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Dr. Kwabena Donkor has bemoaned what he described as the attitude of thievery and pilfering among staff of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) revealing that it is among other challenges crippling the energy sector “ECG staff and consumers connive to deny ECG of its revenue”, former Power Minister in the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration, alleged “I have ...

The Institute for Energy Security (IES) has stated that fuel prices are expected to go down this month. This is attributed to crude oil price falling by over 5 per cent and gasoline and gasoil prices dropping by approximately 8 per cent, fuel stocks capable of meeting over four weeks of national demand, and the Ghana cedi remaining fairly stable ...

Vice President, Dr Mahamadu Bawumia says government intends to start issuing National Identity Cards by the end of September this year. This, he said, would enable government to manage the economy properly while instilling social discipline in the country. Dr Bawumia announced this when he spoke on behalf of the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo at the two-day National ...

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyepong has called on President Akufo-Addo to immediately sack all members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) occupying key positions in state institutions or risk losing the 2020 general elections. According to him, some party faithful who worked hard and sacrificed their lives for the party’s victory are lamenting ...

The Minority in Parliament has petitioned the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of the US, over the US$2.25 billion bond issue, 95% of which was purchased by Franklin Templeton The government in April this year, auctioned a total of 2.25 billion dollars in four bonds.The first two bonds, totalling 1.13 billion dollars, was issued at 15 and 7 years period ...

A military man Corporal Bernard Tsagli stationed at the 37 Military Hospital is in the grips of the Baatsona police in Accra for robbery. He is believed to be working with three other military personnel and a taxi driver identified as Joseph Ansah. Confirming the arrest to Daily Guide, the Accra Regional Police Commander, DCOP Osaberima Oware Asare Pinkron III, ...

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has embraced the apology rendered by the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, over the wrongful deletion of some names on the public payroll following government’s attempt to purge it of ghost names. The Ministry ordered the removal of 26,589 names from from government payroll. Those affected had not been registered onto the new SSNIT biometric ...

A former Municipal Chief Executive of Ejisu Juaben Yamoah Ponkoh has confessed he doled out over GHC300,000 to assembly members in his bid to occupy the position for the second time. Ponkoh, who is a leading member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) first occupied the MCE position May 2011 under late president John Mills, but was sacked during ...

The chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Finance, Dr. Mark Assibey Yeboah has said his committee would work on key proposals from stakeholders that will help the current administration to address revenue leakages in order to meet the 2017 target. He reiterated the Committee’s commitment to work with GCNet on key proposals made to Government to address unnecessary complications ...

Superintendent Cephas Arthur, Director of Public Affairs of the Ghana Police Service, has said that some of the dismissed 206 police recruits who were undergoing training at the Pwalugu Police Training School in the Upper East Region will face criminal prosecution for forging documents used in their application. The police administration on Friday, 3 February sacked the recruits for falling ...