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The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) is worried, the Ghana Education Service’s reluctance to promote teachers and members of the association to their designated ranks is causing increased agitation among its rank and file. GNAT at its 2022 national council meeting indicated this including “delays in supplying laptops, allowances …

Ghanaian investigative journalist and the Editor-in-Chief of The Fourth Estate, Manasseh Azure, says the value of the local currency is weightier than President Akufo-Addo’s address to Ghanaians on Sunday. In a reactionary tweet after the address on Sunday evening, he said, “CONCLUSION: The value of the Cedi is far higher …

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has lashed out at President Akufo-Addo for taking away his military protection. He said government led by Mr Akufo-Addo engaged in hypocrisy and double standards in the withdrawal of his military detail. “When I was second deputy Speaker, the Office of the same President …

President Akufo-Addo has urged Ghanaians not to talk down on the country’s currency – the Ghana cedi. Addressing the nation on the economy on Sunday (30 October), President Akufo-Addo said, “Money doesn’t like noise. If you talk down you currency, it will go down, if you allow others to talk …

In a televised address on the economy on Sunday night, the President of Ghana  Akufo-Addo admitted that the country’s economy is in crisis. “For us, in Ghana, our reality is that our economy is in great difficulty. The budget drawn for the 2022 fiscal year has been thrown out of …

ADDRESS TO THE NATION BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, NANA ADDO DANKWA AKUFO-ADDO, ON THE ECONOMY, ON SUNDAY, 30TH OCTOBER 2022. Fellow Ghanaians, good evening. Back in 2020, at the outbreak of the Corona virus pandemic, I started a regular conversation with you that came to be popularly known …

The Ministry of Finance has rejected claims that its negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a bailout have not been smooth as projected. A statement from the Ministry said such claims are untrue and should be disregarded. Some reports in the public domain say the negotiations are not …

The National Identification Authority (NIA) will on Monday (31 October) close down its special service centre at the El-Wak Sports Stadium in Accra. “Applicants requesting update and card replacement services should visit the nearest NIA district or regional office,” the NIA announced on Friday. “All applicants yet to pick up …

The  Ministry of Education (MoE) says it has completed the 2021 audit report on the Ghana Accountability for Learning Outcomes Project (GALOP) and submitted same to the World Bank. In a statement issued on October 30, the GES said “there is therefore no outstanding obligation in respect of the 2021 …

One of Ghana’s most renowned playwrights,  author and motivational speaker., James Ebo Whyte, popularly known as, Uncle Ebo Whyte, says the country has been cursed with leaders who only care about amassing wealth.   According to him, over the years he has observed that the country has not been blessed …