National Democratic Congress (NDC) Members of Parliament who owe the state owned Metro Mass Transit company (MMT) Limited close to GHc1.5 million are nation wreckers and thieves, Ghanaian Associations in South Africa have said. According to them, the debts can eventually collapse the company if appropriate measures are not taken …
Read More »Nigeria’s ex-INEC boss to school Ghana’s EC
Professor Attahiru Jega, a former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission of Nigeria (INEC) is expected in Ghana today, Thursday, 12 September 2019, to begin a three-day working visit. Professor Jega will be in the country on the invitation of Ghana’s Electoral Commission as part of its efforts to …
Read More »CLOGSAG threatens to strike over attempts to derail implementation of three-tier pension scheme
The Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG), has warned against any move to derail the implementation of the three-tier pension scheme for its members which is scheduled to take off on January 1, 2020. CLOGSAG is accusing the Ghana Trades Union Congress and Social Security and National …
Read More »Students Loan Trust owed GHS75m; names of defaulters to be published in newspapers
More than 55,000 people owe the Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) GH¢75 million, representing default in the repayment of the loans students took to cushion them while in school. Out of the number, about 35,000 have made some form of payment, leaving more than 20,000 who have not paid anything …
Read More »Fmr. Prampram NPP candidate Sly appointed new NYA boss
A former New Patriotic Party parliamentary candidate for Prampram Sylvester Tetteh is set to take over as new head of the National Youth Authority (NYA), Starrfm.com.gh has gathered. He replaces Emmanuel Sin-nyet Asigri, who was removed along with his two deputies, over procurement breaches. One Nelson Owusu Ansah and Christopher …
Read More »Amidu sues AG for not retrieving €47m judgment debt illegally paid Waterville
The Special Prosecutor, Martin Alamisi Amidu, in his capacity as a private citizen, has dragged the Attorney General and construction firm, Waterville to the Supreme Court over the nonenforcement of a judgement debt retrieval order directed at the Government of Ghana and the company in 2013. The Supreme Court made …
Read More »Akufo-Addo appoints new NYA top Managers
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed new set of top Managers for the National Youth Authority (NYA) barely a week after firing three others. MyNewsGh.com understand that the Ashanti Regional Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nelson Owusu Ansah as the Deputy Chief Executive (CEO) of the …
Read More »Minister Appeals For Zoomlion’s IRECOP In Ashanti Region To Promote Waste Management
The Ashanti Regional Minister, Hon. Simon Osei Mensah has placed a distress call for Zoomlion to speed up the process in establishing its’s Integrated Recycling and Compost Plant (IRECOP) in the Ashanti Region to help manage the overwhelming waste being generated in the region. The Ashanti Regional Capital, Kumasi which …
Read More »NPP MP Proposes Additional VAT Increment To Tackle Sanitation Challenges
The Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Environment, Science and Technology and Innovation, Yaw Addo Frimpong has proposed an increment to the Value Added Tax (TAX). The revenue to be derived from the increased VAT percentage, he noted, should be used to address the teething sanitation challenges confronting the …
Read More »Palm wine tapper killed by falling palm tree at Assin Acheano
A Palm wine tapper has met his untimely death after a falling palm tree trapped him in the bush at Assin Acheano, a farming community in the Central Region. According to relations of the deceased, he had earlier revealed he was going to the farm to fell some palm trees …
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