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The Government will provide four core textbooks for all first-year students when the Free Senior High School (SHS) takes off next September, Ken Ofori-Atta, the Finance Minister, announced on Monday. Additionally, there will also be “one hot meal a day for day students.” In a Mid-Year Review of the 2017 Budget, presented to the House, Mr Ofori-Atta said in order ...

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta, will present his midyear Budget Review and Economic Planning to Parliament Monday, July 31, 2017. The presentation is in fulfilment of the constitutional mandate requiring the Minister to give an account of the performance of the economy before the commencement of the second half of the year. The Presentation today will not see a request ...

Leader and founder of Glorious Word Power Ministry International (GWPMI), Reverend Owusu Bempah, has sent a strong warning to the General Overseer of International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), Pastor Mensa Otabil, for calling Christians who follow some prophets foolish. Rev. Owusu Bempeh accused the ICGC leader of describing Christians who give huge sums of money as offering to prophets just ...

The Northern Region Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Daniel Bugri Naabu, has accused the party’s MPs in the region of fomenting trouble in the governing party. According to him the MPs are behind the rejection of President Nana Akufo-Addo’s District Chief Executive nominees for some areas in the region. Addressing party functionaries at the Northern Regional Delegates’ conference ...

The former president of the Ghana Institute of Engineers (GIE), Dr. Kwame Boakye has called on Ghanaians to embrace Science, Technology, Engineering and Innovation (STEI) saying it is key to the country’s socioeconomic development. According to him, the government can formulate all manner of policies and programmes but without systematic effort to harness opportunities available in STEI, “Ghana is going ...

The National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) cannot assuage the plight of thousands of flood victims in the Northern Region due to accumulated indebtedness. Sources within NADMO have revealed that the past administration piled a huge debt compelling local suppliers to renege their contract with the government. This explains NADMO’s inability to support victims of last Tuesday’s floods which affected thousands ...

Former Ashanti regionall Minister Peter Anefi Mensah has cast doubts over the success of government’s flagship policy- free SHS. “I wish it is successful but I doubt, it is my wish that is should be successful, but I doubt the success of it. We are not saying it is not good to have free SHS but it should be progressively ...

Three government officials of the former administration have been invited by Police Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to assist with an ongoing probe into alleged financial malfeasance with the Ameri power contract. Former Power Minister, Dr Kwabena Donkor, his deputy, John Jinapor and former Deputy Attorney General, Dominic Ayine say they will honour the invitation on Monday despite objections by both ...

The Eastern Regional Minister, Eric Kwakye Darfour, has hinted at plans to ban the wearing of suits and foreign dresses by the staff of the regional coordinating Council on Fridays. According to him, the move is part of efforts to promote the consumption of local goods in the region. “We want to make ‘made in Ghana’ a culture in the ...

Vice President of think tank, IMANI Centre for Policy and Education, Kofi Bentil, says although concerns over the sustainability of the free SHS policy are legitimate, government’s resolve is rubbing off on critics. Mr. Bentil said Thursday on current affair programme PM Express that fears over the economy’s inability to sustain the project notwithstanding, Nana Akufo-Addo and his appointees in ...