The 2020 report of the Auditor General on Public Boards, statutory institutions for the period ending has revealed that the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has more than ¢440 million locked up in non-performing investment. The report indicated that this amount is out of ¢1.8 billion of cash irregularities the report uncovered. “Cash […]
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The Bibiani Police have arrested a 28-year-old man for allegedly stabbing his 26-year-old wife to death last Friday at Degede, a suburb of Bibiani in the Western North Region. Emmanuel Okyere Baffour, according to Police, allegedly stabbed Jessica Affi Jones five times, covered her body with clothes in her room and absconded. Superintendent Seth Serwornu, […]
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The Chief of the Chiraa Traditional Area in the Sunyani West District of the Bono Region, Nana Afari Mintah, has told Ghanaians that Ghana can only be “fixed” if all the citizens come together to play their respective roles. Nana Afari Mintah expressed these sentiments on Wednesday, 11th August, 2021, when President Akufo-Addo called on […]
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It will not be surprising that President Akufo-Addo will not sanction under-fire Health Minister, Kweku Agyeman-Manu over his role in the controversial Sputnik V vaccine procurement deal. That’s according to private legal practitioner, Martin Kpebu. According to him, the President has never shied away from defending his appointees anytime they come under public criticism and […]
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The Office of the Head of the Local Government Service (OHLGS) ended the series of nationwide training in projects and contracts management in which Nine Hundred and Ninety-Six (996) staff of the Service benefitted. The training beneficiaries included Coordinating Directors, Engineers and Procurement Officers of RCCs and MMDAs. The trainings which begun concurrently at Ho […]
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As part of efforts to strengthen the resolve to fight crime, the Acting Inspector-General of Police (Ag. IGP) Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, has today August 12, 2021 launched the Horse Patrol operations at the National Joint Operations Headquarters-Accra. The patrol, which is part of the Ghana Police Service’s method of crime prevention and detection, will […]
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The Jean Mensah-led Electoral Commission has directed the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to table its proposed electoral reforms before the Interparty Advisory Committee (IPAC) for dialogue. The Commission said it is open to suggestions and feedback to enhance the country’s electoral process but insists IPAC is the appropriate forum for such suggestions. The directive […]
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The Auditor-General has directed the management of the Ho Technical University in the Volta Region to recover a total of GHS110,651.04 from five former staff who resigned without giving the institution the mandated three months prior notice. According to the Auditor-General, the five ex-staff, comprising, four lecturers and one principal administrative assistant, were employed between […]
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The Kadjebi District in the Oti Region, has recorded 66 new HIV/AIDS cases as of June, 2021 compared with 51 cases recorded in the same period in 2020. Out of 4,763 people tested for HIV, including 1,690 males and 3,173 females, by June, 2021, 66 people tested positive for HIV. The number includes, 46 females […]
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The Volta Regional branch of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has called on the Trades Union Congress (TUC) to seek the re-negotiation of the recent salary increment for public sector workers. Mr. David Kattah, Regional Chairman, said the increments had dishonored practitioners of the teaching profession, and therefore the leadership of the Association […]
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