The Medical and Dental Council says it has suspended the licenses of doctors who were involved in the trafficking of two babies. Speaking to Citi News, the acting Registrar of the Council, Dr. Divine Ndonbi Banyubala says the doctors involved will have their facilities shut down. The action taken by the council is in line […] The post Medical and Dental
The Ghana Police Service has exhumed a body partially buried in Kpaguri a suburb of the Wa Municipality. “The body revealed was a male adult aged about 30 years, stands at about 6 feet tall and was seen wearing a pair of jeans trousers and a T – shirt”, the Inspector Gideon Ohen Boateng said […] The post U/W: Police retrieve body of 30-year-old
Some new names have popped in President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s latest ministerial appointments for his second term. In all, fifteen new persons have so far been selected as Ministers. Four are Ministers, while the other eleven are Regional Ministers. Below is a breakdown of the new Ministers Ministers Samuel Abdulai Jinapor – Lands and […] The post New
The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC), the statutory body with oversight responsibility of the management and use of the country’s petroleum revenues, has elected Professor Kwame Adom-Frimpong as its new chairman. Professor Adom-Frimpong, who represents the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana (ICAG) on the Committee, was elected in a unanimous decision by the Committee, […] The post PIAC
President Akufo-Addo has appointed 8 women into ministerial positions in his second term of office. They include the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tano North in the Ahafo Region and former Deputy Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Freda Prempeh, who has been nominated as Minister of State-Designate for Works and Housing. The former […] The post Akufo-Addo
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Okaikwei South, Madam Dakoa Newman has made donations to students and school managements within the constituency. Madam Newman made the donations on Thursday, January 21, 2021. According to her, the gesture forms part of her numerous plans to help develop the human capacities of the constituency. The items she […] The post Dakoa
President Akufo-Addo has nominated former Executive Director of the National Service Scheme and Member of Parliament for Yagaba-Kubori, Mustapha Ussif as the new Sports Minister replacing Isaac Asiamah. The presidency released the full list of ministerial appointments for the next government in a statement on Thursday, January 21, 2021, and has submitted it to Parliament […] The post Former
President Akufo-Addo has nominated the Member of Parliament for Yagaba-Kubori, Mustapha Yussif as the new Sports Minister replacing Isaac Asiamah. The presidency released the full list of ministerial appointments for the next government in a statement on Thursday, January 21, 2021, and has submitted it to Parliament for vetting and approval. The Yagaba-Kubori MP currently […] The post Mustapha
Ibrahim Mohammed Awal, the former Minister for Business Development, is on the list of the forty-six (46) Ministers-designate President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has presented to Parliament for vetting and approval. He has been appointed to take charge of the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture, which hitherto was handled by Barbara Oteng Gyasi, with […] The post Awal
Some six Ministers in President Nana Akufo-Addo’s first term of office have been given different portfolios in the new government. Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, who previously headed the Ministry of Education and saw the implementation of the free Senior High School policy, is now the Minister-designate for Energy while Dan Botwe who was the former […] The post Six
The Member of Parliament for Old Tafo, Vincent Ekow Assafuah says the events ahead of the inauguration of the eighth Parliament was disheartening due to the “indiscipline and rowdiness”. In an interview on Eyewitness News with Umaru Sanda Amadu, the former PRO of the Education Ministry says he witnessed the first indiscipline was “the Ashaiman MP pushing […] The post I
Fifteen ministers in the central government have maintained their portfolios in President Akufo-Addo’s second term. The presidency released the full list of ministerial appointments for the next government in a statement. The names have been submitted to Parliament for vetting and approval. Find below full statement from the Presidency The post 15 ministers maintain portfolio
Fifteen ministers in the central government have maintained their portfolios in President Akufo-Addo’s second term. The presidency released the full list of ministerial appointments for the next government in a statement on Thursday, January 21, 2021. The names have been submitted to Parliament for vetting and approval. Among the returning Ministers are Albert Kan Dapaah […] The post 15
Nineteen ministers have maintained their portfolios in President Akufo-Addo’s second term. The presidency released the full list of ministerial appointments for the next government in a statement on Thursday, January 21, 2021. The names have been submitted to Parliament for vetting and approval. Among the returning Ministers are Albert Kan Dapaah with the National Security […] The post 19
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has called on the leadership of both sides of the House to help streamline the motion filed by the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga. The motion which seeks to get the President to suspend the payment of fees in public tertiary educational institutions for a […] The post Bagbin
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer for the 2020 polls, John Mahama, has argued that denying him the opportunity to serve interrogatories on the Electoral Commission (EC) will damage his election petition case at the Supreme Court. Mahama’s concern is contained in his fresh application seeking to halt the election petition until the Supreme Court […] The post Supreme
The Department of Social Welfare has debunked the notion that the application process for child adoption is cumbersome. This comes on the back of the arrest of some 11 persons in connection with baby harvesting and human trafficking at some health centres in Accra. The group sold two baby boys for GHS30,000 and GHS28,000 respectively. […] The post Baby
Five thousand public accounting officers in the country are to be trained in International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) accredited certification. The e-learning training programme, which begins today android ends in December this year, aims at sharpening the skills of the accounting officers to ensure efficiency in the public sector financial management system. The acting […] The post 5,000
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will not appoint Deputy Regional Ministers in his second term of office, a statement from the Presidency has announced. He has also realigned seven Ministries – Aviation, Business Development, Inner City and Zongo Development, Monitoring and Evaluation, Planning, Regional Re-organisation and Development, and Special Development Initiatives and abolished the Senior […] The post Nana
In my most recent piece, I promised to further discuss in a series of short articles some of the key political, social, and economic trends that have been clearly revealed by the results of the 2020 elections. In this article, I would like to examine just one aspect of the new approach to voting that […] The post Goosie Tanoh Writes: Ghana’s
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