According to Mustapha Ussif, Minister of Youth and Sports, Ghana spent around $5.1 million during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. This sum is $3 million less than the $8.1 million allotted for the competition. “Our estimated budget at the group stage was $8.1million. “Out of this estimated budget Mr. …
Read More »Argentina skips the Buenos Aires bus parade at the World Cup 2022 amidst celebrations
Argentina’s World Cup champions had to forgo an open-top bus procession in Buenos Aires and instead flew over the throngs of jubilant supporters dancing in the streets in a helicopter. At the outset of an eight-hour drive, the team displayed the trophy. However, the chaos caused by the festivities on …
Read More »Police bar protestors from entering National Cathedral site
A group of protesters has been stopped from accessing the National Cathedral building site and Parliament by Ghana Police Service officers. Why the cops blocked the protesters from entering the area is unknown. The group began picketing outside the Parliament courtyard at around 10:00 am, demanding that the contentious National …
Read More »Haruna Iddrisu: Parliament is to blame for the government’s careless borrowing
Haruna Iddrisu, the leader of the opposition in the House of Representatives, has urged Parliament to shoulder part of the responsibility and accountability for the failure to hold the executive branch of government accountable for carrying out its duties. He contends that Parliament must take responsibility for the excessive borrowing …
Read More »Kennedy Agyapong visits NPP National Executives
Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, a member of parliament for Assin Central, visited the national executives of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Tuesday, December 20, to learn about recent events there. Mr. Agyapong was gushing with admiration for the national officials’ efforts to unite the party and the administration for a …
Read More »Armed robbers in Kasoa shoot a 25-year-old mobile money merchant
Kelvin Nii Kpakpo, a 25-year-old mobile money vendor from Kasoa Big Man Town near Poolside Hotel in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central Region, is fighting for his life at the Winneba Trauma and Specialist Hospital. He was shot by three armed robbers. Around 1:00 PM on Tuesday, …
Read More »Meeting between the government and labour unions over basic pay suspended
The government and labor unions’ scheduled meeting to discuss an increase in basic pay has been postponed. The different labor unions were anticipated to meet with representatives from the Finance Ministry, Fair Wages and Salaries Commission, and Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations on Tuesday to continue the discussions after …
Read More »Minority rejects the National Cathedral’s $80 million budget
The approval of the GH$80 million budget projections for the National Cathedral’s completion in 2023 was rejected by the minority in parliament. The Minority claims that this is in response to the Finance Ministry’s refusal to account for GH114 million of the GH339 million already spent on the project. Several …
Read More »Ajumako: Armed robbers steal a taxi from a driver
Kojo Amonoo, a 39-year-old taxi driver, was almost killed in Ajumako after armed bandits stole his taxi cab. The victim said that a young girl, about the age of 14, hired him to take her to a secluded work site. He said to Yaw Boagyan of Kasapa News that as …
Read More »We could have run more honorable, issue-based campaigns – Ofosu-Ampofo
The current party chairman, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, and the other recently elected officials have received congratulations from the previous national chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo. Ofosu-Ampofo stated that while the various candidates’ campaigns for the party’s national elections may have been better in a statement released …
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