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Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, is convinced that Dominic Ayine, who has filed a suit at the Supreme Court challenging his appointment, is being sponsored by officials of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). Martin Amidu, who is a member of the party, said in his response to the suit brought against him that, the NDC officials are seeking to derail ...

Clean Water and Sanitation are key to everyday life and the development of people irrespective of their location. While the world’s population rapidly grows, availability of water and sanitation presents a different story, more significantly in rural communities. The 2017 Joint Monitoring Program report by the World Health Organization and the UNICEF indicates that about 2.1 billion people lack access ...

The Ghana Chamber of Mines has parried blame over the under development of mining communities in Ghana, saying government must respond to the situation. The Ghana Chamber contends that despite the meagre percentage of disbursement of the mineral royalty to the communities by central government, the royalties are always in arrears depriving the beneficiary mining communities of development. The Chief ...

The Minority in Parliament has urged President Nana Akufo-Addo to take action on his ‘Ghana Beyond Aid’ mantra and desist from rhetoric. This comes on the heels of the approval of a €13 million loan agreement in parliament on Wednesday, 21 March 2018. The loan is meant to ensure adequate funds for the establishment of the Deposit Protection Fund with ...

At least nine teachers at the Ejisuman Senior High School (SHS) have been interdicted following alleged sexual abuse of female students. The Ghana Education Service (GES) will not speak to the findings of the fact-finding committee, but, says the interdiction of the teachers is to shield the students from victimisation. The Head of Public Relations at the GES, Cassandra Twum ...

Ghana Airports Company Ltd says it has already commenced repayment of loans secured for the $250 million Terminal 3 project at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA). The project is a capital investment project by the Ghana Airports Company limited to enhance infrastructure at the international airport in the country. Speaking to JoyBusiness on a tour of the new terminal which ...

Government says the Minority in Parliament is being hypocritical in its stance over Ghana-US Military cooperation agreement which has become a subject of controversy. Responding to claims by the Minority that the agreement was new and would lead to the creation of a US military base in Ghana, the Defence Minister Dominic Nitiwul said the erstwhile NDC government had signed ...

Former President Jerry Rawlings has kicked against the proposed “enhanced” military cooperation between Ghana and the USA. According to him, “Ghanaians have enough foreigners dominating their economic and social life” and that adding foreign troops to the “discomfort” would be a bit too much. Mr Rawlings made the comments on his Twitter handle Wednesday. Cabinet has approved an agreement, giving ...

The Minority Spokesperson on Finance Cassiel Ato Forson has said the decision by the Bank of Ghana to handover the management of unibank to KPMG will trigger capital flight among indigenous banks. The Central Bank, as regulators, has handed over managerial powers of uniBank to the audit firm, at least for the next six months, because the bank’s “capital adequacy ...

The Center for Democratic Development (CDD), has predicted a return to the old public health financial system where people pay cash for medical care if innovative means are not quickly adopted. According to the CDD, a survey they conducted indicates that donor funding, which represents 70 to 80 percent of preventive and public health services, has dwindled over the years. ...