The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has directed the Party’s Members of Parliament to abstain from a vote of censure moved by the Minority in Parliament against the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta. In a statement signed by the Mr Justin Kodua Frimpong, General Secretary, NPP, the Party asked the leadership of…
Cardinal Peter Appiah Turkson, the Chancellor of Vatican’s Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, has reacted to calls for the dismissal of the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta. Responding to a question that sought his views on demands for Mr Ofori-Atta's removal from Office, Cardinal Turkson…
NPP, NDC MPs clash over COCOBOD’s LBCs payment LISTEN
Kofi Adams
Members of the Majority in Parliament, on Wednesday, chided hardline opposition NDC MPs for attempting to indict the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) with suggestions that it had failed to pay Licenced Buying Companies (LBCs) for the 2020/21 crop season.
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP for Buem, Kofi Iddie Adams, had told the House while delivering a statement that despite the $1.3 billion facility secured by COCOBOD to make upfront payment for cocoa beans purchased from farmers, the board had failed to release funds to the LBCs to enable them pay the farmers.