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It has emerged that 26 percent of pupils who passed the Basic Education Certificate Examination in the Lambussie district of the Upper West region are unable to go to SHS because they cannot pay the admission fees. Authorities in the area are, however, hopeful the situation will change with the implementation of the free SHS policy by the government in ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo is barely nine months into office but appears to have come under barrages of criticisms not only from his opponents, but his own party, the New Patriotic Party. From allegations of showing weakness in addressing the contaminated fuel disaster at BOST to not dealing with perception of insecurity in the country, everything has been thrown at him. ...

Founder of the Progressive People Party (PPP) and magnate, Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom has patted the Akufo Addo-led government on the back for scrapping the mandatory towing levy scheduled to have started in July. According to him, he would have been part of a demonstration to protest the implementation of the towing levy that he said doesn’t make sense. “Reports ...

President Akufo-Addo, will, today Monday, 21st August, 2017, leave Ghana for a 3-day official visit to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, at the invitation of its President, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. The purpose of the visit is to deepen the cordial bilateral relations between the two countries, and explore possible areas of co-operation. The President’s visit is, in particular, to ...

Ghana’s banking sector was shaken to its core when the Bank of Ghana directed for two struggling banks – UT bank and Capital Bank – to be taken over by GCB bank. According to the Bank of Ghana, these troubled banks were asked to sacrifice their management due to what the bank of Ghana described as the severe impairment of ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has charged authorities of the Bank of Ghana to employ all creative means to address challenges confronting the nation’s banking sector. “The need to entrench reputation and credibility in the financial system is crucial. A weak banking system undermines growth, and, on this basis, the current weaknesses in our banking sector need to be addressed ...

Deputy Communications Director for the opposition National Democratic Congress [NDC], Kweku Boahen has accused President Akufo-Addo and his government of being the cause of the huge percentage of failed students in the just ended Basic Education Certificate Examinations [BECE] results. He said, “The propagandist promise made by the New Patriotic Party [NPP] during the 2016 elections that led them into ...

The Lands and Natural Resources Ministry has dismissed media reports which claimed that the sector minister, John Peter Amewu called for the dismissal of public sector workers who were appointed under the Mahama government. A statement from the Public Relations unit of the ministry described the reports as “untrue.” Mr. Amewu is reported to have said that if he had ...

The office of Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has denied accusations that he; then running mate of the NPP, promised not to borrow when his government comes into office. The Minority has described as shameful, Dr Bawumia’s new position on borrowing. Deputy Minority Leader, James Klutse Avedzi said: “It is shameful for Bawumia to say in the past that we ...

President Akufo-Addo stunned majority of his audience yesterday when he mounted the podium at the La Palm Royal Beach Hotel during the 12th Convocation of Advocates in Africa. For a good part of his speech as special guest of honour at the programme – which was held under the auspices of the Christian Lawyers Fellowship Ghana (CLFG) – the president ...