The Judicial Service has appealed to the Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) to call off its indefinite strike.
In a press release, the Judicial Service said it was aware of the strike and had invited the executives of JUSAG to discuss the matter. However, the representatives of JUSAG did not honour the invitation.
The Judicial Service said it was...
The National Food Buffer Stock Company has indicated that the Ministry of Education has written to the Finance Ministry to release funds to pay the National Food Suppliers Association.
This comes after the supplies demanded the payment of their 18 months’ arrears within 14 days, failure to which they would picket at the premises of the National Food Buffer Stock...
The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) has demanded the immediate recall of the textbook titled “History of Ghana for Basic Schools – Learners’ Book Four,” published by Excellence Publications.
NaCCA has clarified that the content in the published book does not accurately reflect the approved curriculum.
Parts of the circulating textbook falsely state that Christianity is responsible for poverty...
Chief Justice nominee, Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Torkornoo will face the Appointments Committee of Parliament on May 26, for vetting.
She was nominated by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in April 2023.
According to the President, her nomination was to avoid any vacuum that would occur following the retirement of the current Chief Justice, Kwasi Anin-Yeboah, on May 24.
Justice Gertrude Torkornoo,...
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...
