The Executive Director of think tank group, Africa Education Watch, Kofi Asare, has questioned the propriety of spending huge sums of money feeding boarders at the senior high level while many schools across the country still lack basic infrastructure. The Education Minister reported to Parliament on Wednesday that the food crisis across senior high schools is due to high indebtedness to the buffer stock company. Commenting on the recurring crisis, Mr. Asare said the feeding must be restricted to only wards of parents who cannot afford it. “We do not understand why we continue to spend huge sums of money...
Nana Addo meets NPP’s new executives; urges them to ‘do all they can to break the 8’
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has tasked the newly elected National Executives of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to work hard to ensure that the party wins the 2024 elections. Nana Akufo-Addo says ‘breaking the eight’ should be the ultimate objective of the new leadership. Speaking at a meeting with the new executives led by the party’s new National Chairman, Stephen Ntim at the Jubilee House, President Akufo-Addo urged them to “do all they can to unite the party ahead of the elections.” The new executives were elected at the party’s just-ended national delegates conference, last weekend at the Accra...
Police Service most corrupt institution in Ghana – Survey
A latest survey conducted by the Ghana Statistical Service with other stakeholders in the fight against corruption has ranked the Ghana Police Service as the most corrupt institution among 23 other institutions sampled. The aim of the survey is to unearth corrupt institutions and make available data that will guide the formulation of policies that will look at nipping corruption in the bud. The survey indicated that more than 17.4 million bribes were paid in 2021 with police officers topping the list of officials who take bribes at 53.2%. The Ghana Immigration Service Officers and GRA customs officers come next,...
About GH¢5 billion was paid as bribe in private, public sectors in 2021 – GSS
A survey by the Ghana Statistical Service and its partners has revealed that an estimated amount of GH¢5 billion was paid as bribes in the year 2021. The report dubbed ‘2021 Ghana Integrity of Public Services Survey’ indicates that 26.7% public sector officials and 9.1% private sector players engaged in bribery acts. The survey was conducted by the Ghana Statistical Service in collaboration with other stakeholders in the fight against corruption. The report also said corruption was prevalent within the Ghana Police Service. The service recorded 53.2% of corruption cases, followed by the Ghana Immigration Service and the Ghana Revenue...
Parliament approves $750m loan agreement
Parliament has approved a $750 million loan agreement to finance capital and growth-related expenditures in the 2022 budget. The facility forms part of the government’s international capital market programme (ICMP) aimed at raising funds to finance critical infrastructure projects in sectors such as roads, energy, railways and health, as captured in the 2022 budget. Proceeds from the facility will also enable the government to meet its revenue projections in the budget and support government’s liability management. The agreement, which is between the government of Ghana and the African ExportImport Bank (AFREXIMBANK), is also expected to provide the needed foreign exchange...
Sustaining galamsey fight: Lands Ministry to track excavators – Control room ready
ALL excavators in mining concessions will be tracked electronically as part of major measures to clamp down on illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has disclosed. Already, he said, the Minerals Commission had set up a control room for the effective rollout of the initiative and was working to complete the procurement of the tracking devices in a couple of months. Speaking at the Meet-the-Press series in Accra yesterday, the minister said the decision to deploy the tracking devices was to enforce the Minerals and Mining (Mineral Operations – Tracking...
Koku Anyidoho being busy-body for not involving Atta-Mills’ relatives in renovation – Dafeamekpor
The South Dayi MP has asked the Founder of the Atta-Mills Institute, Koku Anyidoho, to desist from peddling what he sees as falsehoods about the state of the tomb of former President John Evans Atta Mills. According to Rockson Dafeamekpor, the grave of the late statesman is made of marble stone which is contrary to the ‘wooden box’ Mr Anyidoho claims. “How come we will decide to remodel the Asomdwee Park to the extent that it is affecting the nature and character of the grave and tombstone? If anybody says that the existing grave is not made of marble stone,...
Three persons sustain gunshot wounds during demonstration at Bibiani
Three persons have sustained gunshot wounds from stray bullets at Bibiani in the Western North during a demonstration to prevent the opening of the Mensin Mines. The victims have been rushed to the Bibiani government hospital where they are receiving treatment. The Paramount Chief of Sefwi Anhwiaso who doubles as the President of the National House of Chiefs, Ogyeahoho Yaw Gyebi II had gone to Bibiani to perform a rite to officially open the Mensin Mine when the incident happened on Wednesday July 20 The youth of Bibiani have accused the management of the mine of refusing them employment which...
Family of Atta Mills angry at government for allowing Atta Mills Institute to tamper with the grave of former president Mills
Brother of former President, Samuel Atta Mills is angry at the government for allowing the Atta Mills Institute to tamper with the grave of the former president John Evans Atta Mills, The non-governmental organisation run by Koku Anyidoho, an aide to the late Prof. Atta Mills, says they are rehabilitating the ‘Asomdwe Park’ where the mortal remains of the ‘Asomdwehene’ were buried. According to Samuel Atta Mills, brother of the former President, the current arrangement goes against their customs. He mentioned that it is not right for the government to allow the NGO to make changes to the grave without...
‘Where is the autopsy report of Atta Mills?’ – Anyidoho dares Samuel Atta Mills
Koku Anyidoho, Founder of Atta Mills Institute, has challenged the brother of the late former President, Atta Mills, to produce the autopsy report of the death of his brother. on Tuesday Koku Anyidoho and the Atta Mills Institute were accused by the MP for KEEA, Samuel Atta Mills for desecrating the tomb and grave of the late President in the name of renovation. Speaking on Newsnite, on Tuesday, Mr. Anyidoho stated that “John Dramani Mahama refused to build Asomdwe Park, he deliberately refused. President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa is building Asomdwe park, is that what is hurting Sammy Atta...