[ 2015-04-01 ]

Today’s Front Pages
WOYOME: I’LL REFUND Ȼ51.2M TO STATE BY END
OF YEAR
The lead council for Mr Alfred Agbesi Woyome, the
businessman who was recently acquitted and
discharged on two counts of defrauding by false
pretence and causing financial loss to the state,
yesterday assured the Supreme Court that his
client had agreed to refund the Ȼ51.2 million
he wrongfully procured from the State by the end
of the year.

GAF DEMOLISH STRUCTURES AT TSEADO TO MAKE WAY FOR
SECURITY BUFFER ZONE
There is growing anger among some property owners
at Tseado in the La Dadekotopon municipality in
the Greater Accra Region over what they describe
as attempts by the military to take over their
lands in the name of a security buffer zone.

BUHARI WINS NIGERIA’S PRESIDENTIAL POLL
Africa’s most populous nation, Nigeria, has a
President-elect. With the results declared in all
the 37 states by the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC), the leader of the All
Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu
Buhari, has won the presidential election.

BETTER COUGH Ȼ51.2M – CJ WARNS WOYOME
The Chief Justice, Georgina Theodora Wood, has
warned embattled National Democratic Congress
(NDC) bankroller, Alfred Agebsi Woyome, to refund
the Ȼ51.28 million he took from the state as
judgement debt.

BUHARI SWEEPS AWAY GOODLUCK
Former Nigeria military leader, General Muhammadu
Buhari; yesterday emerged the winner of last
Saturday’s presidential election, as president
Goodluck Jonathan conceded defeat.

FUEL SUPPLY CHALLENGES
While the nation faces another possible fuel
shortage due to huge indebtedness to Bulk Oil
Distributors Companies (BDCs), state-owned Tema
oil Refinery (TOR) needs $37.7 million to produce
at full capacity.

AMA, ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION TO CREATE 10.000 JOBS
The Rockefeller Foundation, in collaboration with
the Accra Metropolitan Assembly, is to create
10,000 jobs through the building of a Business
Processing Centre.

GOODLUCK RUNS OUT OF LUCK
Election Commission declares victory for former
military ruler Muhammadu Buhari, over incumbent
Goodluck Jonathan.

AMOAKO-TUFFUOR WARNS NPP AGAINST AFFIRMATIVE
ACTION
Ahead of the crunch meeting of the National
Council of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) scheduled
for today, Dr Kwame Amoako-Tuffuor, a founding
member of the party, has warned against the
adoption of trial-and-error strategies by the
party as it prepares for Election 2016. The
meeting will review the affirmative action policy
proposed by the National Executive Committee
(NEC)

GOVERNMENT PURSUES WATERVILLE TO RECLAIM 25M EURO
The Deputy Minister of Justice and Attorney
General, Dr Dominic Ayine, has indicated the
government’s resolve to reclaim €25 million
awfully paid to Waterville Holdings despite a suit
by the construction firm at the International
Court of Arbitration to block the process.

NANA ADDO CONGRATULATES GEN BUHARI
The presidential candidate of the New Patriotic
Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo, has
congratulated the presidential candidate of the
All Progressive Congress, General Muhammadu
Buhari, on his election as the next President of
the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

NPP COUNCIL MEETS TODAY
The National Council, the 2nd highest decision
making body of the New Patriotic Party will at 10
am today meet to review some controversial
decisions of the National Executive Committee
regarding the impending the parliamentary
primaries that have sparked internal party
outrage.

SALARIED TAKE ALL
The Education Ministry has planned to spend almost
its entire budget for this year on staff
remunerations, joining a long list of state
institutions with minimal resources to undertake
critical capital projects.

COMMON ECOWAS TARIFF SET FOR JULY 2
The country is expected to start implementing the
Common External Tariffs (CET) regime by July 2,
2015, following approval by Cabinet and imminent
passage of the bill by Parliament.

DECADES OF PROFLIGACY RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR MESS
The country’s current economic hardship is the
consequence of over 30 years profligacy and
successive mismanagement of this economy by
various gain from implementing CET in 2015 is
projected at Ȼ986 million.

Source - Joy News

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