Three experts on the economy, industry and trade have described the President’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) as a bold blueprint to build on the successes chalked up in the last four years.
They told the Daily Graphic yesterday that the address sought to set the stage for the consolidation of the gains and the charting of new heights for the economy and the country in general.
The experts Prof. Peter Quartey, the Director of the Institute for Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) of the University of Ghana; Dr Joseph Obeng, the President of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA), and Mr
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Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration-designate, has requested Spain to support Ghana’s candidature for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations (UN) Security Council for the period 2022 to 2023.
She also urged Spain to support Ghana s candidature for membership of the UN Board on Narcotic Drugs for the period 2022 to 2025 as well as for membership of the International Narcotics Control Board for the period 2022 to 2027.
She further requested Spain to support Ghana to meet its commitment under the Paris Agreement on Climate Change
Madam Ayorkor Botchwey made the appeal on Friday, when Madam Cristina Gallach Figureas, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of Spain, paid a courtesy call on her in Accra.
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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.