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Butchers Association Hails Gov’t Over Cedi Stabilisation But Urges Officials To Do More To Sustain It

Butchers Association Hails Gov’t Over Cedi Stabilisation But Urges Officials To Do More To Sustain It. By King Amoah. The National Vice President of the Ghana Meat Sellers And Cutters Association, Chief Abdulai Wahab Ibrahim Tikuma has praised government for coming out with a policies that have seen the visibility of the currency appreciation in […]

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Ghana Will Not Benefit, As IMF Approves Changing To Lending

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved changes to its lending rules, enabling it to help countries facing exceptionally high uncertainty but unfortunately, Ghana does not fall within the criteria even though the West African country is also in debt distress and facing high uncertainty. That notwithstanding, the new rule opens the way for support […]

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Dr. Acheampong Challenges Akuffo Addo’s IMF March Deadline

Dr. Theophilus Acheampong, an economist and political risk analyst has averred that President Akufo-Addo’s March deadline for the completion of the debt relief negotiations and executive board approval is not feasible. According to the economist, the earliest the country can complete the debt relief negotiations and get board approval for its debt relief programme is […]

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Protoa Chairman Pleads With The Authorities To Ban Drivers Without Unions Cards From Operating

In his quest to ensure accident free on the roads the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the Progressive Transport Owners Association (PROTOA), Mr. Joseph Mensah has suggested that the Authorities should come out with measures that could ban drivers who have no valid official documents from the recognized transport Unions. He stated that it would be […]

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Debts Exchange Program: Former Attorney General Can Win Case If She Sues Gov’t – Kusi Boafo Predicts

The Executive Officer for Public Sector Reforms, Dr Thomas Kusi Boafo, has disclosed that former Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo, can win her case if she sues the government for including pensioners’ bonds in the Debt Exchange Programme. According to him, the government is not handling the pensioners in the proper way. The economist said he […]

Business

Reduction of fuel prices, finally revealed by COPEC

Newsdesk reports.(read and share the article to friends). According to the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC), Ghanaians should disregard reports that petroleum product prices will be reduced as a result of the government’s yet-to-be-implemented Gold for Oil Policy. Speaking to Starr News, COPEC Executive Secretary Duncan Amoah stated that if the 40,000 tons expected to […]

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Reduce Bench Mark Value On Import Duties – Concerned Used Car Dealers To Gov’t.

Emerging facts trickling this website indicates that the Vehicles & Assets Dealers Union, i.e (Used Car Dealers) stands the risk to collapse, if government fails to reduce taxes on import duties on their businesses. This is as a result of the ‘unstable’ taxes that coupled with currency depreciation in the country. And it is consequently […]

Business

Cement, steel bar prices surge

Business desk reports. The prices of cement and steel — the two key building materials — have jumped 41 per cent and 16pc, respectively, pushing up the cost which resulted in a construction slowdown in the outgoing calendar 2022. The 50-kg cement bag rate rose to Rs1,043 from Rs738 on Dec 30, 2021 while per […]