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See list of 59 deceased pensioners still receiving nonstop pension, GH¢393,315 paid so far from public funds

4,521  The 2022 Auditor-General’s report has accused the Controller and Accountant General and his director of pensions unit for continued payment of pension of some 59 deceased pensioners in the audit of public accounts of ministries, departments and agencies. According to the Auditor General, the deceased who died between 2013 and 2019 are still benefiting […]

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NDC suspends Edgar Asamoah Boateng for seeking court injunction against primaries

1,372  The National Democratic Congress has suspended one of its members in the Abuakwa North Constituency, Edgar Asamoah Boateng. According to the party, the suspension is because Mr Boateng sought a court injunction to prevent the party from holding both the Presidential and Parliamentary Primaries, not only in Abuakwa North constituency but in all the […]

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2 Urban Roads workers embezzle GH¢1.9million – Auditor General’s report

3,556  The 2022 Auditor General report has indicted two account officers of the Greater Accra Regional Department of Urban Roads for embezzling GH¢1.9 million between January 2020 to March 2022. They are a former Greater Accra Regional Accountant and an account staff of the department. While the Regional Accountant alone embezzled about GH¢1.6 million from […]

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Akufo-Addo to meet top police officers tomorrow

1,614  President Akufo-Addo is expected to meet the top brass of the Ghana Police Service on Monday 31st July,2023. This meeting comes weeks after the infamous leaked tape capturing a senior police officer allegedly plotting to have the Inspector General of Police, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare removed. The President has been silent ever since the […]

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Atwima Nwabiagya North NDC Parliamentary Aspirants Unite To Unseat Benito Owusu Bio

1,978  Candidates who contested for Atwima Nwabiagya North Parliamentary seat in the NDC’s 2024 primaries have buried their difference for the party’s victory come 2024 general election. Division erupted among them after the primaries, characterized by a heat of discomfort among executives and party members.   A clean-up exercise held at Adankwame by Mr. Mba […]

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Politicians pay lip service to health sector but use it as cash cow during elections – Sarpong Asiedu

1,269  A Democracy and Development Fellow on Public Health at CDD-Ghana, Kwame Sarpong Asiedu, has accused political actors of lip-servicing Ghanaians when it comes to the health sector. In a Facebook post, the pharmacist tried to comprehend the reason politicians often ride on the back of the underdeveloped health sector of the country only to […]

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Prof Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang extends warm congratulations to newly-elected KNUST SRC President

1,920Running mate for the flabgearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2020 general elections, Prof Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang has reached out with a heartfelt message of congratulations to the recently elected Student Representative Council (SRC) President of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). In her message, Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang […]