The issue of staffers in the office of the vice president has resurfaced following Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s promise to reduce the number of ministerial appointments to 50. In his maiden economic address as leader of the New Patriotic Party on Wednesday, February 7, 2024, Dr Bawumia indicated that, unlike President Akufo-Addo, …
Read More »‘This is barbaric’ – Fixing the Country Movement condemns violence at Mahama’s office
Pressure group, Fixing the Country Movement, has called out some members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) who assembled at the premises of former President John Dramani Mahama to embark on a clean-up exercise while wielding tools. The group, which is affiliated with the New Patriotic Party (NPP), blamed John Mahama for …
Read More »National Security intervenes to stop “Fixing the Country” planned picketing at Mahama’s office
Top officers of the Ministry of National Security have intervened to stop the leadership and members of the “Fixing the Country Movement” from going ahead with their planned picketing exercise at the office of former President John Mahama, in Labone, over their demand for more action by the Office of …
Read More »NPP Supporters Storm Adansi Asokwa Party Office Following Alleged Intimidation of Parliamentary Hopeful
Some supporters of the ruling New Patriotic Party in the Adansi Asokwa Constituency of the Ashanti Region have besieged the party office to register their resentment over the purported intimidation of a parliamentary hopeful, Kwabena Asamoah. Mr. Asamoah is the Deputy Chief Executive in charge of Finance and Administration …
Read More »Inusah Fuseini, Justice Sai storm Accra regional police head office over arrest of protesters
The former Member of Parliament for Tamale Central, Inusah Fuseini, and renowned legal practitioner Justice Srem-Sai have been spotted at the Accra Regional Police Command, where protesters who were arrested for participating in the #OccupyJulorBiHouse demonstration were transported to. A group calling itself Democracy Hub, in the early hours of …
Read More »Masked Thugs attack, rob registrants at Achimota EC Office
Masked thugs reportedly launched an attack on Ghanaians who were waiting to register for their Voter ID Cards at the Okaikwei North District office of the Electoral Commission in Achimota during the early hours of Sunday morning. The assailants disrupted the queue, causing injuries to some individuals, and then fled …
Read More »All you need to know about BoG’s new US$250m head office
In the 1990s, the Bank of Ghana began the search for adequate and secured land for a new Head Office, given that the Central Business District had caught up with the existing Head Office and the need to expand to meet its growing operations. i. In the year 2011, the …
Read More »New BoG office valued at $121 million as of 2020 – Governor Addison
The Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Ernest Addison, has explained the issues surrounding the building of a new head office. According to him, after various stages of evaluation and submission of the contract details the value of the contract approved by the Public Procurement Authority is $121,078,517.94. At a press briefing …
Read More »Ablakwa publishes ‘bombshell’ details about BoG’s US$250m head office
Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has published new documents relating to the now controversial new head office of the Bank of Ghana (BoG). The documents relate to correspondence between the Ministry of Finance and the central bank on among others, the issue of variation of project cost. The most recent …
Read More »What is this? – Dormaahene kicks against BoG’s US$250m new head office
Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyemang Badu II, the Dormaahene, has spoken out against the central bank’s new head office project which has been valued at US$250m according to the Minority in parliament. The Dormaahene, who doubles as a High Court judge, lamented that this was not the time for the Bank of …
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