Business

IMF bailout: Ghana likely to get about $2 billion – Kojo Oppong Nkrumah

July 4, 2022

The Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, says government is likely to receive about $2 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after deliberations on a specific support package are concluded. He stated that considering Ghana’s quota and macroeconomic data, it is possible for the country to get that money to help shore up its reserves. […]Continue Reading

EDUCATION

NPA commissions classroom blocks for schools in Eastern Region

June 30, 2022

The National Petroleum Authority has commissioned 3-unit and 2-unit classroom blocks with ancillary facilities for two schools who were studying under shed roofs in the Eastern Region. The Authority fully funded the construction of the 3-unit classroom block for the Asifaw Junior High School in the Okere District Assembly and a 2-unit kindergarten block for […]Continue Reading

Business

‘Power will not be disconnected again’ – Leadership of new Kejetia market to traders

June 30, 2022

Leadership of the Kumasi Kejetia Traders Association has indicated that measures have been put in place to ensure that power to the new Kejetia market is not disconnected again. According to the leadership, traders in the market have been asked to raise funds to defray the debt owed the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). This […]Continue Reading

Business

Bring back collection of road tolls – Minority demands

June 30, 2022

The Minority in Parliament  wants the government to reinstate the collection of road tolls. Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu says bringing back road tolls will help government in its revenue drive following current economic challenges. Speaking on the floor of Parliament on Wednesday, Haruna Iddrisu said the issue must be revisited. “Must it just be a […]Continue Reading

TOP STORIES

Ghana’s Gold Refinery Bounces Back! …Akufo-Addo To Commission In August

June 30, 2022

Barring any last minute changes, Ghana will be commissioning a newly-constructed gold refinery, called Royal Gold Ghana Limited Refinery; in two months. The edifice, located on the premises of the Precious Minerals Marketing Company (PMMC), in Accra, is slated for commissioning by President Akufo-Addo in August 2022. It is expected to refine some 400 kilogrammes […]Continue Reading

Business

Scrap Obnoxious E-Levy – Dr. Apaak, Arise Ghana Tell Gov’t

June 30, 2022

Pressure is piling on government to withdraw the controversial Electronic Transfer Levy (E-levy) imposed on Ghanaians, following recent revelation that the state is raking in only 10% of estimated revenue barely two months after implementation. Many Ghanaians, including the opposition parties have been against it since the introduction, insisting the levy will not favour Continue Reading

Business

I.C. Quaye In Fresh Trouble …As Muslim Group Heads to Court

June 30, 2022

The woes of the Board Chairman of the Pilgrims Affairs of Ghana, Sheikh Ibrahim Cudjoe Quaye, is far from over, as a coalition of Muslim youth prepares to drag him to court, for changing signatories to Ghana’s Hajj bank Accounts held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, without approval by the appointing authorities. The group, Patriotic Muslim […]Continue Reading

NEWS

Bribery Injunction Hits GJA President-elect

June 30, 2022

The swearing in ceremony for the newly-elected President of the Ghana Journalist Association (GJA) has been blocked, following the filing of an application for an injunction by one of the members of the inky fraternity. The new President Albert Kwabena Dwumfuor was expected to be sworn in today Thursday June 30, 2022 by a Justice […]Continue Reading

EDUCATION

Ga-East Assembly,GETFund Abandon Abokobi SHS

June 30, 2022

Weeds and squatters including land-guards, are competing for space at the abandoned Abokobi Senior High School (SHS) in the Ga-East Municipal Assembly of the Greater Accra Region. The project, situates in the Dome-Kwabenya constituency, though, was initiated under late Prof. John Atta Mills’s administration, has been left to rot after both the Mahama and Akufo-Addo […]Continue Reading

Business

New gold refinery to take off in August 2022

June 29, 2022

A technical committee comprising the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, Minerals Commission and the Chamber of Mines have inspected Ghana’s newest gold refinery called the Royal Ghana Gold. Speaking to Joy Business, Deputy Lands and Natural Resources Minister, George Mireku Duker, said when the refinery – which has a capacity of refining 300 kilogrammes of […]Continue Reading