The Minister-designate for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has stated that a GH¢25 million debt owed to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) by the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) has been ring-fenced as part of efforts to manage the significant financial challenges confronting the national broadcaster.
Taking his turn before the Appointments Committee of Parliament today, Mr Oppong Nkrumah said the President Akufo-Addo administration was exploring ways to service the debt which was inherited from the previous administration.
What is ring-fencing?
In business and finance, ring-fencing occurs when a portion of a company s assets or profits are financially separated without necessarily being operated as a separate entity.
Press focuses on Ghana’s donation of electoral materials to Niger, others Ghana-Press-Review February 18, 2021 to 10:49 310 APA – Accra (Ghana) The donation of 100,000 units of election thumbprint pads to the Niger Independent National Electoral Commission towards the conduct of the second round of presidential election dominates the headlines of the Ghanaian press on Thursday.
The Graphic reports that the Ghana has donated 100,000 units of election thumbprint pads to the Niger Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) towards the conduct of the second round of presidential election in that country.
Ghana’s Ambassador to Niger, Mr. Jonathan R. Magnusen, presented the items to the CENI in the Nigerien capital, Niamey, yesterday.
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The Minister designate for Employment and Labour Relations, Mr Ignatius Baffour Awuah, has said the current short working period does not augur well for the national pension scheme and has, consequently, argued for the extension of the compulsory retirement age of public workers to ensure the sustainability of the scheme.
“I have raised this issue on several platforms, and even if you look at the sustainability of the pension scheme, when you have a short working period, it doesn’t augur well,” he said in response to a question from the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bawku Central, Mr Mahama Ayariga, on the need to extend the working age of public workers.
The Minister-designate for Fisheries, Mrs. Mavis Hawa Koomson Thursday appeared before the Appointments Committee of Parliament.
Her first question was on the Rambo-style shooting incident which occurred on Monday, July 20, 2020.
Mrs Koomson, who is also the Member of Parliament for the Awutu Senya East Constituency in the Central Region took the opportunity to expressed regret and apologise to the people who were so scared that day.
However, her apology was soon forgotten as her definition of fish farming took centre stage on social media.
Samson Ahi, the Member of Parliament for Bodi constituency asked her to define fish farming and give some advantages.
Ms Sarah Adwoa Safo, Minister Designate for Gender, Children and Social Protection, was on Wednesday spared a marathon grilling by the Appointments Committee of Parliament because she had to attend to her baby. We ll not keep you here to deprive your baby, Alhaji Mohammed Mubarak Munkata, Minority Chief Whip, said.
Minority Leader supported the position of the Chief Whip, saying, I ll not depart from the path he has chosen.
As she answered questions from the members of the Committee which has been vetting President Nana Akufo-Addo nominees for Ministerial positions since last week, a committee member had noted that she would not be taken through a very long interview as she was a nursing mother.