Two of the United Kingdom’s most senior ministers have resigned from the cabinet in the latest blow to Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s leadership. Health Minister Sajid Javid and Finance Minister Rishi Sunak announced their resignations within minutes of each other on Tuesday, plunging Johnson’s government into crisis weeks after the prime minister survived a no-confidence […] The post Boris
Samuel, not his real name, a Ghanaian nurse who has migrated and is practicing in the United Kingdom interacted with Bernard Avle on the Citi Breakfast Show on Wednesday, July 6, 2022. Samuel says he had practised in Ghana for 8 years, before moving to the United Kingdom. He shared with Bernard his motivation for […] The post ‘I save £500 a month
The National Identification Authority (NIA) has set the records straight on a video in circulation on social media showing some old Ghana Cards allegedly “left to rot” at its Sowotuom Office. The NIA in a statement signed by its Acting Head of Corporate Affairs, Abudu Abdul-Ganiyu made the following clarifications; 1. The cards are 2D-Barcode […] The post NIA reacts
The Minority in Parliament wants government to factor in the creation of new job avenues to employ former toll workers in the mid-year budget. According to the Deputy Minority Whip, Ahmed Ibrahim, this must be considered if government will not bring back the collection of tolls. Members of the Ghana Toll Workers Union, including persons […] The post Capture former
The Centre for Strategic Business and Development at the Ghana Communication Technology University (GCTU) is organising a 3-day training programme on practical Records Management Training from 4th – 6th July 2022. The training session which covers topics like Information & Records Management, Computer Skills for Effective Records Management, Legalities in Records Management, as well as […] The post GCTU
The Kasoa North District office of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) says the number of complaints from customers has increased by over 70% after the utility company gave its consumers a one-month grace period to report faulty meters among other issues, to its outfits nationwide for redress. The power distribution company says it is […] The post Kasoa: Customers
The Young Executive School in Kasoa in the Awutu Senya East Municipality has supported the Ghana National Fire Service in the enclave with an undisclosed amount of money to buy a brand-new fire hose for the fire tender vehicle, which has become faulty. Additional monies were also donated for maintenance work. According to Assistant Divisional […] The post Kasoa: Young Executive School
The four teacher unions currently on strike are expected to meet the Minister of Employment and Labour Relations and other stakeholders today over their demands for 20% Cost of Living Allowance. The unions announced the nationwide action on Monday, July 4 following government’s inability to pay the allowance demanded. According to the unions, their request […] The post Gov’t
The Ministry of Finance says government flagship programmes like the free SHS policy, Agenda 111 among others, will not be scrapped following government’s decision to seek an IMF bailout. The Ministry says government will ensure that pro-poor policies are not affected by the IMF conditionalities. Government last Friday announced plans to seek help from the […] The post IMF
The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has described going to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for support as a lazy approach. In a statement, the party also said that this was a short-term measure. “Ghana has gone to the IMF for a bailout 17 times and does the Akufo-Addo and Bawumia Government believe this 18th time […] The post Running to IMF a
A former Chair of Parliament’s Finance Committee, Mark Assibey-Yeboah, has urged the Akufo-Addo administration to prepare to make hard cuts to major policies to get the economy back on track. Speaking on Citi TV‘s Face to Face, he cited the Free Senior High School policy, the School Feeding Programme and the Nation Builders Corps (NABCo) […] The post Gov’t
President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Angel Carbornu says teacher unions will not call off their strike over the Cost of Living Allowances until their demands are met. Mr. Carbornu indicated that a strike was the last option for teacher unions after several negotiations with the government yielded no positive results. “We […] The post ‘Teacher
A former Chair of Parliament’s Finance Committee, Mark Assibey-Yeboah, has asked the government not to take negotiations with the International Monetary Fund for granted. “We should be careful about negotiating a programme,” he told Umaru Sanda Amadu on Face to Face on Citi TV. A delegation from the IMF is scheduled to start talks with […] The post IMF
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