NEWS

UN Sec-General appoints Hanna Tetteh Special Envoy for Horn of Africa

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday, 22 February 2022 announced the appointment of Ghana’s former Foreign Affairs Minister, Hanna Serwaa Tetteh, as his Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa. She succeeds Parfait Onanga-Anyanga of Gabon, to whom the Secretary-General reiterated his deep gratitude and appreciation for his dedicated service. Ms. Tetteh brings to the position decades of experience at ...

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A/R: SHS Students bemoan delayed funds, food shortages

The various Student Representative Councils (SRCs) in the Ashanti region are demanding immediate action to halt the funding delays and food shortages affecting Senior High Schools (SHS) in the region. The student body made the call in its address to mark the opening of its 25th Congress and launching of the chapter’s silver jubilee in the Ashanti Regional capital Kumasi. ...

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Asenso-Boakye Charges Engineering Council To Sanitize Industry Practices

The Minister for Works and Housing, Francis Asenso-Boakye has today inaugurated six (6) Technical Committees of the Engineering Council with a call on the regulating body to use every legal means available under the Act to ensure that industry practice is well regulated to secure the highest professional standards in Accra. The Engineering Council is a regulatory body under the ...

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NIA boss to appear before parliament tomorrow

Parliament has summoned the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Identification Authority (NIA), Professor Ken Attafuah, to appear before it. The NIA boss is scheduled to appear in parliament on Wednesday, 23 February 2022. The NIA boss will be expected to touch on the ongoing Ghana Card registration. The registration exercise for the Ghana card has been characterised by ...

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Cedi likely to see further depreciation – Terkper

A Former Finance Minister, Seth Terkper, has predicted the Cedi will see further depreciation to major international currencies. Speaking to Francis Abban on the Morning Starr Tuesday, Mr. Terkper indicated that the government has abandoned policies that could see the Cedi doing well on the international market. “I don’t see any reliefs because one would have thought the slide of ...

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‘Let’s Bridge Revenue Gap With E-Levy’

MINISTER FOR Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has called on Ghanaians to support government to close the revenue gap in its annual budget through the Electronic Transactions Levy, also known as E-Levy. According to the minister, the time has come for Ghanaians to “burden share” to enable the state have adequate revenue to embark on developmental projects we so much desire. He ...

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Insensitive NPP gov’t’ has increased petrol prices by GHS20 in 5yrs – Sammy Gyamfi

The National Communications Officer of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Sammy Gyamfi has said the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) is insensitive when it comes to petroleum pricing in the country. According to Mr Gyamfi, the NPP has increased the price of petrol by GHS20 in five years while the NDC government in eight years increased the price ...

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Be Bold And Suspend E-Levy – Dr. Opuni Frimpong To Gov’t

Former General Secretary of the Christian Council Of Ghana, Rev. Dr. Opuni Frimpong, has asked government to be bold and suspend the E-Levy policy which does not seem to sync well with Ghanaians. According to him, a proactive government should be armed with other alternative policies that will help to generate enough revenue for developmental projects. Thus, he proposes that ...

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Covid fight: We’re not letting our guard down —Zoomlion assures gov’t

Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL), in collaboration with the government, has embarked on another disinfection exercise at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA). The exercise is part of a routine monthly activity aimed at containing the spread of the virus which is still lurking around in the country. Addressing journalists on the sidelines of the February 2022 exercise, a Vector Control Officer ...

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Ken Agyapong Blasts Adwoa Safo; Asks Her To Contest Tik Tok Parliamentarian Seat

Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has lambasted his baby mama, Sarah Adwoa Safo over her consistent absent from Parliament. According to him, the Dome Kwabenya MP is sabotaging government business by making it difficult for the Majority in parliament. Speaking to GTV on Monday morning, the long-serving Parliamentarian accused Adwoa Safo of dancing on TikTok ...

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