Month: February 2023

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta is expected to appear before Parliament on Thursday February 16, 2023, to brief the house on the government’s Domestic Debt Exchange programme. This follows a directive by the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin to the Business Committee of the House to summon the Finance Minister to give a policy brief… Continue reading Finance Minister to appear before Parliament on Thursday over DDEP

Christ Hughton is expected to announce his first Black Stars squad for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying doubleheader games against Angola. The former Brighton and Hove Albion manager will be confirmed as the new Ghana coach this week by the Ghana Football Association. The Black Stars will take on Angola in the… Continue reading Chris Hughton to name Ghana squad for Angola clash during unveiling.

The 2024 election is several months away. How will Ghanaians vote? The surest way to find out will be when the Electoral Commissioner certifies, announces the results and declares a winner. This is to say that no one knows with certainty what the reaction of the voter will be. Between now and that day, though,… Continue reading Election 2024: The gender vote

Former Director-General and Rector of GIMPA, Professor Stephen Adei, says his revolutionary strategy to transforming the poor performance of public basic schools in Ghana is to simply sack all the teaching staff. He noted that the lack of active supervision in public basic schools have resulted in highly qualified teachers not pulling their weight to ensure… Continue reading Sack all public basic schoolteachers and start afresh – Prof. Adei suggests!

Aspiring New Patriotic Party (NPP) flag bearer, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, has said the voting pattern in the Volta Region will change drastically in favour of the party, if he gets the nod from the delegates at the primaries. He said he enjoyed massive goodwill from the people of the Volta Region, which he described as… Continue reading I’ll change voting pattern in Volta – Kyerematen

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) supported the Bank of Ghana’s financing of the government in 2022 as a crisis management tool to help keep government machinery running and the economy together, the central bank has said. BoG said in a release issued today, Thursday that while the IMF and the central bank saw the lending… Continue reading IMF agreed to central bank financing of gov’t – BoG

The health of all people in the world, be it the poor or rich, young or old, is so important that nobody should be denied access to health because of who they are. It for this reason that on December 12 each year, the world observes the International Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Day. The day… Continue reading Investment, prioritization key to achieving Universal Health Coverage – Stakeholders

The Weija Gbawe Municipal Assembly has begun dredging major river bodies and streams that pass through the municipality ahead of the rainy season. According to the assembly, the estuary that connects to the Weija dam will also not be left out in the exercise while promising to demolish structures on waterways. During the rainy season… Continue reading Weija-Gbawe assembly dredges river bodies to prevent flooding during rainy season

Razak Kaumpa Avoliya, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) youth organizer for the Suame Constituency who was arrested for inciting violence is scheduled to appear in court today, Thursday, February 9, 2023. Razak Avoliya was arrested, charged and detained on Wednesday after party executives turned him over to the police. The Suame Youth Organizer was seen… Continue reading Detained Suame NDC youth organizer faces court today

The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame says the publication of the Auditor-General’s report before Parliament completes considering the report is unconstitutional. According to Mr Dame, the constitutional duty of the Auditor-General to submit his reports to Parliament and Parliament’s consequential obligation to debate and scrutinise same, will be grossly prejudiced by a… Continue reading Publishing Auditor-General’s report before Parliament considers it is unconstitutional – Auditor-General