The public is being advised by the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) to stop putting stones at their gas cylinders that are leaking and to purchase new regulators. The Service reports that there have been a lot of house fires across the nation. Fire officer Abdul Rahman told the media …
Read More »Three ‘ghosts’ earn Gh¢1m at Ministry of Finance – A-G’s report reveals
The Ministry of Finance (MoF) paid three individuals a total of GH1,112,895.96 in salary from January 2020 to December 2021 despite the fact that they were not employees of the Ministry, according to the Auditor General. A Principal Spending Officer of a covered entity is required to ensure that only …
Read More »2021 A-G’s report: 88 Ministry of Education employees receive Gh¢1.08 million in “unearned salary”
According to the 2021 Auditor-report, General’s 88 former Ministry of Education employees received a total of GH 1,082,455.02 in “unearned pay” after they “left” from the organization. The report stated, “We noted that 88 staff members who left their respective institutions received unearned salaries totaling GH1,082,455.02.” “We recommended that the …
Read More »AG’s report cites over 6,800 companies, businesses and individuals who owe Gh¢ 111m in taxes
According to 13,721 selected tax files from 21 Domestic Tax Revenue Offices of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) in the Greater Accra Region, 6,856 businesses, legal entities, and people owed GH111,652,263.00 in corporate and individual income taxes for the assessment years of 2019, 2020, and 2021, according to the Auditor-Report …
Read More »Nigerien detained in Kenyasi for having 556 bags of government-subsidized fertilizer
A Nigerien national was detained by the Kwabre Kenyasi Police in the Ashanti Region after they discovered him in possession of sacks of fertilizer that they believed to be government-subsidized. Shaibu Adamu was taken into custody on Friday in Abirem-Jamase, close to Kenyasi, together with 556 bags of fertilizer. On …
Read More »Government pays Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) to workers
Workers in the public sector have received a Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) payment from the government in the sum of GHc485,000,000.00 (four hundred and eighty-five million Ghana Cedis). The Controller and Accountant-Department General’s (CAGD) released a statement containing this information on August 29, 2022. According to the press release, …
Read More »Kumasi Traditional Council grants Oyerepa FM permission to resume operations
The administration of Oyerepa FM, situated in Kumasi, has been asked to resume operations after disagreements with the management were resolved by the Kumasi Traditional Council. This came after the Chiefs accused the media outlet of permitting statements against them to be made on its platform. Refuting claims that they …
Read More »President Akufo-Addo fires Customs Boss Col. Damoah
Colonel (Ret.) Kwadwo Damoah has been fired from his position as commissioner of the Ghana Revenue Authority’s(GRA) customs division by President Nana Akufo-Addo. The rule becomes operative on Friday, August 26, 2022. The instruction was stated in a letter from the Presidency that was signed by Nana Bediatuo Asante, the …
Read More »“Dragging the Supreme Court through the mud is a threat to democracy” – Justice Douse tells Mahama
Justice Isaac Douse, a retired Court of Appeal judge, has warned former president John Dramani Mahama not to damage the Supreme Court’s reputation since doing so could endanger the nation’s democracy and have an impact on all Ghanaians. On Sunday, August 28, 2022, Mr. Mahama lamented that the court had …
Read More »Ghana needs new Chief Justice to repair perception of Supreme Court being ‘Unanimous FC’- Mahama
Mahama worries that the perception of the Supreme Court as a “Unanimous FC” poses a threat to democracy. The National Democratic Congress’s (NDC) 2020 presidential candidate and former president John Dramani Mahama has issued a warning against the pervasive idea that the judiciary is politically biased. He contends that the …
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