The government has announced the suspension of the expansion of the School Feeding Programme to allow debts owed caterers to be cleared. This was disclosed by the Minister responsible for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Cecilia Abena Dapaah on the floor of Parliament on Wednesday. The Minister’s announcement was in …
Read More »Some Nurses Cry As February Salary Delays
Some nurses across the country are seething with rage over the government’s delay in the release of their February salary. According to the nurses, the situation has become unbearable for many health workers. “Many a time, as government workers on the Controller and Accountant General’s Department payroll, the …
Read More »National Service Personnel Cry Over Two-Month Allowance Arrears
A group calling itself Concerned National Service Personnel (NSP) has called on the government to pay personnel across the country, their two-month allowance arrears. According to the group, it is the mandate of the National Service Scheme (NSS) to ensure that priority sectors in the country do not lack the …
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Ghana’s Economy At Crossroads: E-LEVY Or IMF?
The Electronic Transaction Tax (E-Levy) has become a household name dominating the Ghanaian airspace in the last couple of weeks. The government has so far done a lot in its bid to pass the levy but is met with strict resistance from the citizens and the opposition members of parliament …
Read More »Akufo-Addo Declares June 10, 2022 As This Year’s Green Ghana Day
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has declared June 10, 2022, as this year’s Green Ghana Day, under the theme “Mobilising for a Greener Future.” The President made the declaration at the Accra International Conference Centre on March 1, 2022, when he launched the 2022 edition of the Green Ghana Day. …
Read More »Ghana: Over 500,000 Ghanaians Are Divorced, 400,000 Separated – 2021 Population Census Reveals
The latest data from the 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC) have revealed that 553,065 persons in Ghana have had their marriages dissolved while 405,090 have separated. These figures were obtained through interviews of people during the 2021 PHC which began on June 27 and ended on August 15, 2021. …
Read More »Teacher Unions Lament Delay In Payment Of Salaries
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), and the Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT), have intimated that any further delay in the payment of salaries of its members for the month of February will put a huge financial burden on their members. According to the President of NAGRAT, Angel Carbonu, …
Read More »GIS Accepts Ghana Card As A Travel Document From Today, 1st March
Ghana Card holders and dual nationals arriving in the country but also holding the valid citizenship identity card will be allowed in by the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) with effect from today, 1st March, 2022 This announcement from the GIS is a further impetus for the status of the Ghana …
Read More »I Will Leave The Chair When Presiding To Vote – Joe Wise Insists
The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei-Owusu, popularly known as Joe Wise has insisted his actions on December 21, 2021 to change over with the Second Deputy Speaker to cast his vote was not illegal. On December 21, 2021, Parliament was set to decide whether the E-levy bill was …
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