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The Minority in Parliament has asked President Akufo-Addo to revoke Executive Instrument 144 which seeks to declassify some portions of the Achimota Forest Reserve. Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu in a statement on Tuesday noted that Executive Instrument 144 is in breach of the provisions of the Land Use and Spatial Planning Act, 2016 (Act 925).

Deputy National Security Coordinator, Edward Kweku Asomani, says the African continent has experienced about 346 terrorist attacks within the first quarter of the year. He said out of the recorded attacks, 49 per cent occurred in the West African Sub-region.

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Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has described utterances made by the Ranking Member on Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, as most unfortunate and totally irresponsible. He was speaking in reference to statements made by Okudzeto Ablakwa concerning the sole inquirer’s report on the Bulgarian Embassy demolition case.

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor has said plans are afoot to upgrade the Achimota Forest, into a world class asset. Addressing the press on Tuesday, the sector Minister emphasized that widespread reports about the supposed sale of the Forest are false and baseless, as government has no such plans.

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The Nkoranza South MP, Emmanuel Agyekum has given a blow-by-blow account of how a 28-year-old trader died while in Police custody. Albert Akwasi Donkor, who is a footballer and digital television installer, is said to have been picked up from his Nkoranza South home by armed officers at 2:00am on April 24, 2022 in an unregistered vehicle on an anti-armed robbery operation.

The Power Planning Technical Committee (PPTC), the body responsible for the drafting of the 2022 Electricity Supply Plan, has stated that contrary to the claims by NDC MP, John Jinapor and ranking Member of Parliament’s Mines and Energy Committee, that ‘dumsor’ is imminent, there is no such risk.

The Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has attributed the country’s rising inflation to factors beyond government’s control. He said almost all African countries are facing similar situations. He thus added that global inflation has risen and that Ghana’s case is not an exception.