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Tanzania has raised the red flag over lack of funds to take care of the increased number of refugees from Democratic Republic of Congo. Authorities in Dodoma appealed to development partners to support refugees living in camps. It followed an announcement earlier by the World Food Programme that it would …

A picketing pensioner bondholder has stated that government is perpetrating robbery on bondholders whose funds remain unpaid despite previous assurances. According to him, the situation where pensioners are having to picket for their monies is akin to the government taking arms and attacking them. “In fact, it is more or …

Progress on three major projects in the Ashanti Region have come to a stand-still due to lack of funds. These projects include phase two of the Kumasi International Airport and Kejetia Central Market and the 500-bed capacity maternity and children block at the KATH. The Mayor of Kumasi Samuel Pyne …

The immediate-past Chief Justice (CJ) of Ghana, Sophia Akuffo, has been making headlines after she joined retirees picketing at the Ministry of Finance in Accra over the government’s plan to involve their bonds in its Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP). Not only was her presence resounding, but the comments she made …

Daniel Yaw Domelevo, the former Auditor-General (A-G) has reacted to the latest A-G report on COVID-19 expenditure spanning March 2020 to June 2022. Domelevo disclosed in a TV interview (January 23) that he was about to start auditing the COVID expenditure in line with the Constitutional provision as contained in …

Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has cancelled Independence Day celebrations scheduled for Friday and directed that the budget instead be used to build dormitories for children with special needs. The 61st Independence Day event was to cost $445,000, money that will be used to build eight dormitories in primary schools …

Gyankroma Akufo-Addo, daughter of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has refuted claims that she received a US$25 million government contract to decorate some parts of the capital. In a statement released on November 2, 2022, she disclosed that all three art projects were executed through fundraising activities by the Creative Arts …

The government has said it has released funds to the National Food Buffer Stock Company and the Senior High and TVET Schools across the country for feeding. In a statement, the government said GH¢126,000,000 had been released to the National Food Buffer Stock Company for non-perishable food items. GH¢72,106,603 was …

The Chairperson of the COVID-19 National Trust Fund, Justice Sofia Akuffo, is appealing for more donations for the fund, as they have only a balance of GH¢9 million left in their account. During the peak of the Coronavirus pandemic in 2020, a trust fund was set up to enable well-meaning …

General Corporal Isaac Opoku Asumam has become the second Police officer to benefit from the 6.1 Million Cedis Police Emergency Medical Intervention Fund (PEMIF) after he was flown to New Delhi, India for medical attention. The PEMIF, an initiative of the Police Administration which was approved and launched in January …