Mobile money users and operators have expressed their displeasure about the new electronic levy (E-levy) directive to be applied to all transactions from 2023. Following an announcement made by the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, on a reduction of the E-Levy from 1.5% to 1% while presenting the budget and economic policy, he added that, […] The post Mobile Money users
The Accra East Region of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has revealed that it has recorded about a 30 percent revenue loss as of August 2022. Speaking at a stakeholder engagement with Municipal Chief Executives within the company’s Accra East jurisdiction, the commercial manager, Jonathan Asante, said many customers of the company keep frustrating […] The post ECG’s
The National Lottery Authority (NLA) has donated food items and toiletries to the Accra Psychiatric Hospital to ease pressure on the facility. The items, which include bags of rice, cooking oil, and sanitary pads among others, are expected to be given to inmates at the facility. The Deputy Director General of the NLA, Anna Horma […] The post NLA donates to Accra Psychiatric Hospital
The number of new students entering the Ghana School of Law to pursue the Professional Law Course has risen to 699 after the General Legal Council released a final supplementary list of candidates who passed the entrance exams written in September 2022. The final supplementary list, approved by the GLC and released in Accra on […] The post GLC admits 177 more into Ghana School of
The Coalition of Nation Builders Corps trainees has lamented and kicked against the government’s decision to freeze public sector employment effective January 2023. Presenting the 2023 Budget and Economic Policy to Parliament on Thursday, November 24, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta announced the decision as part of measures to reduce government’s expenditure. The coalition lamented the […] The post Former
Malawi’s Vice-President Saulos Chilima has been arrested on allegations that he accepted money in exchange for awarding government contracts, the country’s anti-corruption agency says. He is accused of receiving $280,000 (£230,000) from a British businessman “and other items”, a statement says. Dr Chilima pleaded not guilty to the corruption charges in court on Friday. He […] The post appeared
Technical University Senior Administrators Association of Ghana (TUSAAG) will be striking from December 6, 2022 if the government does not address its condition of service concerns. In a statement, the union said the strike was a result of the government and the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission’s “refusal” to address its grievances in a timely manner. […] The post Technical
Customers of some Telecommunication Service Providers have been flooding registration centres to complete the re-registration of their SIM cards after their data services were blocked. The customers say they have been unable to access the internet for the past three days and are sometimes unable to make calls due to the non-completion of the re-registration […] The post Kumasi
The Pharmacy Council has urged Medical Counter Assistants (MCAs) graduating from the Tobinco Pharmaceuticals Training Institute (TPTI) to abide by the law and maintain professional ethics while performing their duties. The Council further admonished the graduating students not to engage in stealing and truancy in their various fields of employment. Out of 104 students who […] The post Uphold
Some diabetic patients and health practitioners are lamenting the high cost of medication for diabetes in the country. Despite the inclusion of type 1 diabetes on the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), they have complained that there are still some complications in getting access to certain drugs. In an interaction with stakeholders at a conference […] The post Diabetics
The Member of Parliament for Ayensuano in the Eastern Region, Samuel Ayeh-Paye, has pleaded with Ghanaians to accept the Akufo-Addo-led government’s increment in Value Added Tax (VAT) and E-levy review, as it seeks to embark on numerous infrastructural development. The government has increased VAT rate by 2.5 percent, whereas Electronic Transfer charges reduced from 1.5% […] The post Accept
The government has directed all large scale mining companies to sell 20 percent of all refined gold to the Bank of Ghana. All Community Mining Schemes are also expected to sell their gold outputs to the government. The government has also ordered small-scale miners to sell their gold to the state-owned Precious Minerals Marketing Company. […] The post Large
Renowned investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, has refuted dismissed allegations of extortion and blackmail against him after releasing his latest exposè the “Galamsey economy”. A statement signed by the Ghanaian journalist said “some persons have resorted to mudslinging and lies” against its CEO Anas following the release of the undercover documentary that led to the […] The post Go
The General Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU) has expressed its dissatisfaction with the provisions made for the agriculture sector in the 2023 Budget Statement. General Secretary of the Union, Edward Kareweh, said the union did understand what the Finance Minister insinuated when he said the Government had made progress in the agriculture sector. “When they [Government] […] The post We
A man believed to be in his early twenties has been arrested and handed over to the Damango police for allegedly kidnapping a young girl at Alhassankura, a suburb of Damango in the west Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region. The suspect is said to have gone around the victim’s house on Thursday, November 24, […] The post Damango: 20-year-old arrested
Forty-nine African Heads of State will converge in Washington for a three-day US-Africa Leaders Summit to be hosted by US President Joe Biden. Meanwhile, Mali, Burkina Faso, Sudan, and Guinea have been barred from attending the summit which comes off from December 13-16. The four countries are currently serving a suspension from the AU due […] The post 49
The Minority Leader in Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu, has described the President’s visit to the Black Stars in Qatar as the best motivation offered to the players. President Akufo Addo paid a visit to the National Football Team in Qatar ahead of their game with Portugal, which has been criticised by some Ghanaians. But in a […] The post Haruna Iddrisu defends
The budget contains serious austerity measures that would inflict more hardships on the ordinary Ghanaian than the politician. Not sharing hampers and diaries as expenditure cuts, for example, pales in comparison with reducing the size of the government. A simple google search of the word “Ministerial Appointments and Government Expenditure in Ghana’s Fourth Republic” would […] The post Yaw
Talent management company and creative hub, Lynx Entertainment, has unveiled its newest musical act. The company for the first time is introducing animated musical content aimed at preschool-age viewers through characters collectively known as Afrapa. Kids will learn letters, numbers, words, sounds and relatable pre-school themes with the release of a series of episodes. The […] The post Lynx
The 8-member ad-hoc committee that probed allegations in a censure motion brought against Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta, has laid its report before Parliament. This comes after the committee’s request for more time from the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin to finalise its report after the conclusion of public hearings last Friday. The committee probed […] The post Censure
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