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Restore allowance fully – Teacher trainees

Teacher Trainees Association of Ghana (TTAG) has petitioned the Education Ministry to peg yet to be restored teacher trainee allowance at GHC450. Government has revealed an action plan to restore the said allowance from September this year but pegged it at GHC400 per student. But, the trainees say the figure is in a clear breach of the commitment made by ...

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Ghanaian student dies in his sleep at Owen University

Every mother’s dream is to see her son, daughter finish school, get a good paying job and start life, a life to change the world he lives in. For a mother whose son gained scholarship to pursue an MBA course in the Vanderbilt University, Owen Graduate School of Management, her dreams for her son were even higher, the prospects were ...

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MTN awarded me for competence – Afaglo

The dismissed IT head of SSNIT Caleb Afaglo has challenged reports that he was fired from his previous employment for lack of certificates and incompetence. In a reaction to media reports about his competence, Dr. Afaglo said he is amazed that the current managers of SSNIT are challenging his efficiency when his records have been outstanding over the years at ...

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I’ll end my oil contract with BOST – A Plus

Musician and New Patriotic Party sympathizer (NPP), A-Plus, has told Citi News that he is in the process of terminating his contract with Ghana’s Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company (BOST), which allows him to transport oil across the country on behalf of the company. A-Plus, who claimed his contract had existed since May this year [2017] in a Citi ...

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William Quaittoo’s resignation a lesson to politicians – Allotey Jacobs

Central Regional Chairman for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Bernard Allotey Jacobs has advised politicians across the country to desist from making ethnocentric comments in public. Mr William Quaittoo whom until Tuesday evening was the Deputy Minister for Agriculture resigned following incessant pressure on him to do so. He was accused of insulting people from the north when he called ...

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Nana shames critics – Sammi Awuku

Sammy Awuku, the National Youth Organizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), says President Nana Akufo-Addo has put his critics to shame with his splendid performance in office so far. He observed that the young NPP administration has done extremely well since assuming office. Mr. Awuku said critics of President Akufo-Addo continuously accused him of making unrealistic promises during the ...

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I wasn’t given BOST job because I’m NPP – A Plus

Maverick musician, A Plus has dismissed assertions that he got the fuel haulage contract with the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) because of his affiliation to the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP). According to him, he awarded the contract because he has all the qualifications. “No. no. I was given this job because I am a Ghanaian,” ...

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More names pop up in SSNIT scandal

Some of the faces behind the $72 million Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) scandal that has set tongues wagging are beginning to unravel. In what can be seen as a clear case of conflict of interest, a source has told DAILY GUIDE that the head of the troubled biometric project dubbed, Operation Business Suite (OBS) at SSNIT is ...

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Restoration of allowance: A promise kept, we are thrilled – Trainee teachers

The Trainee Teachers Association of Ghana(TTAG) says they are delighted to have their allowance scheme which was scrapped by the Mahama administration restored to them by the current government. According to the trainee teachers, the government’s move has firmed up their believe that the Akufo-Addo-led administration is a “listening government.” Speaking on Anopa Kasapa on Kasapa 102.5 FM, Osei Daniel ...

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