The Auditor-General has asked the Head of the Plant Protection and Regulatory Services Directorate to recover an outstanding debt of GH₵1,350,252 from the Cocoa Marketing Company. The amount was owed the Directorate between February 2019 and December 2020 for the risk-based inspection and phytosanitary certification of cocoa beans in the Western, Greater Accra and Ashanti […]
A former Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, has urged the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to follow the traditions and principles of the Party to win the support of the people in its quest to retain power in 2024. He said members of the Party must shun monecracy and abide by the tenets of […]
The National President of the Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GNCCI), Mr Clement Osei-Amoako has appealed to Ghanaians and businessmen to desist from buying the dollar and hoarding them, as he lamented that the practice was hurting the economy. He explained that the buying of the United States dollar and other foreign currencies […]
The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) is losing some of its sensitive installations in Accra, including cables used to direct pilots during landing and take-off. This is due to increasing attacks on the authority’s properties in the La Nkwantanang and the La Dadekotopon municipalities. Among the installations are the main signal-receiving station near Madina and […]
The Auditor-General’s 2021 report has revealed that 374 academic programmes at the University of Ghana are unaccredited. Out of the 374 courses, 14 of them are Diploma programmes, 80 out of the 374 programmes are Undergraduate courses, Post-Graduate unaccredited courses are 213, and 67 PhD courses. According to the Auditors, “We noted that the University […]
The opening of the flood gates of the Bagre and Kompienga dams in Burkina Faso will commence on Thursday, September 1, 2022. This is following the rapid rising of the upstream level of the two dams in Burkina Faso. Graphic Online’s Mohammed Fugu reports that as of Wednesday (August 31, 2022), the water level of […]
In a response to calls to review the Free Senior High School (FSHS) Education policy, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said the country needs a broader conversation on education and national development. “One of the things people are calling for is, and some say the government has to organise itself to respond to it… they talk […]
The 27.15 per cent power tariff increment for the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), as approved by the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), takes effect from today. With its implementation, however, customers, depending on the category and consumption, will be paying slightly more, with the calculations, the inclusion of the statutory charges for VAT, as […]
Nuclear technology has been incorporated into the country’s power generation mix, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced. He said the move was in consonance with the global collective commitment to the sustainable availability of power and the peaceful exploitation of nuclear energy for the benefit of citizens to enhance rapid industrialisation and propel economic […]
President Akufo-Addo has reinstated the suspended Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE). Abdul Mumin Issah was reinstated on Monday, August 29. This was contained in a letter signed by the Local Government Minister, Daniel Botwe sighted by JoyNews. According to the letter, his reinstatement followed a recommendation by the Western Regional Coordinating Council. “I wish to inform […]
The Auditor-General has uncovered financial irregularities amounting to about GH¢17.5 billion in the 2021 audit report of public boards and corporations and other statutory institutions. It represents a 36 per cent jump from the 2020 figure of GH¢12.85 billion. In the last five years, financial irregularities in public boards and corporations have hit over GH¢50.8 […]
A Deputy Minister of Finance, Dr John Ampontuah Kumah has assured that the government on Monday (August 29, 2022), received the full loan amount of $750 million from the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) but $37 million from the facility was set aside for debt service obligations. His comments come after the ranking member on the […]
