Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko has assured workers of the Electricity Company of Ghana their jobs are secure under the 20-year concessional agreement. He said government has renegotiated an earlier provision that barred any new managers from laying off workers only within the first five years of the implementation of the agreement. Government has now secured an agreement with the concessionaires […]

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed the headmaster of Prempeh College in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region to reverse his decision to sack 51 first-year students. The headmaster, Samuel Fordjour, sacked the students for consistently failing in their various courses of study. Some other 112 students are also to re-write their exams to assess their chances of remaining in […]

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is not interested in pursuing political activist and sympathizer of the opposition National Democratic Congress, Frank Kwaku Appiah [Appiah Stadium], over the latter’s alleged claim that the President is a ‘Wee’ smoker, Information Minister Mustapha Hamid has stated. The comment comes on the back of the arrest and subsequent release of the NDC serial caller […]

The Type Approval Program of the National Communication Authority (NCA) is generating some interest among foreign entities attending this year’s ITU Telecom World Conference. The Policy will allow for accreditation to test electronic equipment abroad before they are shipped to Ghana. At least two South Korean-based laboratories made enquiries about testing for Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) receivers earmarked to be […]

At least 23 out of the 24 Commissioners at the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) have abdicated their position with immediate effect. The announcement was made by the Chairman of the Commission, Professor Kwesi Botchwey when he submitted Ghana’s 40-Year National Development Plan to the President at the State Banquet Hall in Accra Tuesday. He told President Nana Addo Dankwa […]

The immediate past President of the Association of Road Contractors -Ghana, Joseph Ebo Hewton, has attributed the cause of inflated cost of road projects in Ghana on what he described as selective tendering. According to him, contractors take advantage of that to bloat contract sums when such processes are used for awarding contracts because it does not create competition. Mr. Hewton made the […]

More than 100 students have been withdrawn or will be repeated by school authorities at Prempeh College in Kumasi for non-performance following implementation of government’s Free Senior High School (SHS) programme. The affected students have been served with letters notifying them that they will either be dismissed or repeated by the Senior High School. The school, however, is in a […]

The Ghana Health Service is urging the public to turn away from the misconception, superstition and religious beliefs attached to the use of contraception in the country. According to the Deputy Director General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr. Gloria Quansah there should be a persistent collaborative effort by all stakeholders in the health sector to inculcate the importance […]

The member of parliament for Adaklu Constituency, and The Ranking Member of Parliament’s Roads and Highways Committee, Kwame Agbodza, has asked government to stop complaining and expose any corrupt contractors they claimed have ripped off the state by inflating contract costs. Mr. Agbodza says government is tactically trying to cover their poor performance with this unnecessary complaint. His response follows […]

Former Health Minister, Alban Bagbin has dismissed claims that he erred when he signed the contract for the supply of 200 ambulances for which the first 30 delivered were found to be defective. The Nadowli West Member of Parliament (MP) said he is ready to face the law if government finds the agreement to be problematic. Interacting with journalists in […]