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The Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has insisted that Government has paid 1billion cedis out of the 1.2billion cedis of debt owed NHIS service providers constituting 98% of the total debt paid. In his keynote address at the 2018 Health Summit organized by the Health Ministry in conjunction with the World Health Organization (WHO), under the theme: “Achieving Universal Health ...

  https://soundcloud.com/citi97-3/bitter-politicians-must-not-destroy-wealthy-businessmen-duncan-williams The founder and leader of Action Chapel International, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams, has said that President Akufo-Addo must not allow his government to be used by some bitter persons to retaliate and victimize genuine business people who created wealth under the John Mahama administration. He said while he is not against the anti-corruption agenda of governments, the vicious cycle ...

Delegates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ashanti Region have elected new executives who will ensure victory for the party in the 2020 presidential and parliamentary elections, Bernard Antwi Boasiako (Chairman Wuntumi), the retained Regional Chairman has said. According to him, there is so much cohesion and unity among the new executives, a situation that will propel the ...

President Akufo-Addo has asked Ghanaians to ignore news that seek to suggest that he is superintending over an over-bloated staff at the Jubilee House, the seat of government. The president said he was bequeathed with 706 public and civil servants and that he had only employed 292 personnel to help run his administration. In an annual report to parliament on ...

Government will provide the necessary resources to the country’s tertiary institutions to expand their infrastructure to meet the expected rise in student population following the implementation of the Free Senior High School (FSHS) programme, Vice President Bawumia has assured. The Nana Akufo-Addo government will also provide opportunities for continuous hiring and training of the necessary human resources to facilitate proper ...

Chair of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation has said without strong public services and committed public servants, there will be no efficient delivery of expected public goods and services. Mo Ibrahim said public service is the pillar of governance and without an efficient implementation of any commitment, however strongly voiced will not amount to anything. This was contained in the Foundation’s ...

Outspoken academician Professor Stephen Adei has urged Ghanaians to concern themselves with the input and output of the number of staffers at the Jubilee House – seat of government- rather than the large number. The tall list of Presidential staffers has angered most Ghanaians with many accusing the President and his government of deceit after the NPP complained about the ...

Two members of Ghana’s contingent to the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia did not return. The Ghana Badminton Association have confirmed Stella Amassah and Gifty Mensah disappeared from team Ghana’s camp and have still not been found. This comes on the back of team captain Botsyo Nkegbe’s claims on the Joy Sports Link, Saturday, that he was sure ...

Cocobod has announced plans to undertake a nationwide exercise to remove all swollen shoot-affected cocoa trees, to prevent the spread of the viral disease. The control programme, which has received government’s approval and is expected to commence soon, will include replanting over 1,000 hectares of cocoa trees in a 4-year period. The Executive Director, Cocoa Health and Extension Division (CHED) ...

Newly-elected Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Divine Otoo Agorhom, has revealed that he gave GHS100 to each of the delegates who took part in the party’s weekend conference as transportation. According to him, others were paid less than GH100 due to where they came from within the region. The NPP elected their regional executives who ...