GENERAL NEWS

The Ministry of Roads and Highways, Mr Kwasi Amoako-Atta has clarified that its earlier statement decreeing that toll collection be stopped across the country following the abolishment of road and bridge tolls in the 2022 budget, was to intervene in the chaotic situations that occurred at the various booths. A …

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The Speaker of Parliament, Mr. Alabn Bagbin, has dissented on the views by some Minority Members of Parliament that the Minister of Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako Atta, disrespected Parliament by issuing an order to get a policy proposal in the yet-to-be approved 2022 budget statement, implemented. Mr. Bagbin indicated …

Vice President  Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has topped Twitter trends after the Minister of Finance presented the 2022 budget before Parliament on Wednesday, November 17, 2021. While some Social Media users on Twitter are questioning the introduction of E-levy, others have called out Dr. Bawumia on his comments against the taxation …

A 24-year-old man, Emmanuel Dominic, is in the custody of the Niger State Police Command over alleged armed robbery and impersonation of a soldier of the Nigerian Army in Minna, the state capital. He was nabbed by the police dressed as a soldier attached to TRADOC, Minna, when he went …

The Deputy Finance Minister has disclosed that those assigned to various toll booths will be reassigned. Speaking on Joy FM’s Super Morning Show on Thursday, Dr John Kumah said the reassignment of the workers would be done by the Ghana Highway Authority. “It was part of the announcement. So nobody …

The Ashanti Regional Police Patrol team on Wednesday, 17 November 2021, killed two suspected armed robbers on the Manso-Nkwanta road in the Amansie West District. The Police also arrested one of the armed robbers.   The incident occurred when the gang of armed robbers were robbing some traders on the …

The Minister of National Security, Albert Kan Dapaah, is expected in Parliament today, Thursday, November 18, to answer questions on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s foreign travels. The question was posed by Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, in May.   He had accused the President of …

The Ministry of Roads and Highways has directed the immediate discontinuation of the collection of tolls on all public roads and bridges across the country. This order according to a statement signed by the sector Minister, Kwasi Amoako-Attah is to take effect from Thursday, November 18, 2021, at 12:00am. It …

The Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has said the government has eased the impact of the constant hikes in fuel prices on Ghanaians by not introducing new levies on petroleum products in the 2022 Budget Statement.     Presenting the 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy in Parliament on Wednesday …