Good morning ladies and gentlemen of the media. We have invited you here to join us in evaluating the performance of the NDC administration under His Excellency Professor John Evans Atta Mills one year after the swearing-in. The aim is to appraise commissions and omissions and to help reform policies and programs where required towards the collective good of this country.

Development Partners have indicated approximately USD450m in support of the Government’s budget for 2010. This follows a joint annual review of Multi-Donor Budget Support between the Government and DPs of progress under the Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy II.

Ahead of the Ghana’s Investment Fora in 2010, the Ghana Investment Promotion Center (GIPC) has called for marketable business investment projects that will be packaged for promotion in the 2010 investment fora. The call was made during a sensitization workshop by the GIPC on Wednesday.

ALLIANCE FOR ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNANCE (AFAG)

His Excellency President John Evans Atta Mills leaves Accra tomorrow, Tuesday, December 15, 2009, for Copenhagen, Denmark.

His Excellency Yakubu Abdulai, Ghana’s Ambassador to the Republic of Senegal, with concurrent accreditation to the Gambia and Cape Verde, has presented his letters of accreditation to His Excellency President Abdulaye Wade of Senegal, at a solemn ceremony in the Presidential Palace, Dakar, on November 6, 2009 at 1100 hours GMT.

His Excellency President John Evans Atta Mills, on the last day of his four day working visit to the Northern Region, returns to Accra this afternoon and will leave for, Malabo, capital of Equatorial Guinea later in the day.

His Excellency President John Evans Atta Mills heads for Tamale tomorrow, Friday, December 04, 2009, for a four day working visit of the Northern Region.

Government has denied claims by the MP for Ashaiman, Alfred Agbesi, that President John Atta Mills promised to renovate the Job 600 building during his State of the Nation address in parliament early this year.

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National Security Adviser Brigadier General (Rtd) Joseph Nunoo- Mensah has denied holding any meeting with other security heads and former president Jerry John Rawlings on the murder of the former Deputy Managing Director of the Ghana Commercial Bank, Roko Frimpong.

Government has issued a White Paper on the Single Spine Pay Policy following the Executive approval of the President, John Atta Mills. The White Paper confirms government’s promise to commence the implementation of the policy from January 2010.

His Excellency, President John Evans Atta Mills, on behalf of Government and the People of the Republic of Ghana, respectfully extend their condolences to the family of the late Major (RTD) Lawrence Mefful, who was part of a team dispatched to Afghanistan under UN command.

President John Atta Mills, has on behalf of the government and people of Ghana, sent a message of peace and well wishes to the Muslim Community in Ghana. He has also urged Ghanaians to join our Muslim brothers and sisters in commemorating the day, bearing in mind the significance of the Eid al-Adha festival.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration wishes to inform the general public that following its recent relocation to the Golden Jubilee House, its telephone and fax numbers have changed.