One hundred and eight pregnant girls took the 2023 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the Ashanti region, according to the Ghana Education Service’s Ashanti Regional Directorate. Additional 104 nursing mothers reported for the full time of the inspection, according to the directorate. In an exclusive interview with OTEC News …
Read More »10 National Identification Authority workers dismissed for extortion
Following investigations into claims of misconduct, extortion of money from Ghana Card applicants, and violations of the NCA’s Standard Operating Procedures and applicable public service rules while performing their duties as public servants in charge of registration activities, the National Identification Authority (NIA) has fired 10 staff members. Following comprehensive …
Read More »Stop threatening striking CETAG members – Minority cautions government
The Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) is on strike, and the minority in parliament has urged the government to stop using threats instead of working with them to address their issues. Following their industrial action to seek improved working conditions, teachers went on strike in August, and …
Read More »Dr. Afriyie Akoto laments that contractors aren’t getting paid for declaring their support for him
Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, a potential flagbearer for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has criticized the party’s leadership for failing to grasp events surrounding the selection of the party’s presidential candidate for the 2024 elections. Dr. Afriyie Akoto, a former minister of food and agriculture, claimed in an interview with …
Read More »Let Mahama choose his own running mate – Group to NDC
The decision to accept National Democratic Congress (NDC) Flagbearer John Dramani Mahama’s choice of Running Mate has been made by 28 of the 33 Constituency Youth Organizers of the Region. The group has expressed its complete faith and trust in the Flagbearer to select the best choice of candidate as …
Read More »Eastern Regional Minister endorses Bawumia for NPP flagbearership
Seth Kwame Acheampong, the minister for the Eastern region, has asked NPP members to cast a large number of ballots in favor of Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia in order for him to represent the party as its presidential candidate in the 2024 elections. The top five candidates from a field …
Read More »Majority Leader misunderstood the BoG issues and needs to update himself – Minority Leader hits back
Dr. Cassiel Ato Baah Forson, the minority leader in the House of Representatives, has confronted Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, claiming that he purposefully chose to dismiss Ghanaians’ worries about the Bank of Ghana difficulties. The Majority Leader accused the National Democratic Congress (NDC) MPs of misrepresenting the problems with the Central Bank …
Read More »‘Goro boys can’t operate without support of passport officers’ – Foreign Affairs Minister fumes
Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, has defended her decision to discipline several passport employees. For assisting intermediaries (Goro guys) to charge between GHS2000 and GHS3000 for passports, she fired the policemen. This is true despite the fact that getting a passport normally costs GHS100, and …
Read More »Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council bans tricycle operations in CBD of Accra
The Central Business District (CBD) and some major streets in Accra have been the subject of complaints from the Greater Accra Regional Co-ordinating Council (GARCC) regarding the unregulated activities and operations of freight tricycles (aboboyaa) and rickshaws (pragyia). According to the GARCC, this has led to severe traffic congestion, chaotic …
Read More »Kumasi Technical University recinds decision to defer 648 students promises special exams
The Kumasi Technical University’s non-registered students who were ordered by the authorities to defer their schooling will get the opportunity to write their end-of-second-semester exams for the 2022–2023 academic year. This comes after the university decided to require the students to take a special exam. According to a statement made by …
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