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The President of National Association of Local Authorities of Ghana (NALAG), Bismark Baise Nkum, has stated emphatically that the December 17 Referendum is not going to pave way for the election of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives contrary to widely held public perception. “Let me use this opportunity to clear a certain misconception that the referendum is meant to ...

As part of the Year of Return and the visit of H.E, the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to Barbados in June this year, the Prime Minister of Barbados, H.E. Mia Mottley, arrives in Ghana today for a 3-day visit. The visit also forms part of the bilateral discussions started during the President’s visit to Barbados. She will be in ...

Following concerns over the absence of road projects for the Volta Region in the 2020 budget, Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo-Maafo says there was a mistake in the document. “It was obviously a mistake,” the Minister explained on the Citi Breakfast Show on Thursday noting that he was also taken aback by the omission. A Deputy Finance Minister, Charles Adu Boahen, ...

Some aggrieved customers of collapsed financial institutions in Ghana who are yet to retrieve their funds have threatened to destabilize the country even if part of their funds are paid. They are demanding full payment of their locked-up funds. Anything short of that, they note, will leave them with no other option than to turn the country upside down even ...

A senior economist and research fellow with the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) Dr John Kwakye has bemoaned the cost of government’s flagship programs on the economy. According to him, programs such as the Free SHS, ‘One village, one dam’ among others have become major financial constraints on the state. Reacting to the budget statement read by the Finance minister ...

The chief executive officer of a private nursing school in kumasi of the Ashanti region, Afia Kobi Nursing school at Nhyieso ,Owusu King has been arrested by the Manhyia Police command for physically assaulting an OTEC Fm Reporter. The reporter, Oheneba Kwaku Atta (Apossor) was physically assaulted, equipment seized by the CEO of the School for investigating into a case ...

Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs And Regional Integration Minister, Mohammad Habibu Tijani (MP), says Nigeria will soon open its closed borders. Africa’s most populous nation unexpectedly closed its land borders to all movements of goods, banning both imports and exports through land. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Empire News’ Emmanuel Ohene-Gyan on the sidelines of a geostrategic event dubbed ...

The Judicial Service Staff Association (JUSAG) has defied calls on its striking members to return to work by the Judicial Service Secretariat. According to the secretariat, the strike by JUSAG is illegal and hence should resume work today. “Management of the Judicial Service has noted with concern, that in spite of the National Labour Commission on the 12th of November ...

Like Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist, a Professor in finance and economics at the University of Ghana, Legon, has asked for more from the President, despite admitting that he has done far better than his predecessor, John Mahama. Prof. Godfred Alufar Bokpin who was commenting on the 2020 Budget on JoyNews PM Express said, “If we have to compare ourselves to ...

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