Tag Archives: DATA

Speaker directs Roads Minister to furnish parliament with roads data under Akufo-Addo

The first deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei Owusu, has directed the Minister for Roads and Highways to furnish the house with the data on the total number of roads the Akufo-Addo government has constructed since assuming office. This information, the Speaker indicated, should be put on the table by …

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NCA, telcos have no mandate to capture data of citizens – Atuguba

The Dean of the University of Ghana School of Law, Professor Raymond Atuguba, has raised legal objections to the ongoing SIM registration exercise by the telecommunications and the National Communications Authority (NCA). According to him, the National Identification Authority (NIA) has the power under the laws of Ghana to carry out …

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IMF disputes govt’s economic performance data again

  A new dispute over Ghana’s macroeconomic performance foe 2020 and its standing into this year may be brewing as the International Monetary Fund, in its latest staff mission report on the country has computed the government’s fiscal deficit for last year at 15.5 percent of Gross Domestic Product, which …

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Bawumia’s ‘facts and data’ Facebook post sparks #HeIsFixingIt trend on Twitter

  A Facebook post by the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, detailing problems the Akufo-Addo government has fixed in the past four years has swept through social media, particularly Twitter. Dr Bawumia’s lengthy Facebook post, was in an apparent response to a social media campaign by a group, calling on the …

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NDC has data on omitted names in register – Afriyie Ankrah

The Director of Elections for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Elvis Afriyie Ankrah says the party has detailed reports on the number of names omitted in the voters’ register. Speaking on Eyewitness News, Mr. Ankrah said the party’s flagbearer, John Mahama called off his tour of the Bono Region for a …

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