Government has rolled out waivers for Independent Power Producers (IPPs) of renewable energy at a time that it has suspended the issuing of licenses to IPPs in the thermal space over concerns of excess power generation. This also follows government’s plan to increase the country’s renewable energy capacity to ten percent by 2020. Deputy Energy ...
Players in the energy sector are urging government to act briskly in issuing the 15-year bond to clear the 2.4 billion dollars debt. In their view, the plan will bring relief to affected entities and revive the energy sector. Government has announced plans to issue a 15-year bond to settle all outstanding debts in the energy ...
Mohammed Hashim Abdullah has been overwhelmingly confirmed as the District Chief Executive for the Mion District in the Northern Region. He polled 29 out of the 29 votes cast of 29 representing 100% by the Electoral Commission’s rating. As a banker and a financial analyst, Mohammed Hashim Abdullah was the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary ...
The Director-General of the National Lottery Authority (NLA) Hon. Kofi Osei-Ameyaw has held discussions with the Executive Secretary of the Concerned Lotto Agents Association of Ghana, (CLAAG) Mr. Kwaku Duah-Tawiah and some lotto agents on issues pertaining to the association. The visit by CLAAG stems from the call by Hon. Osei-Ameyaw to all lottery operators ...
Lawyers for the accused supervisor of the Abelenkpe branch of Marwako Restaurant, Jihad Chabaan, have requested for an Arabic interpreter to help their client give his testimony to the court. According to the lawyers, who were expected to open their defence in the case today [Wednesday, May 3, 2017], their client, who is a Lebanese, ...
The Chief Executive of the Minerals Commission, Dr. Tony Aubynn, has said that illegal small-scale mining, popularly known as ‘galamsey’ has stopped in the country following the intense media campaign and government action against the practice. According to him, there were clear indications that ‘galamseyers‘ have suspended their operations and vacated their sites after government’s ...
A former New Patriotic Party (NPP) Constituency Chairman for Klottey Korley in the Greater Accra Region, Nii Noi Nortey, is pleading with President Nana Akufo-Addo and party executives to forgive him for snubbing the NPP and contesting the 2016 elections as an independent parliamentary candidate. He said circumstances beyond his control compelled him to reject ...
The five Chinese and their five Ghanaian counterparts who were arrested and kept in prison custody on March 24th 2017, have been granted bail by the Sekondi High Court 1 in the Western Region. The court, presided over by Justice Edward Amoako Asante, granted the accused persons bail when lead counsel for the accused, Stephen Alewabah, ...
UT Bank and Happy FM are spearheading the donation of over 1,000 pints of blood to stock the National Blood Bank and save lives at the 37 Military and Korle Bu Teaching Hospitals. Organized every year for the past 12 years, this year’s event will be held at the premises of UT Bank, located at Airport City ...
The Tema Regional Officer of the Industrial and Commercial Workers, (ICU), Eleazer Nyaunu, has rated the performance of Nana Akufo-Addo’s administration B+ in its first one hundred days in office. Mr. Nyaunu, who spoke to Citi News on the sidelines of the May Day activities in Tema, said the removal of unwanted taxes by government ...
Former President John Dramani Mahama has backed Sulley Muntari’s walk-off after he was racially abused by fans during Pescara’s Serie A match with Cagliari on Sunday. The Ghanaian left Pescara with ten men and revealed he was abused by a child who was sitting with his parents. He took his complaints to referee, Daniele Minelli, who initially ignored ...
Fuel prices will remain fairly stable in the first pricing window in May. This is a prediction by the Institute for Energy Security (IES). According to the institute, the slight fall of Brent crude price, stability of the fuel stock levels among other factors will ensure the stability of fuel prices. The IES further hints ...
The current high lending rate offered to non-bank financial institutions by the Central Bank is rendering them uncompetitive and unproductive. This is according to the Chief Executive Officer of the Women’s World Banking Ghana, Madam Charlotte Lilly Baidoo. She contends that the high rates offered by the BOG compels them to equally lend at higher ...
The Citi Breakfast Show on Wednesday, May 3, 2017 discussed the traffic situation at the Tema Motorway.
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) is optimistic of meeting the deadline for the SSNIT biometric registration for some of its affected members expected to end today 3rd May, 2017. The teachers form part of the over 26,000 workers who were likely to miss their April salaries over failure to complete their SSNIT biometric ...
Richard Dugan, the Group President of McOttley Holdings has been named the “Young Entrepreneur of the Year” at the Ghana @ 60 edition of the Ghana Entrepreneurs & Corporate Executives Awards (GECEA). The event which was held the Banquet Hall of the State House in Accra, was organized by the Entrepreneurs Foundation of Ghana. The ...
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Brong Ahafo Region, has downplayed concerns by some aggrieved victims of DKM and God Is Love microfinance companies, who want the party to withdraw the nomination of one Alexander Gyan as the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Kintampo South. According to the victims, Alexander Gyan, was once a ...
The Industrial and Commercial Workers Union of Ghana (ICU), has joined the fight against illegal mining currently ongoing in the country popularly referred to as galamsey. According to the union, the effect of the menace is threatening the work of some of its members especially those in cocoa growing regions. The ICU in the past ...
The Western Regional Minister Dr. Kwaku Afriyie, has said that, the fight against illegal mining known as Galamsey will be sustained to bring an end to the abuse of Ghana’s mining laws and the environment. Mr. Afriyie believes that, even though the state stood aloof whilst the abuse in the mining space was rampant, the ...
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