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Professor Ransford Gyampo of the Department of Political Science, University of Ghana, has decribed as “baffling” what he says are attempts by some parliamentarians, particularly from the majority group, to undermine attempts by the Speaker to restore the lost glory of Parliament as countervailing authority to the powers of the executive. He said since 1993, Parliament has been toothless and ...

Ghana Health Service (GHS) says it is under pressure to vaccinate students and pupils who are below fifteen years against COVID-19. The service says the vaccination for those above 15-years started in some regions and this brought pressure from parents to vaccinate children below 15-years. The GHS began the vaccination of students aged 15 years and above in various schools ...

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin has said he can remove the president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo from office. He said the law gives Parliament to powers to remove a president but does not give the same powers to a president to be able to remove a Speaker of Parliament. Speaking at the post-budget forum held at Ho ...

The Minister for Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu yesterday, Thursday, 18 November 2021 handed over 49 VW vehicles under the vehicle hire purchase scheme to the Ghana Health Service. The vehicles were received by the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye. In total, 1000 units of vehicles will be procured under the hire purchase arrangement, which will cover the ...

First Lady Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo says Hasaacas Ladies FC have promised her the team will be returning to Ghana with CAF Women’s Champions League trophy. The team will be playing Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies of South Africa later today, Friday, 19 November 2021 in the finals of the CAF Women’s Champions League ongoing in Egypt. The South Africans have not conceded ...

US Ambassador to Ghana Stephanie Sullivan joined a Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry, Michael Okyere Baafi, and other Ghanaian officials to formally inaugurate the new Air Conditioner and Refrigerator Test Laboratory at the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) on Thursday, November 18. The US government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) funded $1.84 million for the project under the Ghana Power Compact ...

Apple has announced a “self-service repair” programme so “customers who are comfortable” can fix their own devices. At launch, in early 2022 in the US, it will cover replacing the batteries, screens and cameras of recent iPhones. But Apple’s new repair store will sell more than 200 parts and tools. It comes after months of increasing pressure on Apple from ...

The National Coordinator of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP), Mrs. Gertrude Quashigah, has lauded the government’s pronouncement to increase the number of beneficiary pupils in the coming year following the significant impact the Programme is making in the development of education in Ghana. The Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, at the reading of the 2022 budget statement in Parliament ...

Minister of Finance Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori-Atta has broken his silence on whether or not he is harbouring any presidential ambitions. He told Paul Adom-Otchere on Metro TV on Thursday, November 18 that he is satisfied with contributing his intellectual abilities to the success of the government and Ghana, as a whole. “Sometimes, people believe that it’s their energies and ...

A former Deputy Minister of Finance, Mr Fiifi Kwetey has accused the government of insensitivity following the introduction of some taxes in the budget statement for the 2022 fiscal year. According to Mr Kwetey, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) promised to move the country from taxation to production. However, he said, after winning political power, they have reneged on that ...