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Today’s front pages: Friday, October 7, 2016

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WAPCO TO RESUME GAS SUPPLY WHILST $162 MILLION VRA DEBT LINGERS

The West Africa Gas Pipeline Company (WAPCo) has said it is ready to resume transportation of some 30 million standard cubic feet per day of gas to the Volta River Authority, although it expects the latter to fully settle $50 million out of its $162 million debt as soon as possible.

MIXED RESULTS HALF-WAY THROUGH IMF BAILOUT

In April last year when the Finance Minister Seth Terkper put pen to paper on a 3-year Extended Credit Facility deal with the IMF, many economists including the Fund itself described the $918 million deal as “ambitious”.

ECONOMY LOSING OUT ON $400 BILLION DAIRY MARKET

Even though the global market for diary product is expected to generate revenues worth over $400 billion in 2019 Ghana continues to lag behind, thereby losing out on this global goldmine.

BoG FACES PROBE OVER GH¢2 MILLION GOLD WATCHES

Many Ghanaians have expressed outrage and have called for a probe into the decision of the Bank of Ghana to purchase gold watches for its retiring staff who have served the bank for 30 years or more.

CRISIS AT USHER CLINIC

Effective health delivery at the Ussher Polyclinic in Accra has suffered some major setbacks over the past few months due to the inability of the clinic to provide X-ray services to patients at the facility.

REJECT ‘JM TOASO’ SAYS NANA

The flag bearer of the NPP Nana Akufo-Addo has urged the Ghanaian electorate not to fall for President John Mahama’s ‘JM Toaso’ mantra, which he says is deceptive.

DROP GABBY – CPP TELLS IVOR

The man selected by the CPP flag bearer to be his running mate for the December presidential election Gabby Nsiah Nketiah is under fire from some of the party’s members.

2 KILLED AT PETROL STATION

Two supermarket attendants at Masson Filing Station at Dome, a suburb of Accra, were burnt to death when fire engulfed the facility in the wee hours of yesterday.

EVA LOKKO IS DEAD

The death is reported of Eva Lokko the PPP’s parliamentary candidate for Klottey Korle Constituency in Accra.

NDC SCORES 52.9% ON 2012 MANIFESTO

The ruling NDC has been able to achieve 52.9% of its 2012 manifesto promises, IMANI Ghana, a policy think tank has stated.

NDUOM IS A TRUE LEADER – SAVELUGU CHIEF

Chief of Savelugu in the Northern Region, Yoo Na Bukari Jiba, has indicated that the presidential hopeful of the PPP, Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, is ‘indeed a true leader’.

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