Tag Archives: GOVERNMENT

• Okada riders want their profession to be seen as a dignifying one • They are appealing to government to provide them with identification tags  • This was made known by the national P.R.O of Commercial Motor Riders Association  As part of efforts to isolate themselves from other riders who …

Government is working to add essential herbal medicines to the list of drugs covered by the National Health Insurance Scheme, Dr. Kofi Bobby Barimah, Acting Executive Director of the Centre for Plant Medicine Research at Mampong, has said. Essential medicines are those that satisfy the priority health care needs of …

Student nurses at the Bolgatanga Nursing Training College (BNTC) in the Upper East Region, say their allowances are in four months’ arrears. The students acknowledged that allowances for January, February, and March were paid, however, they are yet to receive allowances for April, May, June and July. Mr Benjamin Asaana …

The Government of Ghana, through the Ministry of Finance, has announced a release of over GH¢260 million for the payment of arrears owed the fertilizer companies from May to July 2021. Dr Owusu Afriyie-Akoto, Minister for Food and Agriculture, made the announcement in Accra in a response to an urgent …

The Government has laid before Parliament a €111 million sales and performance agreement for the purchase and supply of 6, Six L-39 next-generation aircraft for the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF). The agreement laid by the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsuon behalf of Defense Minister Dominic Nitiwulon Tuesday, August 4 is part of …

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has made a passionate appeal to Ghanaians to help the government with the building of the proposed National Cathedral by donating GH¢100 a month. Making the appeal during his Mid-Year Budget Review reading earlier today, Mr Ofori-Atta said the objective of the fund-raiser is to get …

• The government has given the green light to three major institutions to employ people • The three are the Interior Ministry, the National Security Ministry, and the Education Ministry • In total, 11,840 persons are to be employed before the end of year, 2021 A total of 11,840 openings …

• Ken Ofori-Atta has said a total value of GH¢20 billion has so far been processed on the Ghana.GOV platform • The platform will make it easy for all citizens and visitors to make payments with convenience • Some 624,000 persons have already registered on the platform Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has been dragged to the Accra High Court over its failure to pay the salaries of Mr. Azure William Akologo for ten years. In his statement of claim, the teacher who is currently on retirement alleged that he has been denied his salaries since 2003 …

Even before the debate on the car loan agreement for Members of Parliament settles, it has emerged that the Ministry of Finance actually tabled before Parliament a similar loan agreement with the National Investment Bank Limited, NIB, for the purchase of vehicles for Council of State members. Documents on the …