The National Identification Authority (NIA) says about 800,000 Ghana cards are yet to be picked up by the owners from NIA’s regional and district offices across the country. According to the NIA the non-collection of printed cards is creating storage challenges for them. “Our immediate challenge has to do with cards that have been printed […]
An unidentified young man has been stoned to death by a mentally challenged woman. The incident is reported to have happened on Monday afternoon atop the Kwame Nkrumah Circle. In a video circulating on social media, the unknown man was seen lying in a pool of blood with a large stone near his right hand. […]
The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on Monday inaugurated the first phase of 100-kilometres of rehabilitated Kumasi inner city roads. Dubbed, “Rehabilitation and Auxiliary Infrastructure of Kumasi Inner Ring and Adjacent Streets Project,” it is a turnkey project, in line with the vision of the Akufo-Addo led government to provide an integrated urban transport system responsive to the […]
Varied public opinion and discussions have greeted the decision by the Independent Examinations Committee (IEC) of the General Legal Council (GLC) not to disclose the pass mark for this year’s entrance examination into the Ghana School of Law (GSL), and also for the candidates to sign an undertaking not to challenge the results. Critics including […]
The government has released GH¢57.460 million to the 46 colleges of education (CoEs) for the feeding and allowances of teacher trainees. The Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, who disclosed this, noted that the government was committed to the education of teacher trainees and would do all it could to ensure smooth academic activities […]
The government has made a part payment of GH¢50 million to the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) for the money it owes the council for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates. With the payment, it is now left with about GH¢46.7 million, which is the outstanding arrears to be cleared […]
The Ministry of Roads and Highways has clarified that the government has not reinstated toll collection across the country. In a press statement issued Tuesday (July 26, 2022) evening to clarify the Finance Minister’s Statement on the Collection of Road Tolls in the 2022 Mid-Year Budget Review, the ministry stated: “the government has not reinstated toll collection across the country.” […]
Deputy Minister of Roads and Highways, Stephen Jalula has explained that the government’s policy to cancel collection of road toll remains in force. His explanation comes on the back of the Finance Minister’s announcement that the Accra-Tema Motorway will be tolled after the rehabilitation and extension project is completed. “The Government of Ghana shall provide […]
The free senior high school programme (SHS) and the technical and vocational education training (TVET) is not under review, the Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta has said. He added that the government has so far spent GH¢5.3 billion on the programme and that those who have benefited are about 1.26 million children across the […]
Commuters on the Accra-Tema motorway will start paying tolls again after the completion of expansion works on the road. Similarly, users of other newly constructed roads would also have to pay road tolls to use those roads. The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta said this when he presented the Mid-year budget review statement in Parliament […]
Parliament last Friday passed the Tax Exemptions Bill, 2022 to provide for a tax exemption regime in the country. The bill will set clear eligibility criteria for tax exemptions and provide for the monitoring, evaluation and enforcement of exemptions. When assented to by the President, it will strengthen the monitoring role of the Ministry of […]
Samuel Koku Anyidoho, the founder of the Atta-Mills Institute has reacted to criticisms that he has arrogated the name of former President John Evans Atta-Mills to himself without recourse to his [Mills] family. He has also been accused of engaging with the government to refurbish the Asomdwee Park, the final resting place of the late […]
