Labour Economist, Dr. Baah Baoteng, is skeptical about whether the 12.5 % increment in public sector workers’ salary will cover other allowances. Some labour groups have on several occasions embarked on a series of strikes to compel government to address challenges with the payment of market premiums and other allowances following their migration onto the Single Spine ...

The Citi Breakfast Show dissects President Mahama’s presentation on the highlights of the NDC manifesto and takes comments from the NDC regarding suggestions a number of the manifesto promises were recycled from the opposition NPP’s own pledges to Ghanaians.

A Ghanaian pilgrim has died in Saudia Arabia. A statement from the Pilgrims Affairs Office of Ghana (PAOG) said the 70-year-old Alhaji Alhassan Kuku died on Tuesday from suspected hypoglycaemia [deficiency of glucose in the bloodstream]. The statement signed by Mohammed Amin Lamptey, Deputy Communications Director of PAOG said Alhaji Kuku has been buried in ...

President John Mahama has promised to make Metropolitan Municipal and District Chief Executive (MMDCE) position electable. His promise follows pressure from some civil society organisations and political figures for such positions to be made elective in a bid to make office holders accountable to the citizens instead of the President. Presenting highlights of the National ...

Some economists have strongly suggested that the lack of investor confidence in the Ghanaian economy, led to the reduced maturity period for government’s 750 million dollar Eurobond. According to a Senior Lecturer at the University of Ghana, Dr. Lord Mensah, the lack of trust in the Ghanaian economy led to a coupon rate of 9.25%. ...

President John Dramani has announced that the next NDC administration with him as President will re-brand the dormant Labour Department to national employment centres. “For a young person who comes out of school, if you hear Labour Department you surely are not going there to look for work…We will re-brand them to be national employment ...

President John Mahama has revealed that the Azumah Nelson Sports Complex will be renovated in the second term of his presidency if he is re-elected. The president made the promise when he presented highlights of the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) 2016 manifesto on Tuesday in Accra. The Azumah Nelson Sports Complex, formerly known as the ...

With less than two weeks to go, the excitement towards this year’s Vodafone African Legends Night has started to build up faster as artistes and fans show enthusiasm for the September 24th show at the Banquet Hall, State House. The celebrated South African music superstar Yvonne Chaka Chaka says she’s preparing vigorously towards the event ...

Four political parties have so far picked up presidential nomination forms in a bid to unseat incumbent President John Mahama in the December 7 general elections. Kofi Akpaloo of the Independent People’s party (IPP), Madam Akua Donkor of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP), Akwasi Addai Odike of the United Progressive Party (UPP) and Nana Agyenim- ...

President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday presented highlights of the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) 2016 manifesto ahead of the official launch on Saturday in Sunyani in the Brong Ahafo Region. The manifesto according to Mahama hinges on four thematic areas which includes putting people first, strong and resilient economy, responding to social infrastructure and improving transparent ...

Lionel Messi scored his sixth Champions League hat-trick as rampant Barcelona inflicted on Celtic their heaviest ever European defeat. The Argentine forward cracked in an early first goal in the Group C match. Celtic’s Moussa Dembele had a penalty saved before Messi poked in his second. In the second half, Neymar’s free-kick sailed into the ...

Embattled high Court Judges, Paul Uuter Dery and Mustapha Habib Loggo, have sued the Ghana Journalist Association (GJA) for conferring best journalist of the year award on Anas Arememay Anas. The two judges claimed the award is an endorsement of unethical journalism and pray the Court strips Anas of the award and the GJA charged ...

President Mahama presented the highlights of the NDC’s manifesto in the evening of 13th September 2016 in Accra. By ‘highlights’ he obviously meant the most important, most high-impact, and most representative aspects of the 100-plus page manifesto document he shall be unveiling on 17th September 2016. IMANI can thus use this speech alone to analyse ...

A Labour Economist, Dr. William Baah Boateng has shot down any significant impact on Ghana’s commitment with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), over an increase in public sector wages. According to him, the decision may have taken into consideration government’s commitment to maintain high fiscal discipline under the economic assistance program with the IMF. “At ...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer for the December elections, President John Mahama, has said the next NDC administration after 2016, will push for the allocation of petroleum revenue for the funding of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). President Mahama said there is the need to rework the sustainability of the NHIS, hence the need to ...

The University Students Association of Ghana (USAG), has endorsed the Graduate Students Association of Ghana’s (GRASAG) decision to picket at the Flagstaff House. This was carried in a release signed by the Association’s President, Henry Nkosuo. GRASAG has threatened to picket at the Flagstaff House next week over government’s delay in releasing bursary and thesis ...

President John Dramani Mahama has said that the next NDC administration under his watch will work towards ending the age-old menace of open defecation by 2021. The President said this at the Banquet Hall of the State House on Tuesday, where he gave highlights of his party’s manifesto for the 2016 polls in December. The ...

Presidential nominee of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday September 13, attended the opening ceremony of the of the 2016 Annual Conference of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA). Nana Addo, a lawyer and a former Attorney General in the Kufuor administration took the opportunity to fraternize with members of the legal ...

The founder and Presiding Bishop of Lighthouse Chapel International, Bishop Dag Heward-Mills has been elected to serve on the Executive Council of the Pentecostal World Fellowship. He was elected at the just ended 24th Pentecostal World Conference in Sao Paulo, Brazil where tens of thousands from Pentecostal Churches from around the world converged. The Fellowship ...