Kasiebo is Tasty

Former Minister of Finance, Dr Kwabena Duffuor has declared his readiness to contest the National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearership.

The Institute for Energy Security (IES) is appealing once again to President Nana Akufo-Addo to bring back the Tema Oil Refinery in the shortest possible time to refine and sell petroleum products at cheaper prices.

The Minority in Parliament has called on the government and President Nana Akufo-Addo to save the suffering masses now from the fuel price hikes.

Workers at the Volta Aluminium Company (VALCO) have rejected a 22% increment in salary from Management of the Company, describing it as insufficient.

President Nana Akufo-Addo is full of hopes that the negotiations with the International Monetary Funds (IMF) will be secured by the end of the year. At a time when Ghana is in an economic crisis, throwing the citizenry into a turmoil, President Akufo-Addo believes the solution lies largely in the aid of the IMF.

The Deputy National Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Chief Hamilton Nixon Biney, clashed with the Deputy Chief of Staff, Emmanuel Adumua-Bossman, during a demonstration against Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. The clash happened when the Deputy Chief of Staff, who was meeting the demonstrators to receive their petition on behalf of the vice president, heard Chief Biney alleging that the demonstration had been infiltrated by a personnel of the Ghana Police Service.

Majority Leader has rejected the decision by the Speaker of Parliament on the fate of Dome-Kwabenya legislator, Sarah Adwoa Safo. Speaker, Alban Bagbin ruled that the Privileges Committee report is not final.

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban S.K Bagbin, has granted permission for a report from the Privileges Committee on three absentee Members of Parliament including Sarah Adwoa Safo to be tabled before the house for discussion. The Speaker ruled that the privileges Committee’s report on the three absentee MPs could not be accepted as the final decision on the matter but should be subjected to a vote on the floor of the house.

Some New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentarians are demanding the sacking of Ken Ofori-Atta as Finance Minister. The MPs, numbering about 80, held a press conference on Tuesday to impress on the President to relieve his cousin of the responsibility of managing the national purse or risk losing their support for government business going forward.

Residents in the Ga West Municipality of the Greater Accra Region have protested against the appalling condition of their roads. The protesting communities included Achiaman, Doblogonno and Akraman, all at Amasaman.