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Ato Forson Employs Brother Evans and Friend Raymond Acquah at Finance Ministry

19

Mar

Business, News, Politics

Ato Forson Employs Brother Evans and Friend Raymond Acquah at Finance Ministry

The Minister of Finance, Dr. Cassiel Ato Baah Forson, has given credence to the accusation by many Ghanaians to the effect that the Mahama administration is filled with family and friends. A memorandum sighted by Whispers Media Network indicates the appointments of Ato Forson’s brother, Evans Forson as Executive Assistant. The Finance Minister has also appointed Raymond Acquah as Technical Advisor, Strategic Communications. Raymond Acquah, who hitherto was an employee of Kwesi Twum’s Multimedia outfit, Joy FM, has long been suspected to have been the one in charge of Ato Forson’s social media accounts, an assertion he had consistently…

Government misleading Ghanaians with unemployment figures – IERPP schools Prez. Mahama

18

Mar

By WMN

Business, News

Government misleading Ghanaians with unemployment figures – IERPP schools Prez. Mahama

The Institute of Economic Research and Public Policy, IERPP, has noted with concern the misleading manner His Excellency John Dramani Mahama and his ministers are quoting Ghana’s rates of unemployment. President John Mahama has been quoting figures as the rates of unemployment which are not accurate. To this end, the Institute of Economic Research and Public Policy, IERPP, would like to set the records straight for the education of the President his appointees and the Ghanaian public. The Ghana Statistical Service’s official unemployment rate as at the end of 2016 was 5.2%. As at the end of 2023, the…

Mahama changes Presidency’s name from Jubilee House back to Flagstaff House

17

Mar

By WMN

Business, News, Politics

Mahama changes Presidency’s name from Jubilee House back to Flagstaff House

President John Dramani Mahama has, once again, changed the name of the Presidency from Jubilee House to Flagstaff House, Whispers Media Network has learned. A letter signed by Felix Kwakye Ofosu, spokesperson to the President and Minister in charge of Government Communications, announcing new appointments for the Ghana Armed Forces indicated that the President met the outgoing officers at the Flagstaff House. The communiqué dated March 17, 2025, appointing new service chiefs for the Ghana Armed Forces indicated part read; ‘The President this afternoon met with the outgoing Service Chiefs, led by the Chief of the Defence Staff, General Thomas…

How a game-changing 24-hour economic model has turned out to be a nightmarish dream

16

Mar

By WMN

Featured, News, Politics

How a game-changing 24-hour economic model has turned out to be a nightmarish dream

President John Mahama and the NDC anchored their 2024 electioneering campaign on a promise to introduce a 24-hour economic model that would not only lead to an economic boom of the country but would also offer employment to the teeming Ghanaian youth. The policy was touted as the Messiah to liberate Ghanaians from the scourge of unemployment. The idea found expression in the campaign so much so that it influenced thousands of people, especially the youth, to vote for President John Mahama. Before the elections, many a Ghanaian sought to understand what the 24-hour economic model entailed. Several attempted…

How can you claim to lead a lean government but with a huge budget for the Presidency? ~ Afenyo-Markin Asks Mahama

16

Mar

By WMN

Featured, News, Politics

How can you claim to lead a lean government but with a huge budget for the Presidency? ~ Afenyo-Markin Asks Mahama

The Minority Leader, Osahen Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, has raised eyebrows about the huge budgetary allocation to the Presidency when the Mahama government has been praising itself for running the leanest government in recent years. Reacting to the 2025 budgetary statement read by the Finance Minister, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, the Effutu Legislator expressed shock at the budgetary allocation for the Office of Government’s Machinery as against the previous government. “Lean Government yet fatty fat political expenditure at Jubilee House” Hon. Afenyo-Markin wrote on his Facebook page. During the delivery of the 2025 budgetary statement, the finance minister, Ato Forson…

Whoever wins NPP’s flagbearership race will have a strong NPP Parliamentary Caucus to support him for victory in 2028 – Afenyo-Markin

15

Mar

By WMN

News, Politics

Whoever wins NPP’s flagbearership race will have a strong NPP Parliamentary Caucus to support him for victory in 2028 – Afenyo-Markin

The Minority Leader in Parliament, Osahen Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, has assured the leadership, rank and file of the New Patriotic Party of his side’s determination to ensure that the caucus rallies behind whoever the party elects as its presidential candidate for the 2028 elections. In a one-on-one interview with celebrated media personality, Kwaku Sintim-Misa, on his popular KSM Show, the leader of the minority emphasized that he is leading a stronger parliamentary base to support whoever is elected flagbearer of the NPP to ensure victory in 2028. "As the leader in Parliament, everything is on my shoulders, and for that…

15

Mar

By WMN

Featured, News, Politics

Stop the lamentations and get on with fixing the economy – A letter to Felix Kwakye Ofosu

Dear Felix Kwakye Ofosu! For how long are you and your gang going to continue singing dirges about what you have inherited from the erstwhile Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government? Snap out of these lamentations and focus on the task ahead of you. If you think we shall allow you to engage in these pitiful plaints for the rest of your tenure, then you have another think coming. When you went across the country promising to build a resilient, robust economy, you thought it was going to be a walk in the park? Just do as you promised. A political…

Randy Abbey Demotes Directors at COCOBOD, transfers some without giving them any Portfolios

14

Mar

By WMN

Business, Featured, News, Uncategorized

Randy Abbey Demotes Directors at COCOBOD, transfers some without giving them any Portfolios

Whispers Media Network has learned that COCOBOD is undergoing shakeups which have set tongues wagging by industry players. For some unexplained reasons, the Chief Executive Officer of COCOBOD, Randy Abbey, has undertaken some reshuffles which defy conventional logic. The CEO, has made the following changes: 1. Directors have been made special advisors to deputy CEOs and replaced with lower ranked officers. 2. Some directors have been transferred without portfolios. 3. Director of legal has been transferred to Cocoa Processing. 4. A lot of transfers are ongoing and while they are being replaced with NDC members who have no qualifications…

14

Mar

By WMN

Featured, News

Rainfall-Dependent One of the Banes of Ghana’s Under-development – Dr. George Domfe

The Executive Director of the Institute of Economic Research and Public Policy, Dr. George Domfe, has emphasized that the country’s over-reliance on rains-fed agriculture has contributed to the stagnation of the country’s economic development. Contributing to a panel discussion at the UPSA-IERPP organized post-budget dialogue for the 2025 budget under the theme ‘Unpacking the 2025 budget: Implications for Economic Stability and Growth, the IERPP boss bemoaned the country’s over-dependence on rainfall to ensure an efficient agricultural sector, describing it as counterproductive. “We depend so much on rainfall for our agriculture. This must be discouraged. At age 68, we should not…

13

Mar

By WMN

Featured, News, Politics

Sleepy TUC hasn’t Seen SSNIT’s Loss of $66 Million due to Mahama’s Discontinuation of Ernest Thompson’s Trial

Is the Trades Union Congress, TUC, in coma? Is TUC sleeping? Why is TUC fiddling whilst SSNIT is bleeding to death? Where from this nauseating selectivity by the leadership of TUC? The former Director-General of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), Ernest Thompson, has been acquitted and discharged by the court, thanks to the decision of Dr. Dominic Ayine, to discontinue the trial. His trial regarding the controversial purchase of the $66 million SSNIT Operational Business Suite (OBS) suite started with 29 counts and then reduced to two counts including conspiracy and willfully causing financial loss to…