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Brong Ahafo: GH¢500,000 of DACF ‘missing’ – Auditor-General demands refund

The Auditor-General has cited nine assemblies in the Brong Ahafo Region that spent about GH¢500,000 of the District Assemblies’ Common Fund (DACF) on goods and services but cannot provide receipts. The 2017 Auditor-General’s report has blamed the irregularity on poor supervision by the Finance Officers and has demanded that the District Coordinating Directors and Finance Officers at the assemblies refund ...

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EOCO Kept Over GH¢1bn Govt Cash Wrongly – Auditor General

The Auditor General has charged the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) for breaching the constitution as well as the public financial management Act. According to the 2016 Auditor General’s report on Consolidated Funds, EOCO kept GH¢1,168,998.37 it recovered from individuals and organizations in 2015 in contravention of article 176 of the constitution. The Auditor General further stated that it ...

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Government employs 20,000 in afforestation programme – Akufo-Addo

The Government of the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has employed some twenty thousand (20,000) young men and women across the country to help manage the country’s forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, and halt biodiversity loss. Speaking at the launch of the Youth in Afforestation Programme, on Monday, 13th August, 2018, at Jubilee Park, ...

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Busing of ministers a sign of indiscipline – Kwesi Aning

Dr. Emmanuel Kwesi Aning, Head of the Department of Research at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), says the President busing ministers to tour the Ashanti Region highlights the level of indiscipline in Ghana. President Akufo-Addo during his recent official visit to the Ashanti Region conveyed his ministers and other appointees who wish to accompany him on tours ...

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Mahama’s opponents should be careful else I will reveal secrets – Appiah Stadium

A popular National Democratic Congress (NDC) serial caller, Frank Kwaku Appiah, also known as Appiah Stadium, has revealed his intention to spill secrets about the party. According to a report by MyNewsGH.com, he stated that those who dare to stand against Former President John Mahama in the upcoming party primaries, should get ready for his revelations. Speaking on Kasapa FM, ...

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Afia Schwarzenegger ‘dumps’ Dr. Mensa Otabil to ‘stand with’ poor Ghanaians

Controversial radio and TV personality, Afia Schwarzenegger has waded into the ongoing social media campaign, #IStandWithOtabil that has divided people on social media. In a long letter to the followers and sympathisers of Dr. Mensa Otabil, the outspoken comedienne chastised them for a needless campaign that sought to defend Dr. Mensa Otabil amid all the reports available that indicate he ...

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