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Refund $2m Invested In Botched Accra Sky Train Project: Minority Demands

The Minority in Parliament is demanding a refund of some $2 million paid in 2019 as a premium to acquire ordinary shares for the development of the Accra Sky Train Project. The Auditor General in its 2021 report described the transaction as a net liability. This, according to the Auditor-General, was executed through the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund’s acquisition of …

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Fitch Solutions Predict Worse Economic Activities in Ghana Before Better Outcome

Fitch Solutions has confirmed its position that economic activities in Ghana will get worse before getting better in 2023. This is coming despite the expansion of the economy by 4.2% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2023. According to the UK-based firm, the relatively appreciable growth rate in the first three months of 2023 was primarily driven by strong government …

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My campaign against Rev. Victor Kusi Boateng not personal – Ablakwa clarifies

The Member of Parliament for the North Tongu constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has dismissed claims that he’s fighting a personal battle with the Secretary to the Board of Trustees of the National Cathedral, Reverend Victor Kusi Boateng. He clarified that he doesn’t know Rev. Victor Kusi Boateng to warrant hatred for him, emphasizing that he’s only exercising his parliamentary oversight …

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MPs divided over report aimed at replacing death penalty with life sentence

Members of Parliament (MPs) are divided over the report of the Constitutional, Legal, and Parliamentary Affairs Committee on the Criminal Offences Amendment Act, which seeks to replace the death penalty with life imprisonment. Although the death penalty was inherited from the colonial administration as a punishment for murder, attempted murder, genocide, piracy, and smuggling of gold or diamonds, Ghana has …

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Minority Calls For Thorough Forensic Audit Over Leaked Tape Of Purported Removal Of Dampare

The minority caucus in parliament is calling for a thousand introspection into the alleged leaked tape uncovering a plot involving a high-ranking police officer and a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), aimed at removing the IGP.  Deputy minority leader Emmanuel Amarh Kofi Buah who raised the matter on the floor of the house noted that the minister in …

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National Football Philosophy: Ghana Football DNA Launched

The Ghana Football Association has launched the National Football Philosophy termed “Ghana Football DNA”, at the Africa Trade House Conference Room in Accra. The document, which was compiled by the Technical Directorate of the GFA, touched on many areas of the game, including football development, technical, funding, branding, and the spectators, among others. The Football Association launched the National Football …

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Atta Kakra Kusi receives tourism icon of the year

On Friday, 30th June 2023, the Deputy Head of Corporate Affairs of the Ghana Tourism Authority, Mr. Kofi Atta Kakra Kusi was presented with a citation and an award at the Third “3rd” edition of the CONVERGENCE OF YOUNG AFRICAN LEADERS / AWARDS (COYALA, 2023) under the theme, “INSPIRING A NEW MINDSET FOR YOUNG POLITICAL AND BUSINESS LEADERS” held at …

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