Business News of Tuesday, 4 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comOn the commodities market, as of today, May 4, 2021, Crude Oil is trading at sixty-five dollars, sixty-seven cents ($65.67) as compared to last week Friday’s trading of sixty-four dollars, thirty-seven cents ($64.37). Gold is trading at one thousand, seven hundred and eighty-two dollars, seventy-nine cents ($1,782.79) as compared to Friday’s trading of one thousand, seven hundred and sixty-eight dollars ($1,768.01). Cocoa is trading at two thousand, three hundred and twenty-eight dollars ($2,328.00) as compared to last Friday’s trading of two thousand, four hundred and fifty-nine dollars ($2,459.00). Meanwhile, Cotton is also trading at eighty-seven dollars twenty-one cents ($87.21) as compared to last Friday’s trading of eighty-five dollars, eighty-nine cents ($85.89). Coffee on the other hand is trading at one hundred and thirty-nine dollars ($139.00) as compared to last Friday’s trading of one hundred and forty-one dollars, forty cents ($141.40).

Sports News of Tuesday, 4 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comFormer Black Stars captain Asamoah Gyan has issued a strong message to some Kotoko fans who booed him during a Ghana Premier League game against Legon Cities over the weekend. Gyan who has always described himself as a Kotoko fans said he was saddened that supporters of the club he has followed since his childhood could call him names only because he decided to ply his trade with Legon Cities in the Ghana Premier League. Taking to his social media pages to react to the issue, Gyan said “This one goes to the Kotoko fans in Accra about what happened yesterday (Saturday). "There is only one Asamoah Gyan and they [fans] know it. They should even be grateful that I am playing in the Ghana Premier League,” Gyan, who has also been heavily criticised for putting on weight, said in response to the booing incident during the post-match press conference.

Initial doubts about the sustainability of the campaign have been erased with celebrities and well-meaning Ghanaians joining the GIJ graduate to trend the #FixTheCountry hashtag. At the crux of their demands are good schools, portable drinking water for communities, good road networks among others. But their demand for better conditions as citizens of a 64-year-old country has not been without fierce resistance from pro-government spokespersons. From #FixYourself to #NanaIsFixingIt, the tweets have largely focused on rebuffing claims by the #FixTheCountry advocates and sometimes have involved attacks on the persons behind the campaign. Gabby tweeted: “Several ways of helping fix our country, after 64yrs of under-performance.

Business News of Tuesday, 4 May 2021Source: Starr FMA research analyst with the Institute for Energy Security Fritz Moses has described the latest fuel increment by the government as unjustifiable. According to him, the is unnecessary, adding that citizens must be made to understand the nuances surrounding an increment before carrying out the action. Fuel has gone up by some 4.4%, a move experts say will cause an increase in transport fares thereby triggering a hike in commodity prices. You don’t just wake up and increase these margins.”He added that “we’re going to see transport fares increase. He also told Francis Abban “if BOST is going to become a burden for us, we should privatize them.”“BOST doesn’t have financing cost.

General News of Tuesday, 4 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comGhanaians are now grappling with new taxes which have culminated in increment in fuel prices amid predictions by experts that prices of food will skyrocket in the coming days. A viral photo the new fuel prices at Shell has been making the rounds as Ghanaians decry the rising cost of living. He says in a tweet that the erstwhile NDC government increased fuel prices every four months and made the lives of Ghanaians more difficult as compared to the ruling NPP government. Gabby appears to suggest that the only thing the NDC could fix was the prices of fuel. They knew how to fix prices,” he stated.

General News of Tuesday, 4 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comGabby Asare Otchere-Darko, a leading member of the governing New Patriotic Party has joined a campaign by some Ghanaian youth on social media for the ruling class to #FixTheCountry. The past few days has seen a campaign by some Ghanaian youth and celebrities on Twitter for the political class to ‘wake up’ and deliver on their mandate. Gabby Otchere-Darko in a tweet subscribed to the ideology of the campaign but underscored the importance of lay Ghanaians also contributing to the fixing agenda. Gabby, like most of the tweeps holds the view that the country has not been well managed and need some fixing. “No patriot can say he or she is against a clarion call to fix our country.

Business News of Tuesday, 4 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comMinister for Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto last year projected that Ghana will in 2023 be self-sufficient with the production of rice. He said this after rice production in the country jumped from 138,000 metric tonnes in 2016 to 665, 000 in 2019. The Agric Minister noted that this increase in rice production was because the government implemented the Planting for Food and Jobs programme. Minister for Food and Agriculture Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto has said rice production had jumped from 138,000 metric tonnes in 2016 to 665,000 in 2019. He projected that by 2023, the country would have reached self-sufficiency with about 29,000 metric tonnes as surplus to spare.

Sports News of Tuesday, 4 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comHisense, the leading home appliances company in the country has rallied support for the Boys Brigade (BB), Ghana soccer Gala and knockout competition. Hisense in recent years has supported the country's top-flight league with a reward scheme where players receive financial rewards for scoring against Asante Kotoko. President of Boys Brigade, Ghana Moses Foh-Amoaning at the Gala's launch stated"We want to thank Hisense for their immense support for this competition. The competition scheduled for June (Districts) and August (Regionals) would be played in both the U-16 and U-20 at the Districts level where players will be selected to the Regional level and later to the national level. Each District is expected to present two teams to play at the regional level and later at the national level.

Tabloid News of Tuesday, 4 May 2021Source: e.TV GhanaHead Pastor of His Wisdom and Power Arena church, Apostle David KT Lawson has stated that celebrity fetish priestess, Patricia Asiedu, popularly known as Nana Agradaa has always been a Christian and not the priestess she made people believe. While speaking to Paul Anomah–Kordieh on the ‘Christian Connect’ show on e.TV Ghana, he reasoned that the controversial spiritualist amassed wealth by exploiting the greedy nature of some Ghanaians. “Nana Agradaa has never been a fetish priest. She claimed she had found Christ and henceforth be referred to as Evangelist Patricia Oduro Koranteng. Many Ghanaians are however skeptical about her conversion, believing it to be a sham.

General News of Tuesday, 4 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comGood Morning and welcome to the first working day of this month of May. As always, GhanaWeb TV has lined up compelling content including national events, for you, its cherished viewers. In today's itinerary, Benefo Buabeng Abratepa and his guests will sit down on Bloggers Forum to dissect on all things Entertainment. We will also bring you a playback of philanthropist Afi Antonio's story on 'The Untold' with Etsey Atisu. These events and many more will be streamed live on GhanaWeb TV on YouTube: GhanaWebTV.

General News of Tuesday, 4 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comAs announced by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Saturday, May 1, 2021, the country will later today take delivery of 350,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine. But some breakthrough has been made with the impending arrival of the 350,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine which is from the COVAX facility. President Akufo-Addo also disclosed that 1.3million doses of the Sputnik V vaccine will arrive in the country by May 15, 2021. “We are receiving 350,000 more AstraZeneca vaccines from the COVAX facility on Tuesday in addition to the first consignment of 600,000 that came to us on 24th of February. By 15th May, the government would have procured some 1.3 million Sputnik vaccines.

General News of Tuesday, 4 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comVeteran journalist Cameroon Duodo has suggested to the government to make use of the National Intelligence Bureau and the Economic and Organized Crime Unit (EOCO) in its fight against the illegal mining popularly known as galamsey. In an Asaase Radio interview, Cameron Duodo called for a shift in the deployment of army personnel, stressing the need for a multi-faceted approach in clamping down on activities of illegal mining. He opined that the government could increase the number of military personnel at the various sites and make use of intelligence in thwarting the activities of the illegal miners. He charged President Akufo-Addo to leave a legacy by ensuring that the battle to protect Ghana’s degrading water bodies is won. And I know, being the lawyer that he is, [that] he understands,” Duodu said.

General News of Tuesday, 4 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reiterated that former Auditor General, Daniel Yaw Domelevo, was legally retired and not forced out of office. He told CNN in an interview cited by Accra-based Joy News that Domelevo had attained the retirement age of 60 and was by law expected to exit the public service space. The Domelevo gate made headlines last year when the presidency ordered the then Auditor-General to proceed on accumulated leave. In 1993, Mr Domelevo sought to change the beneficiary to his pension fund and indicated again that he was born on June 1, 1961, and changed his hometown to Ada. Thus the President, based on those facts, notified Mr Domelevo on March 3, 2021, that, that in accordance with the dictates of the Constitution, it was his deemed view that he (Domelevo) had officially retired on June 1, 2020.

In a notice issued by the GRA, it said “it will go ahead with implementing two out of the various taxes that were passed from May 1, 2021.”The two new taxes are the COVID-19 health recovery levy and the Energy Sector levy. With the COVID-19 health recovery levy, a toll of 1% has been imposed on the supply of goods and services in the country. Goods and services subject to VAT flat rate will also witness this imposed 1% levy. On the Energy Sector levy, fuel prices at various pumps will witness a 20% increment per litre. LPG will see 18 pesewas increment per litre as well.

General News of Tuesday, 4 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comGhanaian business mogul, Dr Kofi Amoah, has described Ghana’s economy as a real definition of a Ponzi scheme owing to how the nation acquires loans, what the loans are used for and how the debts that accrue thereof are serviced. So how do you get multiply effect? How are you going to pay it when you didn’t create a multiplying effect within the economy to create more revenue? He further emphasized that Ghana’s problem has to do with how borrowed monies are spent including majorly being used to retire old debts hence describing the economy as a Ponzi scheme. He thus emphasized the reason behind an online petition he has started in which he is asking borrowers of the nation to cease giving Ghana loans.