The Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture, Yaw Frimpong Addo, has admitted that prices of food are soaring in the country but assured Ghanaians that food prices will become stable soon. According to him, the current hike in food prices is because of the weather condition and this is seasonal and would be brought under […]
The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana has dismissed claims that the shortage of fertilizers largely across the northern part of Ghana is as a result smuggling. ” There’s no fertilizers to be smuggled so then i think if anyone attributes to the recent shortages of fertilizers to smuggling then that can not be accurate,” he […]
The coalition of Concerned Teachers has revealed that the government through the Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed teachers to stop using the new curriculum for basic schools which implementation begin last month and return to using the old one. It is recalledthat somewhere April 2019, the Director General of the Ghana Education Service, Prof. […]
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) wishes to inform the general public that this year’s edition of the popular annual street art festival, Chale Wote would be held virtually. This has become necessary due to the surge in the COVID-19 cases and in compliance with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s 26th update on the COVID-19 protocols […]
Professor Ransford Gyampo of the University of Ghana has said that the Electoral Commission (EC) erred in directing the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to submit their proposed electoral reforms to the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC). Professor Gyampo said IPAC is not the right forum for a political party to present its proposals to. […]
A former Executive Director of the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), Mr Vitus Azeem believes that the incorruptible credential Mr Akufo-Addo touted before the 2016 and 2020 elections was just a rhetoric. He said the President has demonstrated in is actions that he cannot fight graft in the country. Mr Azeem was reacting to the way […]
The Auditor General has revealed in his report that two former staff of the Commission who resigned in 2015 and 2016 financial years respectively had an outstanding loan of GH¢15,788.16 as at the end of the year 2019. To that end, the report said “We recommended to Management to ensure that the outstanding balance is […]
Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), Professor Kofi Abotsi has indicated that forensic capacity is key in fighting crimes. Without that, he said, there will be a serious challenge in dealing with criminal issues in the society. Speaking at the Thought Leadership Forum on the theme ‘Examining […]
The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers Ghana, (COPEC) has called on the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) and the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to go after some 28 oil marketing companies (OMCs) who have allegedly evaded taxes to the tune of over 200 million cedis. The details were captured in the 2020 auditor general’s report which reveals […]
A former Deputy Minister of Information Felix Kwahye Ofosu has expressed shock at the way and manner President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo chose to react to the calls for the Health Minister Kwaku Agyeman-mnau to resign or be sacked over the botched Sputnik V contract. Mr Akufo-Addo on Tuesday August 10 hilariously introduced the underfire […]
The Acting Auditor General, Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu has noted in his report for the year ending December 2020 that the accounts department of the National Service Scheme (NSS) could not produce five (5) booklets of General Counterfoil Receipt Books (GCR) issued to Cashiers and Schedule Officers at the Farms and offices for our audit. To […]
Chelsea have re-signed striker Romelu Lukaku from Inter Milan for £97.5m. The 28-year-old Belgian returns to Stamford Bridge on a five-year deal, having left the Blues to join Everton for £28m in 2014. The fee is just short of the British transfer record of £100m paid by Manchester City for Jack Grealish. “I came here as […]
The Acting Auditor General, Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu, has appealed to the appointing authority to promptly constitute the board of the various organizations that do not have theirs yet. He said the absnce of the baord is hamperin the work of these orgnaisations. In his report for the year ended December 2020, he said all the […]
The board of the African University College of Communications (AUCC) has denied media reports that the University failed to pay GHS4.7million as buyout of Venture Capital Trust Fund (VCTF) 30% stake. AUCC said in a statement on Thursday August 12 that the management is shocked by “a false story published by a radio station, online […]
Every press conference Samuel Boadu has been in since he won the double this season has followed a certain pattern – a pattern of gratitude. The young coach has been extremely grateful to the Phobian family for believing, supporting him and making him feel he could do it for the club even when the odds […]
As part of efforts to strengthen the resolve to fight crime, the Acting Inspector-General of Police (Ag. IGP) Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, has today August 12, 2021 launched the Horse Patrol operations at the National Joint Operations Headquarters-Accra. The patrol, which is part of the Ghana Police Service’s method of crime prevention and detection, will […]
UN human rights experts urged Ghana’s Government to reject a proposed ‘family values’ bill, saying it seeks to establish a system of State-sponsored discrimination and violence against the LGBTI community. The bill’s first reading took place on August 2, 2021, and its consideration is expected to resume in October 2021. “The draft legislation argues that […]
Rapper Amerado expressed his disappointment in Ghanaians for failing to accept his music craft for many years. Until his recent appearance on the Tim Westwood show. Discussing his musical journey with MzGee on NewDay, Amerado pointed out that the recent praises and support was only after his rap session on the Tim West hood. He […]
The Electoral Commission has directed the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to submit all their electoral proposals to the Interparty advisory committee (IPAC). The EC said they do not deal with individual political parties, rather it is the IPAC hat does that. “We don’t deal with individual parties, and IPAC is designed to promote […]
The Board of Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) has at its meeting on Thursday August 12, 2021, confirmed Ing. Ebenezer Essienyi, as Chief Executive of the company. This follows the nomination of Ing. Essienyi by the President of the Republic, His Excellency, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Ing. Essienyi, who is a member of the Senior […]
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