Author Archives: larryehu

I’m sorry for endorsing Akufo-Addo – Supreme Court judge nominee

A Supreme Court judge nominee, Justice Clemence Jackson Honyenuga, has apologised for appearing to endorse President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo during a durbar in the Volta region early this year. Justice Honyenuga in his welcome address to President Akufo-Addo at a durbar of chiefs and people of the Afajato South District had commended the President for various developmental policies introduced ...

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You need to go through reports to understand economic figures – IMF Country Rep

The Country Representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to Ghana Dr. Albert Touna Mama has said that economic figures are generated from reports and that one needs to read full reports to understand different economic figures which have been presented. Speaking on Joy FM’s news analysis programme News File on Saturday to clarify allegations of falsification of figures to ...

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First quarter cargo traffic tipped to fall by 15%

The total volume of cargo handled by the country’s two seaports, Tema and Takoradi, has been predicted to drop by some 0.5m metric tonnes in the first quarter compared to a year ago, as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to restrict trade and wreak havoc on global supply chains. According to the Ghana Chamber of Shipping, the figure represents a 15 ...

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NDC picks Ahanta West Chairman to replace late Kwame Aboagye as parliamentary candidate

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), in a unanimous decision, has picked the Constituency Chairman, Dr. Emmanuel Okumi Andoh as the party parliamentary candidate for Ahanta West in the Western Region. The party in the Ahanta West elected late the George Kwame Aboagye as their 2020 parliamentary candidate in 2019 but he unfortunately met ...

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Ghana’s coronavirus case count now 4,700 with 494 recoveries

Ghana’s case count of the novel Coronavirus has jumped to 4700, president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said. The recoveries have also shot up to 494. He made this announcement during his ninth televised address to the nation on Sunday, May 10, 2020. As of Sunday, 9.30 pm, Ghana had conducted 160,501 tests and with total infections of 4,700 and ...

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IMF data is the true state of our economy – Professor Gatsi

The data published by the IMF on the macro-fiscal situation of Ghana is the true state of the Ghanaian economy, Business School Lecturer, Professor John Gatsi has said. According to him, whiles Ghanaians know the fiscal deficit to Gross Domestic Product in 2019 to be 4.5%, the Fund knows the true state of the budget deficit in 2019 as 7.5%. ...

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