The Auditor-General has reported that $80m worth of vaccines paid for by government has not been delivered. According to the A-G, government paid over $120m to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT) but only $38m worth was delivered. The Auditor-General has thus recommended to the Chief Director of the Health Ministry to renegotiate and ...

A woman has given birth to a giant baby weighing 16lb and measuring 2ft tall in Brazil. Angerson Santos was welcomed into the world via C-section at Hospital Padre Colombo in Parintins, Amazonas State, on Wednesday, January 18. Medics believe that the supersize baby is the biggest to have ever been born in the state, beating the previous record of ...

The Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA) has been asked to take immediate steps to assess an impending unvalidated payment of GH¢14.7 million in Covid-19 expenditure. Government at the height of the coronavirus pandemic provided free water between April and December 2020. Some non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and private water providers were paid GH¢22,819,862.42 to settle the cost of water for ...

“When you heard that I have been given an appointment, you were all happy; how can I go up without fighting the demons?” This is the question posed by the Founder of Power Chapel Church, Rev. Victor Kusi Boateng, when he preached to his congregation in Sunday sermon. The Reverend Minister, who doubles as Secretary to the Board of Trustees ...

The Auditor-General has disclosed that the government spent ¢10 billion of monies mobilised for Covid-19 activities on budget support. According to the A-G, a total of ¢21,844,189,185.24 was mobilised for the fight against the pandemic. However, out of this amount, only ¢11,750,683,059.11 was spent on curbing the spread of the virus. The A-G said the rest, per its records, was ...

The Krobea Asante Technical and Vocational School at Asokore in the Ashanti Region has been closed down. This is a directive of the Ghana TVET Service after some students went on a rampage on Sunday morning, protesting the poor results of their predecessors in their final examination. About 40 of them have been arrested for causing damage to school property. ...

The Auditor-General has cited Makro Structures Limited for abandoning a Covid-19 isolation and treatment centre project in Nalerigu of the North East Region. According to the Audit Service, the contractor was awarded the ¢15 million project by government on May 11, 2020, and was charged to complete it in October 2022. It was subsequently paid GH¢4.5 million which constitutes 30 ...

The Vice President of policy think tank, IMANI Africa, has lambasted government over its handling of the debt exchange programme. Kofi Bentil said government has been arrogant in its approach to the exercise and must be called out. In a Facebook post on Saturday, Mr Bentil said the bondholders have a right to their monies and must be respected. According ...

Western Region Chairman of Parents Teacher Association (PTA) Isaac Cobbina has disclosed that senior high school (SHS) students are now compelled to buy sugar and bread to complement the raw beverages served in the dining halls of some their schools. Speaking in an interview with Nhyiraba Paa Kwesi Simpson, the host of Connect FM’s Omanbapa morning show, he indicated that ...

The Individual bondholders resisting government’s Domestic Debt Exchange (DDE) programme are optimistic that the Joint Technical Committee set up by the Finance Minister to find solutions to the current stand-off between government and the group will successfully deliver on its mandate. The Individual bondholders have been asking government to completely exempt them from the programme and find money in the ...