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Government has come under pressure barely 18 months into its implementation of free SHS as cracks surface over a policy preached for eight years whilst in opposition. After a rare admission by the Finance minister welcoming a debate over the viability of the president’s flagship policy, former Education minister has in an even rarer interview told the government it was ...

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Assin South District, Hon. Derrick Owusu Ambrose, has stated that the Nana Akufo-Addo-led government is focused on improving the livelihood of People living With Disabilities (PWDs) in the country, as he believes disability is not inability. The DCE said this at the first-ever presentation of economic tools to the PWDs at a ceremony at ...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has described as “senseless” and “indecent” the nomination of the Executive Director of the Institute for Economic Affairs (IEA) to chair the Electoral Commission. “We are shocked because until this appointment the president had given assurance to the nation that the persons to be appointed into the Commission would be persons whose integrity and political ...

A 75-year-old farmer, Emmanuel Dadzie, who laced the soup set aside for his wife and children with a highly poisonous pesticide at Assin Andoe has been jailed four months, by a Circuit Court in Cape Coast. The aged man who appeared pale, was bemused by his wife’s claims, pleaded not guilty to the charge of attempting to intentionally cause harm. ...

Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, appears to be in agreement with the suggestion that the Free Senior High School programme may have to be targeted at persons with genuine need and not made to benefit everyone. Using himself as an example, the Minister said someone in his economic bracket should not be enjoying such a policy. “True, it may be that ...

A former Director-General of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), Ernest Thompson and four others, have been charged with willfully causing financial loss to the state. This is in relation to the over 140 million dollar Operating Business Suite (OBS) contract entered into and executed during his tenure as head of SSNIT. The former Director General of SSNIT ...

Policy think tank, IMANI Africa, has described as needless government’s decision to introduce double tracking system in Senior High Schools to accommodate the surge in students’ population following the introduction of free SHS last year. A total of 362,118 first-year students from public Senior High Schools across the country are currently benefiting from the government’s fee-free education policy since its ...

Lawyers for former Chief Executive Officer of COCOBOD, Dr. Stephen Opuni, have accused the Executive Director of the Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana(CRIG) Dr. Franklin Amoah of deceit. According to the lawyers, Dr. Amoah who is also a prosecution witness in the Opuni criminal trial misled COCOBOD to approve a fertilizer that had not been tested as required. Dr. Franklin ...

Legendary boxer Azumah Nelson has advised musicians to pay more attention to their lyrics. The award-winning boxer who turned 60 recently believes lyrics of most current songs are impacting the youth negatively. He told Joy News’ Becky “most of the songs we make are destroying the children; our future generation”. According to the retired boxer, he fears the state of ...

Republic Bank, a member of Republic Financial Holdings Limited (RFHL) of Trinidad and Tobago, has begun its renounceable rights issue through the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) from July 23 to August 10, 2018. The purpose of the Rights Issue is to enable the Bank meet the regulatory minimum capital requirement, develop and grow its business and undertake larger volume transactions ...