GENERAL NEWS

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has announced that its taking steps to introduce the Chip Embedded Passports this year.   This new system, according to the ministry is to enhance the security features of the current passport system.   Sector Minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchway made this disclosure …

The Minister for Local Government, Decentralization and Rural Development, Dan Kwaku Botwe, says government will not hesitate to punish any local government official whose action or inaction brings the name of the government into disrepute. The sector Minister indicated that government will ensure that District or Metropolitan Chief Executives live …

The Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako-Attah, has hinted at government’s plan to convert all abandoned tollbooths into decent washrooms for use by motorists.   His comments come on the back of the National Road Safety Authority’s call on the sector Ministry to remove the non-functioning booths to prevent …

The Minister for Roads And Highways, Kwasi Amoako-Attah is courting the support of road contractors for the government’s controversial 1.75% Electronic transaction Levy (E-Levy). According to the Minister, their support for the levy will help in raising more revenue, part of which will be used to pay road contractors owed …

The former Deputy Information Minister under the National Democratic Congress in the John Dramani Mahama Administration, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has criticsed Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia’s relative silence on the current state of Ghana’s economy.     “He has completely disappeared from the economics team. He has gone into hiding, and …

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The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana is urging the government to pay debts owed to fertilizer companies in the country to ensure the availability of the product throughout the year [2022].     There was a major shortage of the product on the market last year [2021] which saw a …

The Nation Builders Corps, also known as NABCO has resulted to social media, particularly Twitter to vent their anger on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Addo over unpaid allowances. According to the various tweets which are predominantly people who are employed under the Nation Builders Corps, they say the government is …

A first-ever bus stop shelter made of recycled plastic waste collected from the streets has been commissioned at Dzorwulu Junction in the Ayawaso West Wuogon Municipality of the Greater-Accra Region.   Social enterprising company, Mckingtorch Africa, is behind the plastic waste innovations and installations project which is intended to transform …

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has been well-equipped and motivated to enable them deliver on its mandates, the government has said.   The government said investments have been made to that effect.         The investments include the construction of Forward Operating Base (FOB) in the Western Region …