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President Akufo-Addo demands reparations for Africa

21Sep

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President Akufo-Addo demands reparations for Africa

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has demanded the payment of reparations for the countries affected by the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. He stated that, while no amount of money could compensate for the tragedies of the time, the point would be made that evil was perpetrated on Africans. “No amount of money will ever make up for the horrors, but it would make the point that evil was perpetrated, that millions of productive Africans were snatched from the embrace of our continent, and put to work in the Americas and the Caribbean without compensation for their labour,” he told the Assembly. The President made the demand when he took his turn at the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN Headquarters in New York, on Wednesday. World leaders and represen...

President Nana Akufo-Addo to receive first copy of The Report: Ghana 2023

15Sep

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President Nana Akufo-Addo to receive first copy of The Report: Ghana 2023

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will be the first recipient of the annual investment report on the country by the global research and advisory company Oxford Business Group (OBG) published in July this year. In a meeting with Madam Ramona Tarta, OBG’s Country Director for Ghana, President Akufo-Addo, agreed to support OBG’s forthcoming publication, The Report: Ghana 2023. A statement issued in Accra by Mr Marc-André de Blois, Director of PR and Video Content, Oxford Business Group, said the President had agreed to facilitate high-powered meetings between the OBG team and key Heads of State-owned Enterprises in Ghana for the purposes of conducting a thorough research on the country’s key economic sectors. It said OBG had published viewpoints and contributions from the Presid...

Conduct of Public Officers Bill: OccupyGhana welcomes President’s announcement on prompt passage

13Sep

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Conduct of Public Officers Bill: OccupyGhana welcomes President’s announcement on prompt passage

Pressure group, OccupyGhana, welcoming the President’s statement on moves to ensure the prompt passage of the Conduct of Public Officers Bill, Tuesday, urged Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and the public to join the campaign to make it a law. The group, in a press statement issued, issued to the Ghana News Agency, in Accra, said President Akufo-Addo’s recent endorsement and support of the Bill “signifies a significant shift” by the government towards their “long-held position.” President Akufo-Addo, speaking at the opening ceremony of the Ghana Bar Association's Annual Conference on Monday, 11 September 2023, in Cape Coast, stated that the Attorney General was leading efforts to enact a law on the ‘Conduct of Public Officers’. The Bill, among other things, intends to introduc...

NPP Flagbearer race: I’m politically experienced than my contenders – Dr Bawumia

11Sep

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NPP Flagbearer race: I’m politically experienced than my contenders – Dr Bawumia

Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says his background places him above the other contenders for the flagbearership race of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) on November 4. He said he had defended the party at crucial times and remains the most feared candidate and becoming a nightmare for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and their Flagbearer. Dr Bawumia said this when he was addressing over 648 delegates from Krachi East constituency at Dambai on his third day of campaign in the Oti Region. He said his track record as running mate for the party four consecutive times, Vice President for two terms and his experience in the economic management performance of the country put him ahead in the flagbearership contest. Dr Bawumia recounted a number of social interventions, including broadeni...

11Sep

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I’ll Give Mahama Showdown – Bawumia

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia says his election as the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will have profound implications for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and its flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama in their strongholds. According to him, the NDC and its leader are concerned that he will be the man to be beaten if he becomes the NPP flagbearer, claiming that he will give the NDC a showdown in the various Zongo areas in 2024. Dr. Bawumia told party delegates in the Oti Region’s Nkwanta South Constituency that if he becomes the party’s presidential candidate, the NPP will flip the Zongo votes. “If you listen to what the Zongo communities across the country are saying, it is a very welcome develop...

Ghana sympathises with Morocco after devasting earthquake

11Sep

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Ghana sympathises with Morocco after devasting earthquake

Ghana has expressed its deepest condolences to King Mohammed VI, the Government, and people of the Kingdom of Morocco in the wake of Friday’s earthquake which has claimed over 2000 lives. “We pray for the families of the victims and wish the injured speedy recovery. “Morocco has a friend in Ghana, and she can count on our support in these difficult times,” President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo noted, in a post on Saturday, September 9. The magnitude-6.8 quake, the deadliest to hit the North African country in more than 60 years, struck at about 22:11 GMT at a depth of 26 kilometres and sent people fleeing their homes in terror and disbelief on Friday. Morocco's authorities reported about 2012 deaths and at least 2059 injured. The hardest hit area is Marrakech, a popular tou...

Farmers rejoice as President Akufo-Addo announces historic increase in cocoa producer price

10Sep

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Farmers rejoice as President Akufo-Addo announces historic increase in cocoa producer price

A spontaneous jubilation greeted the announcement of a new producer price for the 2023/2024 cocoa season by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at Tepa in the Ahafo-Ano Municipality on Saturday. The President had to take a break in his speech for about five minutes as the elated farmers rushed in front of the podium to express their excitement about the quantum increase of the producer price. It took security details present to restrict some of them from climbing the podium in their joyous mood. "Today, cocoa prices have increased from GHC 12,800.00 to GHC 20,943.00 per tonne and GHC 1,308.00 per bag, the President announced. This translates into 63.5 per cent increase from the current price of GHC 800.00, making it the highest to be paid to cocoa farmers across West Africa ...

President Akufo Addo commends Jubilee Partners on South-East discovery

10Sep

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President Akufo Addo commends Jubilee Partners on South-East discovery

The President Nana Akufo Addo, has commended the Jubilee Partners for another remarkable feat, which is the South-East area oil discovery. The Jubilee South-East Area, the new kid on the block, is part of the Jubilee Field, and a joint venture that had received a $1 billion investment from its partners. It is expected to add 30,000 barrels of oil per day to the Jubilee Field oil production by the end of the year. The President, who was speaking at the celebration luncheon of the project after inspecting key sections of the FPSO remarked, “this is a testament of what strategic partnerships and collaborations can do, and I am excited about this landmark event under the NPP government again after years of TEN discoveries.” He acknowledged efforts put in by partners to grow the en...

President Akufo-Addo commissions six new vessels into Ghana Navy Fleet

10Sep

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President Akufo-Addo commissions six new vessels into Ghana Navy Fleet

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has commissioned six new vessels into the Ghana Navy Fleet as part of government’s commitment to resource the Navy to effectively secure the country’s maritime domain. The vessels are two Boundary Class ships, donated by the United States (US) government and christened the Ghana Navy Ship (GNS) Half Assini and GNS Aflao, two Defender Class boats, an Oil Spill Response Vessel, christened Esther Afua Ocloo, for the Ghana Maritime Authority, and a locally manufactured Landing Craft. Speaking at a ceremony to commission the vessels at the Sekondi Naval Base in the Western Region, President Akufo-Addo said the move was a manifestation of his government’s commitment to retool and re-equip the Ghana Armed Forces to enable them to perform their duti...

Ghana to strengthen cultural, economic and investment co-operation with Colombia

7Sep

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Ghana to strengthen cultural, economic and investment co-operation with Colombia

Ghana has expressed plans to strengthen her political, economic, investment and cultural ties with the Republic of Colombia. The government of Ghana is, therefore, making frantic effort to open an Embassy in Colombia and had also approved plans to become an observer-member of the Pacific Alliance, comprising Colombia, Peru, Chile, and Mexico to boost investment opportunities. Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia said this when he held bilateral talks with Mrs Francia Elena Marquez Mina, the Vice President of the Republic of Colombia, at the Jubilee House, the seat of government, in Accra, on Wednesday. Mrs Mina is the first female Vice President of Colombia with an African descent to visit Ghana. The two-day visit by the Colombian Vice President will take her to Elmina and ...