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The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi has received over 50 percent of the $10million on the ‘Heal KATH project’ for the refurbishment of the old Gee block of the Hospital. Speaking on GhanAkoma morning show on Akoma FM with Aduanaba Kofi Asante Ennin in Kumasi, the Chief Executive Officer of the hospital, Professor Otchere Addai-Mensah, said the amount ...

The Director of the Institute of Statistical, Social, and Economic Research (ISSER), says there is a significant 58% deviation from the E-levy revenue targets during a pre-budget conversation on Joy FM’s Super Morning Show. Prof Peter Quartey’s revelation follows ISSER’s recent report on the Ghanaian economy, released on October 31, 2023, which delved into the effectiveness of the E-levy, sparking ...

A Labour Expert Austin Gamey has said that salary increments should be linked to productivity to ensure that the country grows its Gross Domestic Product (GDP). He says salaries cannot be paid just for the sake of it. He was commenting on the 23 per cent salary increment that has been granted by the government to public sector workers. Justifying the increment, the Minister of Labour and Employment Ignatius Baffuor ...

Organised Labour has secured a 23% increment in the base pay for the Year 2024, after a two-day negotiation with the government. This is expected to take effect from January 1, 2024 to June 2024. The raise is however, to be readjusted upwards with an additional 2% from July 2024 to December 2024, bringing the total increase for the year ...

Founder and CEO for IMANI Ghana Franklin Kudjo has confirmed the credibility of Alan Kyerematen at a stakeholder meeting of CSOs with the former Trade and Industry Minister. The founder of Imani Ghana, eulogised Mr Kyerematen at a round table discussion between Civil Society Organisations and the presidential aspirant. Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in the country met with the independent ...

The Member of Parliament for Tamale North Constituency, Alhassan Suhuyini, says the government must cancel trainee allowances for nurses and teachers. According to him, the money should be invested into the Student Loan Trust Fund to support financially pressed students across the country. He said nursing and teacher trainees should be encouraged to apply for student loans rather than receiving ...

President Akufo-Addo says, the call by Africans and Africans in the diaspora for the payment of reparations by European nations who carried out the transatlantic slave trade some 400 years ago is not a plea for alms, but a demand for justice. The President demanded that reparatory justice must go hand in hand with restitution, adding it should be executed ...

The Minister of Health has come under intense criticism over comments that work on the stalled La General Hospital will begin soon. Without mincing words, MPs from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) criticised the Minister on the floor of Parliament on Tuesday November 14, 2024 as he failed to once again, give time lines on when exactly the project will ...

The Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta is expected to present the 2024 budget statement in Parliament today Wednesday, November 15. The budget statement will throw further light on the performance of the economy, and efforts to boost the country’s productive capacity through the new growth strategy, the Finance Ministry said. The Ministry described the budget as a crucial document to ...

The Provost of the College of Art and Built Environment at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Prof. John Tia Bugri has called on government to recruit more staff for the various tertiary institutions in the country. Whiles addressing graduands of the college during the 57th congregation of the university on Friday, 10th November, 2023, he lamented that ...