The United States Naval Forces Europe and Africa Topside Brass Band who are in Ghana, as part of their activities, performed for a Non-Governmental Organisation, Universal Wonderful Street Academy (UWSA), at Mantse Agbona in Accra. UWSA, located in Accra Central is into informal education for children between the ages of 6 and 20 years. Their […]
Cabinet has given approval for Ministers and Heads of State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) to contribute 30 percent of their salaries from April to December 2022 to the Consolidated Fund. The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, who announced this today [Thursday, March 24, 2022] at a press conference in Accra, commended the Council of State in their […]
Beginning April 1 2022, all government appointees will see their fuel allocation reduced by half as part of efforts to cushion the economy. The 50 Percent reduction in fuel allocation is seen as a major in attempts by government to ensure prudent spending in the management of the economy. The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta at […]
The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has launched a corruption league table to compile a list of the most-to-least corrupt institutions and organisations in the public sector. The corruption league table, according to the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, was an important intervention to drive down corruption in the public sector. The project, christened, the […]
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, […]
