Tag Archives: EMPLOYMENT

Persons with disability sleep at Roads Ministry to demand employment after two years of toll abolition

  Two years ago, they all lost their jobs when the Finance Minister announced the abolition of road tolls. The government promised to reassign all of them but many of them remain unemployed. Some persons with disabilities who were toll booth workers pass the night at the roads ministry on …

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Now Ghanaians Pay huge money under Akufo Addo led Gov’t before they get employment-NPP Guru

The former Upper East Regional Organizer for the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP),Mr. Yaw Mort has expressed worry at the ongoing cracks and infighting within the New Patriotic Party. Mort who allegedly pointed figures at the leadership of the NPP of selling employment slots to the already suffering Ghanaians under this currenteconomicchallenges,disclosed …

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2023 Budget: Govt freezes public sector employment

Government says it will not recruit any more staff into its workforce next year. Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, says his outfit will halt the employment of personnel in the country’s civil and public service from January 2023. He says this is geared towards expenditure rationalisation going forward. Mr Ofori-Atta said …

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EC’s accounts unaudited since 2019 – Employment Committee

The Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) has failed to submit its accounts to the Auditor General’s Department for auditing since 2019. The Ranking Member for Committee on Employment, Social Welfare and State Owned Enterprises, Dr. Kwabena Donkor, who disclosed the development to Starr News described the situation as appalling. The former Power …

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Govt to give update on National Unemployment Insurance Scheme today

The Minister for Employment and Labour Relations, Honourable Ignatius Baffour-Awuah will today September 16, deliver an update on the state of the National Unemployment Scheme which government hinted of recently. The minister is expected to delineate also, the number of jobs government has been able to protect and restored amidst …

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Prof. Rita Dickson sets eyes on programmes to deepen employment creation

The new Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Prof. (Mrs.) Rita A. Dickson has committed to pursuing substantial entrepreneurship content, as part of her vision to deepen KNUST’s contribution towards helping to tackle graduate unemployment, in the country. This includes the setting up of Career …

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