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Speaker Gives One-Week Deadline To Deal With Bribery Claims

The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Ocquaye has tasked the leadership of the House to within one week come up...

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Gov’t Scheming To Leverage Energy Levy For $2.4bn Bond

The Minority side in Parliament is alleging that the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) is planning to raise a bond of...

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Ken Ofori Atta Faces Parliament Over 3% VAT Controversy

Parliament’s Finance Committee has invited the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta to respond to concerns by various...

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Probe NLA Bribery Allegations

The Africa Centre for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA) has called for a wider probe into the bribery allegations made...

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Credibility of Work Done By Parliament Could Be Called Into Question – Expert

A governance expert at the University of Professional Studies says claims of corruption against Ghana’s parliament...

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Allow Independent Probe Into NLA Bribery Allegations

Three anti-corruption civil groups; the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), Centre for Democratic Development-Ghana and...

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Honourables Or Horribles?

Have you ever heard this tale of Two Road Ministers? Well, one was from Ogyakrom; the other from Anago. They met at one...

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Another Bribery Scandal Hits Parliament

Former Chairman of Parliament’s Finance Committee, James Klutse Avedzi, has admitted his committee received money...

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The 15 Year Bond. Will the Anchor Hold?

At the beginning of April this year, the Government of Ghana seemingly took a giant stride in its ongoing efforts to...

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Fitch Upgrades Ghana’s Outlook To Stable; Says Government Making Progress

Fitch ratings agency has on Friday upgraded Ghana’s outlook to Stable. Fitch says Ghana is making progress in...

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Ghana, IMF To Decide Next Month

Government’s decision on a possible extension of the IMF deal is likely to be concluded next month. This is the...

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Let’s Be Circumspect In Discussing $2bn Bond — FirstBanc MD

The Managing Director of FirstBanC Financial Services, Mr Amenyo Setordzie, has asked for circumspection on the...

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BoG Governor Resigns As Economy Takes Shape

The governor of the Central Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr. Abdul Nashiru Issahaku, has tendered in his resignation to the...

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Abandoning Sole-Sourcing Will ‘cripple’ Akufo-Addo’s Gov’t – Avedzi

The Deputy Minority Leader, James Kludze Avedzi has urged caution on government’s decision to totally forgo the use...

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Abandoning Sole-Sourcing Will ‘cripple’ Akufo-Addo’s Gov’t – Avedzi

The Deputy Minority Leader, James Kludze Avedzi has urged caution on government’s decision to totally forgo the use...

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Depreciation of Cedis Not Unprecedented – Oppong Nkrumah

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Ofoase-Ayirebi, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says the current depreciation of...

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Free SHS Implementation Won’t Be Smooth, Easy

The Education Minister says the implementation of the President Nana Akufo-Addo's flagship campaign promise of free...

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2017 Budget To Focus On Stimulating Growth, Job Creation

Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta is expected to announce the abolition of import levies and taxes among others on some...

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Hold Your Peace For Budget To Be Read – Kwarteng

New Patriotic Party (NPP) MP on Parliament’s Finance Committee says the NPP government will unveil a comprehensive...