not enough to make a meaningful impact as President. He has argued that in view of the global race for development, a Ghanaian president needs time to implement his programmes and also plan the … Read more
Telecom analyst, Fouad Chalabi has taken a swipe at government over taxes charged on telephone handsets imported into Ghana. According to him, zero tax on imported phones especially Smartphones will reduce smuggling of the device and help in the growth of the communication sector. Speaking to Citi Business News, Mr. Chalabi asked government to focus … Read more
The transport ministry has suspended the implementation of the Terminal Handling Charges (THC) being proposed by the various shipping lines in Ghana. The decision to suspend the charges was arrived at on Wednesday after hours of meeting between stakeholders in the shipping industry and the ministry. The ministry referred the matter to the Ghana Maritime … Read more
Government has warned that it will terminate the contracts of underperforming road contractors in the Ashanti and Central regions who fail to complete their projects. Minister of Roads and Highways, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini, gave the warning on behalf of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) which is in charge of cocoa roads at Twifo Praso in … Read more
Economist and Head of Finance at the University of Ghana Business School Professor Godfred Bokpin has said clamours by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) for government to suspend the International Monetary Fund’s $918million Extended Credit Facility and rather stick to home-grown policies lack merit. “Government introduced the IMF programme in 2015, but these policies are … Read more
Interior Minister, Prosper Bani, says government will not block social media on Election Day, contrary to a proposal by the Inspector General of Police (IGP). He explains the IGP John Kudalor’s report was taken out of context. “I would like to emphasise that as of today, and within the context of the upcoming elections, neither … Read more
The Centre for Democratic Development (CDD), has described as unfortunate attacks on them by the governing National Democratic Congress, over its recent survey which portrayed the government in a bad light. CDD in its pre-election survey indicated that 7 in 10 Ghanaians are largely disillusioned with government and believe the country is headed in the … Read more
The Minister of Finance, Seth Terkper has announced the approval of a $230 million scaling-up Renewable Energy Investment Plan (SREP-IP) by the Climate Investment Fund. The approval, which will allow government to invest in the mini-grid sector, is expected to increase the country’s renewable energy generation capacity to achieve price reduction in electricity. According to … Read more
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will in the coming days engage government on the status of the country’s program with the Fund. This was after Parliament voted to amend the existing Bank of Ghana (BoG) law. This will allow for government borrowing from the Central Bank of up 5 percent of previous year’s revenue. The … Read more
A recent survey conducted by governance think tank Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) which revealed that seven out of every 10 Ghanaians had said government was steering the country in the wrong direction will not automatically translate into victory for the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the December 7 polls, Mohammed Abass, a … Read more
Ghana’s failure to receive favourable response on the international market for its 700 million-dollar eurobond has been attributed to what financial experts say is the government’s high appetite for borrowing. The Finance Ministry in early August halted government’s decision to issue a 700 million-dollar eurobond due to unfavourable market conditions. But this, according to the … Read more
The outgoing General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), Kofi Asamoah, has bemoaned government’s decision to always seek bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as against home grown solutions. According to Mr Asamoah, Ghana has the requisite trained personnel with the expertise which can solve the country’s problems without imposition of stiffer controls … Read more
The General Secretary of the incumbent National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, and the party’s National Chairman, Kofi Portuphy, has visited the Montie trio, who are serving their four-month jail term at Nsawman prison in the Eastern Region. Also part of the delegation was the NDC’s Director of Elections, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo. The Host … Read more
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has described government’s plans to order 2017 presidential diaries, as just another avenue to siphon money from the state coffers. The Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah recently signed a contract with JIT Services Limited to publish next year’s diaries for the government even though it is not certain that the … Read more
Exploitation happens to be among the unacceptable acts that the laws of the nation and specifically the Trade Union frowns upon but yet in our current dispensation, exploitation has become legally rampant in our various firms/institutions. I used legally because there appears to be no mouth piece for the one who is exploited so exploitation … Read more
The Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr Ekow Spio-Garbrah, has expressed the belief that Ghanaians will vote to keep the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in power because investor confidence in the country remains high with just a few months to the December elections. Speaking to Class News, Mr Spio-Garbrah noted that it was unusual for … Read more
President John Mahama’s government has taken strong exception to reports released by UK-based Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will lose this year’s elections. EIU late last year and earlier this year released reports indicating that its key intelligence analysis pointed to victory for the opposition New Patriotic Party’s presidential candidate, … Read more
If you have ever been a sprinter like me, you will have known that the moment you are on the track for the race to start, you strike your mental delete button in order to be and concentrate on the race. And when the gun is fired for the race to start, you see yourself as a super … Read more
The ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said the recent survey by the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) that gave a damning assessment of the performance of the Mahama led administration, is a confirmation of the party’s long held view that CDD is biased towards the opposition New Patriotic Party. A survey conducted by CDD-Ghana … Read more