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The 2021 Auditor-General’s report has unearthed irregularities amo.unting to GH¢1,080,913,824. It comprises tax irregularities, cash irregularities, indebtedness/loans/advances, payroll irregularities, stores/procurement irregularities, rent irregularities and contract irregularities. The A-G detected payroll irregularities amounting to GH¢5,583,498.00. Included in the total payroll irregularities was unearned salaries totalling GH¢1,501,740.00 paid to 146 officers of 47 institutions under the Ministry of Health. Lands For Sale ...

The 2021 Auditor-General’s report has revealed that some 146 staff in various institutions under the ministry of health squandered some ¢1.5 million of “unearned salaries”. This was part of the total GH¢1,080,913,824 irregularities detected by the Auditor-General which comprises tax irregularities, cash irregularities, indebtedness/loans/advances, payroll irregularities, stores/procurement irregularities, rent irregularities and contract irregularities. Lands For Sale In Acres at Aburi ...

The Chief Executive Officer of the MacDan Group of Companies, Mr Daniel McKorley, has expressed hope that the Songhor salt project at Ada in the Greater Accra Region, will earn Ghana more Dollars after export to help shore up the local currency. He made this comment while speaking in an interview with TV3’s Paa Kwesi Asare on the Business Focus programme ...

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has revealed that teenage pregnancy cases in the country increase exponentially from the month of July each year. This, the service partly attributes to festival celebrations that are often held from that month. “Yes, per the records we have, we do record teenage pregnancy cases in almost every quarter of the year but we’ve realised ...

There is a heavy Police presence at the University of Ghana after irate students of Commonwealth Hall protested the suspension of the Hall Master and a Senior Tutor. Management of the University suspended the two following clashes between the Vandals and the Vikings of Mensah Sarbah Hall, which occurred on August 5. The Management of the University stated that the ...

The Ahanta Traditional Council says it is dismayed at the continuous attempts to denigrate the hard-earned reputation of the Chief Executive Officer of the Labianca Company, Eunice Jacqueline Buah Asomah-Hinneh, despite palpable and incontrovertible evidence that she did not in any way influence the granting of import duty concessions to her company. The Council is bemused that despite the open ...

The Northern Region branch of the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) has threatened to close down Senior High Schools (SHSs) for non-payment of monies for perishables. In a statement after an emergency meeting in the Northern region on August 15 2022, the Council catalogued a number of reasons that will trigger their action. “Apart from arrears owed ...

The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) is expected to hold an emergency meeting on Wednesday to review recent development in the economy, an official statement has said. The meeting is coming on the back of the recent hike in inflation from 29.8% to 31.7%. Some analysts had earlier called on the Central Bank told an emergency ...

Founder and CEO of the Mikado Group of Companies, formerly the KAMA group Dr. Michael Agyekum Addo has urged the government to review the free Senior High School programme. According to him, despite the good intentions of the programme and the long-term benefit, the programme as it currently pertains is unsustainable. Speaking on Business Focus on TV3 Monday August 15, ...

Former Ghana star Mohammed Polo has weighed in on the debated issue of Asamoah Gyan’s possible return to the Black Stars. Gyan told the BBC that he has unfinished business and hopes to return for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The former Ghana captain hasn’t played for Black Stars since 2019 and has not been active for 16 months, ...