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The Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, has joined calls for the government to settle the arrears owed persons enrolled in programs such as the Nation Builders’ Corps and the Youth in Afforestation. He said the Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori Atta must consider their plights and speedily work to have them paid. The Minority Leader made...

Beneficiaries of the Youth in Afforestation programme across the country have embarked on an indefinite strike starting August 1 to demand the payment of their six months allowance arrears. According to them, although they have held several meetings with stakeholders to demand arrears, their issues have not yet been addressed. “It is all because of...

The Ghana National Petroleum Tanker Drivers Union will on Monday, August 1, 2022, embark on a sit-down strike. The Union added that the Government refuses to open some gas stations that were closed after the 2017 gas explosion at Atomic junction in Accra affected its members. In an interview with  Joy news,  monitored by Baina...

The Kumasi High Court has granted bail to a senior lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Dr. Wilberforce Aggrey who is standing trial over the disappearance of his wife, Rhodaline Amoah-Darko, a staff of the Lands Commission in Kumasi. He has been granted bail of GH¢300,000 with one surety to...

Barely 24 hours after a crucial decision on the Adwoa Safo’s status as Gender Minister, President Akufo-Addo is in her constituency. Yesterday, a statement from the Presidency relieved the Dome-Kwabenya legislator of her duties at the Ministry following her absence from post for about a year. In a statement signed by the Communications Director at...

The Minority in Parliament is requesting for another extension for the deadline for the registration of SIM Cards in Ghana. Deputy Ranking Member on the Communications Committee of Parliament, Sam Nartey George, says the President must ensure that, the registration goes beyond the 31st July deadline. According to him, several factors have prevented many in...

Inspector general of police, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, has taken an exception to a latest research on corruption, which put the Ghana Police Service Number 1 on the rankings. In a letter to the research institutions, Dr Dampare quized the methodology used, by  the  Ghana Statistical Service  (GSS), Commission of Human Right and Admimnistrative Justice....

The Supreme Court has dismissed a review application filed by embattled Member of Parliament for Assin North Constituency James Gyakye Quayson. The Assin North MP was praying the apex court to overturn the Court of Appeal’s decision to strike out his appeal against the High Court’s decision to remove him as a legislator. A 3-2 majority ruling...

Deputy Majority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has said the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta and his team cannot be accused by the Minority of mismanaging the economy. He stated that the issues that are affecting the local economy are as a result of the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic as well as the ongoing warfare between Russia and Ukraine....

The NABCO Trainees Association of Ghana (NABTAG) will hold a national press conference on Friday, July 29 in Kumasi to express displeasure at the plight. According to a statement signed by National President Dennis Opoku Katakyie on Monday, July 25, the press conference “is to report on the unbearable hardship suffered by trainees due to...