Trade and Industry Minister, KT Hammond is poised to present a legislative instrument before Parliament aimed at regulating cement prices. This is despite a boycott by cement manufacturers during a stakeholder meeting on Monday, July 1. The move comes amidst growing concerns over escalating cement prices, which have surged to an average of GH¢105 per […]
Trade Minister Kobina Tahir Hammond has revealed that the Cement Manufacturers Association of Ghana (CMAG) dismissed his directive regarding cement pricing. In an interview with Evans Mensah on Joy News’ PM Express, the Minister shared that he had heard rumours about CMAG members mocking his efforts. “I heard through the grapevine that they were teasing […]
The Minister of Trade and Industry, K. T. Hammond, has directed the newly constituted Cement Manufacturing Development Committee to ensure uniformity in cement prices nationwide. Drawing a parallel between the cement and the petroleum retail sectors, where pump prices in the latter are consistent across the country, Mr Hammond emphasised the need for a similar […]
A One-District, One Factory (1D1F) entity, B5 Plus Ltd, has increased employment opportunities for over 10,000 youth with different educational backgrounds since the commissioning of the phase one of the modernised steel plant in 2021. With an installed capacity of 250,000 tonnes and 60,000 tonnes a year for its rolling mill and prefabricated manufacturing plant […]
Pressure group, Occupy Ghana has assured New Patriotic Party Member of Parliament for Adansi Asokwa in the Ashanti Region, Kwabena Tahiru Hammond that the Right to Information Bill (RTI) is for the national good and there is no need for any resistance. The MP has publicly stated his opposition to the passage of the Bill […]
For the second time in less than a week, the Consideration Stage of the RTI Bill had to be brought to an abrupt end because a sworn opponent to the Bill, Mr. K. T. Hammond (MP, Adansi Asokwa), raised the issue of quorum. In today’s instance, there were only 43 MPs (including the 2nd Deputy […]
