Mills scrapped the Public Sector Reform Ministry created by former President John Agyekum Kufuor after coming into office in a bid to form a lean government with fewer ministers...
Vol 51 No 2 |
- ECONOMY
- AFRICA
A messy row pits the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation against Houston-based Kosmos Energy and its Ghanaian partners EO Group with accusations of improper links to the government of former President John Kufuor; that will at best delay attempts by Kosmos to sell its interests to ExxonMobil...
Unlike his predecessors muscular militarist Jerry John Rawlings or loftily aristocratic John Agyekum Kufuor Mills enjoys sparring with journalists...
The government has launched a criminal investigation into the links between Kosmos and EO Group its local partner with strong links to the previous government of President John Kufuor...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 12 |
- GHANA
- CHINA
Another possible target for a Chinese oil company is the Tano South concession which was originally granted to Norway’s Aker SA in a joint venture with Chemu Power its Ghanaian partner whose directors are close to ex-President John Kufuor...
5% equity stake in its Ghana operations to EO Group closely linked to former President John Agyekum Kufuor which has been harshly criticised by President John Atta Mills's government and the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC)...
The NDC claims that the prime movers in EO Kwame Bawuah-Edusei and George Owusu are placemen for the New Patriotic Party and are close to ex-President John Kufuor...
They are academics more used to public service than to business and more centre-left than the strident pro-market enthusiasts who worked for ex-President John Kufuor - but companies have long complained that successive governments will not listen to them...
Despite the ensuing parliamentary brickbats and some local political fights a quick transition from President John Agyekum Kufuor to Mills went through without major disruption...
John Kufuor's government attempted to revive the plan by buying out Kaiser but the project stalled when the recession hit export markets...
