The Minority in Parliament has raised red flags over ongoing cocoa road projects across the country. Ranking Member on the Roads and Transport Committee, Governs Agbodza, insisted that, there are questions to be asked over the amount of GHS14 billion worth of contracts awarded for 4,600 km of roads under …
Read More »Ras Mubarak, Okyem Aboagye Clash Over Scrapping Of MPs Common Fund
Former Member of Parliament for Kumbungu, Ras Mubarak has called for the scrapping of the MPs Common Fund. This follows the Auditor-General’s indictment of former Nhyieso MP, Kennedy Kankam. Speaking on Luv In The Morning on Kumasi-based Luv FM, he told host David Akuetteh that abolishing the Fund will allow …
Read More »Mahama Also Travelled In Private Jet; Nana Addo Isn’t The First – Afigya Kwabre North MP
The Member of Parliament for Afigya Kwabre North, Collins Adomako Mensah, has justified President Akufo-Addo’s use of a supposed luxurious private jet for some official trips in recent times. According to him, Nana Addo is not the first Ghanaian President to have used a private jet for official government business. …
Read More »Presidential Jet Saga: Mosquito ‘Bites’ Nitiwul [Audio]
eneral Secretary of the NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has registered his displeasure over the Defence Minister’s justification of President Akufo-Addo’s hire of a luxurious flight, which allegedly cost £15,000 per hour. The Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul, addressing Parliament on Wednesday, said the safety of the President, as well as the capacity …
Read More »“We Shall Soon Spit Bloody Saliva On Our MCE” – Traditional Council of Abuakwa-Apemhaase.
Traditional Council of Abuakwa-Apemhaase in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Constituency of the Ashanti Region have seriously vowed to embark on a demonstration against the authorities of their municipal assembly over abandoned broken bridge. According to them, they have made all efforts by engaging past and present chief executives …
Read More »1,098-Carat Stone Believed To Be Third Largest Diamond Found In Botswana [Photos]
One of the world’s largest diamonds has been unearthed in Botswana, the country’s government has announced. The 1,098-carat stone, believed to be the third largest “gem-quality” diamond ever found, was presented to President Mokgweetsi Masisi on Wednesday. The discovery was made earlier this month at the Jwaneng mine, around 75 miles from the …
Read More »Ghana’s 1st Quarter GDP Growth Reduces To 3.1%, Lowest Since 2019
Ghana has recorded a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate for the first quarter of 2021 at 3.1% The figure which includes Oil and Gas is lower than what was recorded in the same period last year which saw a growth rate of 7.0% making it the lowest first quarter …
Read More »SSNIT Prosecutes 5,344 Defaulting Employers
The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) says it has prosecuted 5,344 defaulting employers in 2021 alone. Director-General of SSNIT, Dr John Ofori-Tenkorang made this known at a stakeholder sensitization workshop in Accra on Wednesday, June 16, 2021, on the merger of SSNIT numbers and NIA numbers of members …
Read More »‘Agbogbloshie Onion Sellers Want A Spiritualist To Kill Me; But I’ll Still Move Them – Henry Quartey
The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, says he has uncovered a plot by some onion sellers at Agbogboshie here in Accra to have him killed spiritually over plans to relocate the sellers to the abandoned Adjin Kotoku site. Speaking on Accra-based NET 2 TV, Henry Quartey said nothing will stop …
Read More »Zero fuel cost: Energy Minister Receives Ghana’s First Electric Vehicle
The Minister of Energy, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, popularly known as Napo, has received Ghana’s first electric vehicle. The vehicle was presented to the Minister by Hyundai Motors and Investment Ghana Limited at the Energy Ministry in Accra on Wednesday morning, June 16, 2021. The vehicle, the manufacturers say runs …
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