General News Politics

Education Ministry, public universities record most payroll infractions – IAA discloses

2,798  The Internal Audit Agency (IAA) has disclosed that public institutions like the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Health and public universities have emerged as institutions with the most payroll infractions over the period. This was revealed when the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) visited the Internal Audit Agency to monitor its payroll […]

General News Politics

Government’s explanation concerning new taxes insufficient – Badu-Aboagye

1,877  Chief Executive officer of the Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mark Badu-Aboagye, says the government’s explanation that the tax bills are needed to help the government, among other things, improve the revenue situation of the country is not sufficient. On Friday evening, parliament had passed three tax bills namely, the Income Tax […]

Education General News

Financing of Free SHS unnecessarily political; it’s inadequately funded – Chairman of WAEC Council

1,798  The Chairman of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Professor Ato Essuman, has said that the free Senior High Schools (SHS) programme is inadequately funded, something which has become a major challenge to most schools. According to him, financing of SHS in the country has become political and this could inadvertently affect the development […]

General News Social

Young chief in Dagbon advises US Veep, others on LGBTQ+ campaign

2,053  Chief of the Dagbon Students Association (DASA) at the Tamale Technical University, Naa Nurudeen has added his voice to the LGBTQ+ discourse, stating that there’s no way Ghanaians would accept the ungodly practice. He berated the United States Vice President Kamala Harris for advocating LGBTQ+ practice in Ghana during her three day visit in […]

General News Social

Development of Amenfi Central My Topmost Priority -Joana Gyan Cudjoe

2,060  Dr.Mrs Joana Gyan-Cudjoe, Chief Executive Officer of Joana Gyan Foundation has said that,the development of Amenfi Central Constituency is her topmost Priority. According to her ,it is her vision to project Amenfi Central to the entire worldwide community. Dr Mrs Joana Gyan-Cudjoe said this over the weekend when she successfully launched the Amenfi Central […]

General News Sanitation

Leaked Memo:NPP guru stopped from mining in Oda River

2,372  The Bekwai Municipal Assembly has revoked its earlier authorization granting New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate hopeful in the area, one Henry Opoku-Ware, and its Japanese nationals to dredge the Oda River. The local Assembly decided following constant pressure from the residents of Anwiankwanta and Abenkyim near Bekwai where the Oda River serves the […]

Crime General News

Withdrawing money from a deceased’s account to organise funeral is a criminal offence – Lawyer

2,449  A private legal practitioner, Albert Gyamfi, has described the act of family members withdrawing money from the bank account of a deceased to organise their funeral as a criminal offence that is punishable by law. According to the lawyer, although this is a common practice in the Ghanaian sociocultural context, the act, by law, […]