The Ministry of Roads and Highways has been urged by the Ghana Chamber of Construction Industry to release a minimum of GH¢2 billion to compensate road contractors for completed projects. It was agreed that setting aside GH¢150 million to hire and pay road contractors to fix potholes across the country …
Read More »E-Levy rakes in GH¢1.19 billion in 2023 – John Kumah discloses
Dr. John Kumah, the Deputy Minister of Finance and Member of Parliament for Ejisu Constituency has revealed that the government’s E-levy revenue for 2023 amounted to GH¢1.19 billion. To address unemployment in the nation, the government used this amount to fund the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program, the Ghana Enterprise …
Read More »2024 electoral calendar to be made public before the end of February – EC
The Ghanaian Electoral Commission (EC) has declared that it will make the general election timetable for 2024 public available by the end of February of 2024. The announcement of the calendar comes after the Commission decided to stick with the original December 7 election date, even though there had been …
Read More »Asamoah Gyan to chair Youth and Sports sub-committee for Bawumia’s 2024 election manifesto
Legendary sportsman Asamoah Gyan of Ghana has been assigned to a group that will draft a manifesto for Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the flagbearer of the ruling New Patriotic Party, for the 2024 elections. The chairman of the subcommittee on youth and sports is Asamoah Gyan. The head of the New …
Read More »We’ll present 2024 manifesto by June – NPP election campaign Communications Director
Dennis Miracles Aboagye, the Communications Director for the New Patriotic Party’s(NPP) 2024 election campaign, has stated that the party will deliver its 2024 manifesto to Ghanaians by the end of June. According to Miracles Aboagye, the NPP presidential candidate Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s mission will serve as the manifesto committee’s guide. …
Read More »Akufo-Addo meets Majority Caucus over leadership change
On February 21, President Akufo-Addo met with the Parliamentary members of the NPP at the Jubilee House. The purpose of the meeting, according to reports, is to settle the mounting conflict among caucus members regarding the planned rearrangement of their side of the front bench in Parliament. According to certain …
Read More »More than 200 nurses left KATH in 2023 – CEO
Professor Otchere Addai-Mensah, the chief executive officer of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), expressed concern about the departure of more than 200 nurses and medical staff in 2023 from the hospital. According to Addai-Mensah, this is having an impact on the hospital’s operations. During a visit to the hospital …
Read More »Replace all ID cards lost in Akosombo Dam spillage – Ablakwa to gov’t
Following the recent VRA spill from the Akosombo and Kpong dams, North Tongu MP Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has made a strong case for the urgent replacement of vital documents that his constituents have lost. Thousands of people have been forced to leave Mepe and the surrounding Volta region due to …
Read More »Government releases €14 million for abandoned KATH Maternity project
The Brazilian construction company “Contracta,” which is in charge of building the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital 900 maternity block, has received 14 million euros from the government to get its workers back on the job site after the company had been away from it for more than a year. As …
Read More »ECG to disconnect Parliament over GH₵23m debt
A debt exceeding GH₵23 million is the reason why the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) is thinking of cutting off power to the Parliament on Wednesday, February 21. The current “Operation Zero Balance” program, which attempts to collect delinquent payments from different clients, includes this prospective action. Parliament plays a …
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