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Founding President of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has described the call made to the policy think tank by actress Yvonne Nelson to organize a protest against the government for the power outages just as the one that happened under the Mahama administration, as fair. The movie producer in a post o
The Founding President of IMANI Africa policy think tank, Franklin Cudjoe, has reiterated his distrust in the activities of the country's election management body, the Electoral Commission (EC). He maintained that the EC would not have found it necessary to inform the general public about its missin
Founding President of IMANI Africa Franklin Cudjoe has raised issues against the spending plan of the Electoral Commission (EC) ahead of this year's elections. This comes on the back of reports that some biometric devices are missing. On Tuesday, March 19, the Minority Leader of Parliament, Dr. Cass
Founding President of IMANI Africa, Mr Franklin Cudjoe has said that the government deserves no praise for paying billions of cedis of coupons to bondholders. He argues that the government-supervised debt exchange programme occasioned the suspension of coupon payments with most debts restructured am
Founding President of IMANI Africa Franklin Cudjoe has told the Minister of Finance Dr Mohammed Amin Adam to immediately review the tax exemptions that have been given to some companies. Mr Cudjoe described the companies that have been given the tax exemptions as 'politically favoured." "Finance Min
The founding president of IMANI-Africa and governance expert, Franklin Cudjoe, has asserted that the immediate past minister for finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, may still be influential in the last 10 months of the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government due to the former minister's alleged new portfolio. According
Founding President of IMANI Africa, Mr Franklin Cudjoe has said that one of the Vice Presidents of the policy think tank, Kofi Bentil remains part of the organization despite declaring his support for one of the flagbearers. Mr Cudjoe said although individual members of the IMANI are free to speak t
Founding President of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe has said that leadership requires that the leader carries his people along in all decisions and crucially accepts responsibility when things go wrong sometimes. To that end, he says he has no doubt that the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NP
The next administration after the 2024 general elections must do a lot of hard work to rationalize the taxation system in Ghana and decide whether or not they want to continue to grow the economy through levies, Founding President of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has said. This means that the next
Founding President of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe has said in relation to the order to cancel the Convention Event that the Office of the President strangely torpedoed a licensed public event a group of law-abiding citizens had put together. He observed that the last-minute cancellation of the eve
Food prices in Ghana are gradually dropping, Founding President of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has observed. He noted that the economy is regaining from the challenges it suffered in the past few years but warned against destroying the gains with election year sending. In a Facebook post on Sunda
Founding President of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has observed that the economy is recovering from the challenges it suffered in the past few years. He noted that prices of locally produced rice are gradually being reduced. In a Facebook post on Sunday, December 23, he said "From my previous post
The Minister of Food and Agriculture Bryan Acheampong has been told to use his background as a security expert to halt the smuggling of fertilisers to Togo and Burkina Faso. This follows the approval of the Exemptions (Amendment) Bill, 2023 is to provide a waiver of customs duties and customs taxes
The five new tax measures approved by Parliament will further inflict economic pains on Ghana's Founding President of Imani Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has said. In a statement, Mr Cudjoe also said a 'raft' of unclear tax exemptions also were approved. "Parliament on Friday night approved 5 more taxes
Founding President of Imani Africa Mr Franklin Cudjoe has said that the arguments that civil society groups made against the Agyapa deal were not before the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice. To that end, he has asked the public to ignore the 'noise' being made abou
Founding President of Imani Africa Franklin Cudjoe has said that he does not expect Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta to introduce new taxes in the mid-year budget presentation today Monday, July 31. He noted that Some taxes imposed by the government is not only a lazy way of raising money to finance
Until proven otherwise the money that was kept at the home of the former Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources Cecilia Abena Dapaah cannot be described as stolen money, Founding President of Imani Africa Franklin Cudjoe has said. Mr Cudjoe explained that is was the decision by the minister to k
Founding President of Imani Africa Franklin Cudjoe has said that the action of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to always defend his ministers who are alleged to have engaged in wrongdoing does not bode well for his good governance credentials. He said the president's commendation for the immed
The immediate past Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Madam Cecilia Dapaah was one of President Akufo-Addo's good ministers, Founding President of Imani Africa Franklin Cudjoe has said. Mr Cudjoe said that it was 'sad" she had to leave office in this manner. "Minister Cecilia Dapaah resigns
Founding President of Imani Africa Franklin Cudjoe has asked regarding Sanitation Minister Cecilia Dapaah’s millions of Dollars and Euros whether the house is an open bank. In a tweet, he said "The High Court was told by the Minster, that "$1m, €300k and millions of cedis" was stolen by the house he
