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Some state institutions in recent times have dismissed their staff over bribery and corruption-related issues in order to overcome the canker in Ghana. Interestingly, the month of August 2023, has seen three state institutions sacking staff for misconduct, specifically in the area of corruption. The three state institutions encompass the …

Data from the United Nations (UN) has showed the top bribe-taking institutions in Ghana after a study it conducted in the country for 2021. According to the data, the institution that takes bribes in Ghana the most is the Lands Commission; an agency under the Ministry of Lands and Natural …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is reported to have chastised the heads of state-owned institutions whose agencies are non-performing. According to a report by The Chronicle newspaper, the president said that he and his ministerial appointees are always blamed for the bad performance of the economy while heads of state entities, who …

The Central Bank has cautioned Ghanaians against taking loans from some 19 unlicensed institutions. In a statement on August 22, 2022, it said, “Bank of Ghana has observed that a number of unlicensed entities are engaged in the provision of loans to the Ghanaian public, in contravention of the Banks and …

With the passage of the Electronic Transactions Levy (E-Levy), arguments on whether or not the country should still pursue the option of either going to the World Bank or the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have been shot down by the Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr. According to …

The Accra East regional branch of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has scheduled about 27 public and private institutions for disconnection from the national grid. The institutions that include the Accra Sports stadium and parts of the Kotoka International Airport were last Monday disconnected for owing millions of Ghana cedis. Speaking to Citi News, …

The Managing Director of the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL), Yaw Kwakwa, was dismissed from his job. Journalists broke his dismissal to him while he was on an official assignment. No reason was given for his dismissal. He is, however, not the first head of a state institution to have …

  The Students Representative Council (SRC) President of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Michael Abuah has stated that students of the university will not join other institutions to protest on the streets of Accra tomorrow. A group calling itself, Coalition of Concerned University Students (CoCUS), earlier …

• 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 …