Tag: Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
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Food vendors, fisherfolk, others exempted from COVID-19 lockdown
President Nana Akufo-Addo has imposed a two-week partial lockdown on Accra, Tema, Kasoa and Kumasi from Monday, March 30, 2020, 1:00am. These cities, which have been identified as the epicentres of the novel coronavirus in Ghana have been shut down as part of efforts to curb the spread of the disease. Ghana currently has a…
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Defunct S&L-Microfinance firms: Receiver to disburse GH¢5 bn from Feb. 24 – Nana Addo
President Akufo-Addo has announced that the Receiver of the defunct Savings and Loans and Microfinance Companies will start paying locked up funds of customers from Monday, 24th February 2020. The President disclosed that the Receiver is ready to disburse 5 billion cedis in addition to the 13 billion cedis that has already been spent on…
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Gov’t can’t pay customers of collapsed S&Ls and microfinance firms in 2020 – Mahama
Former President John Mahama says the government has no money to pay all depositors of the collapsed Savings and Loans companies as well as microfinance companies their locked up funds this year despite a directive by President Akufo-Addo to the Ministry of Finance and the Bank of Ghana to pay every single customer. Mr. Mahama…
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Banking sector clean-up saved 7,000 jobs — Prez. Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said that the financial sector clean up prevented about 7,000 people from losing their jobs. The financial sector reforms spearheaded by the Bank of Ghana saw 9 banks lose their licenses as well as 23 savings and loans and finance houses. More than 340 microfinance companies spread across the…
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Akufo-Addo urges Ghanaian businesses to explore opportunities in South African market
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged Ghanaian businesses to explore opportunities offered by the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement to venture into countries such as South Africa. The President was speaking in Accra at the Ghana-South Africa Business Roundtable meeting which was also attended by his counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa. Ghana and South Africa have…
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Akufo-Addo lights Kempinski Christmas trees to usher in the festive season
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo switched on the first lights of the evergreen Christmas trees at Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast City Accra’s Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony. This event marked the first day of the Advent calendar, which the hotel has turned into a tradition celebrated every first Sunday in December. The three-hour celebration brought together…