The Government Statistician, Professor Samuel Kobina Annim, presented the latest Consumer Price Inflation (CPI) data today in Accra, revealing a notable slowdown in the inflation rate by 3.2 percentage points. Inflation decreased to 23.2 per cent in December 2023, down from 26.4 per cent in November 2023. The year-on-year inflation drop marks the fifth consecutive […]
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Public sector workers overpaid – Government Statistician
The Government Statistician, Professor Samuel Kobina Annim, has said workers in the public sector are generally overpaid for work done. The Government Statistician said averagely, public sector workers were paid double for their output. He has, therefore, called for the creation of a Public Productivity Committee of Parliament to work like the Public Accounts Committee […]
We are 30.8m: Female, male population almost at par – 20% structures are wooden, metal, kiosks
The country’s population has reached 30.8 million, according to a preliminary report from the 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC) conducted by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS). The Chief Census Officer and Government Statistician, Professor Samuel Kobina Annim, who announced this yesterday, said there had been an annual intercensal growth rate of 2.1 per cent, […]