TERKPER EYES DIASPORA BONDS

The Finance Minister, Seth Terkper, has strongly indicated that the government is seriously considering issuing Diaspora bonds to raise cheaper funds in a bid to tap into the wealth of Ghanaian emigrants after the country’s first domestic dollar bond issued recently was deemed a success.

POLITICIANS OVER RANCHING LAW

Politicians have promised time without number since 2012, to expedite action on the passage of the proposed ranching law to regulate the activities of foreign herdsmen and protect local peasant farmers.

WE CAN’T REMAIN ON THE FRINGES OF OIL INDUSTRY – JANTUAH

The country and its citizens cannot remain on the fringes of the oil and gas industry, feeding off the crumbs of the big international players, in the form of unskilled labour, security, hotel accommodation, and catering, among other peripheral jobs, Kwame Jantuah, CEO of the African Energy Consortium has said.

I’M NOT SUPERMAN TO CHANGE VOTES – SAYS EC BOSS; DECLARES 15.8M VOTERS

The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission has dismissed claims that she is working to rig the polls for a particular party in the December elections, saying that she would need a ‘superman powers’ to do that.

CID GRILLS OWUSU BEMPAH

Reverend Isaac Owusu Bempah, head pastor of the Glorious Word Ministry International, was yesterday subjected to three hours of grilling by operatives of the Criminal Investigation Department in connection with a prophecy he made regarding a plot to assassinate the presidential candidate of NPP, Nana Akufo-Addo.

PARLIAMENT APPROVES MONTIE MP

Parliament has finally approved the nomination of the deputy minister-designate of Local Government  and Rural Development, John Oti Bless.

POLICE QUIZ OWUSU BEMPAH OVER ELECTION PROPHECY

Scores of supporters of the General Overseer of the glorious Word Power Ministry International, Rev. Isaac Owusu Bempah, besieged the headquarters of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service in Accra when he was invited by the police in connection with a prophecy about the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

ECONOMY BACK ON GROWTH PATH – TERKPKER

The Minister of Finance, Seth Terkper, has stated that Ghana’s economy is getting back on the path of growth has a result of a sustainable home-grown policy that has been adopted by the government.

AYARIGA BATTLES EC IN COURT

The legal ‘warfare’ initiated by Hassana Ayariga, the presidential candidate of the All People’s Congress (APC), to have his disqualification by the Electoral Commission annulled will play out in court on October 31, 2016.

ENERGY: WORLD BANK UNHAPPY; DEMANDS SWIFT REFORMS TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY

The World Bank has decried the huge losses in Ghana’s power sector which it says is affecting critical sectors of the country’s economy.

NHIS HAS FAILED WORKERS – ICU

The Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union (ICU) says Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme has woefully failed workers.