The government of Ghana has instituted a sanitation and pollution levy (SPL) to accrue revenue to keep the environment clean. Caretaker Finance Minister Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu made the announcement on Friday, 12 March 2021 when he delivered the 2021 budget. He said “notwithstanding the progress …
Read More »Police Service Reshuffles Regional Commanders
The Ghana Police Service has reshuffled some regional commanders and members of the Police Management Board. Under the latest reassignment, COP Mr. Frederick Adu-Anim is now the Director-General for the Motor Transport and Traffic Department (MTTD). DCOP Mr. K. Boapea Otchere has taken up the role of …
Read More »There Will Be No ‘Dumsor’ – Power Utilities Assures
Heads of companies in the power generation and distribution sector have assured the nation of reliable power supply to meet its demands. They have also stressed that the recent power outages and the total blackout experienced last Sunday were not a return to the regime of irregular power …
Read More »TV Stations In Ghana To Stop Showing Telenovelas From 1st May 2021
The National Film Authority has announced that effective from 1st May,2021, no television station, cinema theatre or movie screening center shall show any unclassified audio-visual content. According to the press statement signed by the Chairman of the Film Classification Committee,Socrate Safo which was sighted by oneminutegh.com,such audio visual content include; …
Read More »I Have Never Met or Courted Any Woman Called Ramatu – Dr Bawumia
Vice-president Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has rubbished reports making rounds in a section of the media, accusing him of having another wife called Ramatu. During the State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Tuesday, opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) MPs were heard chanting: “Where is Ramatu?” when the speaker introduced Bawumia’s …
Read More »Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu Outlines Government’s Plans, Programmes And Projections For Year 2021
The Majority Leader/Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu (Hon Member of parliament for Suame Constituency), acting as Minister of State Responsible for Finance, on authority of the President, H.E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Ado, on this day, Friday 12th March, 2021, presented Government’s Budget Statement and Economic Policy for …
Read More »2021 Budget: Government Extends Free Water, Electricity For Lifeline Consumers
Government has extended its free water and electricity for lifeline consumers to June 2021, caretaker Minister for Finance, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, on Friday announced. Presenting the 2021 budget statement and economic policies of government in Parliament on the theme: “Completion, Consolidation and Continuation”, Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu said the decision to …
Read More »Roads Under Sinohydro Agreement To Be Completed In 2021 – Caretaker Minister for Finance Says
The Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and caretaker Minister for Finance, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has assured Ghanaians that the roads under the government’s Sinohydro agreement will be completed in 2021. According to him, most of the roads under phase one are at various stages of completion. Presenting the …
Read More »Ghana Better-Positioned To Build A More Resilient Economy – Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Leader of Government Business in Parliament Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has assured Ghanaians that there is no cause for alarm in the face of the coronavirus crisis, which hit the country in March, 2020. Delivering the 2021 budget statement and economic policy of …
Read More »You Were Gossiping With Domelevo – Adom-Otchere Chastises CSOs
Paul Adom-Otchere, the host of Good Evening Ghana on Metro TV, has alleged that Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in the country were going about gossiping with Daniel Domelevo, the immediate past Auditor-General who was forced to retire by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. According to Adom-Otchere, the leaders of these CSOs …
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