NEWS

Suspended National Youth Organiser of the Conventions People’s Party (CPP), Ernesto Yeboah, has challenged officials of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and their parliamentarians to organise a press conference on the $72million software saga at the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT). According to him, over the past few years, the main opposition party has been vociferous on certain ...

The Minister of State in charge of Public Procurement, Sarah Adwoa Safo, has made a passionate appeal to the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) to help build the capacities of Ghanaians who are directly involved in the procurement process of the country. She believes that assistance from the UK based procurement and supply management firm will add impetus ...

Some top members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) seem to be robbing each other’s name in the mud in what appears to be a desperate attempt to distance themselves from the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) $66 million software scandal. The alleged stinky deal was unearthed by the current board of SSNIT, chaired by Dr. Kwame Addo ...

State Transport Company (STC) is set to recruit 100 young ladies as cabin crew, Chief Executive of the firm Nana Akomea has said. The move is part of numerous marketing efforts being undertaken by the new management to make the company competitive and attractive to travelers. “The “cabin crew” service which will transform passenger service in Ghana is set to ...

The first lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo has called for concerted efforts in ending Mother-to-child transmission of HIV and other health conditions that affect the well-being of women and children in the country. Speaking at the launch of the National Acceleration Plan for Paediatric HIV Services at Ho in the Volta region on Thursday, she underscored the need for an all-hand-on-deck approach ...

Some nursing and midwifery training institutions across the country are charging unapproved fees, contrary to the Ministry of Health’s (MoH’s) directive not to do so. Some of the bills stumbled upon by the Daily Graphic showed that those institutions were charging a combined fee of almost GH¢2,400, as against the MoH directive instructing them to charge GH¢1,400 as normal fee ...

The General Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU) has launched a scathing attack on the government over claims that it has defeated the army worms which invaded farms across the country. According to the Union, the government’s claims are untrue. It made this known Thursday after visiting a number of farms in the Upper East region, where armyworms invaded numerous farms. More ...

A report of the Special Budget Committee of Parliament has revealed how the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC) Charlotte Osei, requested for more money for the commission, although the general elections have been concluded. She was demanding approval for the balance of GH¢223,000,751 from GH¢1,093,000,751 which was required for the 2016 general elections. However, an audit report indicated that ...

Electricity is very critical to individuals and businesses, but for residents of ‘Katapie’ in the Ahafo Ano North District of the Ashanti Region, it has remained a wish. Amid the unfortunate developmental vacuum, comes the flourishing mobile phone charging business. Thirty-five-year old ‘Katapie’ resident, D.K. Emmanuel, as he prefers to be called, is the brain behind the initiative. He is ...

The Eastern Regional Minister, Eric Kwakye Darfour, has expressed concern at what he describes as an unwarranted craze for gold in the country which is giving rise to activities of illegal miners. According to him, the situation has reached a stage where the illegal miners are now going the extra mile of using sophisticated machinery to mine even in water ...