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31st May, 2019 For Immediate Release “GHANA, NORWAY REINFORCING TIES OF CO-OPERATION” – PRESIDENT AKUFO-ADDO The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the 2-day visit to Ghana by the Prime Minister of the Government of the Kingdom of Norway, Her Excellency Erna Solberg, is aimed at reinforcing the strong ties of friendship and co-operation that already exist between Ghana and Norway. With Prime Minister Solberg being the first Norwegian Prime Minister ever to visit Ghana, President Akufo-Addo expressed the appreciation of the Ghanaian people to the Norwegian government and people for the considerable support they have offered Ghana through various interventions. According to President Akufo-Addo, Norway’s “Oil for Development Programme”, which has been running successfully for more than a decade, has enhanced Ghana's capacity to manage her petroleum resources. “We are also grateful for the assistance offered to the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Trai...

The President H.E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged the senior national soccer team, the Black Stars to see this year's Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt as a "year of return" for the trophy to Ghana. According to the President, this year's tournament affords the players the opportunity to write their names in gold and be counted among the football greats of our country. The President made these remarks at a short ceremony at the Banquet Hall of the Jubilee House to bid farewell to the team as they leave for pre-tournament camping in Abu Dhabi on Sunday. Having ensured that all resources are adequately available in breaking the 37-year jinx, the President however implored on the players to respect unreservedly the authority of the Coach and the skipper of the side, adding that teamwork is at the heart of success in football and all other enterprises. The President stated that the support and affection of Ghanaians should spur the team on to deliver the ul...

A forensic audit conducted by FIFA on the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has found no acts corruption or financial impropriety on Kwesi Nyantakyi during his tenure. The audit conducted on the orders of the world governing body six months ago also cleared members of the Executive Committee of the GFA of any acts of malfeasance. The FIFA auditing officials, who spent about one month in Ghana investigating the financial affairs of the federation, discovered that neither corruption nor embezzlement took place at the GFA. The audit report concluded that the Ghana FA has only 'perception issues' to deal with since media reports of corruption within  the federation are 'wide off the mark', the report said. However, the FIFA auditors recommended that the slim accounts office staff must be boosted while modern accountancy software used by some federations like the South African FA must be acquired by the Ghana FA to ease the workload. The audit report has been made available...

The Akufo-Addo administration, in two years, has made great strides in building this nation. Various sectors of the economy have received rapt attention in the almost two years upon the assumption of office of the administration. The management of Metro Mass Transit has imported twenty (20) new Daewoo model buses to add to the fleet of buses the outfit has. Emphasis must be placed on the fact that 30 of such buses have been received already, sending the number so far received to 50. More buses, according to Mr Adu Boahen, the acting MD of the outfit, are on their way coming. Quite a number of the old buses have broken down, calling for new ones to be imported to replace them. It must also be stated that the previous management, though was not oblivious of the fact that the outfit needed additional vehicles to augment its fleet, nothing concrete was done towards that direction. It has taken the Akufo-Addo-led government to revive this outfit which was in ruins when the government ...

On 28th April, 2019 the Minister for Railways Development, Hon. Joe Ghartey led a delegation to Beijing to meet with officials of CCECC to further discuss how to develop and implement the multi-million-dollar project. Other members of the delegation were the Chief Director at the Ministry of Railways Development Mr. Siisi Essuman-Ocran, a Chief State Attorney from the Attorney General’s Office, Mr. Sylvester Williams, representatives of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Roads and Transport, Hon. Laadi Ayii Ayamba and Hon. Suhiyin Wahab Wumbei and a Board Member of the Ghana Railway Company Limited (GRCL), Hon. Ebenezer Nartey. The Vice President of CCECC Mr. Chen Sichang, took the delegation round their gallery to inspect some construction works and projects being carried out by the company. The business scope of CCECC expands from international contracting for railway construction to civil engineering design & consultancy, real estate development, trading, industrial inv...

On Sunday, May 26, 2019, the IMCIM monitoring team arrested three (3) Chinese illegal miners actively involved in mining activities on the visited site at Mile Nine in Obuasi, Ashanti Region. In addition, two (2) Sany excavators were seized but had to abandon the equipment as they were technically handy and equally lacked the decoding information. The three Chinese illegal miners were arrested and sent to Obuasi central police command for collection to Accra. The IMCIM team remains focused in discharging their activities in the coming days. More to follow ::::