The Minister of Health has confirmed that Ghana has only four active Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machines stationed in selected Government Hospitals. According to the Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu four (4) out of the seven (7) Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Machines in major hospitals across the country are functional. The Minister in his …
Read More »Accra Psychiatric Hospital not sold – Health Minister
The Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu has dismissed a Herald newspaper report that the Accra Psychiatric Hospital has been sold. The newspaper in its reportage on Monday, March 14, indicated that the government has sold the Psychiatric hospital to some private investors. “This follows a durbar held by the Management of the hospital …
Read More »Deputy Finance Minister declares war on discrimination against women
Deputy Finance Minister and the Member of Parliament for Atiwa East Constituency of the Eastern Region, Hon. Abena Osei Asare has urged Ghanaians to refrain from limiting women to the kitchen and other menial jobs which have cut many women off the table of decision making and societal contribution. According …
Read More »NPP MP and Chieftaincy Minister not dead – Family
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Ahanta West Constituency, Ebenezer Kojo Kum, is not dead, a family member insists. “It is true my brother was critically sick,” the family member said, “and we are still praying for him after being discharged from hospital and being treated home but he is not dead.” …
Read More »Ghana’s economy is in crisis – Deputy finance minister
Deputy Finance Minister, John Kumah, has affirmed Prof Kwesi Botchwey’s assessment that Ghana is in an economic crisis. In an interview on Neat FM, monitored by GhanaWeb, John Kumah said that the government acknowledges there are difficulties, but these difficulties are not beyond the strength of the country. The deputy minister …
Read More »The contradictions: What Roads Minister and Deputy Finance Minister said about govt’s plans for E-Levy
The government of Ghana through Ken Ofori-Atta, the Finance Minister announced an introduction of an Electronic Transaction Levy, E-Levy, during the presentation of the 2022 budget statement in Parliament. E-Levy among other things is to “widen the tax net and rope in the informal sector.” The proposed Levy, which was …
Read More »Agric Minister dreads Akufo-Addo’s wrath, mute on presidential ambition in interview
Minister of Agriculture, Hon. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, who has been tipped by some supporters of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) to contest for flagbearer of the party, in a one-on-one interview on Peace FM’s ”Kokrokoo Thursday morning, swerved a question regarding his Presidential ambition. Hon. Owusu Afriyie Akoto refused to let the …
Read More »Gov’t released $2m as first tranche of funds for evacuation exercise – Dep Foreign Affairs Minister
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Mr Kwaku Ampratwum Sarpong has revealed that the government has released an amount of 2million dollars to undertake the evacuation exercise. The two million dollars, he said, is the first tranche of funds earmarked for the entire exercise. He said this in …
Read More »Government to use E-Levy as collateral for loans – Roads Minister
Roads Minister, Kwasi Amoako-Atta, has indicated that government is seeking to use E-Levy as collateral after its passage in Parliament. According to him, government in its wisdom will use the E-Levy to bring in greater revenue that would be securitized and used to raise a bond for road infrastructure. The …
Read More »I disagree with prosecution of Ato Forson – Ken Agyapong defends former NDC minister
Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, has raised objections over government’s decision to prosecute former Deputy Minister for Finance, Dr. Cassel Ato Forson for allegedly causing financial loss to the state. The former deputy minister under the erstwhile National Democratic Congress administration and two others, made up of a …
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