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The living conditions of Ghanaians declined marginally between 2014 and 2015, according to a survey conducted by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA). Those whose living conditions declined constituted about one-third of the population, with majority of them living in the Greater Accra, Volta, Eastern, Upper East and Upper West regions. According to the survey findings, poor living conditions are ...

Four in 10 Ghanaians have considered emigrating, although far fewer are actually taking steps to leave the country, a recent Afrobarometer survey indicates. The study reveals that most potential emigrants are in search of more favourable economic prospects. A majority would prefer to live outside Africa, with North America and Europe being the most preferred destinations. The data is released ...

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has in a characteristic style attacked his successor, former President John Agyekum Kufuor, accusing him of demeaning the legacy of Ghana’s first President, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. The former Military dictator also slammed the late President John Mills and former President John Mahama for allowing Nkrumah’s legacy to be desecrated. According to Mr. Rawlings, the former ...

Mining firm Goldfields is to lay off about 1,500 workers in line with the change in the module of its business. The workers are agitating over the move and are threatening a showdown with management in the coming days. The workers are likely to receive their termination letters December 13, 2017 while others will be retained on contract basis. Meanwhile, ...

Founder and Leader of the All People’s Congress (APC) Hassan Ayariga, has said, steps taken by the Chief Justice to probe the Chair of the electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei and two of her deputies Amadu Sulley (in charge of Operations), and Georgina Amankwa (in charge of Corporate Services), is not poltically motivated. According to him, given the importance of the ...

The embattled chairperson of the electoral commission Charlotte Osei has called on the Chief Justice committee probing her and her two deputies to furnish her with a copy of the petition seeking her removal. According to her, even though she has cooperated with the committee over the alleged issues plaguing the commission, she is yet to receive a copy of ...

A requiem service is currently underway at Krofrom a suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti region for a 17-year-old former female student of Kumasi Academy (KUMACA). Clementina Konadu was part of the KUMACA students who died of H1N1 at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) hospital weeks ago. Grief-stricken parents and the bereaved family have remained inconsolable ...

The Chair of Ghana’s Electoral Commission, Mrs. Charlotte Osei, has requested President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to furnish her with a copy of the petition seeking her removal from office for alleged breaches of the law. Some unnamed staff of the Commission in July 2017 petitioned Nana Akufo-Addo to remove Mrs. Osei over alleged abuse of office, causing financial loss ...

The Auditor General has surcharged some 62 organisations for receiving payments from the state with no available documentation covering them. The surcharge certificates totalling GHȻ8,886,791.9101742 cover the period between December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2015. The organisations, which are mostly private entities, also include some state institutions as well as staff of some government entities. According to a release ...

The Information Minister has pleaded with Ghanaians to bear with the government on the challenges that have come up since the implementation of the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy. Mustapha Hamid said the problems are largely due to over admission of first-year students across the country. Speaking with members of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) at a town hall ...