Mr John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has declared that if he emerges victorious in the 2024 elections, his appointed ministers and officials will no longer receive ex-gratia payments. In his acceptance speech following his election as the NDC’s flagbearer on Monday, May 15, 2023, the former president highlighted his […]
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Ministers, Heads of SOEs to contribute 30% of salaries to consolidated fund – Finance Minister
Cabinet has given approval for Ministers and Heads of State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) to contribute 30 percent of their salaries from April to December 2022 to the Consolidated Fund. The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, who announced this today [Thursday, March 24, 2022] at a press conference in Accra, commended the Council of State in their […]
Meet the ministers who have lost their jobs in Akufo-Addo’s 2nd term
Some former ministers of state will not be part of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s new administration. This was confirmed by the list of minister-nominees released by the presidency on Thursday, January 21. After the president was sworn into office for his second term, he decided to reduce the number of his ministers from 126 […]
Chief of Staff, Ministers and Gov’t appointees donate 50% of their salaries to COVID-19 Fund
All Ministers of State, the Chief of Staff at the Office of the President, the deputy Chiefs of Staff, Secretary to the President, Secretary to the Cabinet, Presidential Staffers and Presidential Aides at the Presidency have decided to donate fifty percent (50%) of their salaries, for the next three months, i.e. April, May and June, […]
Ministerial reshuffle imminent as Akufo-Addo assesses performance of Ministers, Meets MMDCEs today
A Ministerial reshuffle is imminent following a meeting between President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Ministers in his government. The meeting which took place yesterday, Wednesday April 17 2019 was to afford the president the opportunity to assess the performance of the Ministers in their respective portfolios. It will be recalled that a similar Ministerial […]