The 2021 Auditor-General’s report has unearthed irregularities amo.unting to GH¢1,080,913,824. It comprises tax irregularities, cash irregularities, indebtedness/loans/advances, payroll irregularities, stores/procurement irregularities, rent irregularities and contract irregularities. The A-G detected payroll irregularities amounting to GH¢5,583,498.00. Included in the total payroll irregularities was unearned salaries totalling GH¢1,501,740.00 paid to 146 officers of 47 institutions under the Ministry of Health. Lands For Sale ...
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Inaki Williams scores and misses penalty in Athletic Bilbao win
Inaki Williams scored a fine goal as Atheltic Bilbao maintained their unbeaten start to the season with a 4-0 victory over Cadiz in La Liga on Monday evening. However, the Ghana international missed a penalty. The 29-year-old was also replaced after 54 minutes due to an injury, his first since 2016. Athletic Bilbao quickly took control of the game, with ...
Read More »2021 A-G’s report: 146 MoH staff blow ¢1.5m ‘unearned salaries’ out of ¢5.5m total payroll irregularities
The 2021 Auditor-General’s report has revealed that some 146 staff in various institutions under the ministry of health squandered some ¢1.5 million of “unearned salaries”. This was part of the total GH¢1,080,913,824 irregularities detected by the Auditor-General which comprises tax irregularities, cash irregularities, indebtedness/loans/advances, payroll irregularities, stores/procurement irregularities, rent irregularities and contract irregularities. Lands For Sale In Acres at Aburi ...
Read More »Songhor salt project will rake in more Dollars to help stabilize the Cedi – McDan CEO
The Chief Executive Officer of the MacDan Group of Companies, Mr Daniel McKorley, has expressed hope that the Songhor salt project at Ada in the Greater Accra Region, will earn Ghana more Dollars after export to help shore up the local currency. He made this comment while speaking in an interview with TV3’s Paa Kwesi Asare on the Business Focus programme ...
Read More »Teenage pregnancy cases escalate from July due to festivals – GHS
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has revealed that teenage pregnancy cases in the country increase exponentially from the month of July each year. This, the service partly attributes to festival celebrations that are often held from that month. “Yes, per the records we have, we do record teenage pregnancy cases in almost every quarter of the year but we’ve realised ...
Read More »betPawa sets up Responsible Gaming Call Center for Gaming Commission
Leading online betting and gaming company betPawa have provided IT equipment to the Gaming Commission of Ghana for the creation of a Responsible Gaming Call Center at the Commission. The action forms part of the company’s responsible gaming agenda. They want to help educate people on the need to see betting as a form of entertainment and only bet what ...
Read More »Qatar 2022: Honour Asamoah Gyan with his last wish – Christian Atsu
Former Black Stars Winger Christian Atsu wants striker Asamoah Gyan included in the squad for the upcoming World Cup in Qatar. This comes on the back of a BBC interview with the former Black Stars Captain today, 16 August 2022, in which the striker expressed his willingness to take part in the World Cup one more time. According to the ...
Read More »I’ll now have more time for Dome-Kwabenya constituents – Adwoa Safo
Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya Constituency Sarah Adwoa Safo has indicated that she will now have more time to concentrate on her parliamentary duties now that she has handed over her ministerial responsibilities. Until Thursday, July 28, Ms Safo was the Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection though proceeding on leave for over one year and her office temporarily managed by ...
Read More »Cocobod trial: Agongo, Agricult didn’t cause financial loss; bring back Lithovit fertiliser – Farmer
Businessman Seidu Agongo and his company, Agricult, did not cause any financial loss to the state by supplying the Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) with Lithovit Liquid Fertiliser, a cocoa farmer who benefitted from the agrochemical, has told Justice Clemence Honyenuga’s court. According to Mr Thomas Amo Amankwaa, the fertiliser was a “great saviour” to cocoa farmers and must be brought ...
Read More »OSP terminates investigations on Atta Akyea
The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has said it terminated investigation into a complaint of alleged financial malfeasance filed against the Member of Parliament for Abuakwa South, Samuel Atta Akyea for lack of evidence. The probe was stopped in July. The OSP said the “complainant admitted that he filed the complaint without any basis and that he was paid ...
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