Investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni has wondered why the government has paid GHS100 million to a private waste company to dredge the Odaw river when the same water body was dredged for free by former President John Mahama’s brother, Mr Ibrahim Mahama, a few years ago. He wrote the following on Facebook: GHANA IS NOT BROKE! THIS IS HOW THEY ...

Youth Empowerment Consortium (YEC) has stated that passage of the electronic transaction levy (e-levy) will worsen the already precarious economic woes of the Ghanaian youth. The controversial 1.75% proposed e-levy was announced by Ghana’s finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta in the 2022 budget read last year with aim to “widen the tax net and rope in the informal sector”. However, the ...

Assin North MP James Gyakye Quayson’s application challenging the High Court’s ruling that declared his election as null and void has been thrown out by the Court of Appeal. This effectively nullifies his stay of execution application. Presiding judge Irene Charity Larbi said on Tuesday, 22 March 2022 that Mr Gyakye Quayson did not comply with the court’s directive that ...

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has commissioned the 5th and 6th Distribution Centres for Zipline Ghana at Anum and Kete Krachi. “When the government, led by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo satisfied itself with the knowledge behind Zipline’s innovation and how it will improve access to vital medical supplies, we became interested and more eager to ensure that ...

The National Service Personnel Association (NASPA) has assured its members that all personnel will be paid their January allowance on Tuesday, 22 March 2022, “Upon a series of deliberations with the management of the National Service Scheme (NSS), we can authoritatively confirm payment of an allowance for the month of January will be made on Tuesday, March 22,” a statement ...

Tullow Oil plc, an independent oil & gas, exploration and production group, quoted on the London, Irish and Ghanaian stock exchanges, has said it has completed the pre-emption of the Deep Water Tano component of Kosmos Energy/Occidental Petroleum Ghana transaction. The Group, which has interests in over 30 exploration and production licences across eight countries, said in a statement dated ...

The Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr Benito Owusu-Bio has directed a private developer, Dr Adu-Ampomah to, as a matter of urgency, halt all building activities on a parcel of land leased to the Bulgarian Embassy. The Deputy Minister gave the directive when he stormed the construction site in Accra on Wednesday, 16 March 2022 to witness the ...

Samuel A. Jinapor, Minister for Lands and Natural Resources and member of Parliament for Damango says the ongoing implementation of the digitalization of records at the Lands Commission is to among others promote transparency and inject a high level of efficiency in the Land services delivery of the country. The Hon. Minister said this when he led a team from ...

The Minister for Trade and Industry, Mr. Alan Kyerematen has attributed the delay in the payment of interest subsides to de-risk loans for Pharmaceutical Companies participating in the 1-District-1-Factory Programme to delay in release of funds from the Ministry of Finance. According to the Trade and Industry Minister, another reason for the delay in the payment of interest subsides can ...

The hearing of Interlocutory injunction filed by Michael Ankomah Nimfah, a private citizen against the Assin North Member of Parliament from performing his parliamentary duties has been blocked by lawyers of the embattled lawmaker. This was after lawyers of the MP led by Tsatsu Tsikata filed two motions – a Review application against the court’s ruling on March 8 and ...