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The Ministry of Gender, Children, and Social Protection has recommended an increase of GHS1.20, but the Ghana School Feeding Program (GSFP) caterers have stated they will not accept it. The increase is unacceptable, according to the caterers, because it is insufficient. The spokesperson for the caterers in the Ashanti Region, …

According to Lariba Zuweira Abudu, minister of gender, children, and social protection, the price of each schoolchild’s meal will rise from GHC1 to GHC1.20. Following a plea by caterers for the government to raise the cost of feeding each child, the GH1.20 suggestion was made. “In 2018, the cost of …

The Electoral Commission has refuted allegations made by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that the incumbent New Patriotic Party and the election management organization colluded to add the name of an ineligible NPP parliamentary candidate to the voter list in Assin North. “The National Democratic Congress has become aware of …

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the Electoral Commission are under fire from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for allegedly trying to add one of the NPP’s candidates to the Assin North voter list before to the by-election. The NDC claims that Charles Opoku is running for office but is …

The New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Council of Elders Chair, Hackman Owusu-Agyemang, is advising candidates to control their supporters during the impending internal elections of the party. He claims that the Council will punish candidates for the misbehavior of their supporters. “We are talking to these candidates as elders and asking …

Hon. Hackman Owusu-Agyemang, chair of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Council of Elders, has asked delegates who will be casting ballots in both the presidential and parliamentary primaries to refrain from letting money influence their choice of candidate. Hon. Owusu-Agyemang, a former member of parliament for New Juabeng North, claims …

Ten contenders have already picked up their candidacy forms for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential nomination. Ten candidates have taken up nomination forms to compete for president as of the end of the first week of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) presidential primaries, scheduled for Saturday, November 4, 2023. …

The Government has pledged to quickly pay up all five outstanding coupons owed to holders of pensioner bonds through the Ministry of Finance. Additionally, the government has pledged to settle all unpaid principal in two weeks. The choices were made during a meeting on Friday between Ministry of Finance representatives …

The Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) has been allowed a week to reconsider its decision to deduct “unearned allowances” from the pay of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) employees. If the allowances are not reinstated within the next week, the workers claim they would be obliged to start an ongoing …

Ben Effah, the constituency chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for Assin North in the Central Region, has refuted reports that the government has rapidly begun building roads there in order to gain support for the approaching by-election. Over 15 road construction machines have been deployed in various communities …