The International Monetary Fund is pushing Ghana’s cash-strapped government to stop borrowing from its central bank, according to people familiar with the matter. The IMF wants the two entities to sign a commitment to zero financing, said the people who asked not to be identified because they’re not authorized to speak publicly on the matter. The accord is a condition Ghana is required to meet in order to secure final approval for a $3 billion IMF bailout, one of the people said. An IMF spokesperson didn’t immediately respond to an email seeking comment. Spokespeople for the Ghanaian finance ministry and the central bank didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment. The decision would bring a halt to central bank loans to the government that amount to about 40 billion cedis ($3.2 billion), according to one of the people. Central-bank lending to Ghana’s government ballooned last year as investor concern about the state of the nation’s public finances depressed demand for its domes

The Electoral Commission of Ghana has published its programme of activities for 2023.The programme outline for the year focused on District level elections. The published programme outline captures the Registration of Voters, Exhibition of the Voters Register, and District level elections. Also, each of the three (3) categorised programme has period (dates), number of days to complete the activities, and the scheduled activities. Some of the dates will be subject to change depending on the exigencies of the time. Got a Story to share with us, Kindly WhatsApp +233 (0) 256651193 or send an email to degeniuzonline@gmail.com

Aremu Timothy Adegboyega, a 56-year-old Nigerian national, has been arrested in Ghana. He was nabbed for allegedly transporting millions of CFA and Naira currencies suspected to be counterfeit. The suspect was arrested by a joint security team as he entered Ghana through Togo using an unapproved route called Beat Zero in Aflao, Volta Region. The Assistant commissioner of the Aflao Division of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Ahmed Majeed Amandi, who disclosed this on Monday, January 23, 2023, said the suspect was arrested last Tuesday. Amandi said personnel found CFA80 million in fresh notes, an additional CFA843,000 in the suspect's waist bag and N110,500 in his wallet. The currencies had the same serial numbers raising a lot of suspicion. Adegboyega allegedly admitted to transporting the “fake” currencies, and this is his second time entering the country with counterfeit money. He told officers that on this trip, he was given the cash by his friend who l

Koku Anyidoho, Director of Atta Mills Institute  The Executive Director of the Atta Mills Institute, Koku Anyidoho, has said the recent change in leadership of the Minority caucus in Parliament, will bring about tribal, religious and ethnic divisions among the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). According to the Atta Mills’ Institute Executive Director, changing the Minority leader, Haruna Iddrisu and Minority Chief Whip, Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka, who are both Muslims without replacing them with Muslims but rather non-Muslims, sends a certain signal to Muslims that the party does not want them. Speaking on CTV’s Dwabre Mu, Friday, 27 January 2023, Mr Anyidoho indicated that the NDC party will now become a laughing stock for the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP). He told co-host of the show, Hajia Bintu Saana that: “We have two Muslims, Haruna and Muntaka, two practicing Muslims. NDC has been mocking NPP, all the time that they don’t like Muslims. “Now you remove the t

The Studios of Asempa FM Ekosii Sen was heated when Member of Parliament for North Tongu Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa walked out after heated exchanges and insults. The  had a heated altercation with Asempa FM Producer, one Ampadu whose image had been posted on Facebook by the MP as part of the JNS Limited Scandal regarding payments from accounts of the National Cathedral. According to Omanhene Kwabena Asante, Okudzeto Ablakwa told Ampadu “he is an ordinary producer” after the producer raised questions about the actions of the MP that mistakenly included his image although he is not part of the JNS Limited. The two engaged in heated exchange of words off air before the MP walked out of the show after advertising his appearance. Omanhene Kwabena Asante, Co-Host of Ekosii Sen accused the North MP of “arrogance” asking him who the hell he was. “Yesterday Ekosii Sen you (Okudzeto) came to stand there  talking anyhow. Saying Ampadu is an ordinary producer. Who the hell are you” he said. “You cal

Okudzeo Ablakwa has returned with even more documents to prove that the secretary of the board of trustees of the National Cathedral has two TINs under his two different IDs The North Tongu MP has published the documents of incorporation of both the National Cathedral and JNS Talent Centre to prove his point on Sunday, January 22, 2022 Okudzeto Ablakwa is championing a campaign that seeks to tell the world that the administrative processes of the cathedral project are inundated with questionable deals and illegal decisions Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa is unrelenting in his efforts to prove that Rev Victor Kusi-Boateng has broken the law by having two separate identities. The opposition legislator has published more documents on Sunday, January 22, 2023 to back an earlier claim that apart from a different names and dates of birth, the member of the National Cathedral board of trustees also has two different Tax Identification Numbers (TINs). Ablakwa has published documents to prove that Rev

Over 200 girls of the Wa Senior High Technical school have been left stranded following a fire outbreak that razed portions of the main girls’ dormitory block at the school. The inferno started at about 8:00 pm last night, destroying five rooms and the belongings of the girls in the one-story dormitory block. It took the intervention of personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service to bring the disaster under control, thereby preventing the fire from razing down the entire dormitory block. Assistant Divisional Fire Officer, Iddrisu Imran who led the team of firefighters to the scene disclosed that the immediate cause of the fire was not known but that his outfit had commenced investigations into the disaster that rendered the over 200 girls homeless. “The top floor about five rooms were affected, the fire started burning before we were called, we are trying our best to quench the fire