Accra, March 31, GNA - The National Executive Committee of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Wednesday said it had opened nominations for presidential aspirants from Wednesday, March 31 to Friday, May 7. A statement issued in Accra by Mr Kwadwo Owusu-Afriyie, General Secretary of the NPP, said vetting of aspirants would close on Wednesday, June 2.

The government has deiced to suspend any increases in electricity tariffs being anticipated by power producers until August 2010. The temporary reprieve for consumers is to enable further deliberations on other option needed to fund the Volta River Authority (CRA), the Electrify Company of Ghana (ECG) and the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo).

The Minister of Information, John Akologu Tiah says government is very much determined to complete all projects initiated by the NPP administration in order to derive value for money. This, according to him, should be the way forward for a meaningful national socio-economic development. Mr.

The Vice President, John Dramani Mahama, has assured Ghanaians that everything is in place for Ghana to pump its first oil in commercial quantity by the end of the year. He gave the assurance when he briefed the media at the Takoradi Airport after a tour of the Tullow Oil Rig offshore, in the Western Region.