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26 Feb

Sky Train Project Followed Due Process – Ghartey To NIB

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Former Railways Development Minister, Joe Ghartey says Monday’s meeting with officials of the National Investigation Bureau (NIB) investigating the Sky Train Project laid to rest any doubts that the Railways Development Ministry did not follow due process. Speaking to journalists after the meeting with NIB officials, Mr Ghartey said that the Sky Train Project was modeled as a Build, Operate Transfer (BOT) transaction and thus, no payments were made by the Railways Development Ministry on his watch, as evidenced by the Auditor-General’s report, 2021. The former Railways Development Minister intimated that his ministry took all the needful steps to ensure…

25 Feb

Sky Train Project Followed Due Process – Ghartey To NIB

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Former Railways Development Minister, Joe Ghartey, has stated that his meeting with officials of the National Investigation Bureau (NIB) on Monday reaffirmed that the Sky Train Project followed due process. Speaking to the press after the meeting, Mr. Ghartey emphasized that the project was structured as a Build, Operate, and Transfer (BOT) transaction, meaning no payments were made by the Railways Development Ministry under his tenure. He cited the Auditor-General’s 2021 report as evidence of this. He explained that his ministry took all necessary steps to ensure it bore no financial liability for feasibility studies conducted on the project. Addressing…

23 May

I’ll Meet GRA’s Revenue Target In A Friendly Manner – Joe Ghartey

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The newly appointed Board Chair of the Ghana Revenue Authority, Joe Ghartey, has pledged to diligently work towards bolstering the government’s revenue target while maintaining the Authority’s business-friendly approach. President Nana Akufo-Addo appointed Joe Ghartey as the new Board Chair of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) on Wednesday, May 22. Addressing a brief inaugural ceremony led by the Finance Minister, Mr. Ghartey, who also serves as the current Member of Parliament (MP) for Essikado-Ketan, emphasised the critical need to meet GRA’s targets promptly. “The GRA is very crucial in the life of our nation, especially at this time and it…

22 May

Akufo-Addo Appoints Joe Ghartey As GRA Board Chair

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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed Joe Ghartey as the new Board Chair of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA). Mr Ghartey who is the current Member of Parliament (MP) for Essikado-Ketan replaces Dr. Tony Oteng Gyasi. Mr Ghartey is tasked with reforming the GRA and streamlining its activities The Dr Anthony Oteng-Gyasi-led board of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), which has spearheaded the country’s revenue mobilisation efforts was dissolved by President Akufo-Addo on Thursday, 28 March 2024. As a consequence, the Commissioner General of the GRA who is a member of the board, Rev Dr Amishaddai Owusu-Amoah (62), was…

31 May

Essipong: The Decaying Sports Stadium

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Ghana’s embattled Finance Minister during the presentation of the 2021 Budget Statement on the floor of Parliament, said there were ongoing renovation works on some stadia in Ghana; Ohene Gyan Sports Stadium, Accra; Cape Coast Sports Stadium; Baba Yara Sports Stadium, Kumasi; and Sekondi Sports Stadium, Essipong. After his pronouncement, many Ghanaians, especially those in the Western Region who knew the state of the stadium, didn’t take it lightly. One of them is the Member of Parliament for Essikado Ketan constituency, Joe Ghartey. “I write with regard to the above. The Finance Minister in the Budget Statement delivered on Wednesday,…

15 Feb

Joe Ghartey, Others Commiserate With Family Of Late Dr Panford

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The Essikado-Ketan MP, Mr Joe Ghartey has expressed his heartfelt condolences to the family of the late Dr Ato Panford, the former MP for Shama Constituency in the Western Region. Dr Panford was MP for Shama between 2017 and 2021 and died at the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GHAPOHA) Hospital in Takoardi, after being ill for a short while. Mr Ghartey, a presidential hopeful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) led a team of party members to sign the Book of Condolence at Dr Panford’s residence. The members include Mr Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, the Western Regional Minister and MP…

15 Sep

Joe Ghartey’s Daughter Ties Knot In Colourful Traditional Ceremony

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The daughter of the Member of Parliament for Essikado-Ketan, Joe Ghartey, has tied the knot in a colourful ceremony. Miss Ewurama Ghartey married her sweetheart in a glamorous traditional wedding ceremony which took place over the weekend at a private venue. Scenes from the event captured the rich and diverse Ghanaian culture as the proud father and wife were dressed in kente to support their daughter. An act of the former Railway Minister and private legal practitioner at the ceremony which has earned the admiration of many was his decision not to accept any dowry or marriage items from the groom’s…