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“432kms Of Roads Constructed In Volta Region Unprecedented” – President Akufo-Addo

6Nov

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“432kms Of Roads Constructed In Volta Region Unprecedented” – President Akufo-Addo

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has disclosed that his Government, since assuming office in January 2017, has constructed an four hundred and thirty-two kilometres of roads, a feat he describes as unprecedented. The roads include, amongst others, the completion of the dualization of the 22km Ho main road, the 30km Have to Kpando road, the upgrading of the Golokwati -Wli road, resealing of the 15km Asikuma junction to Ho road, regravelling of the 30km Frankadua to Adidome road and the surfacing of the 17.8km Matse-Klave and Lume Atsiame-Avetokoe roads. Some of the others are the asphaltic overlay on 15km of town roads in Hohoe; bitumen surfacing of the 15.6km Akwetey-Adaklu-Waya feeder road; bitumen surfacing of Bume-Danyigba-Anfoega road; Danyigba Town Roads, ...

Ghana’s Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia chosen as NPP presidential candidate

5Nov

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Ghana’s Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia chosen as NPP presidential candidate

Ghana's governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has chosen Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia as its presidential candidate in next year's election. He will be the first northerner and Muslim to contest the presidency under the NPP's banner since multi-party democracy was restored in 1992. In his victory speech, Mr Bawumia promised to lead a "united and energised" NPP into the election. He won the primaries by a convincing margin, getting 61.47% of the vote. Mr Bawumia's nearest rival Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, who got 37.4% of the vote, accepted President Nana Akufo-Addo, a member of the NPP, will step down after the December 2024 elections, having served his two terms in office. The election is expected to be a two-horse race between Mr Bawumia and former President John Mahama, who is the fl...

“My Govt’s Record, Investments In Education Unmatched In 4th Republic” – President Akufo-Addo

12Oct

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“My Govt’s Record, Investments In Education Unmatched In 4th Republic” – President Akufo-Addo

“It is important to state that no Government, in the history of the 4th Republic, has done more for the growth of the education sector than the Akufo-Addo Government, and the numbers back this claim. The total allocation to the education sector, since I came into office in 2017, is one hundred fourteen billion, five hundred million, six hundred twelve thousand, one hundred and thirty-five cedis (GH¢114,500,612,135), of which twelve billion, nine hundred and sixty-one million, two hundred and eighty-four thousand, five hundred and forty-eight cedis (GH¢12,961,284,548) has been spent on senior high schools.” These were the words of the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, when he delivered an address at the 61st Annual Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (C...

Ghana confident of signing MoU with external creditors in November

7Oct

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Ghana confident of signing MoU with external creditors in November

Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, Finance Minister, has expressed confidence of the Government securing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with its external creditors by November. That, Mr Ofori-Atta said would increase stakeholder and investor confidence in the Ghanaian economy, thereby, help accelerate efforts of ensuring macroeconomic stability, debt sustainability, and inclusive growth. The MoU would spell out specific debt treatment that external creditors would agree on with Ghana as part of the implementation of government’s ongoing 17th International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan-support programme. This comes as Ghana reaches a Staff-Level Agreement with IMF for the first review of its US$3 billion Extended Credit Facility (ECF) for the disbursement of a second tranche of US$600 million after Exec...

Why Alan Kyerematen chickened out of NPP flagbearer race

5Sep

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Why Alan Kyerematen chickened out of NPP flagbearer race

Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen has withdrawn from the New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential race. He announced his decision in a press statement signed and issued Tuesday evening [September 5, 2023]. Mr Kyerematen wrote, "The question I keep asking myself is, "How did we get here as a Party in the first place, and how far are we prepared to tread on this dangerous path to self-destruction?" "Regrettably, I am not convinced that the circumstances I have referred to earlier, will not persist or even be escalated in the next round of elections, for which balloting is scheduled for Wednesday, 6th of September 2023. "In light of the foregoing, I wish to confirm that I am honourably withdrawing from the process that will lead to the Presidential Primaries to be held on the 4th of Nove...