The Ministry of Finance has proposed to Parliament to allow it to exclude gas revenues to the tune of $181.80 million from the projected petroleum revenues for 2019, while it devises ways of getting the Volta River Authority (VRA) to pay for the gas supplied it by Ghana Gas. Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, the Sector Minister, … The post Allow us to
The Ministry of Energy is to introduce tax free solutions for the promotion of Full Electrical Vehicles in order to promote a technology shift from fossil-fuel-based vehicles, which is a significant source for local air pollution. Mr Ken Ofori Atta, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, who announced this on, Thursday, during the presentation of … The post Government
The Brong-Ahafo Regional Secretariat of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Monday held a stakeholders forum in Sunyani to empower the informal economy sector workers in the Sunyani Municipality. The meeting organised in collaboration with Union of Informal Workers Association (UNIWA) under the TUC, was financially-supported by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES), a German non-governmental … The post TUC
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) would henceforth, with all Financial Clearance to the Service, require all health workers to go through job interview processes at the Regional levels. Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare, the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), who made this known at a three-day second Senior Managers Meeting (SMM II) in Accra, said … The post Health
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) says an agreement between Befesa Desalination Plant and the Ghana Water Company is an albatross, which is draining $1.42 million from the Water Company every month. The TUC has also proposed a further reduction of electricity tariff by 15 per cent and a reduction in water tariff by 12 per … The post Befesa Desalination
Mr Francis Doku, Volta Regional Police Commander, has given assurance for an incident -free referendum on December 27th for the creation of the proposed Oti Region. He said the police were ready to ensure that the exercise was smooth and successful despite some opposition across the Region. Mr Doku said this when Mr Ambrose Dery, … The post Oti Region referendum
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) says it has not approved any sexual or body enhancement products for sale in the country. It has therefore warned the public to desist from patronizing any of such in the form of beauty, body or sexual enhancement products. Addressing a press conference in Kumasi, Mrs Nora Narkie Terlabie, … The post FDA has not approved
The Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) has apologised to students across the country over the delay in 2018/19 disbursement of loans and said it was working assiduously to restore the situation to normalcy. A statement copied to the Ghana News Agency and signed by Mr George Ferguson Laing, the Senior Public Relations Manager of SLTF, … The post Students Loan
The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, presenting the 2019 Budget Statement to Parliament, on Thursday, said the Government is on course to transforming the economy, explaining that disciplined economic management the abolition and reduction of taxes, among others, are delivering significant results. This year’s Budget, the Government has said, is expected to promote infrastructural development, offer … The post Government
The Minister of Special Development Initiatives, Ms Mavis Hawa Koomson, has announced that the 275 ambulances promised by the government for each constituency would arrive in the country latest by June next year. She said the tender document for the procurement of the ambulances was ready and that government was just waiting for the suppliers … The post Government
The Ghana Education Service has promoted 22,279 staff out of 33,800 representing 66.2 per cent into various grades in the Service following their success in a recent promotion interview conducted. A statement signed by Ms Cassandra Twum Ampofo, the Head of Public Relations Unit of the Ghana Education Service and copied to the Ghana News … The post GES promotes
OccupyGhana has commended the Government on its directive to public service organisations to streamline the payments of sitting allowances to members of State Boards, Authorities and Councils. However, it urged the Government to do more to end all unjustified entitlements that have been paid over the years, saying, ”Certain Boards and Board Committees are known … The post OccupyGhana
Dr Alfred Arthur, a Scientist at the Soil Science Division of Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG), on Wednesday told an Accra High Court that he has a suspension letter dated January 2, to April 2017, but he was not precluded from testing chemicals. He said his suspension and transfer to CRIG’s substation in Bunso … The post I was not asked to stop testing
9BS International, a private multi-business outfit, has contracted Hanimart Investment Limited to construct six modern libraries, four clinics and ten mechanized boreholes in the Eastern Region worth GH¢12,860m, as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CRS). At the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between 9BS International and Hanimart Investment limited in Accra, Mr. … The post 9BS
The Brong-Ahafo Region has currently targeted 19 factories under the government’s One-District, One-Factory (1D1F) Programme to create job avenues for the unemployed youth in the Region. Among the factories are yam chips and charcoal production at Atebubu in the Atebubu-Amantin Municipality, Poultry and related industrial products at Dormaa-Ahenkro in the Dormaa Central Municipality, Ceramics at … The post Brong-Ahafo
The Gold Track students, the second batch of the first year students of second cycle institutions in the Upper East Region have reported to their various schools and academic work has begun smoothly. Visits by the Ghana News Agency to some of the Senior High Schools in the Region on Monday showed that most of … The post Gold Track students begin lessons in Upper East
Mr Yaw Kyei, President of the Association of Customs House Agents Ghana (ACHAG) has called on freight forwarders to join in the Paperless Project System to enable the system to work efficiently. He noted that though the system had been in existence for one year, some shipping lines were unwilling to migrate unto it and … The post Help paperless project to achieve
Mr Kojo Nfum, aka Agya Koo, a fuel Seller told an Accra High Court on Wednesday that the late Major Maxwell Mahama begged for mercy when he was being attacked by some residents of Denkyira-Obuasi in the Central Region. The fourth prosecution witness, in the case involving the trial of the alleged murderers of the … The post Late Major Mahama begged for mercy
Former President John Dramani Mahama did not have enough opportunity to mature before getting into the highest office of the Presidency, Mr Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin, Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament has said. Mr Bagbin was speaking in an interview with the media in Assin Fosu on Sunday said Mr Mahama was rushed into Presidency … The post Mahama was rushed into Presidency
Not long ago under the former John Mahama administration, there was a huge turf war between the National Communications Authority (NCA) and the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) as to who is mandated by law to monitor and collect revenue from the telecoms industry. The tussle led to the taxpayer losing hundreds of millions of Ghana … The post Mobile Money: communication
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