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The minister-nominee for Employment and Labour relations, Ignatius Baffuor-Awuah says he will investigate the cause of the delay in payment of tier two pension allowances. According to him, he will collaborate with the relevant agencies such as the National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) to conduct the investigations. Public sector workers have embarked on strikes over … Read more

I’ll Investigate 2nd Tier Pension Issues

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The minister-nominee for Employment and Labour relations, Ignatius Baffuor-Awuah says he will investigate the cause of the delay in payment of tier two pension allowances. According to him, he will collaborate with the relevant agencies such as the National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) to conduct the investigations. Public sector workers have embarked on strikes over … Read more

Army Chief Indicted Over ‘stolen’ Pick-Up

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Maj Gen Sampson Adeti, Chief of Staff, General Headquarters, of the Ghana Armed Forces at Burma Camp, has been indicted for allegedly appropriating a Nissan Hard-body double-cabin vehicle donated to the Southern Command of the Ghana Army by the Bank of Ghana. Following the publication of the story by DAILY GUIDE, a summary investigation into … Read more

Suspend Ex-Gratia To Mahama, Others – Labour Unions Demand

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The twelve labour unions who are demanding the payment of their tier two contributions, have called on the Akufo-Addo government to immediately suspend the payment of all ex-gratia to members of the immediate past NDC government. According to the unions, the Mahama-led administration failed to pay their tier two contributions into their registered schemes, and … Read more

Suspend Ex-Gratia To Mahama, Others

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The twelve labour unions who are demanding the payment of their tier two contributions, have called on the Akufo-Addo government to immediately suspend the payment of all ex-gratia to members of the immediate past NDC government. According to the unions, the Mahama-led administration failed to pay their tier two contributions into their registered schemes, and … Read more

Ati-Zigi Wants A Spot In the Side Ahead of the AFCON

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Ghana Youth international goalkeeper, Lawrence Ati-Zigi is relishing the chance of claiming a spot in the Black Stars in the forthcoming 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon. The Austrian-based custodian has been called up for the preliminary stages of the preparations with the Black Stars and he is hoping to make the official squad … Read more

A Proposal To Effect Amendment To The Review Process Of The 1992 Constitution Of The Republic Of Ghana

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INTRODUCTION Historically Chieftaincy was the political and social institution that fully run and controlled various ethnic groupings before the advent of the white man and subsequent colonialism. They also ran as spiritual leaders within a cephalous arrangement. When the British colonized the Gold Coast, they decided to use the well structured Indigenous Chieftaincy Institution to … Read more

Saudi Arabia Launches Campaign To Collect Funds For Syrians Displaced By War

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Saudi Arabia has launched a fundraising campaign for Syrians displaced by a five-year civil war, including those evacuated from eastern Aleppo, state news agency SPA reported on Monday. More than 11 million Syrians – around half of the population – have been displaced by the fighting, which began in 2011 and has killed more than … Read more

Lack of Data Dragging Payments For Tier 2 Pension Claims

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Some practitioners in the pensions industry have blamed the lack of accurate data for the increased controversies surrounding the management of tier two pension schemes among public sector workers. In their view, the absence of credible employee data hampers effective disbursements of the contributions currently with the Temporary Pension Fund Account at the Bank of … Read more

Lack of Data Dragging Payments For Tier 2 Pension Claims

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Some practitioners in the pensions industry have blamed the lack of accurate data for the increased controversies surrounding the management of tier two pension schemes among public sector workers. In their view, the absence of credible employee data hampers effective disbursements of the contributions currently with the Temporary Pension Fund Account at the Bank of … Read more

Auditor General Validating Pension For Unions – Terkper

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The Auditor General is validating the pension of some labour unions in the country to enable their fund managers receive the monies on their behalf. The Finance Minister Seth Terkper confirmed this in an interview on the Citi Breakfast show on Friday [November 25]. Some labour unions in the country including the Ghana National Association … Read more

Auditor General Validating Pension For Unions – Seth Tekper

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The Auditor General is validating the pension of some labour unions in the country to enable their fund managers receive the monies on their behalf. The Finance Minister Seth Tekper confirmed this in an interview on the Citi Breakfast show on Friday [November 25]. Some labour unions in the country including the Ghana National Association … Read more

Gov’t Tight-Lipped Over Value of Tier-2 Funds

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Government, on Monday November 21, 2016, transferred September Tier-2 pension monthly deductions to the custodian banks of Public Sector Occupational Pension Schemes. Consequently, the 12 labour unions have put on hold their threat to embark on nationwide industrial action. A statement issued yesterday by Isaac Bampoe Addo, Chairman of the Forum For Public Sector Registered … Read more

Judiciary Ready To Handle Electoral Dispute

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The Chief Justice, Mrs. Justice Georgina Wood, has reiterated the judiciary’s commitment to diligently and expeditiously deal with electoral disputes that would arise before, during and after the December polls, to safeguard the country’s democratic gains. According to the Chief Justice, the judiciary, as the true custodian and guardian of the rule of law, was … Read more

GHC4m Cheque Not Fake; I Was Just ‘confused About Recipient’

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Businessman Alfred Woyome has refuted claims by former Attorney General Martin Amidu that a GHC4million cheque he issued as part payment of the controversial GHS51.5million judgment debt, which he has been ordered by the Supreme Court to refund to the state, was a phoney cheque concocted by the government to hoodwink Ghanaians. Speaking at a … Read more

Amidu Says Woyome Has Made No Payment Payment!

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Still on the controversial Woyome Cash saga; relentless Martin Amidu is very determined to see that justice prevails… Former Attorney General, Martin Amidu, aka Citizen Vigilante has debunked claims that NDC Financier, Alfred Agbesi Woyome, has refunded GHC4 million out of the controversial GHC51 million judgement debt money. Martin Amidu made this disclosure in a … Read more

Vote For A New President To Get Woyome’s Money Back

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Former Attorney General and Minister of Justice Martin Alamisi Amidu has fired another salvo at government, this time advising Ghanaians to vote it out come December 7, 2016. This follows what he says is government’s attitude to have Ghanaians “fooled” in believing that the judgement debt paid businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome is being retrieved. “I … Read more

Vote For A New President To Get Woyome’s Money Back – Amidu

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Former Attorney General and Minister of Justice Martin Alamisi Amidu has fired another salvo at government, this time advising Ghanaians to vote it out come December 7, 2016. This follows what he says is government’s attitude to have Ghanaians “fooled” in believing that the judgement debt paid businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome is being retrieved. “I … Read more

Forget Woyome Cash If You Fail To Vote Out Mahama

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Former Attorney General, Martin Amidu has released a statement in which he warned Ghanaians to either vote out Mahama or forget Woyome cash. The statement comes at the heels of the leave granted Amidu by the Supreme Court, to orally examine Woyome over the controversial judgement debt cash. In the statement, Amidu made it clear … Read more