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Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta says the three-year extended credit facility (ECF) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for Ghana will end in December 2018 as scheduled, just that Ghana will not enter into another deal after that. Mr Ofori-Atta’s latest remarks come in the wake of media reports that government is ending the programme forthwith. At the maiden media encounter at the Flagstaff House on Tuesday, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo mentioned that the 2018 budget statement will be the last under the ECF, which began in April 2015. The programme was contracted by the John Mahama-led government. While…

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has arrested 117 suspected criminals in Alaba, Tinka, Asafo, BB, TUC, Mayanka and surrounding areas in the Ashanti Region. The suspects were arrested on Monday in a swoop within the metropolis. They were arrested with an adulterated drink popularly referred to as “Laka”, a local gin laced with substances suspected to be Indian hemp. In a press statement signed by Assistant Superintendent of Police Juliana Obeng, who is the Regional Public Relations Officer, the confiscated substance will be taken to Accra for a forensic examination. The swoop was part of a nationwide operation sanctioned by…

Kaneshie-based physically challenged musician Pazzo Joe says he feels dejected seeing movie scenes that mock and mimic people with disabilities. The up-and-coming musician, real name Shaddrack Kojo Menimbere, lamented the torture the disabled are exposed to by the mimicking, despite the humour it adds to movie scenes. After years of seeing such scenes repeated in movies, the ‘Ayele’ composer is convinced they are intended to make mockery of the physically challenged, a trend he finds not too professional. The rapper expects movie makers to be professional with their work and spare them the torture and also called on Ghanaians to…

Parliament’s Select Committees on Health and Lands and Forestry have jointly ordered all private developers on Pantang Psychiatric Hospital lands to stop work and produce all necessary  documents for further engagement. A visit by members of the joint committee on Health as well as Lands and Forestry on Tuesday was a follow-up to the recent strike and demonstration by workers of the Hospital over the encroachment of their land. Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Health Dr. Kwabena Twum-Nuamah noted that the mission of the team was to observe the extent of encroachment, engage with management of the Hospital…

Fire has gutted the 10th floor of the office complex for members of Parliament, otherwise known as Job 600, 3news.com has gathered. But the swift intervention of officers from the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) saw the situation brought under control. Acting Public Relations Officer of the Service Prince Billy Anaglatey told journalists that the fire was caused by an electrical fault. He assured that members of Parliament (MP) can resume work as “they are all protected”. Only a photocopier and the ceiling were slightly damaged, he said. Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Osei-Kyei Mensa-Bonsu, who is also the Majority Leader,…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says “it is not clear that Akufo-Addo will be on the ballot anyway”. He explained that going to represent the New Patriotic Party (NPP) again for the 2020 elections is not his decision alone to take. The president made these remarks on Tuesday when he met some journalists at the Flagstaff House in a media encounter to account for the first six months of his stewardship. President Akufo-Addo took over from John Dramani Mahama on January 7, 2017 after winning the December 7, 2016 elections. It was his third time of asking, having lost the…

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says he has not set foot where his official residence is supposed to be. “I have not actually visited the house,” he said on Tuesday during a meeting put together by the Office of the President with a section of the media. The meeting held at the Flagstaff House was at the instance of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to account for the first six months of his stewardship. Answering a question on the state of the official residence, Vice President Bawumia said “I don’t know if there is any work going on”. He said…

INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, NANA ADDO DANKWA AKUFO-ADDO, AT THE 1ST MEDIA ENCOUNTER, AT THE BANQUET HALL OF THE PRESIDENCY, ACCRA, ON TUESDAY, 18TH JULY, 2017 Let me welcome you all to the seat of the Presidency for this 1st media encounter since I came here. I must, at the outset, thank members of the media, particularly the presidential press corps, for the extent and depth of the coverage they have given to the activities of the Presidency these last six months. I cannot complain about the lack of exposure of my thoughts, statements or policies…

There are those who believe the Cup of Nations is perfectly placed at the beginning of the year while others reckon a change on the calendar year will serve the tournament well and help increase the profile of the competition – whichever way you look at it, the tournament needs some sort of change and it might just be the timing of it. In the 2017 edition, some countries felt the pressure when their star players rejected the invitation to play the AFCON, simply because of the reason well sounded by the proponents of change – it will affect the…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reiterated his firm commitment to fighting corruption in the country. Addressing the media Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at the Flagstaff House in Accra, the President observed corruption in the public sector is the greatest threat to the nation, noting a law will soon be in place to fight the menace. “And when it comes to wrongdoings of the kind that indeed cause the nation the greatest harm-corrupt public officials. I’m glad to say the office of the special prosecutor will be with us shortly. “The bill has currently been gazetted and will in parliament…