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19 Oct

Investigate How Foreign Businesses Transport Their Profit Outside The Country-Kwasi Botwe To FIC

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A communications officer of the New Patriotic Patriotic Party, Kwasi Botwe has called on the Financial Intelligence Center (FIC) to investigate how foreign investors transport their profit back into their country, claiming they change into dollars and sneak it out of the country. Speaking to Kwaku Dawuro on Movement In The Morning Show, he said that ‘’all the big companies in Ghana belong to foreign companies yet no one knows how they transport their profit outside the country. Almost every product in the big super markets have foreign based product which put pressure on our cedi''. ''Most of these goods…

18 Oct

Ashanti’s Are Not Ingrates; Stop Using Them As Your Propaganda Tool- Krobea Asante to The NDC

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The deputy National Communication Director for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), George Krobia Asante, has advised the National Democratic Congress(NDC) to desist from using the Ashanti’s as their propaganda tool, as they (Ashanti’s) are not ingrates. He said this when he joined Kwaku Dawuro on Movement In The Morning Show on Tuesday, 18th October, 2022. Speaking he said that ''NDC's are spreading propaganda as if the NPP has done nothing in the Region. The President has never neglected the Ashanti Region- Ashanti's are not ungrateful, they know what President Akufo-Addo has done for them. The President has built 32 hospitals.…

18 Oct

Father Owusu Sekyere Explains Why CHASS Is Calling For The Cancellation Of Buffer Stock In SHS

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The President of Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) has called for the cancellation of buffer stock claiming its becoming a hindrance in the school feeding programme. The decision was after a 5-day conference was held in Koforidua to present a petition before government, and the Ministry of Education on ways to improve the free SHS policy. Speaking with Kwaku Dawuro on Movement In The Morning Show Father Stephen Owusu Sekyere who doubles as the headmaster for Opoku Ware School stated that CHASS is thankful to government for implementing the free SHS policy however, government must cancel the…

18 Oct

President Akufo-Addo’s Response To The People Of Kwabre Was Genuine-Nana Kay

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A communicator of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Kwadwo Agyei Yeboah popularly known as Nana Kay, has stated President Akufo-Addo’s response to the people of Kwabre East was genuine and responsible. The President on Monday 17th October 2022, in an interview stated he is not threated if the people of Kwabre decides to vote for NDC in the 2024 elections, in their quest to demand for their roads to be fixed. Speaking to Kwaku Dawuro on Movement In The Morning Show Nana Kay said that ''people have misquoted the President’s response-some people were trying to blackmail the President by…

17 Oct

Deploy Aggressive Means Of Collecting Taxes- Kwaku Daworo Tells GRA

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The host of Movement In The Morning Show, Kwaku Dawuro has requested for the use of aggressive means to collect taxes as Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) have refused to pay VAT describing disparities exist in its payment. According to GUTA the new VAT policy compels consumer to go through double taxation, imposing a flat levy on businesses operating below five hundred thousand threshold. Retailers above the threshold however, are made to pay VAT standard of 19.25 percent, this new development has led to the refusal of the payment. Speaking Kwaku Dawuro said that ''one of IMF’s conditions in granting…

17 Oct

“Your Tenure Has Been Beneficial For Asanteman” – Otumfuo To President Akufo-Addo

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The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has commended President Akufo-Addo for his consistent show of attention to Asanteman, thereby situating the region to a position of prominence and honour in terms of development in the country. According to the Overlord of the Asante Kingdom, he has followed with keen interest the tenure of President Akufo-Addo since 2017, stressing that “issues of key concern to the development of Asanteman have been placed on the front burner of government’s development agenda.” Otumfuo Osei Tutu II made this known on Sunday, 16th August, 2022, when the President paid a courtesy call on him…

17 Oct

President Akufo-Addo Commissions 330kv Kumasi-Bolgatanga Power Transmission Project

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The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Sunday, 16th October 2022, commissioned the 330 kilovolt Kumasi to Bolgatanga Transmission Line Project, at the commencement of his four-day tour of the Ashanti Region. The project, which is an integral part of the West Africa Power Pool Project, seeks to reinforce the Ghana Transmission System, and ensure the export of at least 100 megawatts of electricity to Burkina Faso, as well as increase the reliability of the Ghana to Burkina Interconnection Project. To help achieve this objective, GRIDCo also constructed a 330kV Transmission line from the Aboadze Power Generation…

17 Oct

”I Take Full Responsibility Of Ghana Going To IMF”- President Akufo-Addo

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The President of the Republic of Ghana, President Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo has said he takes full responsivity for Ghana going to the International Monitory Fund (IMF) for bailout. Speaking on Otec Fm in Kumasi, President Akufo-Addo stated Ghana’s current economic condition has little to do with economic mismanagement. President Akufo-Addo said that ‘’the reason we got to where we currently are has little to do with economic mismanagement, IMF’s assessment confirmed Covid-19 and the Russian-Ukraine war has been the fighters of Ghana’s economy. You cannot take easy decisions that will compromise the welfare of Ghanaians-running to IMF was difficult…

17 Oct

Ghana’s Economic Programme Hinges On Reform Plan – IMF

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The International Monetary Fund has stated that an economic programme for Ghana hinges on a reform plan which the government has just shared with the Bretton Wood institution. The Fund is now assessing the reform and having further discussion on the plan, but hopes to fast-track it. Speaking at a press conference at the just-ended IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington DC, USA, Africa Department Director, Abebe Aemro Selassie, said discussions are, proceeding well, but that will depend on how quickly the reform plan can be fleshed out. “Indeed, we try to be extremely responsive. I think within less than…

14 Oct

Government Should Have Arrested Owners Of Banks BOG Collapsed – Lakulaku

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A communicator of the New Patriotic Party(NPP), Abubakar Sulemana popularly known as Lakulaku has said government should have ordered for the arrest of the owners of the banks that were collapsed due to financial mismanagement. Speaking on Movement In The Morning Show with Kwaku Dawuro, Lakulaku debunked criticisms against the governor of Bank of Ghana (BOG) which according to claims has contributed to Ghana’s current financial mishap. Speaking Lakulaku said that ‘’the governor is one of the bold governor I have ever come across. He should have been the governor of bank of Ghana in 2008 but the political narrative…