The five-member ad hoc committee investigating the bribery scandal that hit the Appointments Committee of Parliament is expected to present its report Wednesday, the Director of Public Affairs of Parliament, Kate Addo has disclosed. According to her, the chairman of the committee, Joe Ghartey, has indicated that the committee will lay its report on Wednesday … Read more
The Police Service has dismissed assertions that the 41 recruits who were sacked for forging documents to be accepted into the force present a security risk to the country, having received some training by the service. Security expert Nana Owusu Sekyere, speaking to Class News, had shared concerns over the development, adding that the country’s … Read more
Once again, the University of Ghana will see another distinguished son of Africa mount the distinguished platform of the famous Aggrey-Fraser-Guggisberg Memorial Lecture Series. Dr Kandeh Yumkella, an agricultural economist, politician, former United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All, will deliver the 2017 lectures at the Great Hall … Read more
All the perpetrators who manhandled a young lady who was accused of stealing GHS1,100 at Kejetia, a suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region, will be identified and dealt with accordingly, Superintendent Cephas Arthur, Director of Public Affairs of the Ghana Police Service, has assured. According to him, police have access to the video of … Read more
The Police Administration has condemned the stripping and assault of a lady who was alleged to have stolen something at Kejetia in Kumasi, a video of which has gone viral on social media. A statement issued by the Director of Public Affairs of the Ghana Police, Cephas Arthur, expressed worry at the resurgence of instant … Read more
Out of the 113 aspirants in the Council of State election to be held nationwide on Thursday, February 16, only six are women, Eric Kofi Dzakpasu, Director of Public Affairs of the Electoral Commission, has revealed. Speaking in interview with Chief Jerry Forson, host of Ghana Yensom, on Accra100.5FM on Wednesday February 15, Mr Dzakpasu … Read more
Ghana Television (GTV) and TV3 Network will provide live coverage for the probe into bribery allegations against the leadership of the Appointments Committee of parliament, Kate Addo, Director of Public Affairs of Parliament, has revealed. The five-member committee chaired by Joe Ghartey, Minister for Railway Development, will start its investigations into the allegation made by … Read more
Whenever I see or hear the name ‘Ghana’ appearing in the name of an institution, it reminds me of a true story of a senior at the then Sunyani Secondary School [SUSEC]. This senior in question we were told was a class prefect. For the purpose of this piece, I will name him Jimmy. Most … Read more
ON Friday, February 3, 2017 the Ghana Police Service sent home some two hundred and six (206) new police recruits. The reason for that action by the police hierarchy was that these recruits had entered the service with fictitious certificates. THERE were also among these sacked recruits who did not meet the minimum qualification requirement … Read more
The Auditor-General, in accordance with Article 286 of the 1992 Constitution, has tasked eligible public office holders who have not yet submitted their completed Assets Declaration Forms to his office to do so. “Eligible public officers, who reside outside Accra, may submit their completed forms to the nearest regional office of the Audit Service,” a … Read more
The Police has cautioned persons raiding government installations and private properties in the name of protecting state assets to desist from such acts. In a statement, the Director of Public Affairs of the Ghana Police Service, Superintendent Cephas Arthur said: “It is an offence for any person or group of persons to take the law … Read more
Some 3000 police recruits were dismissed by the new IGP, Asante-Apeatu The Police Administration has asked graduate applicants seeking enlistment into the Service to exercise patience as the process is still underway. A statement issued by the Administration Wednesday said a seeming silence on the process should not be interpreted as “a sign of delay … Read more
The reassignment of Ashanti Regional Police Commander COP Nathan Kofi Boakye and other officers was not because there had been a change of government, Superintendent Cephas Arthur, Director of Public Affairs of the Ghana Police Service, has said. COP Kofi Boakye has been reassigned to head the Accra Police Research and Planning unit. This was … Read more
The Auditor-General, in accordance with Article 286 of the 1992 Constitution on Tuesday tasked eligible public office holders who have not yet submitted their completed Assets Declaration Forms to his office to do so. “Eligible public officers, who reside outside Accra, may submit their completed forms to the nearest regional office of the Audit Service,” … Read more
The Ghana Police Service has refuted claims that the recent dismissal of 206 police recruits was politically motivated. There have been rumours that the new IGP, David Asante Apeatu caused the dismissal of the recruits who some believe are sympathisers of the now opposition party, the NDC, under whose reign they were recruited with the … Read more
The Ghana police service has indicated that numbers of recruits dismissed from training camps could increase as the service has not yet completed all its background investigations on all the personnel under training in the country. The Ghana Police Service at the instance of the Director General of Human Resources Commissioner of Police Beatrice Vib-Sanziri … Read more
The Ghana Police Service has allayed fears the over 200 dismissed police recruits from the police training schools in the country will pose danger to the public. Director of Public Affairs of the Ghana Police Service, Supt. Cephas Arthur, told Onua FM Monday that the recruits “are no danger to the society,” indicating they did … Read more
The Ghana Police Service has revealed that the dismissed Police recruits will be prosecuted for forging documents used in their application. The Police Service on Friday dismissed some new recruits for failure to meet the basic qualification standards of the service. The recruitment was made under the former NDC government, and under the leadership of … Read more
The Ghana Police Service has dismissed 206 police recruits who were undergoing training at the Pwalugu Police Training School in the Upper East Region, not 3000 as is being speculated in a section of the Ghanaian media, Superintendent Cephas Arthur, Director of Public Affairs, Ghana Police Service, has clarified. “The number is 206, not 3000. … Read more
Some of the dismissed 206 police recruits who were undergoing training at the Pwalugu Police Training School in the Upper East Region will face criminal prosecution for forging documents used in their application, Superintendent Cephas Arthur, Director of Public Affairs of the Ghana Police Service, has revealed. The police administration on Friday, 3 February sacked … Read more