The Member of Parliament for Builsa South and ranking member on the Education Committee of Parliament, Clement Apaak has berated the government for failing to provide funds for caterers under the School Feeding Programme. In Dr Apaak’s view, the 97 pesewas per child, is woefully inadequate and impossible for the caterers to prepare any nutritious meal for the basic school …
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According to NCA, over 11 million unregistered SIM cards will be deactivated on May 31, 2023. The NCA indicated that the 11 million SIMs include subscribers who were exempted from the current exercise. These include diplomats, refugees, and Ghanaians on official duties outside the country. Others include subscribers who have registered some of their SIMs, people with Ghana Cards who …
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The Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) has massively endorsed the nomination of Justice Gertrude Torkornoo as the next Chief Justice. JUSAG wants Justice Torkornoo, whose nomination is subject to Parliamentary approval, to outrank current Chief Justice Anin Yeboah as the best Chief Justice with the issues of labour at heart. According to the Association, the current head of …
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The Government has launched the 2023 Green Ghana project but a reduction in the number of trees to be planted this year. The Government is targeting to plant some 10 trees this year as compared to a target of 20 last year. According to Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Samuel Abu Jinapor, several factors accounted for the government’s failure to …
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Inspector Ahmed Twumasi, who allegedly shot dead Victoria Dapaah, also known as Maadwoa in Adum-Kumasi, has confessed to killing her because she owed him GH¢5,000. This was contained in the prosecution document as read in open court on Tuesday, April 25. It was an emotional day at the Asokore Mampong District Court as police needed reinforcement to escort Inspector Ahmed …
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The Sector minister in charge of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development has replied to politicians who have made promises to ban closed Season should they gain power after the 2024 election. Mavis Hawa Koomson while speaking to the media at a stakeholder’s engagement to access the report on the 2022 closed season and the launch of t new 2023 closed season …
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Data from the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) shows that Ghana’s total petroleum revenue between 2011 and 2022 amounted to US$8.8 billion, with the year 2022 recording the highest realized petroleum revenues in the Petroleum Holding Fund (PHF). The total petroleum revenue in 2022 is the highest for a single year since petroleum production began in Ghana, with a …
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The Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has expressed “utter disappointment” in former Minister for Science and Technology, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, for naming him in a damning report on illegal mining popularly known as galamsey. Oppong Nkrumah described the allegations as completely false adding that despite being utterly disappointed by the claims he forgives the former minister. “Over the years, I …
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A leading member of the governing New Patriotic Party, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, says he did no wrong in defending a company cited in the bombshell report authored by a former Minister of Science and Technology, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng. Prof. Frimpong-Boateng in a report accused Mr. Otchere-Darko of interfering in the work of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM). The …
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