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The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) has said the government has only paid 15 percent out of the total arrears owed to them. The Minority in Parliament first raised the red flag ahead of this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) that WAEC owes examiners, invigilators, and supervisors in the 2022 examination. The ranking …

Former President John Mahama has described it as a misplaced priority on the part of President Akufo-Addo in paying huge billions of Ghana cedis for the construction of the National Cathedral and neglecting the Saglemi Housing Project. This comes on the back of President Akufo-Addo directing the Criminal Investigation Department of …

According to Palgrave Boakye-Danquah, the government’s spokesperson on governance and security, the NPP Government is providing accountability to Ghanaians regarding the management of the economy. Mr. Palgrave Boakye-Danquah speaking on ADOA TV AM Ghana show about the Minority’s concern regarding the NPP Government’s decline in economic growth by 1.5% this …

Ghana recorded a total of 16,574 new cases of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infections in 2022. The figure is against a total of 18,036 infections recorded in 2021. This was contained in a release issued by the Ghana AIDS Commission in Accra on Tuesday. The 16,574 new HIV infections cut …

The Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, says the GHS 21bn reduction in the government’s appropriation for the 2023 fiscal year is commendable. Contributing to the statement on the mid-year budget presented by Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta on Monday, July 31, 2023, Mr. Nkrumah said though calls remain for further …

GH¢60bn loss: We’ve not been reckless – BoG fights back

The government has revised its 2023 appropriation from ¢227.7 billion, as previously presented and approved in November 2022, to ¢206.0 billion. This adjustment is in accordance with Regulations 24 sub-regulation (3) of Public Financial Management Act Regulations 2019 (L.I. 2378). The revision was made due to two primary reasons. First, …

The Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta has said the government has settled all arrears owed to caterers under the School Feeding Programme for the second and third terms of the 2022 academic year and the first term of 2023. Mr. Ofori-Atta disclosed this while addressing Parliament on behalf of President …

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, says the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government will not ask Parliament for any additional money. The Finance Minister made these remarks when he presented the mid-year budget review in Parliament on July 31. The Finance Minister explained that, the progress made in non-oil tax revenue collection …

More than GH¢15.1 billion irregularities have been uncovered in the operations of public boards, corporations and other statutory institutions for last year, the 2022 Auditor-General’s report has found. The amount represents a 13.86 per cent or GH¢2.4 billion reduction from the 2021 figure of GH¢17.48 billion. It is important to …