UWR: 75-year-old widow builds toilet with GHS100.00 borrowed from banking firm in Daffiama/Bussie/Issa District

Madam Georgina Kyeremaalo, a 75-year-old widow, has constructed a toilet facility for a household of 15 from money she borrowed from a Village Savings and Loans Association (VSLA) introduced by UNICEF to empower women. The cost of constructing is estimated at GHS100.00 and covered the payment of services, roofing sheets, moulding of bricks and digging […]

EC sells voters’ data to private company-raises concerns about breach of privacy

The report of the Auditor-General on Special Audits carried out on selected state institutions in the year 2018 has made a shocking revelation that the Electoral Commission (EC) has sold the data of voters to a private company for money. The private company, Bysystem Limited, subsequently, sold the electoral data to financial service providers for […]

Beneficiaries of GES/SIC insurance policy receive over GHC 126,000.00 in payments

The Ghana Education Service (GES) in collaboration with the State Insurance Company (SIC) has presented over GHC 126,000.00 to seven beneficiaries of the SICLife policy introduced for teaching and non-teaching staff of the Service. Among the beneficiaries are Mr Kofi Nartey, who was attacked by robbers and Madam Yohebeth Anyadi, who is undergoing treatment for […]

Ghana Card registration progresses smoothly 

But for isolated hitches, the registration of persons for the Ghana Card in some parts of Accra West is progressing smoothly, visits by The Finder to some selected centres have revealed. Reporters paid visits to some centres within Accra East which includes; Accra Girls, Ayawaso North Municipal Assembly, Officers Mess, 37, Jubilee International Churches and […]

EC blows millions without approvals, no supporting documents – A-G

The report of the Auditor-General on Special Audits carried out on selected state institutions in the year 2018 has uncovered several infractions at the Electoral Commission (EC) running into hundreds millions of cedis. The infractions, which mainly took place between 2014 and 2016, involves expenses related to the 2016 general elections. The Auditor-General has directed […]