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Obaatanpa Microfinance company rejected a GHS500,000 loan facility from the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) while it was under the leadership of Sedina Tamakloe – the ex-CEO who is currently standing trial for over 70 charges of stealing, causing financial loss to the state and causing loss to public property. This was made known by a witness, Mr Samuel ...

The local government ministry has responded to some 21 questions directed at government by the Chamber of local governance (ChLoG) over the upcoming referendum. It comes in the wake of the confusion that has heralded the December 17 referendum on whether political parties should be allowed to sponsor candidates in local level elections. Below are the questions and answers as ...

Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo-Marfo, who has been surcharged by the Auditor General over his One Million Dollar contract to the Kroll Associates to trace assets of appointees of the Mahama administration, has sparked a war between the Akufo-Addo government, the Catholic Bishops and 20 Civil Society Organizations (CSO), having deployed the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) to do his ...

Newspaper headlines: Tuesday, November 26, 2019       Source:Myjoyonline Share on: WhatsApp

The Centre for Democratic Development (CDD) says the seeming public dispute between the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) and the Auditor General emboldens corrupt people. According to the programs director of CDD, Dr. Kwadwo Asante, even though the Auditor General is not above the law in the discharge of his duties, due process must be followed in challenging issues ...

The President of the National Association of Local Authorities of Ghana (NALAG), Bismark Baisie Nkum says electing Metropolitan, Municipal and Districts Chief Executives (MMDCEs) will make them become autonomous and “can expand their scope”. According to him, if MMDCEs are elected on party basis, it will keep political parties on their toes and eradicate the “one-man-takes-all” syndrome. Mr Nkum says ...

The National Zongo Caucus of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and the entire governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) to render an unqualified apology to the National Chief Imam, Shaikh Dr Osman Nuhu Sharubutu for the “embarrassment” caused him during the Maulid – the celebration of the birth of Prophet Mohammed (S.A.W). ...

Member of Parliament for Klottey-Korley Constituency, Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings says that the implementation of the Free Senior High School policy will reduce the quality of graduates produced in second cycle institutions. Speaking in Ho at an orientation and handing over ceremony for the Tertiary Educational Institutions Network (TEIN) of the NDC in the Volta Region, she said “it’s not only about ...

The Auditor-General, Mr. Daniel Yaw Domelevo, has discovered $ 3.4b in unpaid penalties relating to the Petroleum Holding Fund. The latest report on the management of petroleum funds for the year ending December 2017, found that a total amount of US$220m was outstanding. Of the total amount, US$219 million represents amounts due from the Ghana National Gas Company Limited for ...

After a 12-year delay, work has resumed on the Sofoline-Abuakwa Interchange project. This follows the release of funding by government. It is the second time in a year government has released funds for the project which is 9-years behind schedule. The amount released is less than 40 per cent of the $32 million certificates raised by contractors. Nhyira News sources ...