All-Share Index goes up again as SSB makes another gain
Vision 2020 will reduce population growth, official
Accra (Greater Accra), 4 March 2000
SSB Bank (SSB), the third equity with the highest market capitalisation of 141.4 billion cedis, on Friday registered another five cedis gain to push the All-Share Index up by 0.24 points.
The All-Share Index closed the week at 741.54 points from 741.31 points on Wednesday.
The change in the year was up by 0.03 per cent at 0.73 per cent.
Trading on the bourse was rather dull as total shares that changed hands dropped from 94,210 on Wednesday to a mere 7,610.
Shares offered also closed at 666,610 as against bids of 28,910 shares.
Total shares offered and demanded on Wednesday were 884,230 and 117,710 respectively.
In the broader market, there was only one price change - SSB - that ended five cedis higher at 1,990 cedis while a total of seven equities recorded negative pressures.
The following are the last prices of listed equities in cedis:
AL 470
AGE 18,700
AWL 2,489
BAT 464
CFI 42
EPIC 1,880
FMC 935
GAL 1,450
GAL 1,450
GCB 748
GAL 974
H&C 760
MIL 200
MSc 150
MOGUL 14,500
PA 294
PSS 800
SBC 19,200
SPEC 150
SSB 1,990 +5
NIL 1,849
TUC-E 125
CELT 421
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Vision 2020 will reduce population growth,
official
Wa (Upper West), 4 March 2000
The government's vision 2020 programme will reduce population growth from three to two percent annually and increase national income levels to enhance the undertaking of more development projects.
The programme is also aimed at improving the living standards of every Ghanaian and to increase infrastructural development particularly in deprived rural areas.
Mr Lawrence Dakurah, Upper West Regional Director of Town and Country Planning said this when he presented a paper on "Attainment of the goals of Ghana's vision 2020, a responsibility of all" during a day's orientation course for national service personnel in the region.
He said the programme would concentrate on human, economic, urban and rural development to satisfy every citizen irrespective of where one is living.
" Certain attitudes and behaviours in the system would have to be changed in order to achieve hundred percent success of the programme" he added.
On the location of illegal structures in towns of the region, Mr Dakurah said although there are a lot of problems, they will adopt a systematic approach to overcome them and called on all to contribute towards its success.
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