The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Bryan Acheampong, has revealed that the government will start payments of debts owed to Food Suppliers by July 17, 2023. The Food Suppliers have been picketing the National Food Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO) since July 7, 2023, to demand payment of GH¢278 million owed …
Read More »Former minister Inusah Fuseini’s son sentenced in America for fraud, romance scam
The son of a former Minister of Lands and Natural Resources and former Member of Parliament for Tamale Central, Inusah Fuseini, has been sentenced by an American court to two-years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release. The 32-year-old Abdul Inusah was sentenced after having been found …
Read More »‘Mass abortions for Africa’ – Finland minister quits after a week over 2019 comments
Finland’s minister for economic affairs resigned on Friday (June 30), a little more than a week after taking office, amid a flurry of scandals linking him to neo-Nazi ideology. Vilhelm Junnila, of the far-right Finns Party, quit amid a new furore over comments he made in parliament where he said …
Read More »Blame teachers for Ghana’s economic woes, not economists – Deputy Minister of Education
The Deputy Minister of Education in charge of Technician and Vocational Education Training (TVET), Gifty Twum-Ampofo has made a paradoxical statement that teachers must be blamed for the current economic challenges facing the country and not the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta. Gifty Twum-Ampofo explained that for any country’s economy …
Read More »I’ll appoint Gyakye Quayson as minister if I win 2024 polls – Mahama
Former President and flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has made a firm commitment to appoint James Gyakye Quayson as a minister if he is elected president once again in the upcoming 2024 polls. Mahama conveyed this assurance during a gathering with Assin North constituents over the weekend, …
Read More »Summon Agric Minister over Anthrax outbreak —Eric Opoku to Parliament
Deputy Ranking Member on Food, Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs Committee of Parliament, Eric Opoku, wants Agriculture Minister, Bryan Acheampong, brought before Parliament to outline measures put in place by the government to manage the recent outbreak of anthrax in the country. Following the outbreak of anthrax in the Upper East …
Read More »No minister will sign a contract by himself under my watch – Nana Akosua Frimpomaa
The aspiring flagbearer for the Convention People’s Party, Nana Akosua Frimpomaa Sarpong Kumankuma has emphatically stated that no minister can and will ever sign a contract with private entities by himself before taking it to parliament. This comes on the back of claims made by the World Bank country director, …
Read More »Angolan President fires economy Minister amidst fuel subsidy protests
Angolan President João Lourenço has dismissed the country’s Minister of Economic and Social Development, Manuel Nunes Júnior, in the midst of widespread protests sparked by the government’s decision to eliminate fuel subsidies. The move to end subsidies, aimed at reducing government spending, went into effect on June 1, causing a …
Read More »Finance Minister sues Captain Smart for defamation, seeks GH¢10 million in damages
Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta has instituted legal action against radio and TV show host Captain Smart for recent comments that the minister was a direct beneficiary of recently released bailout funds from a global lender. In a High Court writ dated Friday, June 2, 2023 and sighted by GhanaWeb, the minister’s lawyer …
Read More »Moral bankruptcy! – Former Minister slams Navrongo man for burying dad in a Toyota Corolla
Former Upper East Regional Minister, Tangoba Abayage, has condemned businessman Norbert Atodio for burying his late father in a Toyota Corolla, dismissing the act as morally unjust. The former minister expressed disbelief that someone of Atodio’s stature would overlook the opportunity to address community challenges and instead use a car …
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