Tag: NDC
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NDC demands resignation of BOG Governor, deputies within 21 days
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is calling for the resignation of the Governor of Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr Ernest Addison and his deputies. The party has threatened to march to the premises of BoG to drag Dr Addison and his deputies from office if they fail to resign within 21 days. The Bank…
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2017 ‘imminent’ dumsor must not occur – Kwame Jantuah
Oil and Gas Analyst, Kwame Jantuah has impressed on both the governing NDC and incoming NPP government to work to avert any load shedding regime early next year. He argues that the impact of another round of load shedding will be disastrous for businesses. Kwame Jantuah’s comments follow concerns by some industry players of a…
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NPP gov’t should pursue misappropriation of oil revenue – PIAC
The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) wants the Nana Akufo Addo led administration to demonstrate its willingness to enforce the Petroleum Revenue Management Act (PRMA) and give value for money. In PIAC’s view, its work would yield the necessary results if government machinery acts on findings indicating instances of misappropriation. Though the Chairman of…
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Biz of Elections: Politicians dish out thousands to erect billboards
Political parties and politicians, during election years, dole out huge amounts of money on billboards across the country as part of election campaign methods. Checks by Citi Business News show that it cost as much as 6,500 cedis to obtain a license from the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), to mount a billboard in the Greater…
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Bawumia selectively used debt figures – Terkper
Finance Minister, Seth Terkper has accused the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) running mate for the 2016 elections, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia of selectively using the data on government for his lecture on Thursday, September 8, 2016. According to Mr. Terkper, it is unrealistic for the NDC to borrow 39.9 billion US dollars as announced by Dr.…
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Finance Minister must set realistic budget targets – Economist
Economist and Lecturer at the University of Ghana Business School, Godfred Alufa Bokpin says Government’s targets in the 2014 budget were dead on arrival. According to him it is obvious government was going to miss the budget target. ‘’Government’s mid-year review of the budget was expected;…Two months into the budget [2014 budget] life we knew…