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An appeal has been made to the main opposition NDC fraternity by former Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry, Murtala Ibrahim Mohammed to be brave enough to win the 2020 General Elections for Ghanaians. According to him, the need to win the 2020 elections is based on the fact that President Akufo-Addo and his ‘gang of family members’ ruling the ...

Criminal High Court five (5) presided over by Justice George Boadi, has ordered that a letter be written to the Ghana Legal Aid Scheme by the registrar of the High Court for the scheme to as a matter of urgency, provide legal services to one of the accused person, Daniel Aseidu who has been charged by the State for the ...

Dr Francis Ibrahim-Betonsi, a General practitioner who was wrongfully dismissed for 6 years from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) for exposing corruption and reinstated recently, is winning the hearts of patients and staff at the Upper East Regional Hospital. The forthright talented doctor had openly criticised some alleged wrongdoing at a public hospital in the Western region and was accused ...

The Director of Internal Audit at the Ghana Health Service (GHS) Kwabena Hemeng-Ntiamoah has blamed what he described as high financial infractions in public health facilities to lack of Internal Auditors. According to him, out of the over 500 public health facilities in Ghana, only 183 have Internal Auditors making it difficult to ensure strict compliance with due processes. Ghana’s ...

Controversial lawmaker for Assin Central has lashed out at flagbearer aspirants within the New Patriotic Party (NPP) who are working behind the scenes to poison the mind of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. He said these persons are feeding the president with falsified information indicating that it is one of the reasons he is taking a back stage and will ...

The dreaded return of a power crisis has been confirmed by policy think-tank African Center for Energy Policy which has said, government is facing financial challenges. Executive Director Benjamin Boakye has said government is struggling to find money to buy fuel. “This is how Mahama’s ‘dumsor’ started in 2011, and 2012”, he noted the situation is déjà vu. Expect more…. ...

The CEO of IT Consortium Limited, Mr. Romeo Bugyei, has called for closer collaboration between government, regulatory bodies and FinTechs in Ghana to push informal pensions to citizens. He indicated that in order to achieve successful financial inclusion in the county, FinTechs must be supported to enable them efficiently deliver Digital Financial Services (DFS) to Ghanaians. He made this call ...

First degree will soon be the minimum requirement for teaching at any of the country’s education system, Prof Kwesi Yankah, Minister of Tertiary Education, has been reported as saying. According to a state-owned Ghana News Agency, the move is part of the Government’s strategic reforms in the teacher education space. “Prof Yankah said the upgrading of all colleges of Education ...

The World Bank has pledged to support Ghana in four thematic areas including; capacity building, regulatory framework, digital platforms and infrastructure enhancements as part of a Digital Infrastructure Moonshot for Africa. The pledge came after Ghana’s Communications Minister Ursula Owusu-Ekuful asked for assistance from the Bretton Woods Institution towards the expansion of the e-Transform Project and other government of Ghana ...

Patients and staff at the Upper East Regional Hospital are singing the praises of Dr Francis Ibrahim-Betonsi, a general practitioner who was wrongfully dismissed for six years from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) and reinstated recently, for discharging his duties “like a house on fire”. The say-it-as-it-is skilled doctor had openly criticised some alleged wrongdoing at a public hospital in ...