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The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin is advocating a nationally accepted Condition of Service Scheme for Ghanaian journalists. Speaking at a press soirée in Takoradi as part of activities marking 30 years of Uninterrupted Democracy under the Fourth Republic, Mr. Bagbin questioned why the nation has not developed such a scheme for the journalist even if it’s minimal. “We are …

A second-year student of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has been stabbed to death at Kronum-Kwapra a suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti region. The 24-year-old Lambent Frimpong met his untimely death on Saturday 5th July 2023 in a brawl over a missing T-shirt. The deceased was accused of stealing the shirt, which he denied, unfortunately, a …

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 member of the Education Committee in Parliament, Peter Nortsu-Kortoe advised …

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 the Ghana Police Service to investigate the criminal judicial proceedings 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 year, Mr. Boakye-Danquah explained that the Government is currently running …

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 across all ages. For people who were 15 years and …

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 budget cuts, the mid-year 21bn cut is commendable. “I think …

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, there were lower domestic interest payments and amortization following the …

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 Akufo-Addo on the mid-year budget review on Monday, July 31, …