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Akufo-Addo slashes salary, that of appointees by 30%

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced that his salary and that of all his appointees have been cut by 30%. The 30% cut also affects the expenditure of ministries, governmental agencies and departments. Addressing Muslims at an Eid-Ul-Adha ceremony on Saturday, July 9, 2022, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo indicated that fuel coupon …

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Call off strike for the sake of BECE candidates – Akufo-Addo beg teachers

President Nana Akufo-Addo has appealed to striking teachers to return to the classroom while negotiations continue with the government. The President mentioned that teachers should consider the pending BECE that must be written by third-year students in Junior High Schools.   The President’s appeal comes at the back of ongoing …

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Pokuase: Residents run toward fuel tanker gutted by fire despite ‘Appiatse explosion’ experience

Some daredevil residents of Pokuase, a suburb of Accra in the Greater Accra region were seen rushing toward an exploding tanker. The fuel tanker was involved in an accident at Pokuase at 2:30pm The tanker sparked flames but some eyewitnesses in their quest to take videos decided to move closer …

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Tree uprooted by rainstorm mysteriously appears upright in Dambai

Residents of Dambai Health Center, a farming community, in the Krachi East Municipality of the Oti Region are in shock as a teak tree that was uprooted during a rainstorm appeared upright to its former position without branches. The branches of the almost dried tree are left on the floor …

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PHOTOS: Tension at Homabenase as residents in bloody clash with landguards, many injured

OTECNEWS’ intelligence and monitoring of the operations of landguards at Homabenase within Bosomtwe District in the Ashanti Region have spotted a number of the Ghana Police operating with these landguards against the residents. Already tension in the area has reached its zenith as the people of Homabenase have vowed to …

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Ghana’s inflation at a terrible 50%/year – Renowned US economist

Steve H. Hanke, a professor of applied economics at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland has pegged Ghana’s inflation rate at 50%/yr, describing the status as terrible. The 79-year-old economist, Saturday, July 9, 2022, shared footage from the Arise Ghana protest, trumpeting the high cost of living in the …

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Court quashes Asanko Gold’s application against Ghana Mine Workers Union

The Amasaman High Court has shot down applications filed by Asanko Gold Ghana Limited against members of Ghana Mine Workers Union (GMWU) who were sacked without proper compensation. Asanko Gold Ghana Limited, the defendants, had sought the court to strike out the case, which according to them was premature. The …

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Kwasi Kwarteng: The Conservative MP tipped to succeed Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson, the British Prime Minister, resigned as head of his Conservative Party on Thursday, July 7, 2022, after losing the support of top cabinet ministers. “The process of choosing that new leader should begin now,” Johnson said on Thursday at the door of Number 10 Downing Street. “And today …

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Gov’t urged to take action amid food shortage, quality concerns in SHSs

As concerns intensify about a shortage of food in Senior High Schools, the Ashanti Regional Students Representative Council (SRC) has called on the government and the National Food Buffer Stock Company to address the issue associated with the food shortage that many schools in the region are facing. According to …

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Akufo-Addo breaks silence on Ghana’s return to IMF

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has for the first time, spoken about his government seeking an International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout. At the swearing-in of some new Ambassadors and High Commissioners at the Jubilee House, the president explained that the decision to seek an IMF programme was necessitated by the effect of the current …

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