President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has granted a presidential pardon to former National Coordinator of the defunct Ghana Youth Employment and Entrepreneurial Development Agency (GYEEDA), Mr Abuga Pele on health grounds. Pele was released on July 1, 2021 Graphic Online gathers. He was serving a six-year jail term for causing financial loss to the state. However, he was […]
The Commercial Division of the Accra High Court has dismissed an application by Power Distribution Services (PDS) challenging the cancellation of its operation licences following the termination of a concession agreement for it to manage the assets of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). Last year, PDS dragged the government to the High Court with […]
The Wa Central MP, Abdul-Rashid Pelpuo, has demanded an apology from the military over the brutality meted to some of his constituents on Thursday. Speaking to JoyNews, Mr Pelpuo said he expects the military also to take up the medical bills and compensate the victims for the “dehumanising” activity they were subjected to. He stressed […]
The Zongo Development Fund has commissioned projects that will impact the lives of Zongo people in terms of increase in school enrollment, improvement in sanitation, healthcare and promotion of security. The exercise which covered the Central, Western, Western North, Eastern, Volta and Oti regions was led by the Chief Executive Officer of the Fund, Dr […]
A week-long massive clean-up exercise has commenced at the Onion market and scrapyard area at the Agbogbloshie Market in Accra to bring sanity to the area and secure the land for future development. This follows the relocation of most of the traders in onion and scrap dealers from the area to a new site at […]
The National Identification Authority (NIA) says it has achieved 84.44 percent (15,581,283) of its enrolment target as of June 28, 2021. That, it said exceeded its target of 80 percent of the population aged 15 years and above. The Executive Secretary of the NIA, Prof Ken Attafuah said this at the meet the press series […]
Government has banned trucks loaded with onions, from off-loading goods at the Agbogbloshie Market in Accra, with immediate effect. The Greater Accra Region Minister, Henry Quartey, who gave the directive on Monday, explained that it is part of measures to ensure that traders comply with the July 1, relocation deadline. Onion sellers and cattle rearers […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has accepted the request from the Ghana Journalists Association to honour four previous journalists of the year with vehicles who till date have not received any reward for their award. President Akufo-Addo donated a made in Ghana VW sedan for the 2020 Journalist of the Year and said he felt […]
After days of anticipation, the 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC) took off yesterday with many people enthused about being counted as enumerators begun door-to-door collection of census data from households within the territorial borders of Ghana. Last week, the build-up to the exercise started as the officials went round listing structures and prompting people […]
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) Sunday started the actual enumeration of people, starting with those in transit. Enumerators in the 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC) visited various places to count people in homeless households in makeshift structures and open spaces, described as “outside sleepers”, people who were in transit, those at transport terminals, those who […]
The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has deployed systems that allow members of the scheme to merge their SSNIT and NIA numbers (Personal ID Numbers on their Ghana Cards). The merger will provide convenience and comfort for members as they will only use one card, the Ghana Card, for all transactions with the Trust. […]
The government’s intervention to absorb water bills for all Ghanaians as part of its fight against the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic will end on June 30, 2021. A statement issued by the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources said “effective July 1, 2021, all consumers/customers of the Ghana Water Company Limited, the Community Water and […]
