The Director General of the National Sports Authority (NSA), Mr. Joe Kpenge has revealed that national football teams are not factored in the sports budget released to the Ministry of Youth and Sports, yet the funds are not enough to support the other federations. He made the revelation on Class FM in Accra when he … Read more
Ghana’s government will wait until after presidential elections to submit its budget proposal to parliament. A partial spending and revenue plan for the first three months of 2017 will be presented to lawmakers in November, the Ministry of Finance said in a statement published in the Accra-based Business and Financial Times on Thursday. The full … Read more
The Ministry of Health (MoH) has announced the recruitment of 4,799 verified nurses by the Nursing and Midwifery Council in the country. The new recruits include 1,268 registered midwives, 56 registered community nurses, 507 registered general nurses (psychiatry), 321 health assistants (clinical), 2,389 registered general nurses and 258 community health nurses. This was contained in … Read more
The Fair Wages and Salaries Commission is set to prosecute hundreds of teachers across the country said to have fraudulently secured salary upgrades using fake certificates. The Commission says it has conducted a detailed audit of the payroll and found strong evidence implicating several teachers in schools nationwide. Chief Executive of the Fair Wages and … Read more
A day after the World Health Organization declared Nigeria free of Ebola, the doctor who treated the country’s first case of the deadly virus and later died from the disease herself is being hailed as a hero for helping stop the outbreak. Dr. Stella Ameyo Adadevoh, a doctor at First Consultant Hospital, oversaw treatment of … Read more
According to reports reaching us from the daily graphic, Ghana will soon boast its own airline as the Ministry of Transport has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with PWC Ghana and the World Bank for the commencement of the Technical Advisory Services. The Technical Advisory Services would involve the undertaking of various business studies, … Read more
The World Bank has praised Ghana for what it calls the enviable growth of the country’s economy in terms of development over the past ten years. According to the World Bank, Ghana’s significant growth is as a result of strong governance systems, increased in productivity and the discovery of oil in recent years, ranking Ghana … Read more
The Ministry of Roads and Highways last year generated an amount of Gh¢49.06 million from 35 toll stations and a ferry station at Ada. The Ministry, as at the end of June 2014, had collectecd Gh¢ 27.8 million at 38 stations, including the Ada and Senchi Ferry stations. Alhaji Inusah Fuseni, Minister of Roads and … Read more
The despondency creeping into the Ghanaian social fabric, largely as a result of the country’s declining economic fortunes, has continued to deepen even after the Senchi Economic Forum. Many have argued that Senchi has failed to restore hope, and that only changes at the Ministry of Finance; Energy and Petroleum; Bank of Ghana or in … Read more
It appears Ghana would not be able to track looming tremors and earthquakes should any trigger. The Geological Service Department owes its satellite signal prompters based in the United States some $36,000. The country has, therefore, been cut off any communication if such disasters are imminent. The concerns have surfaced in the wake of yesterday’s … Read more
Parliament on Wednesday heard that a staggering 2,531 suspected ghost names on government payroll for June, 2014 have been blocked for investigations. Two hundred and sixty-six others have been deleted from the payroll. Finance and Economic Planning Minister, Mr Seth Terkper who was before the House to present the mid-year review of the budget statement … Read more
In response to a floundering economy, the government of Ghana plans to announce new directives to stabilize the nation’s hapless financial state. Accounts published on myjoyonline.com indicate that the Ministry of Finance will formally communicate these measures during the mid-year review of the 2014 budget. There is no indication yet that the measures to be … Read more