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Industrial Commodity Prices To Surge In 2017- World Bank
The World Bank has forecasted strong gains for industrial commodities like energy and metals in 2017; holding crude oil price forecast for the year at $55 per barrel, due to tightening supply and...
Boakye Agyarko, Osafo Marfo Finally Cleared By Parliament
The approval of the two, Osafo Marfo and Boagye Agyarko was suspended by the committee Energy Minister-designate Boakye Agyarko and Senior Minister-designate, Yaw Osafo Marfo have finally been...
Boakye Agyarko, Osafo Maafo Sail Through
Energy Minister-designate Boakye Agyarko and Senior Minister-designate, Yaw Osafo Marfo have finally been cleared by the appointments committee of Parliament. The approval of the two ministers was...
Osafo Marfo, Boakye Agyarko Cleared
Energy Minister-designate Boakye Agyarko and Senior Minister-designate, Yaw Osafo Marfo have finally been cleared by the appointments committee of Parliament. The approval of the two ministers was...
GWCL Bleeds Over Mismanagement; Pays $2m Monthly For 25 Years On Desalination
The finances of the Ghana water Company are currently suffering as a result of negligence on the part of some of the company’s managers who failed to take measures to prevent the deterioration of...
Osafo Marfo, Agyarko Cleared
Parliament’s Appointments Committee has finally cleared Senior Minister-designate Yaw Osafo Marfo and Energy Minister-designate Boakye Agyarko after their approval was withheld over certain...
World Bank Project Rise In Crude Oil Price
The World Bank has forecasted strong gains for industrial commodities like energy and metals in 2017; holding crude oil price forecast for the year at $55 per barrel, due to tightening supply and...
Nigeria Casts Its First Social Safety Net
Lagos (AFP) - Nearly two years after taking office, Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari is making good on an election vow to help the poor, deploying a welfare scheme that is gaining traction across...
Profile of Dr Kofi Koduah Sarpong, New Ceo of GNPC
Dr. Kofi Koduah Sarpong is an astute business executive with thirty-four (34) years’ experience at senior management level in over eight (8) companies. He has built his corporate leadership...
Confirmed! Appointment Committee Freezes Approval of Agyarko, Marfo
The Appointment Committee of Parliament has recommended for approval eight out of the 13 ministerial nominees vetted so far. However, Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Marfo, Energy Minister designate Boakye...
Vetting Committee Is the Best So Far
The Deputy Minority Chief Whip, Hon. Ibrahim Ahmed has described the Appointments Committee popularly referred to as vetting committee of the seventh parliament as one of the best in history. In his...
Minority ‘blocks’ Osafo Marfo, Agyarko’s Approval
The Minority in Parliament has vowed to fight the approval of Senior Minister-designate Yaw Osafo Marfo and Energy Minister-designate Boakye Agyarko, Class News’ parliamentary correspondent Ekow...
Ghanaians Urged To Lower Expectations
Ghanaians have been urged to lower and manage their high expectations for jobs as President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is now forming his government. Mr Thomas Benarkuu, the Project Officer of...
World Bank Misled Ghana – Osafo-Marfo
The Senior Minister designate, Yaw Osafo Marfo has said it was regrettable for the system to allow the Bank for Housing and Construction to collapse. Mr. Yaw Osafo Marfo reiterated that the World...
World Bank Misled Ghana In Collapse of Bank For Housing & Construction – Osafo-Marfo
The Senior Minister designate, Yaw Osafo Marfo has said it was regrettable for the system to allow the Bank for Housing and Construction to collapse. Mr. Yaw Osafo Marfo reiterated that the World...
I Resisted Pressure To React To Mahama’s Last Minute Decisions
The Senior Minister-designate has said he resisted pressure from the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Transition team to react to last minute appointments doled out by former President John Mahama. Yaw...
We Don’t Need A 40-Year National Development Plan – Osafo-Marfo
Senior minister-nominee, Yaw Osafo-Marfo, has downplayed the relevance of a 40-year national development plan to guide Ghana’s development agenda. According to him, a long-term plan for national...
Osafo Marfo Humbles ‘small Boy’ Okudzeto At Vetting
Former Deputy Education Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, was ‘humbled’ by Senior Minister designate, Yaw Osafo Marfo when he attempted to question the nominee about some ‘scandals’ that...
We Don’t Need A 40-Year National Development Plan – Osafo-Maafo
Senior minister-nominee, Yaw Osafo-Maafo, has downplayed the relevance of a 40-year national development plan to guide Ghana’s development agenda. According to him, a long-term plan for national...