Tag Archives: KEN

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has replaced Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta as caretaker minister of Trade Ministry with the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources Samuel Abu Jinapor. Mr. Jinapor is to assume responsibility for the Ministry of Trade and Industry with effect from Monday January 16, 2023 pending the …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has directed Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta to serve as the caretaker Minister of Trade and Industry. The development comes after the President accepted resignation of Trade and Industry Minister, Alan Kyerematen after reports emerged he tendered his resignation on Thursday 5, 2023. Although there are no clear reasons for Alan Kyerematen’s resignation, …

A New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament, Eugene Boakye Antwi, has wondered why the country is continuously entertaining the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta. Describing it as “nonsense,” the Subin MP said that if this was happening in another jurisdiction, such things would never have been allowed to fester. According to a …

The Ministry of Finance is holding a press conference to provide an update on the Ghanaian economy. This comes after Ghana and the International Monetary Fund on December 13 reached a staff-level agreement for an amount of US$3 billion under an Extended Credit Facility covering a three-year period. Although the agreement is …

Assin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong has lamented low levels of productivity in the public service stating that until a drastic change is witnessed in the political leadership structure very little can be achieved by way of development. Agyapong, who is in the presidential flagbearership race of the New …

Lawyer Maurice Ampaw has called on the leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to disqualify the Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, from the party’s presidential primaries for the 2024 elections. According to Maurice Ampaw, the MP, who has stated his intention to contest in the NPP flagbearership race, must be …

Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta has been announcing measures to be contained in Ghana’s Domestic Debt programme. Speaking at a press briefing today, December 4, 2022; he outlined different measures as relates to among others Treasury Bills, other domestic bonds etc. “Your T-bills are safe. Treasury bills are totally exempted …

Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia met with Assin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong, at a funeral on Saturday, December 3, 2022. A video clip shared by a pro-Bawumia activist on Twitter showed the veep greeting a smiling Agyapong with his back to the cameras. He proceeded to greet, hug and …

The former MP for Lawra, Anthony Karbo, has responded to claims by the Assin Central lawmaker and NPP flagbearer hopeful, Kennedy Agyapong, that the former is engaging in tribal politics and owns properties in the USA. In a Facebook post, Karbo wrote that, at a meeting held between him and Agyapong, …

The Northern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mohammed A. Baantima Samba, has refuted an allegation by the party’s presidential hopeful, Kennedy Agyapong, that he instructed NPP executives in the region not to meet him (Ken). Kennedy Agyapong, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, had stated that he would …