Category: Top Stories
-
Airport workers conflicted over removal of GACL MD Yaw Kwakwa
Workers at the Ghana Airport Company Limited (GACL) are conflicted over the dismissal of the Managing Director of the Ghana Airports Company Limited, Mr. Yaw Kwakwa. The termination of the appointment of Mr. Kwakwa was captured in a letter from the Transport Ministry directing the Board Chairman of the Ghana Airport Company Limited to honour…
-
Ghana Airports MD yet to be notified of his dismissal – Tampuli
A Deputy Minister for Transport, Hassan Tampuli, has confirmed the dismissal of the Managing Director of the Ghana Airports Company, Yaw Kwakwa. According to him, Mr. Kwakwa has not been officially informed about his dismissal because internal processes must be first satisfied. “That is how it [termination] is supposed to be done. It is a…
-
Fuel price hikes: Ride-hailing drivers call for adjustment in transport fares
The National Alliance of Digital Drivers is calling on their employers to adjust their fares upwards to make up for the increase in fuel prices. According to the Association, the continuous hike in fuel prices is taking a toll on their finances. A litre of fuel at the pumps crossed ed the GH¢7 mark in…
-
Moody’s must review Ghana’s appeal against Caa1 credit downgrade – APRM
The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) an autonomous entity of the African Union that supports African countries in the area of credit ratings, has denounced the recent downgrade of Ghana’s rating by international agency Moody’s from B3 to Caa1, with a stable outlook. The downgrade which the APRM says threatens Ghana’s debt sustainability efforts follows…
-
Akufo-Addo terminates appointment of Ghana Airports MD, Yaw Kwakwa
President Akufo-Addo has directed that the appointment of Mr. Yaw Kwakwa as the Managing Director of the Ghana Airports Company Limited should be terminated. The Minister of Transport, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah in a letter to the Board Chairman of the Ghana Airport Company said “in this regard, kindly take the necessary steps to give effect…
-
GRA assures of improved systems to regulate its auctioning processes
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has assured that it is on course to automate its systems to block all leakages in the collection of revenue in the country. This follows the failure of the Authority to account for the auctioning of 1,719 confiscated vehicles during the period 2015 to 2017 in the recent Auditor General’s…
-
I’m unaware I’ve been sacked – Ghana Airports Company MD
It seems as though the dismissal of the Managing Director of the Ghana Airports Company Limited, Yaw Kwakwa took him by surprise. Mr. Kwakwa, who was on a tour with the Transport Committee of Parliament at the McDan terminal when the news came in, told the media he has not received any formal notice indicating…
-
Economist urges Gov’t to signal its readiness to sacrifice as E-Levy debate continues
Economist and lecturer at the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS), Dr. Patrick Opoku Asuming says it’s time for the government to send signals of its willingness to sacrifice some perks if it wants the citizenry to consider accepting the Electronic Transfer Levy (E-Levy). There continues to be opposition to the E-Levy from different quarters…
-
Gov’t slaps Maxam company with $6 million fine over Appiate explosion
The government has imposed a fine of $6 million on Maxam Ghana Limited, the company at the centre of the explosion that occurred at Appiate in the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality of the Western Region, which killed some 13 people and destroyed the entire community. This was disclosed by the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources,…
-
GIZ to train 120 persons in the hospitality industry
An initiative of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development has launched a project with Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) to provide specialised academic and practical training for over a hundred youth within the hospitality sector. This is expected to lead to immediate employment. Invest for Jobs is the brand of the…