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The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Minority in Parliament, has commended Presidential Staffer, Clara Napaga Tia Sulemana for the huge role she played leading to the resignation of her former colleague in government and Deputy Agric Minister, William Quaitoo on Tuesday. Ms Clara Napaga Tia Sulemana, publicly condemned the former deputy Minister’s ethnocentric comment when he described farmers from the ...

A number of Chiefs at Nyinahin and its environs in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region insist that Exton Cubic Group Limited must be the ones allowed to mine bauxite in the area. They have therefore appealed to government to as a matter of urgency settle the impasse between them and the company to allow [Exton Cubic Group] ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has applauded the entire membership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) on the successful conduct of the 25th Annual Delegates Conference held in Cape Coast at the weekend. “The peaceful, orderly and yet lively manner in which the conference, rally and thanksgiving service were held, reinforced our commitment and dedication to the noble goal of ...

Board Members of SSNIT will meet today, August 30, to give approval for the Company’s IT Manager to be sacked for faking the Ph.D. which he used to gain employment there. Caleb Aflalo’s act has been in the news since Monday when it emerged that he presented falsified qualifications to secure the high-level position at SSNIT. The incident has triggered ...

It is emerging that controversial musician and a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Asare Obeng widely known as A Plus, rakes in a whooping sum of GHc12,000 every month from his BOST contract. The musician turned politician, is the man currently handling contract for hauling oil for the state owned company, Bulk Oil Storage and Transport (BOST ...

Deputy Sports Minister Pius Enam Hadzide has said government is committed to fulfilling their promise of completing the University of Ghana stadium. He revealed to Joy Sports that a whopping 10 million Ghana cedis have been released for the completion of the 30,000 capacity structure. Construction of the multi-million dollar stadium was started in 2004 by CONSAR Limited under the ...

Agro chemical dealers have called on the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) to sit up and clamp down on dealers in fake and expired products to protect farmers and consumers. They are worried the prevalence of such products on the market could endanger consumers and cause farmers to lose confidence in the use of chemicals. Fredrick Boampong, Programmes Manager ...

The Ghana Stock Exchange has lifted suspension of trading activities on two firms out of the five that were sanctioned for not complying with regulations of the GSE, Starr Business has gathered. The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) last week suspended the five companies from trading in shares effective today, August 29, 2017. The affected companies are African Champion Industry Limited, ...

Some people at the presidency and within the New Patriotic Party (NPP) are charging $20,000 from private individuals who want to gain access to President Nana Akufo-Addo at the Flagstaff House, Assin Central MP Kennedy Agyapong has said. Mr Agyapong, who has been sounding the alarm bells within his own government, told Adom TV’s Badwam programme on Tuesday, 29 August ...

Wrongdoings are difficult to detect and expose where systems are not transparent. Too often, officials use public office to create undue favors for family and friends, and undermining the integrity of governance. Where there are transparent systems to detect and check abuses of power and privileges, such abuses are reduced for the benefit of society. In troubled countries such as ...