The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) says it should not be blamed for the rejection of the government’s Budget Statement and Economic Policy for the year ending 31st December 2022. The party believes its members’ disapproval of the policy document presented by the Finance Minister is rather to ensure due diligence in order to relieve […] The post 2022
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) says it should not be blamed for the rejection of the government’s Budget Statement and Economic Policy for the year ending 31st December 2022. The party believes its members’ disapproval of the policy document presented by the Finance Minister is rather to ensure due diligence in order to relieve […] The post 2022
A Deputy Minister of Education, Gifty Twum Ampofo has reiterated government’s commitment to upgrade technical and vocational training in the country. Speaking at a National Forum on TVET financing and youth employment on Thursday, November 25, 2021, Gifty Twum said the unemployment situation in the country can be addressed when technical and vocational training is […] The post Deputy
The Head of Public Relations Unit of the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr. Abraham Otabil has been adjudged the overall best Public Relations Officer at the just ended Second Public Relations Officer’s Review Meeting and Awards Ceremony, held at the Ministry of Health conference room on Friday, 26th November 2021. Out of a […] The post Lands Ministry’s
The Finance Ministry has hinted at efforts being put in place to engage further to have the government’s 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy Statement approved. It follows the contentious rejection of the budget in Parliament last Friday, November 26, 2021, after the Majority boycotted the Chamber, paving the way for the Minority to have […] The post Finance
More than 50 households at Kasoa in the Central Region have been disconnected from the national grid by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) as part of a campaign against power theft. The power distribution company also threatened to drag persons engaged in power theft to court. The Central Regional Revenue Protection Manager for ECG, […] The post Kasoa:
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has postponed its town hall meeting on the 2022 budget, which was slated for Tuesday, November 30, 2021. The party said its decision was due to the rejection of the 2022 budget in Parliament on Friday. “The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has postponed its earlier advertised Town-Hall meeting on the […] The post NDC postpones town
The Majority in Ghana’s Parliament is accusing Speaker of the House, Alban Bagbin of unconstitutionally rejecting government’s Budget Statement and Economic Policy for the year 2022. The Speaker last Friday announced that the Budget Statement presented to the House on Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta has been rejected as it was put to vote despite […] The post 2022
Former President John Dramani Mahama on Friday, November 26, 2021, handed over to his alma mater, Ghana Senior High School (Ghanasco), a renovated Boys Dormitory block for the Cabral and Gbanzaba Houses. Mr. Mahama and his friends from Cabral House joined other old students at a short ceremony to hand over the building which has […] The post Mahama hands over renovated
The Food and Drugs Authority has recalled 270 cartons of expired Charmé sparkling non-alcoholic red and white grape juice from the Ghanaian market. The distributor of the product has also been arrested to assist with investigations, according to a statement from the FDA. The expired products were discovered based on a tip-off from a vigilant […] The post FDA
More than 30 people have been arrested after climate change activists blocked UK Amazon warehouses on Black Friday, the retailer’s busiest day of the year. Extinction Rebellion targeted 13 UK sites, including the retail giant’s largest distribution centre in Dunfermline, Fife. It said it was to draw attention to alleged exploitation of Amazon workers and […] The post Amazon
Worker unions of the C.K. Tedam University of Technology and Applied Sciences in Navrongo in the Upper East Region have suspended their strike. The unions embarked on the industrial action on November 16, 2021, over delays in the payments of salaries and attempts by the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (G-TEC) to migrate them onto the […] The post Staff of
Ethiopia’s air force has carried out drone attacks in two places in Mekelle, the capital of the Tigray region, witnesses say. The attacks appear to be part of the year-long conflict between the federal government and rebel forces from Tigray. The first drone strike hit at 09:00 local time in a residential neighbourhood known as […] The post Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict:
The General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, has defended his decision to remain in the public gallery of Parliament yesterday, despite the Majority’s insistence for him to leave the House. Mr. Nketiah was the centre of attention after the Speaker of Parliament asked all non-MPs to leave the chamber […] The post Majority’s
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin is expected to leave the country today, Saturday, November 27, 2021, for a medical review in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). A statement to the Head of Ghana’s Mission in the UAE and sighted by citinewsroom.com confirmed Mr. Bagbin’s intended travel. The letter from Sheba Nana Osei […] The post Alban Bagbin to undergo
Entrepreneur, Philanthropist and Executive Chairman of KGL Group, Mr. Alex Apau Dadey, has been conferred the board chairman of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC). This comes after he was, in January 2018, appointed onto the Governing Board of GIPC by the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in recognition of his contribution towards the promotion […] The post Entrepreneur
The Majority Caucus has asked Ghanaians to disregard reports concerning the rejection of the 2022 budget by Parliament. According to the Majority, the action is illegal and must be treated with the contempt it deserves. A statement from the Majority said: “For the record, the acts of the Minority and the decision of the Speaker […] The post Disregard
The second edition of ‘The Matriarch’s Verse’ by poet Apiorkor, took place on Friday, 26th November 2021, at the Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast City in Accra. Apiorkor performed fifteen poems, changing costumes to match the various themes, employing live interactions with patrons, while interrogating the aftermath that had followed the very moment ‘When the Person […] The post Poet
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