The BBC has reported that Britain’s finance minister, Kwasi Kwarteng has been sacked from his current position. This follows a meeting Prime Minister Liz Truss at Downing Street on Friday, October 14, 2022, the report added. Prior to the confirmation by the BBC, suggestions were rife on social media, including …
Read More »VIDEO: Angry Atwima-Boko residents chase Roads Minister over failed promise
Seven communities in Kwadaso Municipality and Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti Region are on the heels of Roads Minister over stalled road projects in the areas. The communities which include Atwima Takyiman, Denkyemuoso, Boko, Twedie, Foase, Trabuom and Nweneso have accused the Minister of Roads and Highways Kwasi Amoako …
Read More »Western Regional Minister, Tarkwa-Nsuaem MP, MCE involved in galamsey – Chief alleges
A chief in the Western Region has alleged that the regional minister, a Member of Parliament and a Municipal Chief Executive in his jurisdiction are into illegal small-scale mining, galamsey. Nana Nyonwah Panyin IV, the Dompim-Pepesa chief, told the media on Monday, October 10, 2022, that he had incontrovertible evidence …
Read More »Gov’t to begin implementation of Nat’l Rental Assistance Scheme – Minister
Government has hinted at plans to roll out National Rental Assistance Scheme to support lower-income earners to have decent rented accommodation in the country. The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) promised in its 2020 manifesto to pay rent advance of Ghanaian youth in its second term to in the short …
Read More »Ashanti region has received 51 factories under 1D1F so far- Minister
The Ashanti Regional Minister Hon Simon Osei Mensah has disclosed that the region has received 51 factories from government under its flagship One District One Factory Policy 21 out of the 51 factories according to him have been completed and operationalized while 30 are at the various stages of completion. …
Read More »Agric Minister has run out of ideas; sack Him – Kofi Akpaloo to Akufo-Addo
The founder and leader of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), Percival Kofi Akpaloo, has doubted the ability of Agriculture Minister Owusu Afriyie Akoto to manage the government’s flagship Planting for Food and Jobs programme. He argued the sector minister has run out of ideas to add any progress to the development of …
Read More »British MP suspended for calling UK Finance Minister Kwasi Kwarteng ‘superficially’ black
A British Member of Parliament (MP) from the Labour Party, Rupa Huq, has been suspended by her party for alleged racist comments she made against British-born Ghanaian MP, Kwasi Kwarteng, who was recently appointed UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer (Finance Minister). According to news.sky.com, the party suspended Rupa Huq for …
Read More »US$70 million Tamale Airport Phase two project completed — Minister
The construction of the Phase two of the Tamale Airport Development Project has been completed at a cost of US$70 million and awaiting commissioning by the end of this year. The 5,000-square metre airport, with an annual passenger throughput of 400,000 capacity, is expected to boost the local economy, tourism …
Read More »No Ghanaian student has ever asked me a question in class – Education Minister laments ‘timid’ system
Education Minister, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum has lamented the state of affairs in the current education system where students are reluctant to ask questions of their teachers. The Minister, who doubles and Member of Parliament for Bosomtwe, believes that reluctance must be done away with if fully rounded children relevant …
Read More »Kwasi Kwarteng appointed UK’s first black Finance Minister
The Rt. Hon. Kwasi Kwarteng, MP has been appointed the first black Finance Minister in Britain, otherwise known as UK Chancellor of the Exchequer. The new role of the British-born Ghanaian was announced today, September 6, 2022, by the office of Britain’s new Prime Minister, Liz Truss. Until this fresh appointment, …
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