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Accra mayor rallies support for ‘cleanest city’ agendaAccra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), Chief Executive Mohammed Adjei Sowah has rallied assembly members and other stakeholders to support the agenda of the assembly to make the President’s declaration of making Accra the cleanest city in Africa a reality. He said achieving that mission required a huge change in policy, action plans, enforcement mechanisms and attitudes. He made the call in his first sessional address to the assembly in Accra last Thursday. |
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Tue, Jun 27, 2017 | |
Act firmly to cut out waste and corrupt practices – MinisterDirectors of education have been asked to do more to cut out the waste and purge the service of corrupt practices. Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyeman, the Education Minister, said everything must be done to check the false claims, remove the ghost and fake teachers from the system. She made the call in an address read for her at the 23rd annual meeting of the Conference of Directors of Education (CODE) in Kumasi. “Investing in quality education for positive transformation of the youth for national development” is the theme chosen for the five-day event. |
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Wed, Aug 24, 2016 | |
Action against Barclays Bank Ghana; a step in the right direction – Banking ConsultantA Banking Consultant has lauded the Bank of Ghana’s action against Barclays Bank Ghana, saying it is a step in the right direction. Dr Richmond Atuahene says “…So for me, it is part of the conduct regulations which I believe, it is okay with the Bank of Ghana which is very good because the pricing of the currency is very critical.” |
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Wed, Jun 5, 2019 | |
Adama Barrow to visit Ghana todayThe Gambian President, Adama Barrow will today [Friday] pay a day’s visit to Ghana where he is expected to hold bilateral talks with President Nana Akufo-Addo at the Flagstaff house. Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin told Citi News, the Gambian leader is also in Ghana to thank President Akufo-Addo for the role he played in ensuring that democracy was restored in his country. |
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Fri, Apr 28, 2017 | |
Adei must speak like a responsible adult – Omane BoamahCommunications minister Dr. Edward Omane Boamah has descended heavily on Professor Stephen Adei over his claim that President John Mahama is stashing the public service with Northerners. The former GIMPA Rector at a lecture in Accra accused the President of appointing too many of his regional folks in the public service. “One of the things going on which is totally unacceptable is why one out of every four public sector appointment comes from the President’s area of origin. |
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Tue, Aug 9, 2016 | |
Adei: Let's raise bar for who becomes PrezThe former rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Professor Stephen Adei, has called for improvement in the criteria for aspiring presidents in the country. |
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Thu, Mar 3, 2016 | |
Adopt productive attitudes during work hours - Akufo-AddoThe President, Nana Akufo-Addo has asked all workers to adopt productive work attitudes in order to fast-track Ghana's development. Akufo-Adoo during his May Day address today (May 1) at the Independence Square lamented how a section of the Ghanaian workforce after arriving at work every day spend the first hour at work praying and tardying about instead of working. The President noted that such workers often displayed gross disrespect towards their employers and work hours. |
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Mon, May 1, 2017 | |
Africa is still rising - IMFAccra, Sept. 13, GNA - The International Monetary Fund (IMF), says Sub-Saharan Africa has bright prospects for growth in spite of persistent slowdown in growth owing to the slump in commodity prices and a more difficult global environment. While there have been quite significant slowdown in some countries in sub-Saharan Africa, especially in resource-intensive countries, including Ghana, non-resource-intensive countries like Kenya, Senegal and Cote d’Ivoire have been able to maintain growth. |
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Wed, Sep 14, 2016 | |
Africa Live: Regional leaders due in The GambiaWe're expecting the Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari to arrive in The Gambia today in an attempt to persuade President Yahya Jammeh to step down after he lost the election. Mr Buhari is expected to be joined by Liberian leader Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Sierra Leone's Ernest Bai Koroma and Ghana's John Mahama, who himself lost an election last week and has said he will step down as president next month. After initially accepting defeat, at the end of last week he claimed he no longer accepted the result and asked for a new poll run by a "Godfearing" electoral commission. |
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Tue, Dec 13, 2016 | |
African Markets - Factors to watch today, April 13NAIROBI, April 13 (Reuters) - The following company announcements, scheduled economic |
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Fri, Apr 13, 2018 | |
Agalga denies lobbying Martey to chair Peace CouncilThe Ministry of Interior has rejected claims that Deputy Minister, James Agalga, attempted to lure outgoing Moderator of the Presbyterian Church Reverend Professor Emmanuel Martey, to take up the position of chairman of the National Peace Council. Martey in chronicling series of attempts made at buying his conscience to stop criticizing the government, said that in one of such instances, James Agalga made a phone call to him asking him to make himself available to chair the council, as he was assured of the ministry’s support. |
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Tue, Sep 6, 2016 | |
AGI presses for access to funding, further reduction of utilitiesIssues of Power supply and cost, finance and labour continue to impede the growth of indigenous businesses and companies in Ghana despite government interventions in promoting industrialization and job creation. The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) says, even though the Akufo-Addo government has abolished some nuisance taxes for industry, reduced tariffs and utility cost, industries still struggle to produce at full capacity. |
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Wed, Apr 18, 2018 | |
AGI urges private sector to support EXIM BankAccra, Aug 18, GNA - The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) has urged the private sector to support government’s efforts in the establishment of EXIM Bank- Ghana. Mr James Asare-Adjei, the AGI President, said the activities of the bank would inure to the benefit of industries and businesses in the country. He said the AGI in its advocacy, as the leading voices of private sector, had been highlighting challenges and difficulties which frustrate growth efforts of businesses and continued to stifle the country's industrialisation drive. |
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Fri, Aug 19, 2016 | |
Airlines panic as Nigeria, Ghana run out of aviation fuelForeign airlines operating in Nigeria are panicking over current fuel shortage on the West African coast that may affect their operations especially as the Yuletide season beckons. While Nigeria, which is the major market on the continent, is running short of supply to airlines, neighbouring Ghana that has lately become the aviation fuel hub for most airlines, is facing a similar challenge. |
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Mon, Dec 12, 2016 | |
Akufo-Addo approves creation of Anlo District by Executive OrderPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has signed the Executive Instrument for the creation Anlo District out of the Keta Municipality, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs Minister, Kofi Dzamesi, has said. According to Kofi Dzamesi, this singular move to create a District for the Anlo Constituency would help accelerate development in the area. The President, he added, has also signed another Executive Instrument to declare Keta, a harbour enclave, reiterating the President's commitment to delivering on his campaign promise to build a harbour in Keta. |
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Tue, Nov 6, 2018 | |
Akufo-Addo condemns ‘despicable’ Manchester bombingPresident Nana Akufo-Addo has condemned the Manchester Arena terror attack describing it as "despicable and cowardly acts." He expressed shock at the attack which left 22 people dead including an eight-year-old girl and injuring over 59 people at Manchester Arena, at the end of a concert by US singer Ariana Grande.. The President tweeted Tuesday saying, “Shocked and saddened by yesterday’s terror attack in Manchester, resulting in the deaths of 22 people and injuries to 59. . . |
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Tue, May 23, 2017 | |
Akufo-Addo Gov’t Chases 14 Billion Dollars LoanIt is emerging that Ghanaians, will witness more borrowing under the Akufo-Addo government, contrary to its campaign accusation against the John Mahama government and avowed promise not to borrow to fund its projects. The Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolgatanga Central, Isaac Adongo, has criticized the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) for chasing a loan total of 14 billion dollars with a 15-year repayment timeframe a 19 percent interest rate, saying the Akufo-Addo government is not keeping to its campaign promise of not borrowing to undertake developmental projects. |
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Fri, Apr 7, 2017 | |
Akufo-Addo launches 7-year devt planPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Wednesday launched the seven-year Coordinated Programme of Economic and Social Development policies of the government, saying the agenda for job creation, prosperity and equal opportunity for all was on course. He said a number of key initiatives captured under the agenda had been implemented and that the rest would be rolled out soon. |
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Thu, Apr 12, 2018 | |
Akufo-Addo leaves Ghana for NigerPresident Akufo Addo will leave Accra today for Niger as part of his tour of some West African countries. While there, the President will hold bilateral talks with his counterpart Mahamadou Issoufou, and also meet the Ghanaian community there. Niger is the latest country the President is travelling to after returning from Liberia and Mali last weekend. The visits are aimed at deepening Ghana’s bilateral relations and reiterate his administration’s full commitment to the ideals of ECOWAS. |
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Wed, May 31, 2017 | |
Akufo-Addo postpones naming ministerial appointees; begs for timePresident-elect, Nana Akufo-Addo, has postponed the presentation of a list of proposed ministers who will serve in his government to his party’s highest decision-making body. Nana Akufo-Addo was expected to submit the list to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) National Executive Committee (NEC) for review, however, at a meeting Thursday, December 15, 2016, he could not provide the list. Another meeting between Nana Akufo-Addo and the NEC has been scheduled, Joy News sources say. |
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Fri, Dec 16, 2016 |