The Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has blamed the circulation of textbooks with bigoted content against Ewes on the lack of an enforcement regime for the National Council for Curriculum Assessment (NaCCA). Answering questions in Parliament on Thursday, March 25, 2021, Dr Adutwum said the yet to be approved Ghana Book Development Council […] The post NaCCA
Three teacher unions have called on the Ghana Education Service (GES) and the Ministry of Education to restore the responsibility allowances of their members. The unions, comprising the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) and the Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT) said several efforts to get the allowances […] The post Teacher
Three teacher unions have called on the Ghana Education Service (GES) and the Ministry of Education to restore the responsibility allowances of their members. The unions, comprising the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) and the Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT) said several efforts to get the allowances […] The post Teacher
Government is committed to ensuring that the country’s petroleum revenues are well managed for the benefit of all Ghanaians, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said. Speaking at the launch of the 10th anniversary celebration of the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) in Accra on Wednesday, he said Government was determined to leverage the […] The post Petroleum
Some inhabitants of the Asutifi North District in the Ahafo Region, have called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo- Addo to retain the District Chief Executive (DCE) for the area, Anthony Agyei Mensah to sustain development. According to them, the DCE has initiated several developmental projects in the district since 2017. They believe the Asutifi […] The post Re-appoint
The Finance Minister-designate, Ken Ofori-Atta holds the view that, the then Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu did the country and its democracy a disservice for releasing his report on the Agyapa royalties agreement without including in it a response from the Finance Ministry. “For such a report to be put out in the public [domain] without […] The post Ofori-Atta
The State has asked the Criminal Court, 5 division of the High Court, to allow it some time to amend the charge of wilfully causing financial loss proffered against former Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) top management members. This follows a Supreme Court ruling a few weeks ago which described the criminal charge […] The post SSNIT
Parliament has approved a budgetary allocation of GH¢854,062,706 for the Ministry of Energy for the 2021 financial year. The breakdown for the expenditure includes Employee Compensation of GH¢4.4 million, Goods and Services GH¢6.3 million, Capital Expenditure and ABFA GH¢76 million, Retained IGF(Energy Commission) GH¢68.3 million and Development Partners (DP) Funds GH¢679.4 million. Mr Samuel Atta […] The post Parliament
Ghana’s Extended Programme on Immunisation is treating the theft of some coronavirus vaccines as an isolated incident. Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show, the programme’s manager, Dr. Kwame Amponsa-Achiano, says the majority of the persons associated with the programme remain credible. Dr. Amponsa-Achiano suggested that the breach only happened because of internal compromises. “Actually the […] The post Our
EU leaders are to hold virtual talks to discuss ways of boosting Covid vaccine supplies and improving the rollout of doses across the 27-nation bloc. The European Commission will on Thursday ask leaders to support plans for added controls on vaccine exports, which could affect supply to the UK. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson earlier […] The post Covid-19: EU leaders
Germany is considering returning artefacts known as Benin bronzes to Nigeria, a committee said on Wednesday. The artefacts were looted from the Kingdom of Benin, in present day southern Nigeria, during the colonial era and are being held at Ethnological Museum in the German capital. The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK), which manages Berlin’s museums, […] The post Germany
Old Mutual Life Assurance Company, a major player in the financial and insurance industry in Ghana, has rewarded its top performing financial advisors, sales managers and branch managers. Due to the COVID-19 restrictions, the annual Sales Awards was held virtually on 3rd February 2021 with all sales representatives across Ghana joining the online event. The […] The post Old
President Akufo-Addo has appealed to the Finance Ministry and the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) to resume their quarterly meetings. The President said such meetings helped the government in its management of oil revenue. PIAC has been noted to have some contentions with the Finance Ministry in the past. President Akufo-Addo was speaking at […] The post Akufo-Addo
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has dissociated itself from a group that presented itself as cadres of the party demanding accountability from the party’s 2020 flagbearer, John Mahama. The group at a press conference on Tuesday also demanded that Mr. Mahama produces the party’s independently collated election results from the December 2020 polls. It gave […] The post Ignore
Wayoe Ghanamannti, lawyer of Oheneba Kwaku Nkrabea and Tyrone Iras Marhguy has written to the Achimota school asking the educational institution to state reasons for denying his clients admission into the school. Wayoe Ghanamannti, in the letter dated March 23, 2021, said: “My clients inform me that their wards who have duly qualified and been […] The post State
The Appointments Committee of Parliament will later today, March 25, 2020, vet the Finance Minister-designate, Ken Ofori-Atta. Mr. Ofori-Atta is the only nominee left on the list of ministers President Akufo-Addo presented to Parliament on January 21, 2021, for vetting. He has been battling with ill health and had to travel to the US to […] The post Ofori-Atta to
A Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Boamah Otokunor, has justified the recent suspension and dismissal of some influential members of the party. The party earlier this week announced the dismissal of its former Central Regional Chairman, Allotey Jacobs and the suspension of its former flagbearer hopeful, Stephen Atubiga. In an interview […] The post Otukonor
Deputy Ranking Member on Parliament’s Education Committee, Dr. Clement Apaak is urging the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) to reconsider its position in the matter of late registration of some students for the 2021 academic year. Dr. Apaak said the school should consider other means of retrieving fees from students rather than forcing them to […] The post Reconsider
The government wants us to believe that Ghana’s current economic woes are the result of the Covid-19 pandemic. That’s not true. Long before Ghana recorded its first Covid case on 12th March 2020 – at least two years before that – the economy was hurtling towards a ditch, thanks to pervasive mismanagement by those in […] The post Nii
A motion has been filed at the ECOWAS court seeking to get ECOWAS community to sanction Cape Verde. Famed Nigerian lawyer, Femi Falana who filed the motion wants the community to take the action against Cape Verde over its refusal to comply with the ruling of the ECOWAS court on the matter of embattled Venezuelan […] The post Motion filed at ECOWAS Court
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