The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed Mr. Michael Okyere Baafi as the Executive Secretary of the Ghana Free Zones Authority. A letter signed by the Secretary to the President, Nana Asante Bediatuo read that Mr. Okyere Baafi is expected to take up his post as soon as practicable given the departure of the […]
Ninety Somali immigrants who either ran afoul of U.S. law or had their asylum applications rejected have been deported to the Somali capital, Mogadishu, witnesses and officials said Wednesday. Somalia’s ambassador to the United States, Ahmed Isse Awad, told VOA Somali that these immigrants had sent letters to the Somali Embassy in Washington, requesting the
Renegotiating the International Monetary Fund (IMF) deal will not be solving the fiscal and monetary problems Ghana is facing, Kenneth Thompson, Managing Director of Dalex Finance and Leasing Company. In a response to a statement made by OsafoMaafo, Senior Minister-designate during his vetting in Parliament, Mr. Thompson noted that the issues that pushed the previous
The Minister Designate for Food and Agriculture (MOFA) Hon. Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has commended the government of India for her continuous support to Ghana. The Minister designate says the fruitful and cordial relationship between the two countries must be maintained in order to ensure mutual economic and social benefits. Hon. Dr. Afriyie Akoto made
The Minister-designate for Agriculture Dr. Owusu Afriyie-Akoto has attributed the low productivity in the agricultural sector to the incompetence of the previous Mahama-led government. He blamed the immediate past government for eroding the interest of investors in the sector as a result of declining infrastructure development. Responding to questions from the Appointments Committee of Parliament Tuesday,
Mion district tops others with the least percentage of residents who defecate in the open with Tamale metro at the bottom of the league table. The District league table (DLT) is a bi-annual Water and Sanitation (WASH) technical assessment and ranking of the performance of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in fighting open
More than $11m (£8.8m) is missing from The Gambia’s state coffers following the departure of long-time leader Yahya Jammeh, an adviser to President Adama Barrow has said. Mai Ahmad Fatty said financial experts were trying to evaluate the exact loss. Luxury cars and other items were seen being loaded on to a Chadian cargo plane
Finance Minister designate, Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori-Atta has rejected claims that the New Patriotic Party(NPP) promised to pay all outstanding monies owed aggrieved customers of microfinance company DKM and others in the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana. According to the Mr. Ofori – Atta who was answering a quaestion in parliament during his vetting stated
January 18, 2017 by Food Sovereignty Ghana Food Sovereignty Ghana (FSG) stands strongly opposed to the nomination of Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto as Minister-Designate for Food and Agriculture. It has come to our attention that among the list of the ministerial nominees Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto has been slated for the Ministry of Agriculture. Consequently,
According to some trivia I read about Harold Wilson, Labour Prime Minister, some time ago, one of the things he missed most after leaving Number 10 Downing Street (Can’t remember whether it was when he lost to Edward Heath in 1970 or when he resigned in 1976) was the telephone. As Prime Minister, he never
