The Upper East Regional Chapter of the Ghana Association of Assembly Members say they will boycott the confirmation of Municipal and District Chief Executives yet to be appointed by President Nana Akufo-Addo if efforts are not made to review their conditions of service. They want the government to pay assembly members across the country a […] The post U/East:
The nine-member ad-hoc parliamentary committee set up to probe the controversial Sputnik V vaccine procurement deal has in its report tasked the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, to take steps to recover the $2,850,000 expended towards the botched procurement of several doses of the Sputnik-V vaccine. Although the Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman Manu indicated that […] The post Committee
Authorities of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, KNUST have suspended indefinitely the end-of-semester examination scheduled to begin on Monday, August 9, 2021. The announcement follows an indication by members of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) that they will not return to the lecture halls until the government addresses their concerns. […] The post KNUST
President Akufo-Addo has appointed the National Youth Organizer of the governing New Patriotic Party, Henry Nana Boakye, as the new Board Chairman of the National Food Buffer Stock Company Limited. The President has also re-appointed Alhaji Hanan Abdul-Wahab as Chief Executive Officer of NAFCO. The Buffer Stock was incorporated under the Companies Code of Ghana, […] The post Akufo-Addo
A non-governmental organization, Myhelp-Yourhelp Foundation, as part of its 3rd year anniversary celebration embarked on a campaign to feed street kids from Opeibea Bus Stop to Madina Zongo-Junction and back to the Accra Retail Center. Numbering about 40, the group donated about five hundred packs of foods and drinks with water and pastries. Water and […] The post Myhelp,
Members of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) across the country have resolved not to return to the lecture halls until the government addresses the Union’s concerns. The leadership of UTAG at the various public Universities have been meeting their members to communicate the outcome of its meeting with the government. At one of […] The post We won’t call off our
An insurance firm that was assigned all rights to recover the $165 million arbitration award against the University of Ghana over the termination of the Africa Integras deal has filed a petition at the United States Southern District Court of New York, to confirm the award. The petition has become necessary as a result of […] The post Insurance firm
Former Member of Parliament for Ledzokuku, Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye has presented a new taxi cab to one of his constituents as part of his Dr. Okoe Boye Skills Support Programme. The new taxi is the tenth he has given out since the initiative started in 2017. Already, the former MP has given out nine […] The post Okoe Boye supports constituent with taxi appeared first on
The Ghana Health Service has given yet another assurance that it will resume the country’s COVID-19 vaccination for persons yet to be inoculated from this month, August, through to September. According to the Service, efforts are currently underway to receive over two million doses of three consignments of Covid-19 vaccines from the UK, Norway, and […] The post Ghana
A 45-year-old police officer, Chief Inspector Abednego Kaakyire, a dispatch rider with the Speaker of Parliament’s convoy, has died at Juaso in the Ashanti Region after a private car crashed into his motorbike. This occurred on Friday, August 6, 2021, while he was escorting the advance team for the Speaker of Parliament ahead of his […] The post Speaker
Residents of the Budumburam camp in the Central Region have been given up to September 30, 2021, to vacate the area to pave way for the planned demolition. The directive comes after the Chiefs and People of Gomoa Fetteh led by Chief of the town, Nana Abor Attah, appealed to the government to demolish the […] The post Budumburam Camp residents given
The African Centre for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA), has organized a 3-day training workshop for members of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Committee of Parliament with a call on parliamentarians to put aside their political differences and tackle head-on the looming danger of poverty in Ghana. About 31.0 per cent of Ghanaians are vulnerable to poverty, 24 […] The post Put
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says it has taken steps to rectify difficulties with the verification of the vaccination status of persons who have received their COVID-19 jabs. The health management body says it admits the difficulties of some vaccinated individuals, particularly those travelling outside the country, to have their vaccination status either proven online […] The post We’re
Some large-scale avocado farmers in the Eastern Region are calling on the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources and the government to release degraded mining lands in the region for the cultivation of food and cash crops. Several acres of degraded lands, that have not yet been reclaimed, continue to pose a threat to school […] The post E/Region:
The Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana says it will engage its National Executive Council, NEC, to decide whether to comply with the National Labour Commission’s directive to call off its nationwide strike or not. The NLC after a meeting with the Association and the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission on Thursday, August 5, […] The post Universities’
The Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana says it will engage its National Executive Council, NEC, to decide whether to comply with the National Labour Commission’s directive to call off its nationwide strike or not. The NLC after a meeting with the Association and the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission on Thursday, August 5, […] The post Universities’
The General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party, NPP, John Boadu, says the governing party has implemented more social intervention programs than any other political party in the history of Ghana. This, according to him, is driven by the party’s “love and care we have for the masses.” Speaking at the party’s 29th-anniversary celebration […] The post NPP
The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam Constituency and Ranking Member on the Finance Committee of Parliament, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson has urged the Akufo-Addo government to organise a stakeholder forum to help address the challenges confronting the Ghanaian economy. Recalling the three-day Senchi Economic forum held in 2014 by the then National Democratic […] The post Consider
One of the Conveners of the #FixTheCountry demonstration, Ernesto Yeboah, is incensed at President Akufo-Addo’s comments on the victory of the governing New Patriotic Party in the 2024 polls. Speaking at the 29th-anniversary celebration of the NPP on Thursday, August 5, 2021, the President said “Today, the challenges that confront our country, the difficulties that […] The post #FixTheCountry:
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has charged the newly sworn-in Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, to fight corruption head-on without fear or favour. The President believes that is the only way he can succeed. He has thus assured the new Special Prosecutor that all the necessary tools needed to carry out his mandate will be […] The post Fight
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