Buwumia respond to Adu Boahen's APPEARANCE FEE allegations.
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has responded to the claim that investors and companies pays an "appearance fee" before speaking with him. Charles Adu Boahen, whose appointment as a Minister of State in the Finance Ministry was recently revoked, is reported to have alleged as much in Anas Aremeyaw Anas's exposé, "Galamsey Economy."
‘I charge US$200,000 for shows, not everyone can afford – Shatta Wale on ‘sideline’ tag
Shatta Wale, a.k.a. Charles Nii Armah Mensah, has dismissed as untrue reports that he is frequently ignored by several national event planners. The dancehall performer claimed that because certain people cannot afford his typical show fees of US$200,000 and higher, he (Shatta Wale) voluntarily declines to take part in their event.
Afari Military Hospital to be ready in three months
The 500- bed capacity state- of-the-art military hospital at Afari in the Ashanti Region is set to be ready in three months. The facility has 50 medical and non- medical buildings, 15 operating theatres, two endoscopy operating rooms, 9 delivery rooms, 153-body capacity mortuary and 64 housing units.
Government release 1.7 billion cedis COVID-19 expenditure
To combat COVID-19 transmission, countries around the world have used social distancing, travel bans, and economic lockdowns.
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) will next year inject US$200 million into domestic cocoa processing.
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) will one year from now infuse US$200 million into homegrown cocoa processing. The money will be given as an advance to enlarge the working capital of existing neighborhood processors that are struggling monetarily, just as possible nearby processors. This sum, which is relied upon to be utilized to purchase cocoa beans, will include somewhere in the range of 50,000 metric huge amounts of beans to the nation's nearby cocoa processing limit. At present, COCOBOD has consented to