POLITICS

The President of the Registered Nurses and Midwives Association, Mr. Kwaku Asante Krobea, has said the reduction in the intake of trainee nurses is not related to the restoration of allowances. The government has fulfilled another campaign comprise by reinstating the allowances for midwife/nursing trainees in the country. The previous National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration scrapped the allowance in 2014, ...

The Parliamentary Affairs Ministry has presented a report on a meeting held with the leadership of Parliament on enhancing the effectiveness of Parliament in Ghana’s democracy to the House. Below is the full report: REPORT ON THE MEETING HELD WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF PARLIAMENT ON THE THEME: “ENHANCING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PARLIAMENT IN GHANA’S DEMOCRACY” THE ROLE OF THE MINISTRY ...

The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has said the Mahama administration’s cancellation of trainee allowances for nurses and midwives was a senseless and irrational decision. The allowance regime was just restored by the Akufo-Addo government. It will see over 58,000 trainee nurses and midwives in various public nursing and midwifery training colleges (NMTC’s) and a little over 45,000 ...

The Ashanti regional minister, Simon Osei Mensah says Ghana is only good at making laws but lacks the zeal at effectively implementing them . Speaking on Hello FMm in Kumasi on Monday, the minister accused most leaders and law enforcement agencies of not firmly implementing laws of the land that will ensure that the system and structures work. According to ...

After a number of threats, the embattled mining company, Exton Cubic Group Limited, has sued the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources over the Ministry’s revocation of their mining permits. The Minister, John Peter Amewu, revoked the company’s leases and licenses to prospect in the Nyinahini bauxite concession of the Tano Offin Forest Reserve, describing the company’s operations there as ...

The Progressive People’s Party has vowed to pursue and fight any attempts by the Electoral Commission to undermine them and deny them the opportunity to participate in any presidential and parliamentary race. This comes on the back of the party’s disqualification by the Electoral Commission prior to the 2016 polls. It will be recalled that ahead of last year’s polls, ...

Brong Ahafo Regional Youth Organizer of the NPP, Kwame Baffoe popularly known as ‘Abronye DC’ has said that President Akufo-Addo has ‘magical powers’ to put the country on the right path. According to him, the solid economic measures put in place in just nine months is yielding positive results. Citing the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) as an example, Abronye ...

The 13 members of the pro-government vigilante group, Delta Force have had charged against them dropped by the Police based on the advice of the Attorney General. The 13 were earlier charged with conspiracy to commit crime, assault on public officer and causing unlawful damage. The 13 were arrested and charged after they stormed and chased out the Ashanti regional ...

The Eastern Regional Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Mr. Bismark Taiwan Boateng has endorsed former President John Dramani Mahama to lead the party again in 2020 general elections as their flag bearer despite the abysmal performance at the 2016 polls. According to him, the visions and policies that the former president laid down during his tenure as ...

The restored monthly allowances of nurse-trainees will cost the government Gh¢232 million this academic year, according to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Restoring the allowance was an integral campaign message of Akufo-Addo going into the 2016 polls after the Mahama administration cancelled it in 2014. Speaking during the launch of the restored allowance Tuesday, President Akufo-Addo said about 58, 000 ...