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Government has got no hand in whatever the developer is doing,” the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Kwaku Ampratwum-Sarpong, stressed at a press conference on Wednesday

The Chamber fears a shortage in fertilizer supply is imminent which could also create rising food costs.

Fitch Ratings in a podcast said Ghana’s international reserves position has become very reliant on Eurobond issuance. Indicating that, Ghana is not in a situation where the government needs to constantly roll over hard currency debt or whose debt market is wholly reliant on non-resident investors. In supporting the Fitch’s position, the University of Ghana economist noted that, a careful look at the template that Ghana sent to the IMF in 1965 under the watch of Dr Kwame Nkrumah, which is a reflection of what has been happening over the years, there’s only one thing left which is keeping us from going to the IMF right now and that has to do with the depreciation of the cedi.

“Additionally, the government mustencourage organic fertiliser producers through a purposeful and vigorous local production policy and subsidies to enhance production and protect smallholder farmers. In order for farmers to use local and indigenous methods to re-fertilise their soil, there must be alternatives to inorganic fertilisers such as composting and capacity building in biofertiliser formulation. Livestock and crop farming should be linked so that the livestock and crop farming can coexist, to ensure that the land is fertilised on a year-round basis with organic matter/biofertilisers. Implement deliberate policies that encourage farmers to grow staple crops (such as millet, maize, beans, groundnuts, yam and cassava) that require less amounts of inorganic fertilisers to grow.

The Russia-Ukraine invasion induced unprecedented spike in crude oil and gas prices is troubling many economies. This, coupled with the escalating U.S dollar exchange rate to the local currency (Cedi) threatens petroleum products supply in the country.

The Chornobyl and Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant

The judgment regarding the issue of whether or not a deputy speaker  of parliament presiding can vote, the Supreme Court Justices concluded that the 138 members on the majority side including deputy speaker presiding  who voted to approve the 2022 budget was valid.  The implication is that the E-levy was passed on 30th November 2021. It also means the 2022 budget was fully approved.

Strong man, as he is known better behind his console, took his celebration to his home region Oti to visit some comrades who have taken ill for some time now there by making them inactive for their normal party works

A United States based Ghanaian Professor, Stephen Kwaku Asare, has reacted to the Supreme Court’s decision that allows the Deputy Speakers of Parliament to vote during proceedings in the House. 

The National Secretariat of University Teachers Association Of Ghana has announced an indefinite suspension of strike action which lasted more than seven weeks.