Parliament rejects 2022 budget Government to use emergency fund if budget is not approved Government business grinds to a halt if emergency fund usage is not approved Following the rejection of the 2022 budget and Economic policy on Friday, November 26, questions on how government is going to fund its …
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2022 Budget rejection – Who said what
Parliament rejects 2022 budget Majority MPs walked out of parliament Asiedu Nketia appears in parliament When, on Friday, November 26, 2021, this current 8th Parliament of the Fourth Republic made history by rejecting the 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy as presented to the House by the Minister of Finance, …
Read More »Bagbin breaks silence, pokes holes into majority claims on 2022 budget rejection
Parliament rejects 2022 budget Alban Bagbin exposes majority leader 138 MPs were present in parliament during budget voting, says Speaker The Speaker of Parliament has, for the first time spoken after the rejection of the 2022 budget in parliament. In a Facebook post, the Speaker of Parliament said the 2022 budget was lawfully rejected, therefore, …
Read More »Why court issued arrest warrant for Sosu
Francis Sosu fails to appear before court again Madina MP answers questions regarding a protest over bad roads Court issues warrant for Madina MP The Kaneshie District Court has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of the Member of Parliament for Madina, Xavier-Francis Sosu. The news of the court’s …
Read More »ZIPLINE Awards Kanton Senior High School For Brilliant Show At 2021 NSMQ
Kanton Senior High School located in Tumu of the Sisala East District in the Upper West Region of Ghana is said to benefit from a sponsorship package by Zipline as part of efforts by the company to support schools from deprived communities with technology learning experience and learnership programme. The …
Read More »Covid: South Africa’s president calls for lifting of Omicron travel bans
South Africa’s president has condemned travel bans enacted against his country and its neighbours over the new coronavirus variant Omicron. Cyril Ramaphosa said he was “deeply disappointed” by the action, which he described as unjustified, and called for the bans to be urgently lifted. The UK, EU and US are …
Read More »‘Absolute chaos’ in South Africa as flights grounded over Omicron
Disbelief and confusion washed over South Africa as the announcement of the discovery of the Omicron COVID-19 variant grounded flights and raised fears of a hard lockdown in Africa’s most developed economy. Flights from the country to the United States, United Kingdom, and nations in Europe were swiftly banned after …
Read More »WATCH: Akrobeto attempts questions from NMSQ
Akwasi Boadi alias Akrobeto, host of The Real News on United TV ‘participated’ in the National Science and Maths Quiz, NMSQ. He was not in Kumasi where the knock-out stages till the final was held but he brought the questions into his studio. Of the two questions he attempted, he …
Read More »Government power subsidies more than amount spent on Free SHS – Economist
Government pays about four billion dollars in subsidizing the energy sector, Mr Habibu Adam, a Senior Economist, at the office of the Senior Presidential Advisor, has said. Mr Adams said the subsidy payment was more than the money being spent to implement the Free Senior High School (FSHS) policy, adding …
Read More »Felix Afena-Gyan a 100% ‘Made In Ghana’ project- Agent Oliver Arthur
FIFA agent Oliver Arthur has paid glowing to the Ghanaian machinery which scouted, refined and transferred the new kid on the block Felix Afena-Gyan to AS Roma. This is meant to scuttle comments by Dutch scout Sebastien Arnesen that he spotted the player after just 10 minutes into a game …
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