Members of the Council of State have agreed to a 20 percent cut in their monthly allowances for the next one year in support of efforts aimed at stabilising the economy. This, the council said was in support of the 30 percent monthly salary reduction announced by the Executive. According to the council, this is […]
The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has engaged the services of 200 trainees of the Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) to help ensure that imported goods and those manufactured in the country meet acceptable standards. Known as the Trading Standards Officers (TSOs), they have been drafted in to conduct market surveillance and other activities to weed out […]
The Tamale Interchange project is nearing completion. The Ministry of Roads and Highways recently gave an assurance that the Tamale Interchange project has been undertaken in accordance with the standards and specifications of the ministry. It explained that the bridge had been designed to a 100-year life, adding that, the design went through a rigorous […]
Only 14,314 self-employed workers contribute to the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), representing some 0.8 per cent of the 1.7 million contributors on the scheme. In all, there are about 11.5 million people in the informal sector in the country. And as part of measures to reverse this trend, the national pension fund […]
This year’s Ramadan fasting is expected to start on Saturday, April 2 or Sunday, April 3, 2022, depending on the day a new moon will be sighted. If the moon is sighted on Friday, April 1, 2020, fasting will commence the next day. However, if the moon is sighted on April 2, then Sunday, April […]
Ghana is implementing innovative measures to meet all the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Osei-Opare, has said. To achieve the goals, she said, the country needed an average of $45 billion a year until 2030. In addition, she said, there was the need to ensure macroeconomic stability and the appropriate […]
The Executive Director of the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development, Prof. H. Kwasi Prempeh, has described as ‘a constitutionally correct decision’ the Supreme Court Judgement affirming the right of Deputy Speakers of Parliament to vote. “The court’s judgement is faithful to the text and structure of the constitution, as it is to the discernible intent […]
The Supreme Court has held that the 1992 Constitution does not place any restriction on a Deputy Speaker from being part of the quorum for decision-making and to vote on matters for determination. It is the considered view of the apex court that Deputy Speakers are Members of Parliament, elected as representatives of constituencies and, […]
A Nigerian national who acquired a Ghana national identification card (Ghana Card) by using false information has been convicted by the Asokore Mampong District Magistrate Court. Usman Emmanuel, a resident of Sawaba in Kumasi was convicted on the offence of falsely providing information about himself contrary to section 17 (C) of the National Identification Authority Act […]
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has disclosed that 210 Ghanaian nationals have been evacuated from Ukraine. This was after the Ministry on Wednesday received the 12th batch of 17 Ghanaian nationals at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra. The Director of Information and Public Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, […]
The Attorney-General is urging the Tema High Court to refuse a bail application filed by #FixTheCountry Movement lead convener Oliver Barker-Vormawor. Godfred Dame says he has so far failed to cooperate with police investigations and has no fixed place of abode. Mr Barker-Vormawor who is said to be unwell has put in an application for […]
The Accra-Tema passenger train service will resume full operations next week after it was suspended for nearly two years, the Ghana Railway Company Limited (GRCL) has said. The Company said it had initially planned to resume operations earlier this week after series of successful test runs, but had to reschedule to next week after another […]
