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The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has revealed that out of the 80 warehouses being built across the country, 51 of them are ready. He said at the Nation Building updates series on Tuesday November 3 that the government will soon commission the completed warehouses. “We decided that we were going to build 80  warehouses across the country  and I am glad to report  that out of the 80, 51 are ready to be handed over to me,” he said. He added “We inherited a warehouse capacity of 34,000 metric tons  and we are able to…

The Independent Parliamentary Candidate for Dome-Kwabenya in the Greater Accra region Mr. Anderson Adongo Emmanuel is poised to unseat the incumbent Member of Parliament Sarah Adwoa Safo who doubles as Minister of State in charge of Public Procurement and Deputy Majority leader in Parliament. Adongo Emmanuel is positive that the electorate in the constituency will vote for him on December 7 to enhance development in the area. He has described Adwoa Sarfo as inconsiderate, unapproachable and someone who lacks leadership skills to unite the people for development and transformation. Mr. Adongo disclosed this on Yen Sempa morning show on Onua…

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has warned the general public especially customers of the defunct Fund management companies not to deal with PBAY Limited because it has not been duly registered. SEC said in a statement on Tuesday November 3 that its attention has been drawn to the activities of PBAY Limited, an entity purporting to be able to facilitate the payment of customers’ locked-up funds with some SEC-regulated market operators whose licenses have been revoked in return for fees or a commission. “Our investigations have revealed that there is no company duly registered by the Registrar-General’s Department under…

Professor John Gatsi , Dean of the Business School at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) has asked the current government not to blame the current high debt burden on previous administration.  He explained that the nature of Ghana’s debts is such that some instruments have maturity period of 3-30 years which means interest will be paid or is being paid on the loans over the years as the principal payment is made only at the maturity of a specific debt contract. It is therefore false to say NPP government’s high debt is because loans were taken to pay NDC…

Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu has extolled the Special Prosecutor Mr Martin Amidu over his report on the Agyapa Royalties Agreement. According to him, the report of Mr Amidu touched on the very issues that the Minority had raised against the deal. The Minority had raised issues relating to corruption and cronyism against the deal. Mr Amidu asked the Finance Ministry to pause on the scheduled Initial Public Offer (IPO) on the deal until after his investigations. He said on Monday, November 2 that he has finished with his assessment of the transaction and has accordingly submitted his report to the…

The Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu did a terrible job on the corruption risk assessment of the Agyapa Royalties Agreement, Dr Mark Assibey-Yeboah, Chairman of the Finance Committee of Parliament, has said. He explained that Mr Amidu lost focus during his investigations and rather paid attention to matters that were unrelated to the Agyapa deal. For instance, he said, the Special Prosecutor looked into the area of the Airbus Bribery scandal which in  his view, had nothing to do with the subject matter under consideration. It is recalled that Mr Amidu asked the Finance Ministry to pause on the scheduled Initial…

The Minority in Parliament has said they will not support modification of the Agyapa deal if the Finance Minister returns to Parliament with it. According to the caucus, the agreement is bad for Ghana, hence should be scrapped entirely. The Minority’s decision comes after President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo asked the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, to return the Agyapa Royalties agreement to Parliament. The Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu,after investigations into the deal regarding the alleged corruption-related issues that were raised y civil society groups as well as the National Democratic Congress (NDC) concluded that the deal was “opaque”, among other…

The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has revealed that the government of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has given 300 pickups to extension officers. This, he said, is to enable them assist farmers with best farming practices to improve on their yields. Dr Afriyie Akoto said at the Nation Building Updates on Tuesday, November 3 that the government is determined to ensure food security in the country, hence the investment. “Three hundred pickups have been given to extension officers so that they can move with the farmer and teach them modern methods of farming,” he said.…

Majority Leader and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has said there is need for lawmakers to improve on the conduct of doing business in the House. This, he said, will cure some of the challenges that come along with the passage and approvals of some laws and agreements. He noted that Members of Parliament are not experts in all fields, hence are susceptible to making errors especially when there are not consultants readily available to give them advice on technical issues. His comments come after the flak the legislature is receiving for the Agyapa Mineral Royalties agreement, which the…

Deputy Youth Organizer for the National Democratic Congress (NDC)  Edem Agbana says that the Special Prosecutor is no more a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). Mr Agbana was speaking on TV3’s New Day on Tuesday, November 3. He explained that Martin Amidu after his appointment wrote to the leadership of the NDC to denounce his membership of the party. “The last time I checked Martin Amidu was not a member of the NDC. He is a part of them now. When I say a part of them I mean he’s an appointee of the current president. After his…