The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) is in the final stages of re-basing the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which helps to calculate consumer inflation, to reflect the current expenditure and consumptions patterns of the citizens. According to the GSS, the re-basing of the CPI means bringing in more products and services onto the CPI basket, to show current expenditure and consumption [...] The post GSS
Consolidated Bank Ghana (CBG) Limited has announced that customers who operated fixed deposit accounts with defunct Beige Bank cannot make withdrawals for the next ten days. This, according to the bank, has become necessary to enable CBG to address accounting anomalies in the fixed deposit accounts between Beige Bank and its related company, Beige Capital Asset Management (BCAM). The CBG [...] The post Defunct
The Kwahu South District Assembly has cut sod for the commencement of a three-unit classroom block with ancillary facilities for the Bepong Senior High School as part of efforts to enhance the government’s Free Senior High School programme. The project, which was to deal with the inadequate classrooms facing the school had been awarded to Dans Rock Limited, a construction [...] The post Bepong
The Nursing and Midwifery Council of Ghana has denied issuing directives on the 2018/2019 admission quota for the nursing and midwifery training colleges. It has therefore urged the general public to disregard any letter that purport to have originated from the council detailing out directives on the quota. This was contained in a statement issued by the management of the [...] The post ‘We
A governance expert, Dr Eric Oduro Osae, has stated that the ministerial reshuffle would energise the Akufo-Addo-led administration to deliver the electoral promises made to the citizenry, as election 2020 approaches. He explained that the vacancy created at the Energy Ministry, as a result of the dismissal of Boakye Agyarko, might have necessitated the early release of the reshuffled list [...] The post Oduro
The Gunther Frey International School at Tuba in the Ga South municipality on Saturday held its third graduation. He displayed their skills in poetry recitation and cultural artistry to the admiration of the teachers and parents. The school was established in 2006 to provide access to basic school to Tuba, a fast growing community in the municipality. [...] The post Gunther
An all girls seven-member team will represent Ghana at this year’s First Global Robotics competition in México City, United States of America, from August 15 to August 18, 2018. The yearly international robotics challenge is aimed at whipping up interests for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) in youth across the world. Made up of students from Cape Coast based [...] The post 7
The Auditor-General (A-G), has cited nine assemblies in the Brong-Ahafo Region that spent over GH¢500,000 of the District Assemblies’ Common Fund (DACF) on goods and services but cannot provide receipts. The 2017 Auditor-General’s report has blamed the irregularity on poor supervision by the finance officers and has demanded that the district coordinating directors and finance officers at the assemblies refund [...] The post A-G
The Chairman-elect of the Church of Pentecost, Apostle Eric Nyamekye has stated that churches in Ghana cannot insulate themselves from blame over the rot in the country. He explained that the church is supposed to be the pillar of truth and a framework upon which all arms of governance must look up to as a shining example to operate but [...] The post ‘Corrupt people are in the church’ appeared
Prince Bagnaba Mba, President of Forum for Equity, human rights nongovernmental organisation (NGO) has stated that putting ministers and Members of Parliament (MPs) and metropolitan, municipal and district chief executives (MMDCEs) in buses among presidential convoys was a perilous venture. “I agree with the President that sometimes the convoys become very long because ministers, MPs and MMDCEs join, but I [...] The post NGO:
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