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Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu says NPP MPs will have to take a decision on Ken Ofori-Atta following some of their colleagues demanding his removal. More than 100 NPP MPs last year stirred controversy when they demanded the firing of the president's
cousin. After some back and forth, the president promised to act on their demand after the IMF deal is finalized. So what has become of that? Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu says the entire caucus must take a stand on that.
Still, in Parliament, the Minority is not backing down on their demand to have the EC amend its proposed CI which will make the Ghana card the sole identity document to register as a voter.
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Two people are contesting in the New Patriotic Party’s primary to select a parliamentary candidate for the Assin North by-election.
Party delegates are voting today in that constituency to decide whether Frederick Amoah Kyei or Charles Opoku represents the NPP in the 27th June by-election to determine a substantive parliamentary candidate for the area.
Today’s primaries being conducted by the NPP is occasioned by the declaration of the Assin North seat vacant following the supreme court’s judgment on Gyakyei Quayeson’s candidature.
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Experts in the extractive industry are warning of grave consequences if Ghana goes ahead to extract bauxite in the Atewa forest.
It’s been estimated that 1.7 trillion Ghana cedis will be spent in 2023 on Clean Technologies due to the dramatic spike in demand for metals and minerals worldwide.
This has raised concerns among environmentalists, Civil society, and Industry about the need to decarbonize the process for extraction.
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Former Power Minister, Dr. Kwabena Donkor has gone hard at World Bank Country Director, Frank Pierre Laporte, describing Mr. Laporte’s strong criticism of Ghana’s take-or-pay agreements as unfortunate. The Country Director World Bank in Ghana,
Mr. Pierre Frank Laporte in a recent interview with Joy Business, criticized the Power Purchasing Agreements (PPAs) signed by the government, stating that they were expensive and burdened the country due to "take or pay contracts." But, speaking to the media at a press conference
to address the issue, the former power minister described Mr. Larporte's claim as unfortunate. Meanwhile, Deputy Energy Minister Andrew Egyapa Mercer has confirmed to Joynews that the Electricity Company of Ghana has been tasked to renegotiate contracts with power plants nearing
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