Tag: Dr. Kwabena Duffour
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There’ll be systematic power outages in May – Energy Minister
Ghanaians would have to brace up themselves for more power outages in May 2021. According to the Minister of Energy, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, there will be an erratic power supply in May due to the ongoing upgrade of the Kasoa and Pokuase substations. Speaking at a forum in Accra on Thursday, April 8, 2021,…
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Unibank’s collapse: Court grants bail to Duffuor, eight others
The High Court in Accra has granted bail to the founder of unibank, Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, a former Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, a former deputy of the central bank, Johnson Asiama and seven others. The other seven are Kwabena Duffuor Jnr., who was the CEO of uniBank, Ekow Nyarko Dadzie-Dennis; the Chief…
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Duffuor, Asiama, 7 others charged with 68 counts over Unibank’s collapse
A former Finance Minister and founder of defunct Unibank, Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, has been charged by the state with sixty-eight (68) counts of Fraudulent Breach of Trust, Money Laundering, Dishonestly Receiving and Falsification of Accounts. In a suit filed at the High court, Dr. Duffuor will be facing trial alongside a former Deputy Governor of…
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BoG challenges jurisdiction of court hearing Duffuor’s case
The Bank of Ghana has challenged the capacity of the General Jurisdiction Court hearing the lawsuit brought against it by a shareholder of Unibank, Dr. Kwabena Duffuor. The Central Bank on August 1, 2018, collapsed uniBank along with four other local banks on grounds of insolvency among other irregularities, to create a new bank known…
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adb, uniBank saga: SIC-FSL did not pledge shares
Citi Business News is learning that SIC Financial Services Limited (SIC-FSL) has not pledged its shares in adb to uniBank in fulfilment of an earlier financial commitment. This is contrary to earlier reports suggesting that the company, SIC FSL is part of a consortium of shareholders of adb who have pledged their shares to indigenous…