Organised Labour has reiterated that the agreement it had with the government in December last year to grant exemption to all pension funds in the Domestic Debt Exchange programme (DDEP) is final. In a statement dated February 1, 2023 reacting to the government’s revised DDEP on January 31 and extension of the deadline, Organised Labour reiterated […]
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) cannot trace the directors of 23 companies that are indebted to it to the tune of millions of Ghana cedis. The 23 companies — which are not operating — are mostly steel firms, and are part of 27 companies that were indebted to the ECG to the tune of […]
A financial support scheme to cushion Ghanaians to meet their rent demands has been launched in Accra. Known as the National Rental Assistance Scheme (NRAS), the intervention is expected to provide low-interest loans for qualified applicants to enable them to pay their rent in advance. The Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, who launched the scheme in […]
The four people charged for the respective breaches of the Public Procurement Act, 2003 (Act 663) in their operations at the Northern Development Authority (NDA) were today arraigned at the High Court in Tamale. They are Chief Executive Officer of the NDA, Sumalia Abdul-Rahman; the Deputy Chief Executive (Operations) of the NDA, Stephen Yir-eru Engmen; the […]
The Bui Power Authority (BPA) has been advised to expedite its rate of recovering a $614, 373,274.36 debt owed it by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). This is because the money owed the power generator has been indicated to be adversely affecting its ability to operate effectively and deliver on its mandate. The Chairman […]
The Ghana Federation of Labour (GFL) has recommended a 50 per cent haircut on the salaries and emoluments of Article 71 Office Holders as part of the Debt Restructuring Programme and to reduce the pressure on the public purse. These include the President and Vice, the Speaker of Parliament, Chief Justice, and Justices of the […]
The Education Minister and the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES) were the only ones given access and passwords to approve protocol placement into Category A senior high schools. This was to curb fraud, but The Fourth Estate‘s investigations found that placement into such schools happened through a network of intermediaries that included cleaners and […]
The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has launched a manhunt for a Lebanese described as a member of an international organised criminal syndicate that defrauds people. Naji Khalil has been on the wanted list of EOCO since June 2022, after he was jailed for five years in absentia for fraud by an Accra Circuit […]
The Vice-President, Dr Mahamadu Bawumia, has called for a bi-partisan approach to fix the prevailing economic challenges in the country. He said the government was also working assiduously to address the difficulties the people were going through. Dr Bawumia made the call during a courtesy call on him by the General Superintendent of the Assemblies […]
The Forestry Commission (FC) has burnt some mining equipment seized from illegal miners operating within forest reserves in the Ashanti Region. The equipment include 12 excavators, 12 heavy duty pumping machines and make-shift wooden housing structures. The mining equipment were seized at the Bunusu portion of the Oda River Forest Reserve and the Koboro-Odaho portions […]
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released provisional results for the 2022 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for both school and private candidates. The subject results of 416 school candidates and three private candidates have been cancelled for the offence of either bringing foreign materials into the examination hall or colluding with other candidates. Aside […]
Pope Francis criticised laws that criminalize homosexuality as “unjust,” saying God loves all his children just as they are and called on Catholic bishops who support the laws to welcome LGBTQ people into the church. “Being homosexual isn’t a crime,” Francis said during an interview Tuesday with The Associated Press. Francis acknowledged that Catholic bishops […]
