About 60,000 persons in the informal sector, especially the self-employed have joined the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), since the inception of the Self Employed Enrollment Drive (SEED) programme. The SEED programme seeks to ensure that both workers in the formal and informal sector benefit through their monthly contribution on their retirement or […] The post 60,000 self-employed join SSNIT
The United States has seized a Boeing 747 cargo plane that Iran sold to a Venezuelan state airline, drawing condemnation from Tehran. The US Department of Justice announced late on Monday that it had taken custody of the aircraft after Argentina grounded it 18 months ago. Washington says that the sale of the plane to […] The post US seizes plane that Iran sold to Venezuela appeared first on The
Deputy Defence Minister Kofi Amankwa-Manu has expressed scepticism regarding John Dramani Mahama’s proposal to provide allowances for Assembly Members if he wins the December 2024 elections. According to him, Mr. Mahama needs to disclose how he intends to raise funds to fulfil this promise. Mr. Mahama, the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), made […] The post Deputy
Mr George Mireku Duker, a Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, responsible for Mines, has elaborated extensively on the policy strategy of the Vice President and Presidential aspirant of the New Patriotic Party, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia for the small-scale mining sector, describing it as a ground-breaking strategy capable of revolutionising Ghana’s mining industry entirely. […] The post Bawumia
Nana Yim Awere Ababio, the Chief of Toase in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality, has been elected as the Presiding Member for the Assembly at the fifth inaugural and elections of the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assembly members (MMDAs) on Monday. The Toasehene, a government appointee to the Assembly, doubles as Director of Finance at the […] The post Toasehene elected
Ghana is now ready to host the 13th African Games, the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said. He said this on Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at Borteyman, Accra, where he commissioned the multi-purpose sports complex, which has been completed for the games next month. The commissioning yesterday also marked the 25-day countdown to the […] The post Borteyman Sports Complex ready for all
The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has completed a study dubbed – “Time Release” – to assess the average time goods under customs are cleared at the various ports and frontiers of Ghana. The study, conducted between September 2022 and 2024 was done at the Tema Port, Kotoka International Airport, Aflao and Paga borders, to […] The post GRA
The Nkwanta South Traders Association has called on the Interior Ministry to review the curfew imposed on the township as their businesses are suffering. Mr Richard Owusu Ansah (Paa Rich), the Secretary of the Association, said the current curfew from 1700 to 0600 hours, resulting from the ethnic conflict, was affecting their business activities. Business […] The post Nkwanta South traders want curfew
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa North, Gifty Twum-Ampofo, has lauded Ms. Abena Gyamera, the Municipal Director of Education for Abuakwa North, for her dedication towards efficient and effective education in the area. According to the lawmaker, who doubles as a Deputy Minister for Education in charge of Technical and Vocational Education Training, Ms. […] The post Abuakwa North
Nana Akufo-Addo and John Mahama President Nana Akufo-Addo has dismissed as “misguided and unfortunate sentiments” comments made by former President and current National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer, John Dramani Read More... The post Nana Jabs Mahama Over WASSCE
The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has stated that the party will not support the proposal for a change in the date for the 2024 elections from December to November. “We [NDC] do not believe that this is being proposed in good faith,” he maintained. The NDC flagbearer made the […] The post We’ll not support
The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has stated that the party will not support the proposal for a change in the date for the 2024 elections from December to November. “We [NDC] do not believe that this is being proposed in good faith,” he maintained. The NDC flagbearer made the […] The post We’ll not support EC’s
The Lands Commission has stated that plot No. 379 at East Legon in the Greater Accra region is owned by no other person than businessman, Magnus A.L. De Souza. The Commission said this in an open court when one of its officers, Jacqueline Osarfo Dikoh, a Senior Lands Administration Officer, was subpoenaed to testify in a suit […] The post McDan Group CEO does not own the East
Former President John Dramani Mahama, on Saturday, inaugurated phase two of the ‘Safe Alternative Housing’ unit at Battor, where about 12,000 residents displaced by the September-November 2023 Akosombo Dam spillage were accomodated. The construction of the disability-friendly houses, an initiative of the North Tongu MP, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa and partners, started on December 13, 2023 […] The post JM
The indigenes of Essienimpong, in the Ejisu Municipality of the Ashanti region, are up in arms with their Chief, Nana Kwaku Appiah Onwawani, for allegedly encroaching upon their farmlands, measuring more than 80 acres through sand winning. The complainants, including Nana Ama Acheampomaah III, the Queen mother of Essienimpong, have accused the Agya Appiah Bitters CEO […] The post Some
The Greater Accra Regional Office of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) can now conduct its operations in a fully-furnished and magnificent office complex, after Benito Owusu-Bio, the Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources in Charge of Lands and Forestry, on behalf of the Sector Minister, officially handed over the newly-constructed office to […] The post Lands ministry
President Nana Akufo-Addo has expressed disappointment in former President John Mahama’s criticism of the credibility of results from the recent West Africa Senior Schools Certificate Examination. The National Democratic Congress flagbearer last year alleged that some invigilators were lax, allowing teachers to assist students in answering questions hence the high numbers of students passing the […] The post Mahama’s
The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has promised to provide accommodation for pre-tertiary teachers to improve the state of Senior High Schools in Ghana. According to him, unlike the current government, he does not make promises he cannot keep. His remark follows nationwide concerns among pre-tertiary teachers about how teaching […] The post I
The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has insisted that Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia cannot absolve himself from the current debilitating economic situation in Ghana. Mr. Mahama insists that every member of the Akufo-Addo administration must be held accountable for the current state of the country’s economy. Speaking at a […] The post You
Mr. Samuel Pyne, Mayor of Kumasi and the Management of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) have commissioned nine-seater sanitation facilities for the Higher Institute of Islamic Studies and Obiri Yeboah Metro Assembly Primary and Junior High School (JHS). The projects were funded by the World Bank to improve proper sanitation, environment and hygiene of the […] The post Kumasi
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