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30% salary deduction from Ministers’ pay begins

The Chief of Staff Akosua Frema Osei-Opare has directed that the Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) commences from 1st April 2022 a 30% deductions of salaries from all government appointees. A letter from the Presidency dated 19th April 2022 seen by Starrfm.com.gh indicated that the directive was issued by Cabinet at its first …

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Sankofa Series: All the 12 ministers who formed Ghana’s first government under Nkrumah

The Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government sits comfortably at the top of the list of governments since Ghana’s independence that have had the tallest records of appointees serving in various ministerial portfolios. The ‘elephant-sized’ government of the Nana Akufo-Addo regime was announced right after the New Patriotic Party assumed office in 2017, …

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Galamsey Fight: Lands ministers to appear before parliament

Mr Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, the Deputy Majority Leader, says the Leadership of Parliament is in discussions with the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources to update the country on the ongoing fight against illegal mining. Presenting the Business Statement of the House for the Eighth Week of the First Meeting …

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We’ll summon Foreign Affairs, Transport Ministers over E-passport initiative – Ablakwa

Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, says the Ministers of Transport and Foreign Affairs will be hauled before Parliament to answer questions on the government’s plan to approve of the use of the National Identification Card, popularly known as Ghana Card as an e-passport. Mr. Ablakwa said …

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Akufo-Addo swears in deputy ministers, asks them to be loyal to their ministers

President Akufo-Addo has charged deputy ministers of his second term administration to justify their selection to service in their various ministerial portfolios by their works and to remain loyal to the leadership and direction of their substantive Ministers of State as required of them by the 1992 constitution. Addressing the …

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Akufo-Addo bans Ministers, deputies, other appointees from using sirens

  • President Akufo-Addo has banned the use of sirens by some of his appointees • The president says anyone who violates the law on sirens will be prosecuted • The ban affects ministers and their deputies The nuisance associated with government officials disturbing road users with their sirens seems …

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Akufo-Addo names 39 deputy ministers, appoints Minister of State at Finance Ministry

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Wednesday, 21 April 2021 submitted to the speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin the names of persons he has appointed as minister of state and deputy ministers in his second term. Charles Adu-Boahen has been appointed as the Minister of State at the Ministry of …

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Exclusive: Full list of Deputy Ministers

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will be naming the last batch of ministerial appointments and Deputy Ministerial list this week to complete the formation of his second-term government. Speculation has been rife about who President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is likely to nominate as deputy minister. GhanaWeb sources state that the Finance, Trade and Industry, …

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Ministers receive sack notice over flagbearer campaign

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Wed, 14 Apr 2021Source: The Publisher President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has served notice that he would sack any Minister or appointee in his government found to be involved in campaigning to become the 2024 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), the party’s General Secretary, John Boadu had disclosed. …

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LIVESTREAMED: Akufo-Addo swears in Regional Ministers

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is swearing-in Regional Ministerial nominees who have successfully gone through the vetting process in Parliament. The appointees are taking the oath of office after receiving approval from the Parliament of Ghana. The oath-taking paves way for the appointees to now commence their respective jobs. The …

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