Hope and Optimism
For a while, it appeared the motherland had nowhere to go but keep sinking post-December 7, 2016. Profligately constructed billboards, costly enough to drill a number of boreholes to provide potable...
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Bawumia Is A Trojan Horse In NPP
The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has labelled Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, vice presidential candidate of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), as...
NPP’s Crisis ‘lies’ Won’t Work
The main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) is painting Ghana as a country in crisis so as to win the 7 December polls, President John Mahama has said. "If somebody says the country is going back,...
Mahama Tells Students
President John Dramani Mahama took his campaign to his alma mater, the University of Ghana, where he told Ghanaian students that he stood for the truth. In a speech laced with political, economic and...
Russia Is Planning For Low Oil Prices
Russia is betting oil prices will stay low for a long time. President Vladimir Putin's government has just set a draft budget for the next three years based on the assumption Russia will be able to...
Ghana’s Credit Rating Still B Negative
Dr Mahamadu Bawumia, an economist, has challenged recent assertions by President John Mahama and Finance Minister Seth Terkper that international ratings agency Moody’s upgraded Ghana recently. The...
Ignore NPP’s Lies: Economy Not In Crisis
President John Mahama has urged Ghanaians to disregard what he described as the opposition New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) fear-mongering about the state of the economy. The NPP has on several...
Hefty Taxes A Punishment For Businesses – Ken Ofori-Atta
The Director in-charge of fundraising for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) 2016 presidential campaign, Ken Ofori-Atta, has backed the party’s proposal to cut down taxes on businesses when voted into...
Ghana’s Industrial Sector In Crisis
Ghana has witnessed significant economic decline over the past five years with weak real Gross Domestic Growth (GDP), Dr Eric Osei-Assibey, an economist, has stated. Making a presentation on the...
NPP’s Plans Will Ruin Ghana
The plans and policies outlined by the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) in its 2016 manifesto will destroy Ghana if the party is voted into power in the 7 December 2016 elections, President...
Don’t Fall For Bawumia’s Lies About Economy – Mahama
The war of words over the economy between President John Mahama and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Running Mate, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has continued with the President this time questioning Dr....
Bawumia Must Clarify Cost of Re-Denomination – Economist
An Economist, Dr. John Gatsi, says he sees nothing wrong with the challenge thrown at the Vice Presidential Candidate of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia, by President...
Ghana’s Debt To GDP To Hit 70% Mark – Economist
Ghana’s debt to GDP ratio could hit the 70 percent threshold if the base rate for calculating the figure, is adjusted to reflect current growth targets. This is the indication from economist, Dr....
Interest Rates Killing Businesses, Suffocating Consumers
Ghana's current policy rate set by the Bank of Ghana is 26 per cent. Such a rate may be considered to be too high given the current state of the economy, with economic growth for 2015 recorded at...
Health Care In Africa
In the war between humanity and disease, perhaps the greatest victory of recent years took place in Africa. At the turn of the millennium, serious analysts expected HIV/AIDS to kill up to half the...
Implementation of NPP’s Economic Policies Will Be Problematic – Economist
A renowned economist has indicated that the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP’s) key policies on the economy are good but they may suffer implementation challenges. The largest opposition party launched...
Bawumia Intellectually Dishonest With 600 SHSs Promise
The Minister of Employment and Labour Relations Haruna Iddrisu is questioning the intellectual honesty of vice presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on a promise...
My Manifesto Is All About Putting People First
President Mahama writes: My manifesto is all about putting people first By President John Mahama My brothers and sisters, In the course of our daily routine, we often get caught up in details that...
I’m Doing Something Right
President John Mahama has said his government is on the right track, saying: “Take a look at this: In 2012, we were 53rd in the world when it comes to our country’s capacity to retain talent;...
Moody’s Rating Is ‘an Upgrade’
The recent affirmation of the Government of Ghana's issuer and senior unsecured rating at B3 and change in the country's economic outlook to stable from negative by international rating agency,...