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Nine of the 20 government appointees at the Kassena-Nankana West District Assembly in the Upper East region have been dismissed and replaced to pave way for the confirmation of the District Chief Executive nominee, Clement Dandori. Their dismissal, coming a week after the nominee was denied the required two-thirds of the votes cast in the first confirmation meeting, was announced ...

The Medical Director at the Ridge Hospital, Dr. Thomas Anaba has said he will sue the Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang Manu for unduly transferring him from his post. Last Monday, a letter addressed to Dr. Anaba directed to him hand over to the Public Services Commission three years short of the expiration of his tenure. Although no reasons were given, ...

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has directed all regional health directors in the country to be on alert after the Democratic Republic of Congo reported an Ebola outbreak in the North-east. The World Health Organisation said as at May 14, 2017, three deaths are being linked to the virus, and it is taking the situation “very seriously”. One of those ...

The General Secretary of the Peoples National Convention (PNC) Atik Mohammed, has said the Nana Akufo Addo governing will sink itself soon, if it continues commiting avoidable mistakes and courting problems for itself. According to him, the government has set itself for destruction and it appears the NPP will want to take it’s 5 months in office to repeat the ...

To end the country’s erratic power distribution and billing system, government says it needs over US$1billion capital, which it seeks to realise from the private sector. The Minister of Energy and Petroleum, Boakye Agyarko, speaking at day-two of the maiden National Policy Summit in Accra, noted that there is the need for critical investment in power distribution and billing infrastructure, ...

Dr Felix Anyah, the CEO of the Holy Trinity Medical Centre has been appointed new Chief Executive of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra. The appointment takes effect on June 1,2017, a letter signed by the Health Minister noted. Dr, Anyah takes over from Dr. Gilbert Buckle who had several brushes with staff of the biggest referral hospital in ...

45 senior officers of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) have been transferred. They include two Deputy Commissioners of Immigration (DCOI), two Assistant Commissioners of Immigration (ACi), 18 Chief Superintendents of Immigration (C/SUPT.), eight Superintendents of Immigration (SUPT.), 11 Deputy Superintendents of Immigration (DSI) and four Assistant Superintendents of Immigration (ASI). A letter dated May 17, 2017, and signed by Comptroller-General ...

A former Attorney General, Martin Amidu is of the view the Ashanti Regional State Attorney did not err in her decision to drop charges against members of the pro-New Patriotic Party (NPP) group, Delta Force, without consulting the Attorney General. Mr. Amidu, per his assesment of the case, described the State Attorney’s handling of the matter as unassailably professional. The ...

There have been a series of labour agitations in Accra Thursday morning with workers demanding better pay and working conditions. Workers undertaking the Tema Port Expansion project have been demonstrating over how their appeals for an improvement in their conditions of service have been ignored. This is the second time in months they are demonstrating and stalling work in the ...

The Executive Director of  the Institute for Education Studies (IFEST) formerly VIAM Africa has said government’s ‘pass-BECE-and-qualify-for-free-SHS’ mantra could be counter-productive. Dr Prince Armah says while the government remains committed to helping vulnerable groups and making Senior High School education accessible to all, it will be shooting itself in the foot if it goes ahead with the pass/fail grade description ...