The African Union Commission Chairperson, Mr Moussa Faki Mahamat has received credentials from Mr Aleli Admasu, Ambassador of the State of Israel to Ethiopia, Burundi and Chad at Addis Ababa, the AU Headquarters. Presenting the credentials, Ambassador Admasu welcomed the opportunity to meet the Chairperson of the AU Commission as it marked the beginning of … The post AU

Government, through the Ghana Enterprises Agency (GEA), formerly National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI), has disbursed a total amount of GH¢520,111,918.67 to 299,490 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) between May 2020 and June 2021. Out of the 299,490 beneficiaries who benefited under the GH¢600 million Coronavirus Alleviation Programme Business Support Scheme (CAP Buss), … The post More

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Gaming Commission to improve revenue collection. Reverend Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah, the Commissioner General, GRA signed for the Authority while Mr Peter Mireku, the Gaming Commissioner signed on behalf of the Commission. Rev Owusu-Amoah, speaking at the ceremony, said the collaboration was a … The post GRA

Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, Ranking Member on the Finance Committee has described the Mid-Year Budget Review presented by Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta as hopeless with nothing in it for Ghanaians. According to him, the Ghanaian economy in the current situation is in a bad shape, and urged the Government to take what he called “the … The post Mid-Year

The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) has charged the Government of Ghana to launch investigations into allegations of gross human right abuses and labour violations in the country’s industrial fishing industry. The Government, the Foundation- an environmental and human security group- said should take the necessary actions to remedy the abuses identified in the sector, and … The post Government

Amnesty International Ghana has called on government to implement all international human rights obligations in Ghana’s national legislation to protect its citizenry. It should also enforce the Chapter Five of the 1992 Constitution, which bothers on protecting citizen’s human rights, by taking all necessary steps to ensure that women, children, groups, all prisoners, and the … The post Amnesty

Ghana will develop a home-grown strategy to extract fossil fuel, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, the Minister of Finance, has said on Thursday. He noted that given the prevailing sentiments around energy transition, there was a strong possibility that the country could be left with stranded assets hence the need to accelerate exploration activities. Mr Ofori-Atta who … The post Ghana

The Finance Minister, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta says the COVID-19 pandemic has exerted seriously on the economy, creating job losses and exacerbating the unemployment problem, particularly among the youth. “As such, Government is ready with a comprehensive programme to tackle this intractable problem. The goal is to create employment opportunities for a million of our young … The post COVID-19

Government is building a robust framework to expand domestic revenue mobilisation with a focus on compliance and enforcement nationwide. Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, the Minister of Finance, said government has, therefore, established the Revenue Assurance and Compliance Enforcement (RACE) towards that agenda. The Minister said this when he presented the mid-year fiscal policy review of the … The post Government

Madam Sakina Salifu, Girls Education Officer at the Gushegu Municipal Education Directorate says about 309 girls failed to return to school after schools were closed during the COVID-19 lockdown. Madam Salifu indicated that most of the girls were either given out in marriage or were engaged in petty trading. She made the revelation from a … The post About

Ghana’s Abeiku Jackson, finished first in the Men’s 100m Butterfly Heats Two, but could not progress to the semi-final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. His time of 53.39 seconds also broke his own national record of 53.53 seconds. He missed the semi-final berth by two seconds and is now ranked 45th in the world … The post Tokyo 2020: Jackson breaks Ghana

Ghana is to receive over 1.4 million doses of COVID vaccines as part of her vaccination campaign to protect the public, especially the most at risk of contracting the virus. The country is expecting a total of 1.2 million Pfizer vaccines from the United States of America, through the COVAX facility, and some 249,600 AstraZeneca … The post Ghana

Two books, authored by the late Dr Doris Yaa Korantemaa Dartey, a renowned journalist, have been launched to commemorate the one-year anniversary of her passing. Dr Dartey who passed on Sunday, July 19, 2020, at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, after battling metastatic breast cancer. The first book, “The Watch Woman: A compilation of columns”, a … The post Two

The Ghana Public Safety and Crime Report has said that violent crimes went up from 183 in 2020 to 220 from January to June 2021, representing a 20 per cent increase. This was contained in a report assessing crime wave in the country which indicates that the top five most reported violent crimes were murder … The post Violent crimes in Ghana up by

The Government of Ghana on Thursday announced a new job creation programme called “One Million jobs initiative” in response to post COVID-19 job losses. The Finance and Economy Planning Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, made the announcement when he moved for the House to approve a motion on the Mid-Year Fiscal Policy Review of the Budget Statement … The post Ghana

The Hohoe Magistrate Court has fined the Hohoe-Ahado Branch of the Goil Company Limited for non-payment of the company’s 2019 and 2020 property rates. The fines included a 50-penalty unit amounting to GH?600 and a compensation of GH?600 to the Hohoe Municipal Assembly. The company was brought to court on August 8, 2020 for failing … The post Court fines

A 55-year-old businessman, Nana Yaw Mantey, has been sentenced to nine years imprisonment in hard labour by a Koforidua Circuit Court for pouring acid on his 19-year old girlfriend and her mother on suspicion of infidelity. The court presided over by Mrs Mercy Adei-Kotei took into account submission of the prosecution that the accused person … The post Businessman

Ghana’s total public debt stock as a percentage of Growth Domestic Production (GDP) as of June stands at 77.1 per cent. The figure increased marginally from 76.1 percent at the end of December 2020 to 77.1 percent of GDP at the end of June 2021. Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, the Minister of Finance, who said this … The post Ghana’s public debt stands at 77.1% – Minister

Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta on Thursday says Government will not request more money for its operations for the next half of the year. “We are staying within the 2021 Appropriation,” the Minister told Parliament, in Accra. He was moving a motion to the House for the Mid-Year Fiscal Policy Review of the Budget Statement and … The post Budget

Dr Stephen Ayisi Addo, Programme Manager for the National AIDS/STI Control Programme has disclosed that most men who have sex with men in Ghana are bi-sexual, which exposes their regular female partners to risk of sexually transmitted diseases. “We have noticed in our data that a lot of the men who have sex with men … The post Most homosexuals in Ghana are