Godwill Arthur-Mensah

2 weeks ago | modernghana.com | Godwill Arthur-Mensah

Security arrangements for the collation of the 2024 parliamentary election results in Ablekuma North have been put on hold following a Supreme Court injunction. The legal application, which targets the Ministry of the Interior and the National Election Security Taskforce, bars them from providing security support to the Electoral Commission (EC) until the matter is resolved.

2 months ago | ghanamma.com | Godwill Arthur-Mensah

By Godwill Arthur-Mensah  Accra, March 31, GNA – Speaker of Parliament Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin has announced plans to set up a “National Integrity Awards Scheme” as a strategic initiative to shape the conduct of public officeholders. The proposed scheme would also promote good governance, transparency and accountability in Ghana.

Mar 29, 2025 | ghanamma.com | Godwill Arthur-Mensah

By Godwill Arthur-Mensah   Accra, March 29, GNA – Ghana’s Parliament has passed the Act establishing the Ghana Goldboard to monitor the buying and selling of gold and accumulate sufficient forex to stabilise the Cedi.  Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson while justifying the objectives for establishing the Goldboard on the floor of Parliament, in Accra, said the Goldboard would be able to buy three tonnes of gold per week and bring in foreign exchange worth $250 million per week.

Mar 18, 2025 | ghanamma.com | Godwill Arthur-Mensah

By Godwill Arthur-MensahAccra, March 18, GNA – Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson says the Ghanaian Cedi has remained stable against the US dollar since February 19, 2025, on the interbank forex market. The Minister said as of March 14, 2025, GHS 15.53 was exchanging to a dollar on the forex market, depreciating by 5.3 per cent, as against 5.7 per cent depreciation seen last year.

Mar 18, 2025 | ghanamma.com | Godwill Arthur-Mensah

By Godwill Arthur-MensahAccra, March 18, GNA – The Police Administration is expected to provide update on the investigation into the disruption of the Ashanti Regional Council of State elections by March 31, 2025. On February 11, 2025, some thugs disrupted the Ashanti Regional Council of State elections after overpowering the security personnel manning the polling station, destroying the ballot boxes and ballot papers respectively.