POLITICS

Members of Parliament have been called back from break for an emergency meeting by Speaker of the House Alban Suman Bagbin. The majority leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, petitioned the session to take up unfinished business with the administration, which led to this recall. Article 112(3) and Order 53 of the Standing …

The Finance Ministry has given the Ghana Education Service (GES) permission to hire the class of 2022 qualified teachers who will graduate from public education colleges throughout the nation through the Ministry of Education. As a result, in order to be considered for employment, the Ghana Education Service is calling …

The major opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has asked for the Electoral Commission (EC) to provide the serial numbers of the biometric verification devices (BVRs) being used for the present limited registration exercise. However, the EC argues it cannot do so. After the registration procedure was plagued by technological issues …

Afigya Kwabre South District Chief Executive(DCE),Hon Christian Adu-Poku popularly known as APC has questioned John Mahama’s intention to introduce a 24-hour economy to help deal with the unemployment situation in the country. Former President Mahama has reportedly proposed a 24-hour economy, which will see workers engage in a three-shift system …

The chairman of the New Patriotic Party and two party officials are accused by the Offinso South NDC constituency communication officer in the Ashanti region of busing voters from the constituency to another constituency so they may register for voter ID cards. The Offinso South NPP party chairman is assisted …

The country is better off addressing the power issue, commonly known as “dumsor,” with a timetable than it is without one, according to Albert Dwumfour, President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA). This follows statements made by Mathew Opoku Prempeh, the Ministry of Energy, that the new administration is more …

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) requested that the serial numbers of the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) kits used for the limited voter registration exercise be made public, but the Electoral Commission (EC) has turned that request down. The kits that are now being used for the ongoing exercise have …

The Convention’s People’s Party (CPP) Chairperson, Nana Akosua Frimpomaa, has urged the party’s Council of Elders to initiate legal action against Emmanuel Gallo, the party’s chairman in the Ashanti Region, and Wayo Ghanamanti, his attorney. The CPP chairperson’s appeal was in response to what she described as Mr. Gallo and …

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) requested access to the whole KPMG report on the revenue assurance agreement between Strategic Mobilization Limited (SML) and the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA). The Office of the President denied this request. On April 24, 2024, the MFWA made a request for a copy …

An update on the introduction of the Electronic Value Added Tax (E-VAT) system has been released by the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), who reports that everything is going as planned. The GRA has reaffirmed its commitment to the thorough and expeditious implementation of the system, which is anticipated to improve …