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Government’s quest to export nurses to UK misplaced priority -Minority

1,908Ranking Member on Parliament’s Health Committee, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh says the government’s quest to send nurses to the United Kingdom is totally misplaced. He contends that even though government aims at raking in some economic benefits the timing is wrong considering the nurse-to-patient ratio in the country. Health Minister Kwaku Agyeman Manu has disclosed that […]

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National Service Secretariat seeking to become authority

1,864  The National Service Secretariat has disclosed intentions of transforming the Secretariat into an authority. The NSS has been the platform for creating policies and structures for the one-year mandatory national service of graduates from various tertiary institutions. In an interaction with stakeholders at the Ministry of Information during an assessment of state agencies, Executive […]

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Tanzania To Spend Cash On Schools Instead Of Independence Day

1,999  Hundreds of children with special needs in Tanzania are set to enrol in boarding schools after the government reallocated money meant for independence day celebrations to build dormitories. Some $445,000 (£364,000) had been set aside for Friday’s 61st independence day festivities, but that will now be spent on improving schools. President Samia Suluhu said […]

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External forces to blame for Ghana’s economic woes – John Kumah insists

2,004  The Member of Parliament for Ejisu and Deputy Minister of Finance, John Kumah has reiterated claims by government that external factors disrupted Ghana’s buoyant economy created by the governing New Patriotic Party. Mr. Kumah said the external disruptive factors worsened the debt crisis of the country, which compelled the Minister of Finance to announce […]

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Parliament Approves 2023 Budget

3,088Parliament has approved the 2023 budget which was presented by the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta. After some days of debates, the Minority and majority leader gave their concluding remarks today. The Speaker of Parliament later put a question to the Members of Parliament present about the motion to adopt the 2023 budgets. And there […]

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Arise Ghana’s demo over tough economy comes off This Morning

1,924 Pressure group, Arise Ghana has announced its decision to embark on a nationwide protest today, Tuesday, December 6, 2022. The group is protesting the economic hardships in the country. The group says the protest will continue until Parliament finalizes the motion of censure against Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta and concludes the debate on the 2023 […]

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Debt Restructuring Done Purely On Political Considerations Not Economic Consideration- ASEPA Boss Writes

1,779  Folks yesterday, the Finance Minister announced the official debt restructuring program for our domestic bonds, I have since not seen any critical observation from the opposition in terms of the debt operation structure announced yesterday but I hear the Minority is set to  address the Press today. 2. I can only expect that the […]

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VEEP launches new “MyNHIS app” to improve access to healthcare

2,017  A new, comprehensive online self-enrolment portal designed to make registration onto and renewal of existing membership of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) possible has been launched by the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia Known as the “MyNHIS app”, the new application includes a number of user-friendly features, such as enabling persons desirous of […]