Mr Abass Suleymana, the Upper West Regional Director of the National Health Insurance Authority, has attributed the funding challenges of the scheme to escalating cost of claims. He said the increasing cost of claims was due to extremely high medicine prices, irrational prescription behaviour, supply induced demand and weak referral systems among others. Mr Suleymana … The post NHIS
The Energy Ministry has announced that the Licensing Round Committee, on Friday December 21, opened applications for prequalification received from interested companies who submitted Expression of Interest (EoI) for the competitive bidding for three blocks. The three blocks are (GH_WB_02, GH_WB_03 and GH_WB_04) in the Western Basin and direct negotiations in respect of two Blocks … The post Some
African countries at the recent 24th Conference of the Parties (COP24) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change held in Katowice, Poland made a strong case for more climate funding and the use of fossil fuels to aid their development. According to the Paris Agreement, a new climate finance facility should be set up … The post COP24: Africa’s
Mr Daniel Kweku Botwe, Minister for Regional Reorganisation and Development,said government was confident of peaceful referendums for the creation of the proposed six new regions in the country. He said government had done enough sensitization for peaceful referendums, especially in the Oti enclave of the Volta region. The Minister said this in an interview with … The post Government
The national U23 of Ghana, Black Meteors, on Friday, departed to Lome to take on Togo, in the second leg encounter of the Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualifier. The Black Meteors, holds a resounding advantage going to the second leg after thrashing their West African neighbors 5-1 at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium last … The post Black Meteors depart to
Mr Ambrose Dery, the Minister for the Interior, has urged all security services to cooperate with each other to combat border and internal security threats emerging globally. He said in Ghana, border and internal security threats identified included trafficking in persons especially women and children, smuggling of migrants, illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, … The post Ghana
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Friday effected some changes to the top brass of the Ghana Armed Forces. Rear Admiral Seth Amoama and Air Commodore Frank Hanson have been appointed Chief of Naval Staff and Chief of Air Staff, respectively. Their appointments take effect from Tuesday, January 8, 2019. Rear Admiral Seth Amoama before his … The post President appoints new
The Wa East District Assembly, through innovative revenue mobilization strategies, has exceeded its revenue target for 2018 by 12.95 per cent. It had targeted to mobilize GH¢576,978.00, in 2018, but as of the end of November, it had collected GH¢651,705.02. Mr. Moses Jotie, the District Chief Executive (DCE), announced this at its ordinary meeting held … The post Wa East
The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has asked Ghanaians not to underestimate the possibility of an earthquake due to the recent earth tremors. “With the recent earth tremors happening, we caution the citizens to prepare for any imminent occurrence of earthquake disaster,” it noted. A statement issued by NADMO and copied to the Ghana News … The post NADMO
Parliament has approved its budget allocation of GH¢268.267 million year 2019 and this was done grudgingly. The House had submitted an estimated budget of GH¢425.666 million but the figure was slashed. Before taking the vote on the report to approve the allocation, the Speaker, Professor Aaron Michael Oquaye, added his voice to the expression of … The post Ghana
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