The government and Organised Labour have agreed on a 15 per cent Cost of Living Allowance (COLA). This takes effect from July 1, 2022 and will be paid at a rate of 15 per cent of base pay. The negotiations between the government side and Organised Labour concluded on Thursday evening This was made known at a […]
The National Teaching Council (NTC) has given all in-service non-qualified teachers up to 2024 to get themselves trained as teachers, else the law will kick them out of the classroom. “By 2024, if you are not a trained teacher, you cannot be allowed to practise,” the acting Director, Licensing and Registration of Teachers at the […]
The rehabilitation of the Ofankor-Nsawam road will begin next Wednesday, the Ministry of Roads and Highways has stated. The scheduled works on the 33.4 km stretch, which forms part of the AccraKumasi road network, are expected to last for two years, ending in July 2024. Funded by the government, the project will be undertaken by […]
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has stated that the Lands Commission rightly exercised its constitutional mandate to protect public lands when it demolished structures on state lands at Mpehuasem, East Legon in Accra. The Deputy Minister in charge of Land and Forestry, Benito Owusu-Bio, explained that the demolition exercise carried out near Ideal […]
The Mid-Year Review of the Budget Statement and Economic Policy of the Government and Supplementary Estimate for the 2022 financial year in Parliament has been postponed to July 27, 2022. The review is in pursuance of the Public Financial Management Act, 2016 (Act 921). The Majority Leader and the Leader of Government Business in Parliament, […]
The Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) has released GH¢12 million as loans without guarantees to students in tertiary institutions across the country. A total of 10,000 students from 148 tertiary institutions in the country accessed the loan which is the first payment since the “No Guarantor Loan Scheme” was launched a month ago. The Chief […]
The police in Weija have arrested two persons for possessing a freshly chopped-off male head. The suspects, who are currently in police custody, are Samuel Amemasi, 32, and Joseph Kwesi Mawuwone, 23. Police sources that confirmed the arrest to the Daily Graphic yesterday said the person whose head was cut off was yet to be […]
The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has urged the general public to ignore any recruitment advertisement on social media platforms. The GAF also advised members of the public not to pay attention to persons purporting to offer enlistment into the Armed Forces. “The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has monitored a fraudulent Facebook account created in the […]
JoyNews understands that MP for Dome-Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo has failed to appear before Parliament’s Privileges Committee to answer questions on why she has been absenting herself from proceedings of the House. Her failure to attend parliamentary proceedings was referred to the Committee by Speaker Alban Bagbin for the necessary action. Two other NPP MPs, […]
Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul, has pleaded with workers unions to exercise patience with the government as it negotiates with the International Monetary Fund for a bailout. According to him, if the government had the means to meet their demands, there would be no need for the ongoing strike actions some of the unions are on, […]
The National Identification Authority has reacted to a widely circulated video of national identification cards left at the mercy of the elements at its Sowotuom Office in Accra. In a statement, the NIA said the 2D-barcode cards printed between 2008 and 2014 had outlived their 10-year life span and are awaiting destruction. “The cards have […]
A former Attorney-General, Ayikoi Otoo, has withdrawn from the race to become the National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). The former High Commissioner to Canada had earlier pledged to whip up the attention of ministers and government appointees to the needs of the party for these to be provided, if he won the […]
