Deputy Education Minister, Rev. Ntim Fordjour, has encouraged all stakeholders involved in the ongoing WASSCE examination to stick to the rules of engagement. The Deputy Minister, during a tour of the examination centre at the Labone SHS to assess the progress of the exercise, said the issue of some students denied entry to the exams halls for being late is yet to come to his attention but he will look into it. Some seven candidates who had registered for Monday’s first core paper at the Labone Senior High School were denied access to the exam hall for reporting late. ...
Ghana Card: NIA to pilot registration of Ghanaians abroad in Ottawa Canada, other states
The Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority (NIA) has said that his outfit is ready register Ghanaians living in other countries. The exercise is in accordance with the NIA Act, 2008 (Act 750). According to Prof. Ken Attafuah, a 10-member team will travel to Ottawa, Canada to begin the piloting of the exercise and train officials there to undertake the registration. The team will rely on Ghana’s missions abroad as registration centres with support from their officers. The NIA, from last year, has been working with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to develop a roadmap for the registration of...
Ghana Card: NIA investigates over 110k Ghanaians for double registration
The National Identification Authority (NIA) has commenced investigation into circumstances leading to 110,936 Ghanaians attempting multiple registration for the Ghana Card. Addressing the Assurances Committee of Parliament on Monday, August 26, 2024, the Executive Secretary of the NIA, Prof. Ken Attafuah, noted that the Authority has withheld the cards. “We have a total of 110,936, as the number of Ghanaians who have attempted multiple registration whose cards have gone into delinquency and are being investigated,” he stated. The Authority has successfully registered over 18 million Ghanaians on the National Identify Register (NIR), with over 151,000 cards still pending for printing....
President Mahama investigated me; why has the Sports Ministry not been investigated- Afriyie Ankrah
Former Minister of Youth and Sports, Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, is seemingly calling for individuals connected to the Sports Ministry to be investigated over allegations of gross financial mismanagement and corruption. Afriyie Ankrah said this in an interview with ChannelOne TV on the sidelines of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Manifesto launch for Ghana’s 2024 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections in Winneba. The former Sports Minister’s comments come in the wake of multiple negative fallouts from Ghana’s participation in international competitions like the 2023 AFCON and hosting the 2023 African Games with the latest being a purported $3.6 million payment to the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation...
Dr. Bawumia rebukes Mahama for speaking on banking sector cleanup without knowledge
Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has challenged former President John Dramani Mahama to familiarize himself with the receiver’s report on the baking sector clean-up exercise before making comments, urging him to read the report and understand the specifics. Dr Bawumia said that the cleanup exercise in the banking sector saved GHC4.6 million depositors’ money. “We saved the deposits of 4.6 million bank depositors who really were going to lose their deposits if those banks were not saved. I don’t understand whether the former president has taken his time to understand the banking sector. Some...
“15+ WASSCE Candidates at Osu Presbyterian SHS Almost Barred from Writing Social Studies Exam Due to lateness
Over 15 students at Osu Presbyterian Senior High School faced exclusion from the WASSCE Social Studies exam due to lateness. A West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) delegation, led by Dr. Rosemond Wilson, witnessed the incident. School Headmaster Vincent Esuah attributed the students’ lateness to a habitual behavior, emphasizing his commitment to enforcing examination rules. “WAEC works with rules and regulations and the rules are that students are to be seated 30 minutes before a paper. We already had a delay, and we started the paper; they [the students] are now coming. They have no reason for coming late, they are...
We’ve not predicted violence in Ghana’s 2024 elections – ECOWAS
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission has denied allegations that suggest that it predicted violence during Ghana’s 2024 general elections, in its recent Pre-Election Fact-Finding Mission to the country. The Herald Newspaper in an article, published on August 21, 2024, claimed to have obtained a ‘draft statement’ from the ECOWAS Mission, in which the commission ‘predicted violence’ in the electoral process. In an official statement, ECOWAS clarified that its pre-electoral missions do not publicly release findings, as these reports are confidential and intended solely for the President of the Commission to assist in engagements with member states....
Value your votes – Opoku-Agyemang tells Ghanaians
The running mate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Prof. Jane Naana OpokuAgyemang, has urged Ghanaians to base their voting decisions on the state of the economy and how it has impacted their lives and businesses. She has therefore invited those who usually vote for the ruling party to be sincere about the abysmal performance of the government, and vote for change. “A political party is not like a family which bonds you by blood. You are free to change party and vote for a party that can truly improve your livelihood and develop the nation,” she explained. Addressing a...
President Akufo-Addo Calls SSNIT Hotel Sale Controversy ‘Unnecessary'”
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has downplayed the controversy surrounding the attempted sale of Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) hotels, calling it unnecessary. He cited SSNIT’s recent surplus of GHs 230 million as evidence of the trust’s improved performance. Speaking to organized labor in Accra, the President emphasized the need for measured decision-making to protect the long-term interests of pensioners. “Take note of the improved performance of SSNIT which recently announced a surplus of GHs 230million on its operations, this should be reassuring to organised labour and perhaps bring into sharper relief the unnecessary controversy that was recently...
The alternative will send us to an abyss of disaster; vote for NPP – Prince David Osei
Ghanaian actor Prince David Osei has endorsed the New Patriotic Party (NPP) ahead of the December elections. Speaking at the party’s manifesto launch on August 18, Osei urged citizens to vote for the NPP, warning that alternative choices would lead to disaster. He emphasized that the NPP would bring prosperity to the country. ‘The alternative is not the solution; it will plunge us into disaster. Vote for progress Vote Bawumia, Vote Matthew Opoku Prempeh as the next president,’ he said. While acknowledging Ghana’s economic challenges, Osei noted that the situation is part of a global trend, citing economic difficulties in...