The government has been urged to consider restructuring external debts too if local debts are also restructured. Speaking on the Big Issue, a financial analyst, Jerome Kuseh, said his call was “a matter of fairness.” “Now let’s say you are going to give them [local investors] a haircut, but the foreign investors who only decided […] The post Possible
I’ve just read yet another critique slagging off the NPP government and Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko where the author appears not to have even bothered to learn anything about our economic situation. There are several of this critique from our compatriots here in Ghana but when a foreigner who claims to know it all decides to […] The post Steve Hanke; a cruddy professor
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team will be in Ghana from September 26 to October 7 to continue discussions with the government on policies and reforms that could be supported by a lending arrangement. IMF staff will also further engage with other stakeholders during the visit. The IMF team will be led by Stéphane […] The post IMF mission to visit Ghana
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has bemoaned the failure of successive governments to enact laws that will provide the necessary infrastructure aimed at improving the lives of street children. The Speaker further indicated that this failure by Ghanaian leaders to introduce policies that will protect underprivileged children has compelled most of them to live […] The post Bagbin
The Social Performance Manager of Tullow Ghana, Fiifi Enchil, says Tullow as part of its shared-prosperity goals has completed over 60% of the promised $10 million worth of infrastructure support for the Free SHS. Speaking to Citi News at Awiebo in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region where Tullow handed over a newly completed […] The post Tullow
Financial journalist Toma Imihere believe simply arresting persons dealing in foreign exchange unlawfully to curb the depreciation of the cedi is unsustainable. “You can’t even keep this thing up. You have black markets all around the country,” Mr. Imihere said. “The police are understaffed and under-resourced. They have their murder cases facing them, their kidnapping […] The post Cedi
Commuters between Busunu and Daboya, the capital of the North Gonja district, have resorted to using canoes without life jackets as their means of transport. This follows flooding in the area that has cut off the road. The flood is caused by water from the Bagre Dam and days of torrential rains. Last year, flooding […] The post North Gonja: Commuters
The Council Chairman of Koforidua Technical University, Professor Samuel Apori, has urged the government not to backtrack on their earlier operational strategies of burning excavators and other mining equipment used by illegal miners in their illegal activities. According to the academician and environmentalist, this operational strategy was sending a strong signal and deterring other recalcitrant […] The post KTU
The Council Chairman of Koforidua Technical University, Professor Samuel Apori, has called on new graduates of the university and the public not to criticize the government in this harsh economic situation. According to the Professor, the President and his Finance Minister can not solely be responsible for the current hardships without those criticizing offering alternatives […] The post Don’t
Music fans in Accra thronged the Black Star Square in Accra on Saturday, September 24, 2022 for the 10th Global Citizen Festival. The event saw great performances from Ghanaian artistes Sarkodie, Stonebwoy and Gyakie. From the United States of America came Usher Raymond, SZA, and H.E.R. British act of Ghanaian descent, Stomzy and Nigeria’s Tems […] The post 10th Global Citizen Festival
The Ghana Police Service is asking the public to disregard reports that one of the suspects in the killing of a student nurse in Mankessim, has died. Two persons, a self-styled Pastor, Michael Darko alias Nana 1, and Christopher Ekow Clark, Tufuhene of Akwakrom, a suburb of Mankesim were arrested at their various hideouts following […] The post Police refutes reports
President Akufo-Addo has charged the youth to support the government in its drive to achieve the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Nana Akufo-Addo posits that the role of the youth in championing, advocating and attaining the goals such as zero poverty, and quality education, cannot be over-emphasised. Speaking at the Global Citizen Festival in Accra, […] The post Akufo-Addo
President Akufo-Addo has charged the youth to support the government in its drive to achieve the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Nana Akufo-Addo posits that the role of the youth in championing, advocating and attaining the goals such as zero poverty, and quality education, cannot be over-emphasised. Speaking at the Global Citizen Festival in Accra, […] The post Akufo-Addo
The University of Education, Winneba, has given stakeholders up till October 7, 2022, to settle student concerns about their cumulative Grade Point Average. After a meeting with protesting final-year students, the school also assured that there will be some updates to the GPAs starting from September 26. Students have been complaining that the school had […] The post UEW
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