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The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) will be appearing before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament today. The Committee is expected to resume its second public hearing today, Monday, August 7, 2017 to consider the Auditor General’s report on ensuring safety and quality of medicines in the country. Other bodies appearing before the ...

Odambea festival is a ceremonial festival celebrated by the people of Nkusukum every year .This festival draws individuals from various places in and out of Ghana to learn about the customs and belief of the community. But this year festivity will have a feel of a shutdown street carnival on the 25th August which have been absent for a while ...

A ranking member on Parliament’s Defense and Interior Committee Ernest Norgbey has urged the government’s anti-galamsey task-force to be tactful in fighting the menace. “We must win the fight, but we shouldn’t be killing illegal miners,” he cautioned in the wake of reports that the task-force shot dead an illegal miner at Wawase in the Ashanti region. Describing the death ...

The Chairman of the Subsidiary Legislation Committee of Parliament, Mr Mahama Ayariga, has threatened to go to court to compel public universities, polytechnics and nursing training colleges to legalise their school fees. He said the current fees charged by the public tertiary institutions were illegal since they had not been approved by Parliament in compliance with the Fees and Charges ...

Young Leaders have been tasked to be authentic in their respective positions if they want to be successful. Speaking at a mentorship program dubbed the Emerging Leaders’ Summit organized in Accra, renowned businessman and CEO of Yamson and Associates, Dr. Ishmael Yamson said “leadership is not a position but a behavior.” He added that “there are three kinds of leaders, ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will visit Denkyira-Obuasi as part of his six day working visit to the Western and Central Regions. Denkyira Obuasi became famous after Major Maxwell Mahama was lynched in the town. Below is a statement from the Presidency. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo from Monday, August 7, 2017, embark on a six day tour of the ...

Residents of Denkyira Obuasi where a military officer was lynched want suspended Chief Executive of the area reinstated. The calls come ahead of President Akufo-Addo’s visit to the town. Daniel Appianin was suspended for his unguarded comments following the murder of the army officer. Major Maxwell Adam Mahama was lynched on May 2, 2017, in the farming community in the ...

A team from the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) says it is not impressed with projects funded from oil revenue in some parts of the Volta Region. During a monitoring tour of the region, the team revealed that monies allocated for projects in the Ketu South, Ketu North and Keta municipalities have not been properly executed. The team observed ...

A former Attorney General and Minister for Justice Martin Amidu says the erstwhile John Dramani Mahama-led government must be blamed for the current conflict between the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Mrs Charlotte Osei and her deputies. Mrs. Osei and two of her deputies, Georgina Amankwaa and Amadu Sulley have been trading accusations at each other over the last few ...

A Ghanaian citizen, Ayamga Yakubu Akolgo, has sued the Chief Justice and the Attorney General over the widely published petition to the President seeking to remove the Electoral Commission Chairperson Charlotte Osei from office over allegations of corruption and stated misconduct. Mr Akolgo asserts that there is no need for the Chief Justice to constitute a committee to investigate the ...