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Regulating the labour market to meet minimum wage, a major problem in Ghana- Richard Manuribe

By: Mary Wellington Richard Mauribe, a member of the NDC communication team, expressed shock on ADOATV’s PM Ghana show over the omission of the unemployment rate in the President’s SONA speech. According to him, out of the 33. million Ghanaians population, 4.3 million of the 11.3 million employed Ghanaians do not meet the labor force. He explained that the change …

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13th African Games: LOC Responds to Hon. Okudzeto

By Joseph Agyei The Local Organizing Committee (LOC) for the 13th African Games has responded to claims made by the Honorable Member of Parliament for North Tongu Constituency, Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, regarding the operational budget for the event. In a press release issued, the LOC clarified that the information shared by Hon. Ablakwa misrepresented the facts. According to the …

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2023 African Games: Government solicits funds to support the project

By: Richard Adjetey Adjei His Excellency Nana Akufo-Addo is seeking donations from State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) and private organizations to support the Local Organizing Committee’s (LOC) project. A meeting was held with GOIL, Ghana Gas, GNPC, ENI Energy, McDan, and Zoomlion among others, to discuss a fund meant to aid the budgeted operational expenses of the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) for …

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Anglicans speak at UN event on Climate Change, Biodiversity Loss and Pollution

Anglicans are represented at the United Nations Environmental Assembly (UNEA 6) this week, which is meeting in Nairobi, Kenya. UNEA discusses the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. The United Nations Environment Assembly is the only forum in which the world’s countries discuss the environmental crisis as a whole. The Anglican Communion is represented by the …

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Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill Violates Fundamental Human Rights – CDD Ghana

Story by Julia Elinam Nani The Ghana Centre for democratic development(CDD) in a press conference held on February 27, 2024, highlighted the implications of the passage of the Human sexual rights and Family Values Bill,2021(also known as the LGBTQ+ Bill), on the rights and Freedoms of LGBTQ+ persons and other important institutions like the media. Professor Audrey Gadzekpo, a member …

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SoNA: Kumasi, and Tamale airports to be renamed

President Akufo-Addo has announced that the redeveloped Kumasi International Airport in the Ashanti Region is set to be completed and fully operationalised by May. He also revealed the airport will subsequently be named Nana Agyemang International Airport. He further stated the Tamale Airport, Northern Region, will also be renamed Yakubu Tali International Airport. The president was speaking during the State of the …

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Ghana now has domestic and International Finance Ministers – Ato Forson

Minority Leader, Ato Forson, has expressed worry over the overbloated government size under the leadership of the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo administration. He thought the President would have used the reshuffle to reduce his government size but the President has since increased the size of his government and added new portfolios. Ato Forson who was speaking after the President presented the …

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We Are Going To Be Part Of The Digital Revolution – President Akufo-Addo

By Ruth Tang His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said Ghana is currently one of the world’s largest in terms of drone delivery services, which has helped in the delivery of medicines, blood, and vaccines during his tenure. He also mentioned that through his government’s work of digitalization, all regional, teaching, and district hospitals as well as patients would …

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SONA2024: Expansion of the security services

By Wilhelmina Oddoye His Excellency Nana Akufo Addo has stated that his government has expanded the security services to create a safe country for its citizens. “Mr Speaker, I am glad to be able to report that the entire territory thatmakes up our nation is safe, secure and under the control of thegovernment and people of Ghana.This might sound like …

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SONA2024: Money spent on Bawku conflict troubling – Akufo-Addo laments

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed deep concerns regarding the expenditure incurred in resolving the Bawku conflict. He lamented that the funds could have been allocated to other developmental projects but were instead utilized for ensuring security in and around Bawku in the Upper East Region. During his State of the Nation Address (SONA) in Parliament on February 27, 2024, the …

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