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Majority Chief Whip, Frank Annoh-Dompreh has tasked Minority Leader Cassiel Ato Forson to retract and apologize for a tweet on government’s import ban on a group of selected items. Annoh-Dompreh quoted Ato Forson’s January 28 tweet which contained a photo of the banned items with the caption: “Folks, The NPP …

Some Ghanaians on social media have attacked the current Minority Leader in parliament, Cassiel Ato Forson for his comment and opinion on the government’s ban on the importation of secondhand and used electrical gadgets. In a recent post shared on Twitter, the legislator published a list of electrical gadgets and announced …

National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah has explained why the party has replaced key members of its leadership in Parliament. The NDC through its General Secretary Fifi Fiavi Kwetey wrote to the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, to announce replacement of three members, the Minority …

The former Deputy Minister of Finance, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, has been appointed as the Minority Leader in the 8th Parliament of Ghana’s Fourth Republic. Kofi Armah Buah is also the Deputy Minority Chief Whip. Kwame Agbodza takes over as Chief Whip. Ahmed Ibrahim, MP for Banda, has been maintained as …

The country in recent times has landed itself in an economic downturn. Presently, the country’s inflation stands at 54.1 percent, the cedi is currently struggling against the major foreign currencies after a free fall in December last year. Generally, there is a high cost of living. The government is currently seeking …

Ranking Member on the Finance Committee of Parliament, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson says there will be mass layoffs from the financial sector due to the impact of the ongoing debt restructuring. The expected layoffs will also affect foreign-financed projects among others, the Ajumako lawmaker said in a Facebook post. “Unemployment …

Founder of now-defunct Capital bank, William Ato Essien has pleaded guilty to charges of misappropriation of depositors’ funds and other counts of stealing, abetment to stealing, conspiracy to steal and money laundering among others. This was after the court accepted the terms of agreement reached between lawyers of Mr. Essien and the …

Kofi Bentil, Senior Vice President of IMANI Africa, has defended the state’s resort to entering a settlement with founder of Capital Bank, William Ato Essien, in the matter of the collapse of the bank. Bentil holds that Section 35 of the Courts Act that deals with settlement between the state …

An Accra High Court has rejected an agreement between the founder of the defunct Capital Bank, William Ato Essien, and state prosecutors. The Court, presided over by Justice Kyei Baffour, a Justice of the Court of Appeal, sitting as an additional High Court judge on Thursday, December 1, 2022, had readied …

A Ranking Member on Parliament’s Finance Committee, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, has alleged that a number of marriages have collapsed with others on the verge of hitting the rocks due to the current economic woes Ghanaians are experiencing under the Akufo-Addo government. Mr. Forson observed that many marriages have gone …