Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, the Finance Minister and Acting Minister for Defense, praised the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) for their dedication and strength. He said that their unwavering commitment has kept Ghana strong and united despite security problems at home and abroad. At the GAF’s end-of-year West African Social Activity (WASSA) at Burma Camp on…
George Opare Addo, the Minister for Youth Development and Empowerment, met with the Board of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) for a strategic review meeting. The goal was to make job creation programs stronger and help Ghanaian youth get better long-term jobs. The meeting on Tuesday, January 20, 2026, was similar to one that took…
Abena Osei Asare, the MP for Atiwa East and a former Deputy Finance Minister, has defended Ken Ofori-Atta, the former Finance Minister. She said that before the COVID-19 pandemic, he did a good job of running Ghana’s economy. On Adom TV’s Badwam, she talked about how Ghana’s economy grew quickly between 2017 and 2020, with…
Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, the Minister for Trade, Agribusiness, and Industry, says that her ministry’s ongoing technical, diplomatic, and political work has led to the recent three-year extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). The U.S. Senate’s decision comes after the program ended in September 2025, which took away Ghana’s duty-free and quota-free access to…
Dr. K.K. Sarpong, who used to be the CEO of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, said that Kennedy Agyapong, a candidate for the NPP presidency, is outspoken but manageable. He told party delegates to judge him based on his whole character, not just his fiery speech. Dr. Sarpong said on Channel One TV’s “Face to…
Dr. Mark Assibey-Yeboah, former MP for New Juaben South, has praised Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson for implementing what he describes as “common-sensical” fiscal controls that are curbing overspending, unchecked borrowing, and the perennial accumulation of government arrears, stating in an interview with Umaru Sanda Amadu on Channel One TV’s Face to Face on…
According to Bank of Ghana Governor Dr. Johnson Asiama, the Gold-for-Oil (G4O) program, which started in late 2022 to cut down on the use of foreign currency for fuel imports and keep domestic fuel prices stable, ended in May 2025. He said, “We had to shut down the Gold4Oil Program in May last year, but…
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has announced that owners of vehicles registered before 2023 will be required to pay GH¢25 to update their records onto the Authority’s digital system, a process Director of Driver Training, Testing and Licensing, Kafui Semevo, said is intended to verify ownership of manually registered vehicles and prevent uncustomed…
Ghana’s much-needed industrial transformation is collapsing before our eyes, not because the idea was weak, but because the current NDC administration has quietly dismantled one of the country’s most promising economic engines, which is the One District One Factory (1D1F) initiative. Instead of strengthening a productive national policy that created jobs and spread industrial growth,…
Ghana’s mineral sovereignty is under threat. What should be a transparent process for leveraging Ghana’s lithium, a critical mineral at the heart of the global green economy, has instead become a secretive negotiation table, restricted to elites with political connections, while ordinary Ghanaians and affected communities are kept in the dark. This is not governance;…
