Minority boycotts Ghana card registration

The minority in parliament have sent strong signals that, they will not partake in today Monday 11th June 2018 Ghana card registration exercise for parliamentarians. According to them, a planned meeting to receive a briefing from the National Identification Authority (NIA) about the entire exercise and its cost has not been done. They are also rejecting the registration process because […]

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Kelni GVG: Two citizens sue gov’t to cancel controversial deal

Two private citizens have dragged Government to court to halt the implementation of a contract with IT firm, Kelni GVG, for real-time call traffic monitoring. The contract has generated stern controversy since it was made public as critics raise concerns about possible breach of their fundamental human rights to privacy during the traffic monitoring. Sara Asafu-Adjaye and Maximus Amertogoh want […]

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Government doctoring debt figures – Minority

The Minority in Parliament has accused the government of doctoring figures in order to reduce the country’s public debt stock. According to the NDC MPs, the Akufo-Addo led administration added some GH¢28 billion to the debt stock in 2017. The Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta last year stated that government through prudent management of the economy successfully reduced the country’s debt […]

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GPRTU blames government for transport fare increment

The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has defended its decision to increase transport fares by 10 per cent but blamed government for allowing consistent increment in fuel prices, which influenced the current increment. Transport fares were increased by 10 per cent on June 4, across the country; Mr Hope Ahiamadzie, Chairman of the Accra New Town Branch of GPRTU […]

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Probe begins against proprietor who did not register candidates

The Northern Regional Police Command has began probing what led to the failure of the Proprietor of the Tamale based Prince of Peace International School, Sulemana Saeed, to register a total of seventy-five candidates for this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). The seventy-five candidates of the school were turned away at Northern School of Business Examination Center after they […]

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Anas exposé: Mahama’s name pops up in $8m Nyantakyi scandal

The Forensic Financial Unit of the Police CID is investigating the second leg of controversial Anas video in which the Ghana Football Association President is accused of fraud and influence peddling. It is emerging former government officials, including the ex-president John Mahama may be investigated by the police CID over claims they benefitted from donations by investor friends linked to […]

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No ‘thievery’ in $1.2bn Ghana card deal – Attafuah

The acting Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority (NIA) Professor Ken Attafuah has strongly dismissed claims of thievery and bribery in the $1.2 billion Ghana Card contract. NPP stalwart and Member of Parliament for Assin Central has alleged that Prof. Attafuah received lands and other favours to award the $1.2 billion contract to Identity Management Systems Ltd (IMS), a […]

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Government, UG to jointly run medical centre – MP

Management of the University of Ghana and government will jointly run the university’s $217 million Medical centres. This was disclosed by the Member of Parliament for the Adentan constituency, Yaw Buaben Asamoah. Confusion over who manages the health centre has led to a delay in operationalising it although the first phase of the facility had been completed and commissioned by […]

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Basic Education Certificate Examination begins today

A total of 509,824 candidates are expected to sit for this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), which starts on Monday, June 4, 2018. The candidates are from 16,058 schools and the exams would be conducted at 1,768 centres across the country. The examination body, the West African Examination Council (WAEC), has been called upon by Parliament to go the […]

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