Date: 15-12-2014 (NEWS FROM GHANA)
Daily Graphic
√WHO CHAIRS NDC?
The much-anticipated national delegates congress of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) comes off in the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi, next Saturday, December 20.
√PARLIAMENT APPROVES 500MW POWER PROJECT
Parliament last weekend ratified two power producing agreements between the government and two private entities for the production of at 500 megawatts (MW) of power.
√ENGAGE TELCOS IN ROAD CONSTRUCTION -- ROADS MINISTER DIRECTS CONTRACTORS
The Roads and Highways Minister, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini, has directed contractors to regularly engage telecom companies before road construction is done to forestall the frequent cut of fibre optic cables.
√GHANA, KENYA STRENGTHEN
Ghana and Kenya have signed seven agreements to strengthen the bonds of friendship and co-operation between them.
Daily Guide
√MAHAMA HOT OVER £135M CASH
President John Dramani Mahama is in pain as the European Union (EU) tightens its noose around his neck over alleged payroll corruption.
√VOLTA CHIEFS ANGRY OVER DUSTY ROADS
It appears the agitations by the people of the Volta Region will not end anytime soon, although the Volta Regional Minister, Helen Adwoa Ntoso, has been trying to douse the simmering tension.
√MAN, 70, KILLS LOVER AFTER SEX
A 70-year-old man is in the hands of the Mamponteng police in the Ashanti Region for allegedly stabbing a 17-year-old girl to death after he had purportedly raped her in his room.
Finder
√DISCORD IN GOVERNMENT OVER GHANA GAS TAKEOVER BY GNPC
There is discord within the corridors of government over the planned takeover of the Ghana National Gas Company (Ghana Gas) by the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC).
√BUSINESSES WANT G-CAP SCRAPPED
The business community has asked the Ghana Standards Authority to completely cancel the proposed Ghana Conformity Assessment Programme (G-CAP).
√BIG LAWSUIT TO HIT ‘THE WALL STREET JOURNAL’
Individuals and corporate bodies mentioned in a news article by ‘The Wall Street Journal’ (WSJ) of the US alleging laundering of stolen Nigeria crude oil to Europe have initiated the process to sue the media house in two different jurisdictions for defamation.
Telegraph
√LET’S UNITE IN FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY – PREZ MAHAMA URGED AFRICAN LEADERS
President John Mahama has urged African leaders to join hands in the fight against poverty, which he described as the continent’s enemy.
√HUDU YAHAYA CONDEMNS TRIBAL POLITICS
One of the aspirants for the position of national chairman of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Alhaji Huudu Yahaya, has condemned attempts by his opponents to play the ethnic card in the party’s chairmanship race.
√WE ARE PAYING GYEEDA MONIES WITH INTEREST – AGAMS HOLDINGS
Minority lawmakers have accused the government of seeking to legalise graft at the Ghana Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship Development Agency (GYEEDA) through the GYEEDA Bill.
B&FT
√NIC FLEXES MUSCLES – DIRECTS GHANA GAS BUSINESS INTO COMMON POOL
The National Insurance Commission (NIC) has directed the four insurance companies that secured the deal to provide assets all risk insurance cover for the Ghana Gas Infrastructure project to share the business among all the 24 general insurance business through the Ghana Oil and Gas Insurance Pool (GOGIP) – a consortium formed by the country’s general insurance companies at the main body to pool resources and underwrite oil and gas risks.
√PIAC IS NOT STARVING ALONE
Lack of funding is “all over across the country” and is not peculiar to the public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC), Dr Kwadwo Asenso of the oil and Gas Unit at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MOFEP) has said.
√IMPORTERS TUSLE WITH GSA OVER G-CAP
Importers have resolved to resist any attempt to introduce the controversial Ghana Conformity and Assessment Programme (G-CAP) into the country’s trading regime.
√CEMENT SHORTAGE LOOMS
The country’s major cement producer Ghacem says the ongoing power cuts to manufacturing industry have reduced “significantly” its output level, prompting fears there will be a shortage of the commodity in the next few days.
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