Minister-designate for Trade and Industry KT Hammond will today appear before Parliament’s appointments Committee for vetting. The Adansi Asokwa MP was nominated for the ministry by President Akufo-Addo to replace Alan Kyerematen who resigned to pursue his presidential ambitions. Also to appear before the committee is the MP for Nhyiaeso and former head of MASLOC, Stephen Amoah, who has been nominated as a Deputy Trade Minister. MP for Abetifi Constituency, Bryan Acheampong has also been nominated to head the Ministry of Food and Agriculture while MP for Akwapim South OB Amoah has been picked as the Minister of State at...
You deny poor pensioners their money and quote the Bible? – Bolga Central MP asks Ofori-Atta
The Bolgatanga Central MP, Isaac Adongo appears to have had enough of the Finance Minister’s incessant biblical quotations during every address to the nation. Ken Ofori-Atta appeared before Parliament on Thursday to brief the legislators about the government’s Domestic Debt Exchange Programme and as has become the norm, he concluded his statement with a quotation from the Holy Book. But Mr Adongo would not have that today. He questioned the moral grounds the Finance Minister had to throw the word of God at Ghanaians while taking their hard-earned money. “As a country, we are not angry enough. This cannot happen...
Mankessim murder: Police conclude investigations, await advice from AG
The Ghana Police Service has completed investigations into the killing of Georgina Asor Botwe, a 25-year-old prospective student nurse at Mankessim. The police are however awaiting further directions from the Attorney General’s Office, where the docket on the case has been sent. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Daniel Gadzo, the prosecutor, updated the Cape Coast District Magistrate’s Court, presided over by Mr Eric Oheneba Antwi Boasiako, who sat in for Mrs Bernice Mensima Ackon, who is on vacation. The court, upon the update, adjourned the case for the seventh time to Tuesday, February 28, 2023, and told the Office of...
We’ll resolve all school placement issues – Free SHS Secretariat
The Deputy Coordinator of the Free SHS Secretariat, Nana Afrah Sika Mensah, has assured that all challenges associated with the Computerised School Selection Placement System (CSSPS) will be resolved. Hundreds of parents of students who sat for the 2022 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) on Thursday thronged the GNAT Hall in Accra for placement. The centre was set up by the Ghana Education Service (GES) to help with both self-placement and replacement of students in available schools in all categories, except category ‘A’ schools. A total of 165,601 candidates will have to do self-placement because they could not be matched...
Reduction in fuel prices due to changes on international market not G4O – IES
The Institute of Energy Security (IES) says his prediction of fuel price reductions in the second pricing window is due to a marginal decline in international market prices. According to IES, the impact of government’s gold-for-oil policy which is intended to cushion consumers to purchase fuel at a cheaper price is yet to be felt. IES in its prediction for the second pricing window projected that petrol will sell at about GH¢14.40 and diesel around GH¢13.90. Explaining the decrease in fuel prices to Citi News, Research Analyst at the IES, Adam Yakubu said, “let me state that what we are reporting at...
Essien never gets the credit he deserves – Mikel Obi
Ex-Chelsea player Michael Essien has been praised by his former teammate John Obi Mikel for his hard work during his playing days. Both players were assigned midfield and defensive roles when they played together between 2006 and 2014 at Chelsea and John Obi Mikel admits that the former Black Stars player’s efforts were less recognised. According to him Essien’s terrific work earned him a moniker known among the then Chelsea players as the “the train”. “He [Essien] never gets the mention nor the credit he deserves. He is a guy that we call him the train at the training ground,...
Ghana’s inflation for January 2023 drops marginally to hit 53.6%
The year-on-year inflation rate for January 2023 has dropped marginally to 53.6%, from the 54.1% recorded in December 2022. This is according to latest data from the Ghana Statistical Service. This is the first time in the last 19 months that there has been a reversal of the rate of increase for the year-on-year inflation. The figure represents a 0.5 percentage drop relative to the rate that was recorded for December 2022. Per the data, food inflation inched up to 61.0% in January 2023, from 59.7% recorded in December 2022. Non-food Inflation declined to 47.9% in January 2023, from 49.9%...
Your continuous picketing over DDEP unnecessary – Ofori-Atta to pensioners
The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has tagged the continuous picketing by pensioner bondholders for an exemption from the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme as unnecessary. He maintains that the voluntary exercise has concluded and that the government will honour its obligations to bondholders, including retirees who voluntarily opted not to participate in the programme. For the past eight days, the group has been picketing at the Finance Ministry, demanding that the government excludes them from the domestic debt swap. Addressing pensioners on Wednesday, February 15, the Finance Minister stated that the picketing is now unnecessary. “Really, there is no reason for...
Titus Glover refutes allegation that politicians are behind Bawku conflict
Leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and former Member of Parliament for Tema East, Daniel Nii Kwartei Titus Glover has debunked allegation that politicians are fueling the Bawku conflict. Titus Glover admitted in an interview with Johnnie Hughes on 3FM Sunrise Morning Show that it is a fact that in Bawku, the Mamprusies support NPP and the Kusaasies support NDC but insisted that the Bawku conflict is never a political fight hence people should desist from describing it as such. “Who can say or prove that a politician is behind this conflict? I want to know all the...
Pastor dies attempting 40-day fast for Jesus
A Mozambican pastor has died after fasting for 40 days trying to reach the record reached by Jesus on the biblical Mount of Olives. The death of Francisco Barajah, the pastor and founder of the Santa Trindade Evangelical Church in the central province of Manica, was confirmed on Wednesday. He died while being treated at hospital in Beira where he was evacuated in critical condition. After 25 days of fasting, he had lost a lot of weight to a point where he could not stand up, bathe or walk. Days later, at the insistence of relatives and believers, he was...