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NDC appalled by $12 million dollar expenditure on botched Agyapa deal; threatens prosecution

GAPNEWS NDC appalled by $12 million dollar expenditure on botched Agyapa deal; threatens prosecution The National Democratic Congress has accused the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government of “causing financial loss” to the state over the botched Agyapa Gold Royalties deal. At a press conference addressed by the party in Accra today, National Communications Officer, Sammy Gyamfi, accused President Akufo-Addo and Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia of habouring what he describes as “countless skeletons of corruption in their closet”, following recent revelations at the Public Accounts Committee hearings. It has emerged per disclosures by the Chief Executive Officer of the Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF), Edward Nana Yaw Koranteng, that government has already committed some $12 million into the failed Agyapa Gold Royalties arrangement which came under intense public scrutiny sometime in the year 2020. Speaking earlier today at the NDC’s ‘Moment of Truth’ press conference, Sammy Gyamfi call...
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Finance Minister Amin Adam outlines seven priority points in his first meeting with mg’t of MoF

GAPNEWS Finance Minister Amin Adam outlines seven priority points in his first meeting with mg’t of MoF The Minister for Finance, Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam has outlined seven priority points in his first meeting with the Management of the Ministry. He met the entire management on Monday February 19 I will bring new urgency to bear on the work so we can run and fly and make an impact within this short period” he said. Dr Amin succeeded Ken Ofori-Atta at the Ministry in the recent ministerial reshuffle done by President Akufo-Addo on Febraury 14. Earlier, he told journalists that “Revenue collection will be pursued aggressively. So you are going to see me moving around the revenue centres, the ports, the airport, and the market areas to encourage the staff of GRA to collect more revenue but also to institute a friendly approach to collecting revenue.”
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Re-assigned ministers must be vetted –Dafeamekpo

GAPNEWS Re-assigned ministers must be vetted –Dafeamekpor The Minority in Parliament has said that all the re-assigned ministers will have to be vetted and approved by the Appointment Committee of Parliament. The opposition lawmaker says served notice to contest the re-assignments of 5 ministers of state to the office of the president at the Supreme Court. South Dayi Member of Parliament contends that the ministers must be subjected to parliamentary approval and not just occupy the office without approval. “I am saying on the authority of the constitution that those persons’ appointments were revoked by the president, and their re-assignment must be subjected to parliamentary scrutiny. “So, we are demanding that those five ministers he has reassigned must be subjected to parliamentary vetting, and that is the procedure, so they cannot escape parliamentary scrutiny,” he said in Parliament on Friday. He added “We will do our duty as the constitution demands, and we will demand that their...
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TEWU suspends its two-week-long strike

GAPNEWS TEWU suspends its two-week-long strike . The Tertiary Education Workers Union of Ghana (TEWU-GH) has brought an end to its two-week-long strike which commenced on February 1. They embarked on the strike over the nonpayment of their vehicle maintenance allowances by the government. A statement issued on Friday Febraury 16 said “The leadership of TEWU-GH was invited by the National Labour Commission (NLC) on 14th February 2024, in attendance from Government representatives was the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) and Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC). After a series of discussions with the National Labour Commission and the government, NLC directed the union to suspend the strike action and engage the Government to resolve the issue of the vehicle maintenance allowance to our members. “As we are all aware, the government denied some of our members the vehicle maintenance allowance payment which compelled the union to embark on an indefinite strike action.”
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Reshuffle does not increase Bawumia’s electoral fortunes – Political Analyst

GAPNEWS Reshuffle does not increase Bawumia’s electoral fortunes – Political Analyst Political analyst at the University of Cape Coast, Dr Jonathan Asante Otchere, has stated that the much-awaited ministerial reshuffle by President Akufo-Addo does not inure to the benefit of the NPP’s presidential candidate, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, going into the December 2024 elections. Dr Otchere made the assertion in an interview with Alfred Ocansey, host of TV3’s current affairs programme, Ghana Tonight, on Thursday, February 15. According to Dr Otchere, the President lost an opportunity to cut government expenditures. Civil society organisations and the public have criticised the government for its excessive spending leading to huge borrowing. “If you keep supplying members of your party to occupy all these positions that have become vacant so to speak, in actual fact, this particular decision by the President will not in any way affect positively the electoral fortunes of Dr Bawumia,” said the polit...
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Running mate: Togbe Afede won’t reject the opportunity but the choice is Mahama’s prerogative – Asogli State,

GAPNEWS Running mate: Togbe Afede won’t reject the opportunity but the choice is Mahama’s prerogative – Asogli State, The choice of a running mate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is the prerogative of the flagbearer, Former President John Dramani Mahama but the Togbe Afede XIV, the Agbogbomefia of Asogli, will not reject any opportunity to be selected, the Asogli State Council has said. The Council in a statement released on Tuesday, February 13, while reacting to news that his name popped up in the discussion to choose the running mate, said that Togbe Afede has not instructed any individual or group to advocate for him to be picked by Mr Mahama. The statement said that the esteemed chief conveyed this stance during a visit from a group known as “Change Forum Makers” to discuss the matter. “A group of people who identified themselves as ‘Change Makers Forum’ were the latest to approach Togbe to consider joining President Mahama as his running mate for the 2024 Presidential ...
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Happily, the two directors who caused PBC woes lost their bid to be NPP parliamentary candidates – Mahama

GAPNEWS Happily, the two directors who caused PBC woes lost their bid to be NPP parliamentary candidates – Mahama Former President John Dramani Mahama has said that the directors of the Produce Buying Company (PBC) will be investigated for their actions that caused the problems of the company. Mr Mahama accused the two directors of attempting to seek refuge in Parliament from accountability, but God being so good, they lost their bid to be parliamentary candidates on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). Speaking with cocoa farmers in Kumasi and the General Agriculture Workers Union on Thursday, February 8, the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) said, “The workers of PBC have not been paid for about 8 months to 9 months and it is not known when they will receive their salaries, it is instructive to note that two of the directors who have left PBC into the ditch could see that they had finished the company and so they were looking for new careers and so they wen...
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