In the wake of disagreements about the government’s decision to impose a new Value Added Tax (VAT) on electricity consumers beyond the lifeline threshold, the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), the implementing agency, has raised concerns about the law imposing the tax. Although ECG and the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCO) had been directed to […]
KPMG’s audit deadline of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Ltd (SML) contract has been extended from the initial date of Tuesday, January 16, 2024, to a new date of Friday, February 23, 2024. The extension followed a request by KPMG. A statement issued by Eugene Arhin, the Director of Communications at […]
Major General Thomas Oppong-Peprah, has been appointed as the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), effective Thursday, February 1, 2024. This is part of changes in the military hierarchy made by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. This was made known in a press statement issued on Wednesday night (January 24, […]
After 150 years, 39 of the Asante royal regalia and objects looted by British troops during the third Anglo-Asante war of 1874 popularly known as Sagrenti War, are due to return to the Asantehene in Kumasi in February and April, this year, Graphic Online can reveal. The first batch of seven treasures is expected from […]
The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has instructed its members to hold off on the planned increase in transport fares. The union had initially proposed a 20% upward adjustment in fares starting January 24, 2024. The drivers attributed the move to the increasing cost of spare parts and other logistics essential for their activities, […]
Security consultant, Prof. Kwesi Aning is urging stakeholders working to restore peace in Bawku to ensure that the proposed solutions are free from any political inclination. According to him, these inclinations make it difficult to arrive at a holistic approach to resolving the violence. This comes as five persons were shot dead last week in […]
The role of parents in the running of schools, particularly at the pre-tertiary level can never be questioned. Parents are always available to offer their support to the authorities of schools to enhance learning. In many schools in the country, parents have done a lot in terms of the provision of infrastructure, including laboratories, dormitories, […]
The Central Regional House of Chiefs (CRHC) has given a clean bill of health to the first lithium mining licence the government issued to Barari DV Ltd, a subsidiary of Atlantic Lithium. The traditional rulers said although the deal was not a perfect one, they were convinced by the explanation given by the Minerals Commission […]
The Ministry of Transport has asked the public to disregard reports of a purported hike in cost of public transportation across the country. The Ghana Private Road and Transport Union (GPRTU), in a statement on Wednesday revealed that at a national management meeting held at the Trades Union House on 16th January, 2024, it was […]
The Senior Staff Association of universities in Ghana and the Federation of Universities Senior Staff Association of Ghana (FUSSAG) have declared an indefinite nationwide strike to demand better conditions of service and pension. The National Chairman of the association, Isaac Donkoh, who signed and issued a press statement indicated the decision was occasioned by the […]
The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, has stated that Ghana’s economic policies under its programme are beginning to yield the desired outcomes. She emphasised that the policy and reform commitments outlined in Ghana’s deal with the Bretton Woods Institution are in the best interest of the Ghanaian people. In a […]
The combined fortunes of the world’s five richest men have more than doubled to $869 billion since 2020 while five billion people have been made poorer, anti-poverty group Oxfam said. An Oxfam report, which comes as business elites gather this week for the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, found that a billionaire […]
