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Road Contractors have given the government an ultimatum to pay arrears owed them before 1st January 2020 or face their wrath. They have accused the government of not fulfilling earlier promises to pay them. The contractors say all attempts to get the government to pay them their outstanding arrears have not been successful. Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber ...

The founder of Groupe Nduom, Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom has apologised to all his customers who had difficulties with their investments at Gold Coast Securities in 2019. In a Christmas message, Dr Nduom said 2019 has been a tough year with over 3000 of his staff losing their jobs. “This has been a particularly difficult one for us at Groupe ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo has said the government will soon make public, investigations into the circumstances that led to the collapse of some indigenous banks in the country. According to the President, preliminary investigations reveal that huge assets of the collapsed banks were diverted. In his Christmas message to Ghanaians, President Akufo-Addo said those found guilty will be dealt with. “Investigations ...

Deputy Education Minister, Dr Yaw Adutwum, has hit hard at former President John Dramani Mahama over his comments on education. Mr Mahama during a Facebook interaction on Monday said he would make Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) free at every level for Ghanaians. But the education minister says the 2020 flagbearer for the opposition NDC is not being ...

Withdrawn Hearts of Oak coach Kim Grant is in trouble for lying about his coaching background on his résumé. The 47-year-old falsely claimed he had undertaken UEFA A Coaching certificate [the equivalent for a CAF A License] when he applied for the job in October, 2019. Grant’s undoing and humiliation happened when Hearts insisted on having his certificate, but it ...

Dr Daniel Asare, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) has advised Ghanaians to be wary of their lifestyles as there has been an upsurge in chronic kidney disease as well as other diseases. Chronic kidney disease, also known as chronic kidney failure, is the gradual loss of kidney function. Chronic kidney disease is commonly ...

The Communications Director of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi has pen down a letter declining to honour his invitation by the Criminal Investigative Department(CID). “The decision to turn down your invitation is purely on the grounds that honouring your invitation especially when we have misgivings and concerns about how the whole matter has been handled which are a ...

President Akufo-Addo has criticised the performance of the NDC flagbearer and former President John Mahama, saying the main opposition leader has no record to defend in the 2020 elections. According to him, Ghanaians will reward the NPP with another victory in the 2020 polls because of their performance in government so far. Speaking at the 2019 annual delegates conference of ...

President Akufo-Addo has said Ghanaians will not allow the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to review government’s flagship Free Senior High School (SHS) programme when it comes into office. The President believes such a move will be ill-advised and will deprive the youth of access to quality education. “Since I hinted of introducing the Free SHS policy, the opposition gave ...

The Upper East Regional Chapter of the Private Healthcare Providers Association has dismissed claims that they were paid five months arrears this year. According to them, President Akufo-Addo’s comment that the government has settled five months arrears owed healthcare providers under the National Health Insurance Scheme for the year 2019 is not true. The President at the recent media engagement ...