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Some former toll collectors have appealed to the government to ensure their salary arrears are paid as an immediate step to reducing what they see as impending hardship on them. Speaking to the Human Rights and Governance Centre via phone, a former Kumasi Metro President of the Ghana Federation of Disability Organizations, Prince Debrah, and the Central Regional Chairman of ...

The Attorney General (AG) and Minister for Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame has revealed that cabinet has approved his request to amend the Criminal Procedure which will allow for plea bargaining to certain criminal offences in the country. According to the AG, the draft bill will soon be put before Parliament which will enhance the criminal justice delivery in the country ...

Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor has said that the Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta has outlined an ambitious, comprehensive plan to boost youth entrepreneurship in the country. Speaking to TV3 after the budget presentation on Wednesday November 17, the Damongo MP said ” The Finance Minister announced a very robust, ambitious comprehensive interventions to unleash entrepreneurship ...

e-Commerce giant Jumia’s third-quarter results are out. The Africa-wide country reported impressive profits amid huge operating losses. $25.5 million was recorded as gross profits, according to the company, while operating losses for the third quarter went up to $64 million. Operating losses for the quarter is about 250 per cent greater than gross profits. Jumia recorded a 5.7 per cent ...

Two Ghanaian citizens have sued the Attorney General and Minister of Justice over a number of protections the Speaker of Parliament, a Member of Parliament and the Clerk to Parliament enjoy under the 1992 Constitution. In the writ sighted by Starrfm.com.gh, the petitioners quote Article 117, and 118(1) and (2) of the 1992 Constitution among others that give the Speaker, MPs ...

The Minister of National Security, Albert Kan Dapaah, is expected in Parliament today, Thursday, November 18, to answer questions on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s foreign travels. The question was posed by Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, in May. He had accused the President of profligacy in going for a more expensive aircraft while the presidential ...

Ghana is developing a proposal for the adoption of E-Mobility in the transport sector to address the high levels of Green House Gas (GHG) and air pollution associated with the sector Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has disclosed. Road transport alone contributes 45.4 percent of total fuel combustion emissions and accounts for 13 percent of the overall national GHG emissions. The ...

As part of the climate action and sustainable transition to a low carbon economy, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has disclosed that the government intends to invest in the use of technology, and will, in partnership with the private sector, invest in the assembly and integration of electric motorbikes. This was contained in the 2022 budget statement Mr Ofori-Atta presented before ...

The Government of Ghana has announced an ambitious plan to connect more towns and rural communities to the national grid by the year 2022. Ghana, currently, has an electricity coverage rate of about 86.63 percent. In 2020, the government connected a total of 162 communities to the national grid. Currently, electricity connections to 512 communities are also at various stages ...

The General Legal Council (GLC) has reportedly agreed to admit the 499 law students at the Law School. This was after representatives of the aggrieved students and their lawyer met with the GLC and the Attorney General on Wednesday. “The subcommittee of the GLC that we met this evening will go back and report on the contents of these deliberations ...