The Minister for Local Government, Hajia Alima Mahama, has said that the set of appointees nominated by President Akufo-Addo for 212 Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) announced on Wednesday, have been “received well.” According to her, some incidents of resistance and agitation by residents in a few districts and municipalities against some of the nominees were […]

Ghana’s provisional annual growth rate for 2016 stands at 3.5 per cent, down from 3.9 percent in 2015, acting government statistician Baah Wadieh said on Wednesday. Speaking at a press conference to announce the rate, Mr Wadieh said for the year 2016, the Services sector recorded a year-on-year GDP growth rate of 5.7 per cent. […]

Now Available Africa, a pan African advertising agency based in Ghana has held a press briefing in Accra aimed at striping aspirations out of smoking teenage girls in Ghana dubbed “SKY Girls” movement. The SKY Girls movement, which is a movement to motivate a confident and strong generation of young women is spearheaded by a […]

The year-on-year inflation from the Producer Price Index (PPI) for all industry rose to 6.0 per cent in March 2017, from the 5.4 per cent recorded in February. The rate shows a 0.6 percentage point increase relative to the rate recorded in February 2017. “The month-on-month change in the producer price index between February 2017 […]

Mr Philip Kofi Ntiamoah, a retired Principal Auditor has appealed to the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament, to ensure that all public funds misappropriated were recovered. He said it would be prudent that supplementary budget was prepared in addition to the recoveries and made public as well. Mr Ntiamoah, who is a former Assemblyman for […]

The West Africa Health Organisation (WAHO) on Wednesday donated ten Suzuki TF 125 motor bikes to the Ministry of Health in Accra. The motor bikes valued at GH¢160, 000.00 come with helmets and jackets and was to be delivered to the Mental Health Authority (MHA) and Traditional Medicine Authority (TMA) to facilitate health delivery especially […]