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Public sector workers under the Public Services Workers Union (PSWU) of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have declared an indefinite strike action, effective Tuesday, July 12, 2022. In a statement issued on July 8, 2022, the PSWU said that the main reason for its decision to embark on a strike …

Learning was paralysed in public schools Tuesday after teachers proceeded with their planned strike across the country to demands for the payment of Cost of Living Allowance (COLA). When the OTEC FM News crew visited public schools in Kumasi metropolis in the Ashanti Region, pupils turned their classrooms into playing grounds as while others were …

President Cyril Ramaphosa has suspended Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane from office with immediate effect. In a statement, the Presidency said Mkhwebane would remain suspended until the section 194 process in the National Assembly has been completed. “President Ramaphosa has fulfilled his obligation to provide advocate Mkhwebane a fair hearing by …

The Inspector-General of Police, Dr George Akuffo Dampare, has moved the Director of Public Affairs, Chief Superintendent Alexander Obeng, to the Motor Traffic and Transport Department as its new Public Affairs Director. Before his appointment as the Director of Public Affairs in August 2021, Chief Superintendent Obeng was in-charge of …

The Minority in Parliament has accused President Akufo-Addo of presiding over what they describe as “gargantuan fraud in the spending and disbursement of COVID expenses”. According to Haruna Iddrisu, the Minority is vindicated by the fact that a leading member of the NPP disclosed publicly to the effect that, COVID Funds …

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has assured the public that it will make the reports of the investigations on Marwako fast food and restaurant available as soon as it is ready. According to the FDA, it is still awaiting the laboratory report on the sample analyses taken from the …

  Ghanaian business mogul, Nana Kwame Bediako popularly known as Freedom Jacob Ceaser alias Chedder, has denied reports that he is housing two tiger cubs who pose danger to the public. Daily Guide on Thursday, May 19, 2022, reported that some residents of Wonda Land estates were living in fear …

The Member of Parliament for Akatsi North, Peter Nortsu-Kotoe has said the Minority in Parliament will prevent the government from carrying out its measure of weaning public universities off the government payroll. He said if the government carries out this measure, the universities will be forced to generate their own …

The government has placed a ban on the importation of SUVs by public offices. This forms part of measures adopted by the Akufo-Addo administration to address the current economic challenges facing the country. Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, 24 November 2022, to announce measures adopted by the government …

Head of Public Sector Reforms, Thomas Kusi Boafo, has proposed the dismissal of ‘alcoholic public sector workers’ because their productivity is negligible. According to him, they do not contribute to the country’s development yet, they are being accounted for on payroll. Mr Boafo’s case is not against occasional drinkers, but …