POLITICS

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has justified the ‘Gold-for Crude’ programme that has been introduced. He said it is an innovative way of easing the pressure on the local currency against the major trading ones, especially the Dollar. Speaking at the 74th annual new year school of the University of Ghana on Tuesday, January 17, he said while justifying the programme ...

Former Minister of Trade and Industry, Alan Kyerematen has presented his handover notes to the caretaker Minister Samuel Abu Jinapor. The handover ceremony took place in Accra on Monday, January  16 In a tweet, Mr Jnaipor who is the substantive Minister of Lands and Natural Resources said “Following my appointment by President Akufo-Addo as the caretaker Minister for Trade and Industry, I ...

An Economist, Dr. Theo Acheampong, says the new deadline for the domestic debt exchange programme will not be met. This follows an announcement by the Ministry of Finance on Monday, January 16. The date for the programme which has been extended three times since it was announced has faced strong opposition from various stakeholders, including individual bondholders who accuse the ...

North Tongu Member of Parliament Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has, in the form of a question to the National Cathedral Secretariat, revealed that Bishop Dag Heward-Mills has left the National Cathedral Board. “The Cathedral Secretariat by this statement confirms that Rev. Victor Kusi Boateng is indeed Kwabena Adu Gyamfi despite the different dates of birth, multiple TINs & addresses. “Too many ...

The Presidency has issued a disclaimer on the claim being made by the outgoing Minister of Trade and Industry, Alan Kyerematen to the effect that the One District, One Factory (1D1F) initiative is his brainchild. In a correspondence from the Communications Unit of the Presidency sighted by DGN Online, it stated that the claims by the Minister are false by ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured that by the middle of January or February this year, the team handling the International Monetary Fund (IMF) negotiations will conclude a full-blown deal. Mr Akufo-Addo said this while speaking at a meeting with some African-American students from the Harvard Business School at the Jubilee House, on Thursday January 12. President Akufo-Addo used ...

Lecturer and Political Communication Analyst Dr. Etse Sikanku has lauded the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, for his immense contributions to the Office of the Vice President, which he said, has significantly transformed the hitherto dormant office. In a write-up released on Wednesday, January 11, the revered scholar noted that the Office of the Vice President used to be docile, ...

Majority caucus in Parliament anger has been heightened following oversight responsibility given to the embattled Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta as caretaker Minister of the Ministry of Trade and Industry by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo The caucus would be holding a crunch meeting when parliament returns from recess to determine their next line of actions on their demand for the ...

Individual bondholders in Ghana have petitioned the Minister of Finance, Kenneth Ofori-Atta, to exclude them from government’s Domestic Debt Exchange Programme. According to them, their inclusion in the Programme since the notice was served on Saturday, December 24, 2022 has been “extremely unsettling and catastrophic for our membership and all others affected”. They are, therefore, urging Mr Ofori-Atta to grant ...

National Chairman of opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Johnson Asiedu Nketia says concerns of misunderstandings that are leading to division among party members are being resolved in a harmonious manner. Leadership of the party including national and regional executives, and also Council of Elders have been meeting in Kumasi to reconcile feuding factions in the party. This, according to Asiedu ...