President Akufo-Addo announces stimulus package for textile industry
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Thursday announced a stimulus package to revamp Ghana’s struggling textile industry. “Our local textile industry has been struggling for years, and many textile companies have, indeed, gone under. We have decided to give it a major stimulus to help put it on a strong footing,” President Akufo-Addo stated in […]
World bank boost tourism with $40m grant
President Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo has announced that the World Bank has approved a $40 million grant to support the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Arts and its agencies to help upgrade tourist facilities. The President said the Ghana Tourism Authority recorded a 20 per cent growth, recording over 600,000 visitations to various tourist sites […]
"Ghana is in good health" – President Akufo-Addo assures
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Thursday, delivering his third State Of The Nation Address to Parliament, rendered an upbeat assessment of the performance of his Government, declaring, “We have our challenges but the nation is in good health”. “The economy is at the heart of all we seek to do, it is the success […]
President Akufo-Addo to initiate legislation to end political vigilantism
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Thursday, expressed his determination to end political vigilantism in the country by assuring that, if voluntary disbandment of vigilantes was not feasible, he would initiate legislation on the matter. He, therefore, asked the leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and National Democratic Congress (NDC) to come together and […]
Oil Industry has reputation for corruption -President Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo, on Thursday said “there is no avoiding the fact that the oil industry, unfortunately, has a reputation for corruption”. He said since the discovery of oil in the country, there had been heightened anxiety among the people that “we do not fall into the same trap of the oil […]
Gov't to transform Military Academy into World Class Institution – Prez Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the Government will provide improved training facilities by transforming the Military Academy into a World Class Institution. He said the Government would also expand the housing project from six 16 flats to 44, and begin constructing 160 two-bedroom apartments for the military across the country. “This year, we will […]
Bold leadership crucial for Ebola eradication, says ECA’s Biha
Eradicating the Ebola Virus Disease from Africa requires bold leadership at different tiers of government and society, Economic Commission for Africa’s (ECA) Deputy Executive Director, Giovani Biha, said Thursday. She was speaking at a meeting called by the African Union Commission, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, and the World Health Organization to […]
U/W military detachment gets new accomodation
The Airborne Force military detachment in the Upper West Region has received items worth 29 thousand Ghana-Cedis to facilitate their stay at their new quarters. The items included 22 mattresses, 10 bunk beds and a set of dining furniture. The items were purchased by the eleven Municipal and District Assemblies in the region and presented […]
Education Minister visits DSP International
Minister of Education, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh, has paid a working visit to one of Ghana’s world-class learning institution, Delhi Public School (DPS) International. Dr. Opoku Prempeh’s visit to the Tema-based school on Wednesday, February 20, 2019, was to help familiarise himself with the operations of the institution. Speaking to journalists on the purpose of […]
Mahama urges President Akufo-Addo to disband militant groups
Former President John Dramani Mahama has ended his flagbearership campaign tour of all 275 constituencies in the country with a call on president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to disband all militant groups. Addressing his final meeting with delegates of the National Democratic Congress, (NDC) at Drobo in the Jaman South constituency in the Bono-Ahafo Region, […]
Foreign Affairs Minister visits Tunisia
Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey has called the President of Tunisia, Mohamed Beji Caid Essebsi as part of her two-day historic visit to the Northern African country. Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey stressed the importance of her visit to Tunisia, saying it would undoubtedly contribute to the establishment of a unique […]
Murdered NDC militant buried
The murdered National Democratic Congress (NDC) militant, Wasihu Iddrisu, was laid to rest amidst tight security at Tafo in the Ashanti Region, following a solemn Islamic ritual. Mr. Iddrisu was gunned down on Monday, February 18 by some gun men at the Ashanti regional headquarters of the NDC. Four members of pro-NDC militant group, the […]
Ghana exported US$52m goods to Iran last year – Iranian Ambassador
The Ambassador of the Republic of Iran to Ghana, Dr. Nosratollah Maleki, has announced that in 2018 Ghana exported about US$52 million worth of goods to Iran while it received goods valued at about US$7 million from Iran. He stressed the need to increase trade between Iran and Ghana this year and beyond. So far, […]
European Commission used flawed method to ‘blacklist’ Ghana – Finance Ministry
The Ministry of Finance says the European Commission used a “flawed” and “premature” methodology to add Ghana to its list of countries with strategic deficiencies in their Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) framework. Adding that the commission’s blacklist of Ghana “does not reflect the current status of Ghana’s AML/CFT regime” and […]
