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Member of Parliament for Nhyiaeso, Stephen Amoah, has said his colleague lawmaker for Juaboso, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh has been engaging in propaganda with his comments on the government’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic. He said Akandoh has not been able to provide facts and figures to support his claim that the Covid situation in Ghana is out of hands. Akandoh ...

A Former National Security Advisor, Brigadier-General Joseph Nunoo-Mensah has warned that Ghana should prepare for what is ahead of the nation because the signs are clear on the streets. The former Chief of Defence Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces said Ghana is in danger due to the increasing number of unemployed youth. Brigadier-General Nunoo-Mensah made the observations in an ...

A Financial Analyst, Joe Jackson says government must show commitment to the fight against corruption and identify the leakages and waste that causes the country to lose revenue. Speaking to host of sunrise morning on 3fm 92.7 Alfred Ocansey, Joe Jackson cautioned that government is broke and needs money, but that must not continuously increase the hardship and burden of ...

Personnel of the Youth in Afforestation module have threatened to embark on a sit-down strike by close of work on Friday, 26 November 2021, if their allowance is not paid. The youth say they have not been paid their allowance since July this year. The angry youth said if the government wants the country’s forest reserves to grow and maintain ...

National Communications Director of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Yaw Buaben Asamoa has mounted a spirited defence that the e-levy offers Ghana a brand new opportunity to break away from how public financing has been done in the past while offering a reliable source of income to support public growth. “You will now find a reliable source of income ...

The Ministry of Interior has by Executive Instrument imposed a curfew on Bawku Municipality and its environs in the Upper East Region. The curfew takes effect from 4:00pm to 6:00am Wednesday 24th November, 2021. In a press release, the Ministry indicated that the imposition has been as a result of insecurity in the Municipality and subsequently advised by the Upper East ...

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has announced that it will publish a list of Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) and their managers who have defaulted in the payment of taxes if “satisfactory arrangements are not made to settle outstanding tax liabilities by Friday, 3 December 2021.” According to the GRA, it will also continue enforcement actions including garnisheeing of accounts, sealing ...

Headmaster of Keta Senior High Technical School (Ketasco) and the contestants are confident they will beat Prempeh College and Presec to win the 2021 National Science and Maths Quiz contest. “We came here purposely for the trophy and we are not leaving here without the trophy,” a contestant said. Ketasco qualified to the finals of the NSMQ for the first time in the ...

Policy Think Tank, Danquah Institute (DI), has waded in on the debate on the Electronic Transaction Levy (E-levy) saying the move will rack in revenue to propel development. During a Press Conference in Accra on Wednesday, 24th November 2021, the Institute stated that if the government has projected to raise GHC6.9 billion in 2022 from the E-levy when rolled out, ...

The Prime Minister of Denmark, Ms Mette Frederiksen, on Wednesday, 24th November 2021, paid a courtesy call on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at Jubilee House to commence her two-day official visit to Ghana. Her visit to Ghana forms part of the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Denmark and Ghana. The Danish Prime Minister and Nana ...