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NPP Supporters Protest EOCO’s Continued Detention of Former BOST MD Edwin Provencal

Scores of New Patriotic Party supporters gathered at the Accra High Court on Wednesday to protest the continued detention of the former Managing Director of BOST, Edwin Alfred Provencal. According to the supporters, Mr Provencal has met every bail condition ordered by the court, yet the Economic and Organised Crime Office still refuses to release him. They argue that the refusal is unconstitutional and accuse the agency of acting in bad faith. One supporter told JoyNews that the court is waiting for Mr Provencal to be produced, but EOCO continues to hold him. Another argued that the charges brought against him are unclear and insisted that the investigators must respect the court’s ruling. The protest coincides with Mr Provencal’s expected appearance before the Accra High Court today. Many supporters arrived as early as 8 a.m., hopeful that he would secure […]

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Bright Simons Blasts Intermediaries Over GH¢7bn Leak in Ghana’s Gold-for-Oil Programme

Vice President of IMANI Africa, Bright Simons, has sharply criticised the use of intermediaries in Ghana’s Gold-for-Oil programme, following a new report by the think tank that revealed a GH¢7 billion leakage. Speaking on JoyNews’s Newsfile, Mr. Simons said the intended beneficiaries—the Ghanaian public—did not gain from the initiative. Instead, he claimed, a network of brokers and middlemen reaped significant profits from the monetisation process. “The eventual beneficiaries of this case were the brokers and the middlemen,” Mr. Simons stated. “The only people who got any benefit are those who were in the middle during the monetisation, enabling the shipment of the fuel to BOST and others.” He argued that Ghana could have met its objectives through a simpler, more transparent approach—without relying on opaque and costly intermediaries. “Ghana could simply have said, we have our domestic gold purchasing programme, […]

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