CEDI CROSSES GH¢16 MARK AGAINST THE DOLLAR ON RETAIL MARKET
The Ghanaian Cedi has crossed the GH¢16 mark against the US Dollar on the currency retail market. A survey conducted by the Citi Business News team at various forex bureaux and banks in Accra revealed that the dollar is being sold at rates ranging from GH¢15.95 to GH¢16.20. This development occurs as the International Monetary Fund (IMF)...
MAHAMA TO START CAMPAIGN IN THE GREATER ACCRA REGION TODAY
The flag bearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, will spend Tuesday and Wednesday campaigning in the Greater Accra Region. The two-day #Mahama4Change2024 tour will take the NDC leader to seven constituencies to share his vision, proposals, policies, and programmes outlined in the NDC 2024 Resetting Ghana manifesto. Mr. Mahama will...
WE DISAGREE WITH DECISION TO BAN EXPORT ON GRAIN – PEASANT FARMERS
Peasant Farmers Association is not pleased with the government's recent ban on the export of key grains, including maize, rice, and soybean. This concern comes after the Minister for Food and Agriculture, Bryan Acheampong, announced a ban on these grains. According to him, this measure will ensure food security within the country. Mr. Acheampong's...
NDC DEMANDS EMERGENCY MEETING WITH EC OVER VOTERS’ EXHIBITION EXERCISE
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has written to the Electoral Commission, demanding an emergency meeting to discuss the voters’ exhibition exercise. A letter signed by the NDC’s General Secretary, Fifi Kwetey, noted that the meeting is to discuss “very serious discrepancies discovered during the ongoing 2024 voter exhibition exercise.” The party says an analysis of the provisional...
NDC MANIFESTO: FULL TEXT
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) successfully launched its 2024 manifesto at the University of Education, Winneba, on Saturday, August 24. Flagbearer of the NDC, John Dramani Mahama, bemoaned the economic hardships that Ghanaians are experiencing and pledged, among other things, to scrap nuisance taxes, improve education, implement an audacious $10 billion infrastructure investment to cater for public...
BAWUMIA PLEDGES TO SCRAP E-LEVY BY MARCH 2025; NEW TAX REFORMS IN FIRST BUDGET
The Vice President and New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has announced that the controversial levy on mobile transactions, commonly known as the e-levy, will be scrapped in his first budget presentation to Parliament by March 2025, if he is elected President. During a media engagement in Accra on Sunday, Dr. Bawumia also outlined plans...
GOLD4OIL POLICY PREVENTED FUEL SHORTAGES – BOST MD
The Managing Director of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST), Dr. Edwin Alfred Provencal, has strongly asserted that the Gold for Oil policy has been instrumental in preventing potential fuel shortages, similar to those currently affecting Nigeria. He emphasized that the programme has proven its effectiveness since its inception, countering scepticism from some industry...
IEA INAUGURATES 9-MEMBER PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE COMMITTEE
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has inaugurated a nine-member committee to organise debates for presidential and vice-presidential candidates of political parties ahead of the 2024 general election. Inaugurated at the Head Office of IEA in Accra yesterday, it is chaired by former Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo, and includes some well-respected religious leaders, technocrats and a foreign...
ELECTION 2024: WE’RE STILL ENGAGING POLITICAL PARTIES ON PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE – IEA
A member of the nine-member committee established by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) to oversee the organisation of the 2024 Presidential and Vice Presidential debates, Dr Humphery Ayim-Darke, has assured that the committee will engage with political parties and candidates to ensure full participation.The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has previously announced that it would not participate...
PAC GOES AFTER 18 TEACHERS FOR ILLEGALLY WITHDRAWING GH¢188K WITH FAKE CERTIFICATES
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has directed the Ghana Education Service (GES) to investigate 18 teachers who promoted themselves in Amansie Central without recourse to the laws governing the GES. A report from the Amansie Central Education Directorate indicated that the teachers upgraded themselves without the requisite documents and increased their salaries, resulting in a...
