Customers of Gold Coast Fund Management in the Ashanti Region have called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the government to intervene and help them retrieve their locked-up investment from the owner of the company, Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom.The aggrieved customers say all attempts to get their locked-up investments …
Read More »ACEP demands immediate review of 13 petroleum agreements
The Africa Center for Energy Policy (ACEP) has urged government to, as a matter of urgency, review all existing Petroleum Contracts and their deliverables to ensure that companies who are not complying with their contracts are sanctioned appropriately. According to ACEP, out of the 15 active Petroleum Agreements, beyond the …
Read More »Selling $60m Komenda Sugar Factory for $12m is fraud – Haruna Iddrisu
The Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu has described the Trade and Industry Ministry’s planned sale of the Komenda Sugar Factory as a rip-off. The Tamale South legislator said the decision to sell the Indian government-financed entity defies logic and has the potential to damage the existing relationship between the two governments. …
Read More »Bonzali Rural bank strives in its operations
Despite the daunting challenges in the financial sector in 2018, Bonzali Rural Bank Limited (BRB) managed to carry out its strategies extremely well to uphold its financial performance and stay afloat. As at 31st December 2018, the bank recorded a total deposit of GH26,138,762.00 as against a figure of GH26,001,724.00 …
Read More »€127m for NVTI projects
Parliament has approved a loan of €127million to overhaul NVTI programmes, Deputy Minister of Education in-charge of Technical & Vocational Education & Training, Gifty Twum-Ampofo, has disclosed. Speaking to DAILY GUIDE after touring some technical and vocational institutions in Koforidua, she said part of the loan would be used to …
Read More »Western Togolanders vow to declare ‘independence’ on Thursday, May 9 despite arrests
The Volta Region-based Homeland Study Group Foundation (HSGF), which is agitating for the restoration of the Western Togoland as an independent state, says it is not perturbed by the arrest of its chairman and seven other leaders by police. The Foundation warned that whatever they had planned to carry out …
Read More »ESLA PLC accrues GH¢5.9 billion in assets
The total assets accruing to the Energy Sector Levy Act (ESLA PLC) increased by 2.5% for the first quarter of 2019 compared to the same period in 2018. According to the unaudited financial statement of ESLA PLC, the figure increased from 5.76 to 5.9 billion cedis for the period spanning …
Read More »IMF warns of revenue shortfall if Africa Free Trade Agreement is implemented
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that Ghana could face revenue shortfall if the country starts the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement(CFTA) this year. The IMF maintains that although the agreement will boost trade on the continent, it will affect earnings and employment opportunities in some …
Read More »Controversy over Otumfour’s statue: It represents true image of Asantehene- Suame MCE
The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for the Suame Municipal Assembly in the Ashanti region, Hon. Dr. John Osei Bobie, has explained that the statue erected at the Kumasi Kejetia Market represents the true image of Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, depending on the angle one views from, as criticized by …
Read More »BoG to begin circulation of upgraded cedi notes today
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) will today begin the circulation of its enhanced GHc10, GHc20 and GHc50 notes. According to the Bank of Ghana, both the old and the new notes will be used concurrently until the old ones are phased out. New features on the new notes include a …
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