The date for the 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of government presentation has been rescheduled from the 15th of November to the 17th of November 2021. This is according to the Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Andrew Asiamah Amoako. “Parliament is engaged in another equally important assignment on 15th of November and therefore, the […] The post 2022 budget
The Speaker of Parliament has admitted a private member’s motion for the House to constitute a bi-partisan committee to conduct a probe into circumstances that marred the confirmation of some Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executive nominees in the country. The committee is to be chaired by a member of the minority. The notice of […] The post Speaker
The National Petroleum Authority says plans are underway to ensure that the Cylinder Recirculation Module takes effect from the second quarter of next year. Chief Executive Officer of the Authority, Mustapha Abdul Hamid, during a familiarization tour of the Central Region, said several factors contributed to the delay in the implementation of the Cylinder Recirculation […] The post Implementation
The Obuasi District Police Command has disclosed to Citi News that the body of the suspected illegal miner who drowned at Akrokerri in the Adansi North District of the Ashanti region, has been recovered. The police have also indicated that they are set to arraign a suspected illegal miner who was arrested on Monday, as […] The post Body of suspected
An education think tank, Africa Education Watch, has suggested that the ban on corporal punishment by the Ghana Education Service (GES), is contributing to the rise in indiscipline in schools. This comes on the back of the stabbing of a student of the Konongo Odumase Senior High School by a colleague and reports of attacks […] The post Africa Education
The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) says employers who submit contributions reports for employees without Ghana card numbers from next year risk attracting sanctions. According to SSNIT such reports submitted at its offices from the 2nd of January 2022 will be rejected and employers could suffer penalties on such contributions if they are […] The post We
A communication mast has collapsed on a transmission line belonging to the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) near Bogoso in the Western Region. According to GRIDCo, the mast which fell on its 330kV Aboadze–Kumasi Transmission Line on Tuesday, November 9, 2021, resulted “in the collapse of two adjacent towers.” “This has affected the national power system […] The post Communication
Ahead of the presentation of the 2022 budget, the Director of the Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER), Professor Peter Quartey, is calling for the scrapping of some nuisance taxes introduced in the previous budget. Professor Peter Quartey believes some of the taxes introduced did not live up to expectations with respect to […] The post 2022
The African cashew industry has become very significant to the economic development of cashew producing countries, through job creation and poverty reduction, and for the sustainability of the global industry. With an estimated annual production of 2.1 million tons, Africa produces about 57% of global raw cashew nuts (RCNs). Currently, Vietnam, the highest cashew processor […] The post Creating
A 32-year-old man who posed as an army officer and duped one Richmond Ohene Addo of GHS 2,800 under the pretext of getting him enlisted into the Ghana Army, has been arrested by the Suhum police. The suspect, Tanko Sani, was arrested on Monday, November 8, 2021. The Eastern Regional Police Public Relations Officer, DSP […] The post Fake soldier arrested over military recruitment
The opposition National Democratic Congress, NDC, wants the police administration to update Ghanaians on investigations into the 2020 electoral violence to ensure that the culprits are punished. In a statement, the party called for urgent steps to at least show critical evidence of investigations into the matter a year on. The statement, which was signed […] The post NDC
The National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) presidential candidate in the 2020 elections, John Mahama, is expected to wrap up his nationwide ‘thank you’ tour with a lecture today, Wednesday, November 10, 2021. Mr. Mahama toured all 16 administrative regions of the country to thank the electorates for supporting him in the last polls. The lecture, dubbed, […] The post John
The Minister of Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako-Atta, says the government has plans to fix deplorable roads, and that it will be unreasonable for one to expect all bad roads to be done at the same time. The Minister, while interacting with the press after inspecting the 31.7km Kwafokrom to Apedwa road in the Eastern […] The post Stop the demonstrations, they don’t
Weeks after the first batch of the Nation Builders Corps (NABCo) trainees completed the three-year programme, the young graduates wonder what will become of them as they go back home. Some persons have tagged the programme as a mere vote-buying scheme meant to ‘deceive’ the beneficiaries into voting for the New Patriotic Party (NPP). The […] The post Ibrahim Anyars
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