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The finance and economic expert warned that the worst thing that could happen to Ghana at this point as the economy strives to rebound will be to default on debt repayments and therefore admonishing the government to take drastic measures to help tame any unlikely situation of such.

Above all, the senior Citizen and Statesman assured Arise Ghana of his unflinching support and his presence at our upcoming demonstration scheduled for the 28th and 29th of June, 2022.

We therefore, by this statement wish to call on Dr. Paul Opoku-Mensah to come out and retract that deliberate falsehood and apologize to the entire Muslim Ummah in Ghana. We also demand that, this rejoinder be read in the next edition of GTV Talking Point program, to correct the falsehood

The National Zango Caucus of the NDC is by this statement calling on the Vice President, H.E Alhaji Bawumia to with immediate effect, intervene and ensure Government subsidizes the unreasonably high cost of the annual Pilgrimage to Mecca, to enable the ordinary Muslim have an opportunity to fulfill his or her religious obligations.

Chief of Staff, Frema Osei-Opare has said all the stakeholders must make their voices heard in the process of announcing new utility tariffs by the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC).

The NDC takes the considered view that Inspector-General of Police, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare should have raised his concerns about the British High Commissioner’s tweet on Oliver Barker-Vormawor’s latest arrest with Ghana’s Foreign Minister through the Minister of the Interior for it to be addressed via the usual diplomatic channels.

But what do we see today under a Muslim Vice President, Dr Mahmud Bawumia, Hajj fares moved from GHC12,000 in 2016 to GHC19,500 in 2019 and now, its GHC40,000 ($5000). That is over 225% increment.

“Arise Ghana”, is an amalgamation of activists who through advocacy and nationalistic mobilization, will seek to lead a crusade against the continuous misrule, mismanagement and maladministration of our dear nation Ghana by today’s duty bearers.

The domestic debt is a component of the total debt stock which stood at GH¢391.9 billion (equivalent of US$ 55.1 billion) as of March 2022, data from the Bank of Ghana indicate.

Year on year inflation is expected to worsen further in the coming months in the wake of the decision by the Public Utility Regulation Commission to hike tariffs of electricity and water as well as increase in transport fares by the transport operators in the country.