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President Akufo-Addo will today May, 1, 2018 launch a major programme known as the Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) to tackle graduate unemployment in Ghana as the country joins the rest of the world to celebrate International Workers Day. This programme will initially operate seven modules designed to meet the pressing needs of the nation while providing jobs for the teeming ...

The Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, Ignatius Baffour-Awuah has said the Akufo-Addo government has made significant stride since coming into power in addressing Ghana’s unemployment challenges. This, according to him, has led to the creation of some 1,996,444 in both the public and private sectors through various interventions. Mr. Baffour-Awuah disclosed this Tuesday at the launch of the Nation ...

The Majority Leader and Minister in charge of Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has bemoaned the lack of quality in the caliber of people who represent constituents in Ghana’s Parliament. The Majority Leader, who was speaking on TV3‘s New Day on Monday, attributed the lack of quality to the level of corruption that takes place throughout the election process. “I honestly ...

Greater Accra Regional Minister, Ishmael Ashitey is expected to address workers at the 2018 workers day celebrations at the Black Star square in Accra. This is in line with May Day celebrations worldwide to recognise and commend the hardwork of all private and public workers in their various fields. As workers worldwide celebrate the International Workers Day otherwise known as ...

The Akim Oda District Magistrate Court in the Eastern Region presided over by His Worship Akwasi Apeatse Abaidoo has convicted eleven(11) students made up of nine (9) students from University of Ghana, University of Cape Coast, University for Professional studies, and, the University of Energy and Natural Resources, and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, and two Senior High ...

The National Commission for Small Arms and Light Weapons says reports of accidental deaths through guns calls for education on the proper ways to handle arms. Executive Secretary of the Commission, Jones Borteye Aplerh, says a recent incident at Somanya in the Eastern Region in which a four-year-old boy was accidentally shot dead by his six-year-old brother points to the ...

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has denied claims by its Principal Revenue Chief at the Small Tax Payer Office in the Northern region that it intends to tax street beggars as part of its nationwide drive to rake in more revenue for the state. Alhaji Yahaya Mohammed told journalists in the Northern region Monday that some individuals occupying the streets ...

Former COCOBOD Chief Executive, Dr Stephen Opuni, has sued the Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO) again demanding it unfreezes his bank accounts. In the writ dated April 27, 2018, Dr Opuni said the conduct of EOCO and its decision to continue freezing his assets is inhuman and wrongful. An Accra High Court two weeks ago ordered the unfreezing of ...

The Civil and Local Government staff Association has said it will soon embark on a campaign to rid the ministries of the sprawling influence of government’s special assistants. “We are going to clear them from the ministry”, the Executive Secretary of Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana, (CLOGSAG) Isaac Bampoe-Addo told Joy News. He said a strike is ...

Police in Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi, are on a manhunt for three gunmen who shot and killed a currency dealer before bolting with an unspecified amount of money. The 63-year old Hasmin Salifu is believed to have struggled with the assailants who shot him three times and fled on a motorbike with unspecified local and foreign currency. Manhyia Divisional Commander, ACP Kwaku ...