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Only 1% of employees in Ghana’s private sector pay into the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), according to Dr. John Ofori-Tenkorang, Director-General of SSNIT. Only 1.7 million of Ghana’s 11.5 million workers, he claims, are active SSNIT donors. He claimed that while 36% of workers are in the …

Assin North Member of Parliament (MP) James Gyakye Quayson’s criminal case hearing has been postponed by the High Court until Tuesday, October 18, 2022. The criminal charges hearing has been postponed to make room for the Supreme Court’s upcoming application to be heard. According to the lawyer for the troubled …

According to Hon. Haruna Iddrisu, the minority group in Parliament is collaborating with President Akufo-Addo to rescue and save the Ghanaian economy and, more crucially, to prevent Ghana from entering a situation similar to that of Sri Lanka. Speaking at the conclusion of a recent workshop held by the Minority …

Abrantie Amakye Dede, a legendary singer from Ghana, has urged the authorities to make marijuana use legal in his country. He contends that stereotypes of marijuana users as nasty people are untrue and deceptive. “Smoking marijuana is not a sign of a horrible person. The singer of the song “Mmaa …

President Akufo-Addo was a factor in Justin Frimpong Kodua’s (JFK) desire to become a lawyer, according to the NPP’s general secretary. He claimed that the President even urged him to pursue his interest in law in addition to his desire to become a politician. JFK, as he is commonly known, …

A study by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) found that both the public and commercial sectors received bribe payments totaling about Ghc5 billion. According to the “2021 Ghana Integrity of Public Services Survey” report, 26.7 percent of public sector employees and 9.1 percent of private sector employees engaged in bribery. …

The Ghana Police Service has been named as Ghana’s most corrupt public institution in a recent poll by the Ghana Statistical Service. In the report released on July 20, 2022, the Police Service is followed by the Ghana Immigration Service and the Ghana Revenue Authority According to the research, 17.4 …

Ing Kwabena Agyei Agyepong, the former General Secretary of the government’s New Patriotic Party (NPP), has urged Ken Ofori-Atta to resign from his position for bringing Ghana before the IMF. He asserts that the Finance Minister’s continued post is incompatible with what he has said against the IMF and the …

A 53-year-old businessman was given a 15-year prison term by the Accra Circuit Court for defiling his wife’s 12-year-old niece in the Greater Accra Region’s Afuaman neighborhood close to Ablekumah. Amadu Moro had been found guilty of defilement by the Christina Cann-presiding court at that point. The court handed down …

The West African Senior High School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), which will be administered from August 1 to September 27, 2022, will only accept applications from Ghanaians going forward. This is due to the fact that the other four West African Examinations Council (WAEC) members, Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and The …