Convener of the #FixTheCountry movement, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, is to spend another night in police custody despite being granted bail earlier today, Wednesday, March 16, 2022. This is due to some challenges regarding his bail conditions. The Tema High Court granted Mr. Barker-Vormawor bail in the sum of GHS 2 million with two sureties. The court […] The post Oliver
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration says the demolition of a facility on the premises of the Bulgarian Embassy in Accra was carried out by a private developer. “Government has got no hand in whatever the developer is doing,” the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Kwaku Ampratwum-Sarpong, stressed at a […] The post Gov’t
The Forestry Commission in the Bono Region says the government’s Green Ghana project may not achieve its intended purpose due to the activities of cattle grazers in the area. According to the Commission, cattle feed on the new seedlings, which are planted to achieve the government’s goal of restoring Ghana’s depleted forest cover. Speaking to […] The post Grazing
The Ranking Member on the Foreign Affairs Committee of Parliament, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, is demanding a full-scale inquiry into the circumstances that led to the demolition of a facility on the premises of the Bulgarian Embassy in Accra. According to him, the diplomatic embarrassment must not be countenanced, and there is the need to unravel […] The post Ablakwa
Right To Play, an education-focused non-governmental organization has donated 30,000 textbooks valued at GHS 600,000 to some selected basic schools in the Northern Region under the Standard Based Curriculum programme. The donation also includes projectors and other office equipment. According to Evans Akannue Atim, Area Manager for Right To Play, the donations form part of […] The post Right
The Ghana Education Service (GES) says there is nothing wrong with deducting 10 per cent of the salaries of teachers and staff of Senior High Schools (SHS) occupying government bungalows. It says, the move is part of the recommendations of the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament and also to prevent audit queries from the Finance […] The post GES
The Ghana Wildlife Society in partnership with Ghana Recycling Initiative by Private Enterprises (GRIPE), has embarked on a tour of various schools to raise awareness on wildlife conservation. This was in commemoration of this year’s World Wildlife Day 2022 under the theme ‘Recovering key species for ecosystem restoration.’ World Wildlife Day on every 3rd March […] The post Ghana
The Ghana National Association of Teachers, GNAT, has inaugurated a new board of trustees to administer Tier-3 contributions of members. The Minister for Employment and Labour Relations, Ignatius Baffour Awuah, while swearing them in, cautioned the Board of Trustees for the provident fund “not to misapply the contributions of members, but rather ensure” its judicious […] The post GNAT
As part of efforts to expand membership and help Ghana’s younger generation gain an understanding of pension-related issues, the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), in collaboration with Ghana Education Service, GES, has launched Supplementary Readers on social security for high schools. The books, developed by SSNIT in partnership with the National Council for […] The post SSNIT
The Republic of Ghana, for some interesting but yet to be discovered reason, has a myriad of recurring challenges that predate 1989, the year of my birth. These include street hawking, dumsor, choked gutters, incessant general commodity price hikes, perennial flooding, ethnocentrism, chieftaincy and land disputes, to mention but a few. Significant among the pool […] The post 65
The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Akoto Owusu Afriyie, has expressed concern about the limited support commercial banks offer to farmers in the country and says the government will be engaging them soon on the need to review their position to support the agric sector. The Minister was particularly worried about the lack of […] The post Gov’t
The Bolgatanga District Court in the Upper East Region has remanded into police custody 18 suspects who were arrested over the killing of an 81-year-old Fulani horse trader at Kozezi, a suburb of Bawku. 17 out of the 18 suspects have been charged for possession of ammunition and discharge of firearms without lawful authority and […] The post Upper East:
The Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications has expressed disappointment over what it calls the politicisation of discussions on the proposed Electronic Transfer Levy (E-levy). Speaking to Citi News, the Chief Executive Officer of the Chamber, Dr. Kenneth Ashigbey, called on all stakeholders to focus the discussion on how Ghana will not suffer from unintended consequences of […] The post Politicization
Some members of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ejisu Constituency of the Ashanti Region are demanding the removal of the Municipal Chief Executive of Ejisu, Samuel Oduro Frimpong. This is over comments the MCE is reported to have made about the just ended polling station elections in the constituency. The MCE is […] The post Ejisu:
Article 110(1) of the Constitution provides that “subject to the provisions of this Constitution, Parliament may, by standing orders, regulate its own procedure.” Article 101 provides that “the Speaker shall preside in Parliament at all sittings and in his absence a Deputy Speaker shall preside.” The person presiding at these sittings wield enormous powers. He […] The post Kwaku
The Minister for Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has indicated that he will not be swayed by critics of the government’s ‘Planting for food and jobs’ programme who claim that the programme is on a negative path. He said he has first-hand information on the results of the programme from across the country and is […] The post ‘Nobody
A Justice of the High Court, His Lordship Daniel Mensah is worried about the talk of coups running through social commentary in the country in recent times. He advised that “no matter how we feel about a regime, a coup is not a solution.” His Lordship Mensah while ruling on the bail application by #FixTheCountry […] The post I support activism but not coups – Judge appeared
The Minority caucus in parliament is demanding a public parliamentary probe into the circumstances surrounding the demolition of the Bulgarian Embassy building in Ghana five years ago. According to the Minority, a developer is currently building on the said land, although, documents available indicate that the Bulgarian Embassy has a legal lease that will expire […] The post Minority
The Supreme Court today, March 16, 2022, heard the case filed by private legal practitioner, Richard Dela Sky, seeking clarification on the conduct of Parliament following the rejection and subsequent approval of the 2022 budget. A nine-member panel of the Supreme Court, presided over by Justice Yonny Kulendi which heard the case, ruled that the […] The post Supreme
The Supreme Court today, March 16, 2022, heard the case filed by private legal practitioner, Richard Dela Sky seeking clarification on the conduct of Parliament following the rejection and subsequent approval of the 2022 budget. A nine-member panel of the Supreme Court presided over by Justice Yonny Kulendi which heard the case ruled that, the […] The post Supreme
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