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Free SHS Saved Parents Thousands Of Cedis – Bawumia

The implementation of the Free Senior High School policy has saved and will continue to save the parents of beneficiary students thousands of Ghana cedis, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia said. Speaking at the ongoing 4th National Policy Summit at Tamale on Monday 24th September, 2018, he said apart from making senior high school education accessible to several thousand more Ghanaian ...

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Menzgold: Nana Appiah Mensah ‘exposed’ for fake UK launch

Some social media users have accused the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Menzgold Ghana Nana Appiah Mensah of deceiving the general public after he posted what seems to be a copied photo for the launch of Menzgold UK. A social media user on Twitter, who goes by the name Blema.Awula posted one of the images Mr Mensah shared before the ...

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Fuel Prices: I Saw It Coming – Terkper

A former minister of Finance Seth Terkper has said he saw prices of fuel going up moments when the New Patriotic Party government abolished the strategic stock policy. According to him, the policy was established by the previous administration to cushion the prices in times of shocks on the global market. Prices of fuel have ballooned to GhC5 per litre ...

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Gary Kurtz, Star Wars Producer, Dies At 78

Gary Kurtz, producer of the first two instalments in the Star Wars series, has died in north London aged 78. In a statement, his family said he died of cancer and would be “hugely missed”. Kurtz worked with George Lucas on American Graffiti, the original Star Wars and its first sequel, The Empire Strikes Back. His other films included The ...

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Fix Our Problems Now, Not Later – GMA To Akufo-Addo

The general secretary of the Ghana Medical Association Dr. Justice Yamson has urged President Akufo-Addo and his government to work to resolve the hardships Ghanaians are facing now. According to him, claims by the President that government is working to improve conditions of Ghanaians in the long-run is untenable since all Presidents, since the 4th republic, have made similar claims. ...

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Anti-loan NPP now on borrowing spree – Minority

Banda MP Ahmed Ibrahim has said President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s admission that Ghana is going through rough times is a vindication of claims by his critics that the economy is in a bad state. The Deputy Minority Whip told Katakyie Obeng Mensah on Accra100.5FM’s Ghana Yensom on Tuesday, 25 September that all aspects of the Ghanaian economy under the ...

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Reduce Fuel Prices – TUC

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is on the neck of government to cut certain levies contributing to rampant increase in fuel prices. Fuel prices at the pumps have shot up to GHC5 per litre causing a lot of public uproar with the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) asserting government is being insensitive to Ghanaians. In a statement, the umbrella body ...

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Govt Lays Six Financial Agreements Before Parliament

Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta Monday laid six financial agreements in Parliament after the house was recalled for a 5-day sitting. They are; $40million financing agreement between government of Ghana (GoG) and International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank Group to finance the proposed Tourism Development Project, $50million from the same institution to finance the Ghana Commercial Agriculture Project ...

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‘No donor comes because they love us’– Kufuor

International donors do not heavily invest in Ghana because they love us, former President Kufuor has said. Speaking at the graduation of the first batch of students of the Kufuor Scholars programme, the former President said the donors do what they do in a bid to promote their personal interests. He, therefore, emphasized the need for Ghana to strategically position ...

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