Kids under 10 craving for alcoholic beverages due to adverts – FDA

The Head of Communications at the Food and Drugs Authority [FDA], James Lartey, has expressed concern about the negative effects of advertisement of alcoholic beverages on children, who are now craving for such products. According to him, the situation where very young children have messages on alcoholic products deeply printed on their minds is worrying. Mr. Lartey said the FDA’s […]

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Chinese miners pay GHC700,000 to Assembly for the release of seized excavators

Information available to Abusuafmonline.com indicates that, some Chinese miners whose excavators were seized in the Atwima Kwanwoma District in the Ashanti Region have paid Seven Hundred Thousand Ghana Cedis GHS700, 000 to the District Assembly for the release of their confiscated excavators. A deep throat source at the District Assembly who spoke to Abusua Fm’s Osei Kwadwo on condition of […]

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Direct funds to local farmers by reducing food importation – Percival Ampomah advises government

General Manager of GN Foods, Percival Ampomah is calling on government to reduce the importation of foods, so that funds can be directed to the local farmers in the country. His comment comes after the World Bank Country Director for Ghana, Henry Kerali, advised that government should turn its attention to reducing food imports so as to revitalize the Agricultural […]

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Corruption ranking proves rot in Akufo-Addo’s government – Minority

The Minority in Parliament has said Ghana’s ranking on the 2017 Global Corruption Perception Index is a vindication of their position that the current government is presiding over a corrupt administration. Speaking to Citi News, the Minority Spokesperson on Communications, A.B.A. Fuseini said the drop in Ghana’s ranking on the Index proves that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government is […]

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Nine member EOCO board inaugurated

A nine-member governing board of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) charged with the mandate to formulate policies to achieve the objectives of the office has been inaugurated. The Governing Board is mandated to prevent and detect organized crime and facilitate the confiscation of proceeds of crime. They are Mr Justice Brobbey, Chairman of the Board, ACP (rtd) K.K […]

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Banks to lose hold on interest rates

The Bank of Ghana is hoping that banks will soon reduce their interest rates on loans to reflect the continuous drop in the policy rate. The central bank believes that the development should also help correct the balance sheets of banks by reducing the Non-Performing Loans. This was among the key issues raised at a public lecture on the effectiveness […]

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Blame ‘stubborn’ General Legal Council for mass failure – Kofi Bentil

Vice President of policy think tank, IMANI Africa, Kofi Bentil, has attributed the mass failure recorded at the Ghana School of Law to the failings of the General Legal Council. Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show, Mr. Bentil said the exam failures were “the culmination of many years of indolence and abstinence,” from the General Legal Council. The Student’s Representative […]

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