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  • Vetting for potential NDC flagbearer, Ernest Kobeah postponed

    Vetting for potential NDC flagbearer, Ernest Kobeah postponed

    Ernest Kwaku Kobeah, one of the four potential flagbearer candidates for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has been directed to return before the screening panel on Wednesday to complete the procedure.

    He was one of two aspirants who appeared before the Vetting Committee on Tuesday, March 28.

    Former Finance Minister Dr Kwabena Duffuor took about one-and-a-half hours to go through the vetting process.

    However, businessmen Ernest Kobeah took less than an hour.

    “There is no issue,” he told journalists after the process was said to have been put on hold.

    “Just [that] I need to come back tomorrow [Wednesday]. Everything is fine and successful.”

    He expressed happiness about the reception given by the Committee, noting that “they welcomed me and talked to me like father and son”.

    He is expected to present some documents for the vetting to complete.

    Meanwhile, former Kumasi mayor Kojo Bonsu will take his turn on Wednesday, March 29.

    Presumptive candidate John Dramani Mahama was at the party headquarters on Monday, March 27 for his vetting.

  • Sack Ofori-Atta to boost investor confidence – NDC presidential candidate hopeful

    A presidential candidate hopeful of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Ernest Kwaku Kobeah, has waded into calls for the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, to be sacked.

    He believes this will boost investors’ confidence to make the economy fit.

    Ghana’s economy keeps on in limbo whiles market women and traders demonstrate and protest economic hardship due to the depreciation of the cedi to the dollar since the country’s economy is import-driven.

    Ghana’s economy keeps on in limbo whiles market women and traders demonstrate and protest economic hardship due to the depreciation of the cedi to the dollar since the country’s economy is import-driven.

    According to him, the Bank Of Ghana has revealed that Ghana’s total public debt stock went up marginally by GH¢130 million to GH¢393.4 billion in June 2022, about 78.3 percent of the Gross Domestic Product, stating that this will affect the economy since no policy or production can reduce the rate of importation into the country.

    He said even though the Parliament has failed under Article 82 which gives a clear procedure on how a Minister can be removed but his stay in office will bring the era of Kalabule in 1979 when the military took over to discipline some traders on the street.

     

  • NDC presidential candidate hopeful join calls for Ofori-Atta to resign

    A presidential candidate hopeful of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Ernest Kwaku Kobeah has waded into calls for the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, to resign.

    He believes dismissing the Minister will boost investors’ confidence to make the economy fit.

    Ghana’s economy keeps on in limbo whiles market women and traders demonstrate and protest economic hardship due to the depreciation of the cedi to the dollar since the country’s economy is import-driven.

    But the Ghanaian businessman in the United Kingdom and a presidential candidate hopeful of the NDC, Kwaku Kobeah is of the view that many investors are keeping their monies from investing in the Ghanaian economy since they do not have any confidence in the minister since there is no policy that has been put in place to revert the ailing economy.

    “It is obvious now that the finance minister has failed and the longer he prolongs at the ministry the more difficult we go through as a country,” he said on Accra-based Original FM.

    According to him, the Bank Of Ghana has revealed that Ghana’s total public debt stock went up marginally by GH¢130 million to GH¢393.4 billion in June 2022, about 78.3 percent of the Gross Domestic Product, stating that this will affect the economy since no policy or production can reduce the rate of importation into the country.

    He said even though the Parliament has failed under Article 82 which gives a clear procedure on how a Minister can be removed but his stay in office will bring the era of Kalabule in 1979 when the military took over to discipline some traders on the street.