In a response to calls to review the Free Senior High School (FSHS) Education policy, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said the country needs a broader conversation on education and national development. “One of the things people are calling for is, and some say the government has to organise itself to respond to it… they talk […]
President Akufo-Addo has reinstated the suspended Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE). Abdul Mumin Issah was reinstated on Monday, August 29. This was contained in a letter signed by the Local Government Minister, Daniel Botwe sighted by JoyNews. According to the letter, his reinstatement followed a recommendation by the Western Regional Coordinating Council. “I wish to inform […]
The Auditor-General has uncovered financial irregularities amounting to about GH¢17.5 billion in the 2021 audit report of public boards and corporations and other statutory institutions. It represents a 36 per cent jump from the 2020 figure of GH¢12.85 billion. In the last five years, financial irregularities in public boards and corporations have hit over GH¢50.8 […]
A Deputy Minister of Finance, Dr John Ampontuah Kumah has assured that the government on Monday (August 29, 2022), received the full loan amount of $750 million from the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) but $37 million from the facility was set aside for debt service obligations. His comments come after the ranking member on the […]
The Auditor-General’s report for 2021 has revealed that some academic programmes offered by the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have not been accredited. The report dated June 1, 2022, is addressed to the Speaker of Parliament, Mr. Alban Bagbin. According to details of the report, “out of the 360 programmes run by […]
Fifty-seven postgraduate research students of the School of Graduate Studies, University of Cape Coast (UCC) have been awarded GHS 300,000 research grant to enable them produce timely and quality research work. Out of eighty-two (82) applications received by the School, fifty-seven (57) applicants – four (4) PhD and fifty-three (53) MPhil students – were chosen. […]
Workers across the country have started receiving the monthly 15 per cent Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) agreed upon between the government and Organised Labour. The Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) credited workers account with the allowance today (August 29, 2022). The July 2022 arrears and that of August 2022 were paid together. The […]
The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) is to ban aircraft that are above 20 years from using the country’s airspace. The measure is meant to, among other things, ensure the safety of passengers and crew, as well as their comfort while en route to and from Ghana. Consequently, the GCAA will soon issue a new […]
The Forestry Commission has confirmed that a man who reportedly jumped into the lion enclosure at the Accra Zoo Sunday afternoon and was attacked by a lion has been pronounced dead. He died from injuries sustained and the body has been conveyed to the morgue. The motive of the intruder is yet to be determined. His lifeless […]
The Commissioner of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Colonel Kwadwo Damoah (retd), has said he is fully cooperating with the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) in investigations into some aspects of the operations of the division. “I have been cooperating fully with the OSP. I responded to an OSP invitation […]
The absence of directional signs to tourist sites and inaccessible roads have been cited among challenges affecting the promotion of 25 tourism sites identified in 10 regions. The tourism sites, located in the Greater Accra, Central, Western, Eastern, Volta, Ashanti, Northern, Upper West, Upper East and Bono East Regions, also do not have adequate souvenirs […]
The Founder and Leader of the United Progressive Party (UPP), Akwasi Addai ‘Odike’ has explained his inability to appear before the Kumasi Traditional Council on Thursday. According to him, he failed to show up because he has been banished from entering the Manhyia Palace. Mr. Akwasi Addai said this in an interview on Joy FM‘s Top Story. […]
