24 May 2016 at 19:12This is attributable to an ease in the Dollar and damage to the Nigerian Oil Pipelines ensuring that US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for delivery in June was up 17 cents at US$48.33 a barrel, and that of Brent North Sea crude for July added eight cents to reach US$48.89Oil Rig
A new militant group called the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) carried out several attacks on key pipelines and facilities operated by oil majors Shell and Chevron, hurting output in Africa's biggest economy and major crude producer.
Finance Minister <a href="https://www.pulse.com.gh/news/local/mid-year-budget-review-times-are-hard-and-tough-financial-analyst/b9sh34s">Ken Ofori Atta</a> is expected to present the mid-year budget review and supplementary estimates for the financial year to parliament on Thursday, July 23, 2020.
The <a href="https://www.pulse.com.gh/news/politics/asepa-files-criminal-complaint-against-hawa-koomson/lxzgdf2">Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability</a> (ASEPA) has described as false claims by the government that more than 96 percent of depositors who had their monies locked-up from the banking sector clean-up been paid in full.