Addressing participants at the Tamale Centre for National Culture after the peace walk, Alhaji Fuseini said peace was important because in the event of violence, it is the youth that bear the brunt of suffering and it was up to them to prevent occurrences that could disrupt the elections and put the outcome in disrepute.

The National Welfare Officer of MUSIGA, Ben Kolaan also urged the musicians to continue to sing about peace and remain peace ambassadors.

African Footprint Legends (AFL) also took the stage by storm with a curious blend of ritualistic rhythms with highlife. Employing a combination of Western and traditional instruments from Ghana and Burkina Faso, the group surprised the audience with music that is contemporary, but with it’s heart firmly embedded in traditional Africa.

With musicians and dancers from Denmark, Ghana and Burkina Faso, AFL turned the stage into a delectable music grove for both audience and musicians.

In a related concert at V 58, a performance hall in downtown Aarhus, Ghanaian reggae star Shasha Marley, who is noted for his Franciscan Friar-like costumes, swayed the cheering crowd with his charismatic voice and an impressive stage presence.

Full of energy, Marley who was joined by Ghanaian and Danish musicians, displayed a real sense of creativity and absolute skill as reggae fans among the audience applauded, danced and joined in the singing.

Also on stage at NY V 58 were the Rasta Mizizi Family (Kenya) and Shungu Afro Beat (Denmark) while the Botanical Garden also hosted DJs, acrobats, poets, storytellers, art, crafts and food exhibitions as well as fashion shows.

The mining, hospitality and manufacturing sectors bore the largest brunt of the power challenges, it said.

These findings were contained in the report which tracks the performance of businesses, analyses the business environment and provides an outlook for growth and investment opportunities to assist businesses and prospective investors to make informed decisions.

Maiden edition

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Prof. Ernest Aryeetey, launched the 232-page report in Accra last Thursday.

The GBDR has 15 chapters, starting with an overview of the economic and business environment, with the rest covering sectors such as the manufacturing, agribusiness, mining, real estate, tourism, financial services, health and pharmaceutical sectors.

A unique feature of the report is its approach to capture the figures and facts from the firm level (micro level), as opposed to many reports which look at aggregate numbers from the macro perspective.

The Dean of the UGBS, Prof. Joshua Yindenaba Abor, who led the team to put the report together, said the energy crisis emerged as a cross-cutting challenge which required greater efforts to resolve.

Dr Issahaku was answering questions from the committee on queries raised in the 2012, 2013 and 2014 Auditor General’s reports against the BoG.

Deputy Finance Minister

A Deputy Minister of Finance, Mr Cassiel Ato Forson, who was also before the PAC, confirmed that the government had stopped receiving loans from the central bank.

He said the government had signed a fiscal agency agreement with the BoG for zero financing, starting from this year.

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