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John Dramani Mahama took a little different turn to do community engagement with the aim of putting smiles on the face of the aged and and physically challenged persons within some major Zongo communities in Accra.

Okai Koi Central executives of the NDC and  the National Executives of the  Zango Caucus, among other prominent members of the party including MP’s this evening accompanied the Former President H.E John Dramani Mahama to Pay Courtesy Call and Break Fast ‘Iftar’ with the National Sunna Leader  Sheikh Ummar Ibrahim at his Abeka residence

John Dramani Mahama has embarked on iftar (breaking fast) series to fraternize and and pray with the leadership of the Muslim community in Ghana as the last ten days of Ramadan beckons.

National Zango Caucus Team under the leadership of the Coordinator Alhaji Mohammed Cole Younger, on behalf of H.E. John Dramani Mahama to present provisions in support of Muslim Communities during this Holy Month of RAMADAN.

The caucus said it is disappointed in Bawumia– a practicing Muslim and the head of the country’s economic management team– has mismanaged the economy thereby imposing hardship on the average Muslim.

The finance and energy expert, Alex Mould has, thus, summarised the liabilities of the major SOEs in the country to help in critical scrutiny of the performance of the SOEs. In the summary, it was clear that, most of the SOEs more than doubled their arrears payments or liabilities. The heavily indebted were GNPC, Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) and Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). These companies have their liabilities exceeding GHC10.0 billion within a period of four years from 2016 to 2020.

The Consolidated Bank Ghana, (CBG), has continued to reject the Ghana Card as a medium of identity for customers who want to use it for financial transactions.

The World Bank has released GH¢42 million through the Ghana Productive Safety Net Project 2 (GPSNP 2), to support the Government of Ghana (GoG) to pay two cycles of arrears—75th and 76th cycles—of the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) for 344,000 beneficiary households.

The projects, which are part of the over 30 projects completed in the region and more than 200 nationwide by the Fund, include six-unit classroom blocks and 10-seater public toilet facilities.

He believes the current youngsters are good to be maintained for the national team.