The Youth and Women in the Nabdam District of the Upper East Region are threatening to boycott the 2024 general elections over delays in the completion of the government’s Agenda 111 district hospital in the area.
The project, which was awarded to T.K Waters Construction in April 2021, has been stalled for two years now, and community members fear that...
Former Kumasi mayor, Kojo Bonsu, believes former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, will certainly make a comeback to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the shortest possible time.
“She will be back, and it is just a matter of time. Upon her return, she can be an elder in the party because she was part of the formation of the...
The Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) has declared an indefinite strike over government’s failure to approve reviewed salaries and other allowances of its members.
JUSAG in a statement accused the government of consistent dishonesty in attending to the conditions of service and other emoluments owed its members.
The Association said its proposals to the government on the implementation of...
The African Center for Health Policy Research and Analysis (ACH-PRA) suggests that the government should consider scrapping the 1% COVID-19 tax now that the restrictions at entry points have been lifted.
The Center argues that it is not prudent for the public to pay the tax when COVID-19 is no longer a pandemic.
This follows calls from the public for the...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has revealed plans to return to the International market to borrow to fund infrastructural projects following the successful completion of Ghana’s $3 billion deal with the International Monetary Fund.
Speaking at the Qatar-Africa Economic Forum in Doha, Mr. AKufo-Addo said even though his government is in no rush to return to the international market, it...
The Chief Justice, Justice Kwasi Anin-Yeboah, on Wednesday, May 24, 2023, officially retired from active service.
Justice Anin-Yeboah served for 21 years as a judge, serving three years as the Head of the Judiciary.
Following his retirement, Justice Jones Dotse, the most senior Justice on the Supreme Court bench, has assumed the position of Acting Chief Justice.
This is in accordance with...
The Volta Regional office of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has started turning away customers who try to pay with cash at various service centres.
This change comes as a result of a nationwide directive to implement a cashless system in all ECG offices throughout the country.
Although some customers may need time to adjust, they are optimistic that this...
Ernest Yaw Anim, the New Patriotic Party’s parliamentary candidate for the Kumawu by-election has emerged victorious in Tuesday’s polls.
At the end of the by-election on May 23, 2023, Mr. Anim polled 15,264 votes to beat the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate, Kwesi Amankwah, and two Independent Candidates, both of whom are called Kweku Duah.
The NDC’s Kwesi Amankwah garnered 3,723...
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced another nationwide revenue mobilization exercise from Monday 29th June to Friday 2nd July 2023.
The weeklong exercise by the country’s major power distributor will focus on recovering debts from all categories of customers, including State-Owned Enterprises.
The company has explained in a press release that the exercise will be monitored by special teams...
Board Chairman of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) and former chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Freddie Blay, has brushed aside the accusations and demands by some 29 Civil Society Organisations calling for his resignation.
This comes after the GNPC’s intention to sell a 50% stake in Jubilee Holdings Limited (JOHL) to PetroSA.
Mr. Blay stated that he had...
