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Procurement Bill must protect local firms
2 May 2003 - THE Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) the Private Enterprise Foundation (PEF) and the Third World Network (TWN) Africa have called on Parliament to take appropriate steps to ensure that the Procurement Bill currently before it does not pose any problems for local firms when it is passed into law. |
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The Quality Grains scandal - Peprah, 2 others jailed
29 Apr 2003 - TWO former Ministers of State in the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Administration were yesterday sentenced to various terms of imprisonment by the Fast Track High Court in Accra after being convicted for their roles in the Quality Grains Company scandal that resulted in the loss of more than $20 million to the state. |
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Set up AGOA related projects with part of District Assembly Fund
30 Apr 2003 - THE National Secretariat of the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) has advised district assemblies to allocate part of their common fund to setting up AGOA related projects in their districts to create jobs for the people. |
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Saudi Prince expresses interest in Ambassador Hotel
30 Apr 2003 - THE defunct Ambassador Hotel in Accra has generated investment interest raising hopes of bouncing back as a viable national asset. |
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This law must go
30 Apr 2003 - POLITICAL commentators and social analysts have called for a review of the law on "causing financial loss to the state". |
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It's no witch-hunt of political opponents - Govt assures
30 Apr 2003 - THE Press Secretary to the President, Mr Kwabena Agyepong, has dismissed suggestions that the conviction and sentence of two former Ministers of State and a high-ranking public official in the Quality Grains case constitute a political trial of opponents of the ruling NPP government. |
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Banks to identify customers' operations
6 May 2003 - INTERNATIONAL Banks are to compel local banks to introduce 'Know Your Customer (KYC)' rules to help monitor customers to operate into their scheme of things. |
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SIF allocates 90bn cedis to support projects
2 May 2003 - THE Social Investment Fund (SIF) has so far allocated ¢93 billion in support of economic and social development in deprived communities of the country. |
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Aid not charity - President tells ECOWAS Ministers
25 Apr 2003 - THE ECOWAS Chairman, President J. A. Kufuor, has stated that foreign aid should be purposely directed to making the economies of ECOWAS member countries capable of competing effectively in the global market. |
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Government to review anti-business laws
2 May 2003 - Mr Kwamena Bartels, Minister of Private Sector Development, on Wednesday said government will review all anti-business laws that impede the efficiency of the private sector to create a congenial environment for business to thrive. |
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