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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…

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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…

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13

Mar

By WMN

Featured, News, Politics

Mussa Dankwah’s Data on Mahama having had a much Significant Contribution to GDP Growth more than Akufo-Addo False – IERPP

  The Executive Director of the Institute of Economic Research and Public Policy, (IERPP), Dr. George Domfe, has refuted claims made by Mussa Dankwah of Global InfoAnalytics on his Facebook timeline to the effect that President Mahama’s regimes have had much significant contributions to the country’s GDP growth than President Akufo-Addo.   Reacting to the data shared on Mussa Dankwah’s wall on Facebook, Dr. George Domfe, in an interview with some media outlets, described the data supplied by Mussa Dankwah as quite foreign and misleading since they do not have any relationship with official data by the Finance Ministry and…

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13

Mar

By WMN

News, Politics

Mahama Deceives Ghana Premier League Teams

  President John Dramani Mahama has deceived players in the football fraternity after promising to pay them monthly. In the run-up to the 2024 elections, His Excellency John Mahama pledged to pay premier league players on monthly basis. This, he indicated, would help revive the ailing football industry in the country. Mr. Mahama said owners of football teams were increasingly finding it difficult to pay players, leading to the dwindling fortunes of Ghana football. However, during the reading of the 2025 budgetary statement by Finance Minister, Cassiel Ato Forson, the government didn’t factor his promise to the football teams. The…

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12

Mar

By WMN

News, Politics, Uncategorized

Mahama Recruiting NDC Members While He Places a ‘Freeze’ on Employment

Contrary to the Finance Minister’s statement that the Mahama-led administration has put a freeze on new employment for the year 2025, Whispers Media Network can categorically state that a section of Ghanaians are immune from this recruitment freeze.   Acting CEOs, WMN investigations have uncovered, are busily employing people to fill in vacant spaces created by the directive issued by the President of the Republic, John Dramani Mahama, through his Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah. Julius Debrah, in January 2025, issued a directive to all MMDAs and other government agencies to dismiss all those employed after December 7, 2024. However,…

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12

Mar

By WMN

Featured, News

UPSA-IERPP Holds Post-Budget Dialogue on Friday, March 14, 2025.

 The Institute of Economic Research and Public Policy, IERPP, in collaboration with the University of Professional Studies, Accra, UPSA, will, on Friday, March 14, 2025 hold a post-budget dialogue to delve into all the nuances of the 2025 budget under the theme: ‘Unpacking the 2025 budget; Implications for Economic Stability and Growth. The dialogue is being held at UPSA Conference Room, West Wing Auditorium, at 10 o’clock in the morning. The dialogue assembles mostly experts in academia from the various public institutions across the country. Some of them include: Dr. Kwadwo Opoku, UG, Dr. Leticia Bosu, UCC, Dr. Frank Bannor,…

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24

Mar

By WMN

Articles, Business, Featured, News, Politics

Today’s best deals: Pixel 4, Surface Laptop 3, Google Home Mini

Here are lives at the intersection of fun and scary. One of my companions summed the whole experience up perfectly. He leaned back in his chair at dinner that night, shrimp taco in hand, “These are the kinds of experiences that give something back to you. They show you who you are in a whole new way.” These eight shots crystallize the hard work moms put into keeping their kids alive, happy, and healthy. They might give you the inspiration you need for filling out that card—or stand-alone for your mom’s interpretation.Bob Dyalon At the bottom of the mountain, my legs shaky,…

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25

Dec

By WMN

Articles, Business, Featured, News, Politics

The Week in Internet News: Worries of a Fragmenting Internet

Here are lives at the intersection of fun and scary. One of my companions summed the whole experience up perfectly. He leaned back in his chair at dinner that night, shrimp taco in hand, “These are the kinds of experiences that give something back to you. They show you who you are in a whole new way.” These eight shots crystallize the hard work moms put into keeping their kids alive, happy, and healthy. They might give you the inspiration you need for filling out that card—or stand-alone for your mom’s interpretation.Bob Dyalon At the bottom of the mountain, my legs shaky,…

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25

Dec

By WMN

Articles, Business, News, PoliticsSamsung

This $30 PS4 accessory is the cheapest way to get a great pro controller

Fun, as you might imagine, was not how I would describe this adventure. Awesome? Yes. Fun? No. N.O. No way. But would I do it again? If I could rewind to that moment when the alarm went off at 4:30 a.m. to throw on clothes, grab our packs and trek up that mountain, would I? You bet your buttons I would. Here’s lives at the intersection of fun and scary. One of my companions summed the whole experience up perfectly. He leaned back in his chair at dinner that night, shrimp taco in hand, “These are the kinds of experiences…

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25

Dec

By WMN

Articles, Business, News, Politics

Spotify, Warner Music Ink India Deal That Paves the Way for Missing Songs to Return

Fun, as you might imagine, was not how I would describe this adventure. Awesome? Yes. Fun? No. N.O. No way. But would I do it again? If I could rewind to that moment when the alarm went off at 4:30 a.m. to throw on clothes, grab our packs and trek up that mountain, would I? You bet your buttons I would. Here’s lives at the intersection of fun and scary. One of my companions summed the whole experience up perfectly. He leaned back in his chair at dinner that night, shrimp taco in hand, “These are the kinds of experiences…

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