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Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has warned government appointees not to abuse sole sourcing, although it is legal and necessary under some circumstances. He gave the caution at the opening of a six-day special training programme on public procurement in Accra on Monday, 29 May, 2017. “We have seen and heard of incidences of the abuse of procurement processes, especially ...

The Minister of state responsible for Public Procurement, Sarah Adwoa Safo has directed Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to immediately stop terminating contracts signed by their predecessors. Ms. Safo has further directed that all queries on some of these contracts should be referred to her office for further investigations and recommendations before any action is tak Her concerns follow ...

The Ghana Education Service is suspecting spiritual attack following the sudden collapse of female students at New Juaben Senior High School in the Eastern region. Several female students of the school in Koforidua have been rushed to different hospitals over suspected food contamination. According to Starr News’ Kojo Ansah, some of the students were rushed to the Eastern regional government ...

The Minister of State at the presidency in charge of Public Procurement, Adwoa Safo, has accused the Mahama-led administration of abusing the sole-sourcing element of the procurement laws. Speaking Monday May 29, 2017 at a training session on Public Procurement for Ministers and Agencies Ms Safo who is the MP for Dome Kwabenya revealed officials in the past administration deliberately ...

A protest against the dilapidated nature of the main road linking Ablekuma-Manhean-Afuaman and Oduman-Nsakina in the Greater Accra region on Monday morning left hundreds of commuters in those areas stranded. Some commercial drivers who were part of the protesters, parked their vehicles and refused to pick passengers. Others, including landlords and tenants blocked portions of the main road to prevent ...

The Ashanti regional branch of the Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners (GNASSM) has called on government to allow its members to go back to work after being rendered jobless for three months. “…To the government, we say three months is enough; allow us to go back to work,” the group said in a statement. To help protect water ...

Over 300 students of the Accra Technical University have been prevented from taking part in the end of semester exams for failing to pay a 100 Ghana cedis penalty for the late payment of their fees. According to the angry students, the school authorities have refused to heed to their pleas and allow them write the exams since it is ...

Dr Addai-Mensah Otchere the New Patriotic Party (NPP) member who declined President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s appointment as the Director of the Ghana Standards Authority, has revealed that he was once a teacher to Ashanti Regional Chairman of the party in Secondary School. “I taught Chairman Wontumi and Andy Kankam who is the Member of Parliament for Nhyiaso core science ...

A former Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Justice Emile Short, has commended president Akufo-Addo for boldly assuring that he will fight the corruption scourge facing Ghana. Addressing a meeting of Ghanaians resident in Sierra Leone during a visit, Akufo-Addo pledged to deal ruthlessly with the canker, noting that he will not shield any public ...

The first time I heard a figure above one thousand was when I entered Winneba Secondary School, to study accounting. My then Accounting Tutor, Mr. J. B. Ninson, who is now the Effutu Municipal Chief Executive, introduced the concept of accounting, and began to throw long figures on the chalk board, with a lot of zeros. I continued to face ...