GENERAL NEWS

A global coalition against corruption, Transparent International, has called on African states to address corruption, especially in the delivery of basic services. According to the coalition, corruption in basic services delivery, like housing, water, sanitation, education, health, humanitarian responses, and judicial systems, tends to mostly affect the poorest of citizens. …

Students and teachers of the Zabzugu Senior High School (SHS) have been thrown into a state of mourning after two senior staff there met their untimely death around Buipe in the Savannah Region. They were returning from a workshop held in Koforidua in the Eastern Region when their vehicle got …

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Two individuals are in the grips of the Hobor Police in the Ga South Municipality for being in possession of a human head as the vehicle they were travelling in was involved in an accident.   The suspects were apprehended by residents who saw the freshly chopped-off head in the …

The government of Ghana has awarded a contract for the Dome-Kitase road rehabilitation project in the Greater Accra Region to the First Sky Group. The $1.65 million project, which will cover 23 kilometers, will start from the Dome Roundabout in the Greater Accra Region and end at Kitase, near Peduase …

The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) has urged the government to ensure full compliance with the Public Financial Management Act (PFMA) and the Public Procurement Act (PPA) to safeguard all public funds and deliver value for money. The GII made the appeal as part of this year’s 2022 AU Anti-Corruption Day …

General Secretary of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwifery Association, David Tenkorang-Twum, has disclosed that remuneration due workers who contributed immensely to the fight against Covid-19 were not paid. According to him, the additional 50% allowances on their basic salaries (per month for a four-month period starting from March 2020) …

The National Association of Registered Midwives, Ghana (NARM-GH) has joined calls by other public sector workers for a cost of living allowance.   In a press release dated July 10, the leadership of the association noted that like other republic sector workers, the current economic crisis is having some adverse …

The Ghana Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors has announced the appointment of Dr. Patrick Kwaku Ofori as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective August 1st, 2022. He will be filling the vacancy created by the departure of the Chamber’s founding CEO, Senyo Hosi, who is stepping down after 10 years …

The World Bank has said that 25% of Ghanaians who are into wage employment are better off than 69% who are into self-employment. The Bretton Wood institution therefore wants the government to pay attention to that. Speaking at the 6th Ghana Economic Update, Social Protection Specialist at the World Bank, …