RAYLIZA GHANA | FRIDAY, 19TH APRIL 2024
The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has alleged that the National Cathedral secretariat has not been transparent with the processes and procurements associated with the project. He alleged that the secretariat spent all monies realized from a fundraiser in the United States on two symposia held in Accra. The NDC MP in a Facebook post on Wednesday, January […]
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Some 256 teachers have sued the Ghana Education Service (GES) and the Attorney General over their mass failure in the December 2021 promotional examinations. The teachers, who are on the Assistant Director Grade II position, sat for the Assistant Director Grade I promotion examination at the Ada Training College Centre. Mr. James Enu, counsel for the applicants (teachers), told the […]
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The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Members of Parliament have rescinded their decision to boycott the budget presentation by Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta for the 2023 budget. This comes after the lawmakers met the leadership and Council of Elders of the NPP in a crunch meeting on Tuesday, November 22, 2022. A statement jointly signed by the Majority Chief Whip, Annoh-Dompreh, and […]
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Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, the Majority Leader in Parliament has declared that the majority caucus is now in support of the calls for the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta to be sacked. This comes after several Ghanaians including Members of Parliament (MPs) on the Majority side mounted pressure on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to sack Ken Ofori-Atta from office in light of the […]
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The Ghana Road Transport Union (GPRTU) says it will on Monday, October 24, 2022, announce new fares for public transport. This according to the union has been necessitated by the continuous hiking of prices of petroleum products at the various fuel pumps. Currently, Diesel and Petrol are selling for over GH¢15 and GH¢13 respectively at major fuel pumps; a situation […]
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The President of the Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council, Rev. Prof. Paul Frimpong-Manso, has said the argument that people are actively engaged in illegal mining due to a lack of jobs should not be encouraged. According to the council, the lack of jobs should not be the reason for perpetuating illegality and causing environmental degradation. In an interview with Citi News, […]
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John Dramani Mahama, flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2020 general elections, has said that he is not certain to contest in the next elections. According to the former President, he is yet to take a firm decision on whether to contest as flagbearer for the opposition NDC. In an interview with VOA’s Straight Talk Africa, Mahama […]
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The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has ordered the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to pay compensation to its customers who were affected by the company’s recent system failure. In a letter dated October to ECG, the PURC said the compensation is for the company breaching its obligations to its customers. “In view of the extent of inconvenience occasioned by […]
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The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has revealed that about 6.4 million Ghanaians are simultaneously food insecure and multidimensionally poor. This represents 20.8 percent of the total population of Ghana. According to the Service’s 2022 Annual Household Income and Expenditure Survey, 13.6 million people, 44.1 percent of the population, were found to be multidimensionally poor in the first quarter of 2022. This situation […]
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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says he is aware some powerful forces in the country are working against the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy. Nana Akufo-Addo says the policy which aims at mitigating the plight of the poor to have access to education is being thwarted. But the President believes the programme will survive all such attacks. “Already there […]
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