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Over 90% of banking fraud from employees – BoG
Dr Joe France, the Director of Financial Stability, Bank of Ghana has said that over 90 per cent of fraud related cases in the banking sector is associated with the employees. According to him, their investigations showed that some of the banking staff masterminded most of these frauds and urged management of Banks to be …
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Free SHS has increased government’s expenditure as GH¢73b spent – Finance Minister
Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, the Minister of Finance has said that, government’s priority programmes, including the flagship Free Senior High School (SHS) policy has caused an annual growth in expenditure to 38.8 per cent. “The annual growth of 38.8 per cent reflects a full provision made to cater for the Government’s priority programmes, including the flagship …
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Minister says Ghana e-waste plant to create 20,000 jobs, but silent on health and environmental issues
Ghana is being overwhelmed in chemicals contained in electronics waste, commonly known as e-waste. Despite donor interest and support to address the potentially explosive – environmental and public health risks, government after government has played politics with the problem. When the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta presented the 2019 budget to Parliament yesterday November 15, …
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Befesa Desalination Plant drains Ghana Water of $1.42m monthly – TUC
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 …
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Government spends GH¢927m on poverty eradication projects – Minister
A total of 2,623 poverty eradication and infrastructure projects are being implemented by Government through the Ministry of Special Development Initiatives, at the cost of GH¢927 million. The funding for the projects came from the 2018 Budget of GH¢1.2 billion allocated to the Ministry, while GH¢23 million has so far been paid to the contractors …
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Government secures $1.5b loan for education infrastructure expansion – Akufo-Addo
Government through the Ghana Education Get Fund has secured a $1.5 billion loan to expand infrastructure facilities in Senior High Schools as part of efforts to improve quality and increase access to free secondary education. The loan facility would be used to rehabilitate existing education facilities and build dormitories, assembly halls, classrooms and computer laboratories …
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