Parliament continues to approve budgetary estimations for ministries, departments and agencies to execute government business for the 2017 fiscal year. On Thursday, the house approved GHC398, 676,632, GHC349, 152,142 and GHC 60,708,078 respectively for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, and Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations. Also GHC12,145,580 … Read more
Parliament continues to approve budgetary estimations for ministries, departments and agencies to execute government business for the 2017 fiscal year. On Thursday, the house approved GHC398, 676,632, GHC349, 152,142 and GHC 60,708,078 respectively for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, and Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations. Also GHC12,145,580 … Read more
This proposal is the result of the enormous need to harness the huge talent pool of Ghanaian professionals in the diaspora to help in the critical task of nation building and the development of the key sectors of the economy. It is an attempt to get this pool of talent to participate both in government … Read more
PRESIDENT, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has named 54 persons to serve as ministers of state at the presidency and deputy ministers of state in his government. In a letter addressed to the Speaker of Parliament on Wednesday, March 15, 2017, and copied to the media, the President urged the House to approve the nominees which … Read more
Ghana’s Embassy in Beijing has received approval from the Foreign Affairs Ministry to issue passports to Ghanaians living in China. This was disclosed by the Acting Head of Mission, Mr. McArios Akanbong at an Open Forum and Town Hall meeting held in Beijing on Saturday to address issues of concern to Ghanaians living in China. … Read more
A law lecturer at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Edmund Foli, has urged the media to be circumspect on how they report the Marwako staff abuse incident in order not to whip up public sentiment against foreigners and their businesses in the country. According to him, the Ghanaian is not as … Read more
The likelihood of xenophobic attacks in Ghana, as is happening in South Africa, is not remote as long as the circumstances that lead to such incidents are created, former Foreign Affairs Minister Hanna Tetteh has said. Speaking on the anti-immigrant wave sweeping across the globe, including the recent assault of African migrants in South Africa, … Read more
Beijing said Thursday it will push a “China solution” to global cyber governance after releasing its first strategy paper outlining a vision of the web where individual countries control the information that flows across their borders. The roll out is part of an effort by Beijing to play a more active role in shaping the … Read more
Mercy Debrah-Karikari becomes the first woman in Ghana’s history to hold the position of a female Cabinet Secretary… Pursuant to article 76(3) of the Constitution, the President of the Republic, Nana Akufo-Addo, has appointed Ambassador Mercy Yvonne Debrah-Karikari as Secretary to the Cabinet. Her appointment took effect from February 14, 2017. She becomes the first woman … Read more
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has appointed Ambassador Mercy Yvonne Debrah-Karikari as Secretary to the Cabinet. She becomes the first woman in Ghana’s history to hold this position. Ambassador Mercy Yvonne Debrah-Karikari is a career diplomat, and was until her appointment, Ghana’s High Commissioner to Australia in the John Maha administration, with concurrent accreditation … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed former Ghana ambassador to Australia under the Mahama regime, Mrs Mercy Yvonne Debrah-Karikari, as Secretary to the Cabinet, effective February 14, 2017. She becomes the first woman in Ghana’s history to hold this position. Her appointment, which was announced Thursday, is pursuant to Article 76(3) of the Constitution, … Read more
Kazakhstan said Wednesday a new round of Astana talks on the Syria conflict led by Russia, Turkey and Iran scheduled to begin February 15 would be delayed by a day due to unexplained “technical reasons”. “The negotiations have been moved to February 16 for technical reasons,” a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told … Read more
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied authorizing the deportation of some Ghanaians living abroad. According to the ministry, rumours that it has sanctioned the deportation of citizens in the diaspora are deliberate attempts to malign the minister, Shirley Ayorkor-Botchwey. A section of the media recently reported that the ministry backed the deportation of some … Read more
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied authorizing the deportation of some Ghanaians living abroad. According to the ministry, rumours that it has sanctioned the deportation of citizens in the diaspora are deliberate attempts to malign the minister, Shirley Ayorkor-Botchwey. A section of the media recently reported that the ministry backed the deportation of some … Read more
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has described as untruthful and cruel, reports being circulated on social media claiming the Sector Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway has okayed the deportation of Ghanaians abroad without documentation. According to the Ministry, the claims are a misrepresentation of the facts as put out by the Minister during her recent vetting … Read more
The Foreign Affairs Ministry has dismissed reports that it has sanctioned the deportation of some undocumented Ghanaians living in diaspora. The ministry in a statement described the claims as untruthful and cruel attempts being made by some unpatriotic elements, to twist the responses given by the Minister, when she appeared before the Appointments Committee of … Read more
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says reports that the new minister has sanctioned the deportation of Ghanaians living abroad but with illegal documents are false. It said the reports are “untruthful and cruel” and are calculated twists to answers she gave the Appointments Committee of Parliament on January 23 when she was vetted. Shirley Ayorkor … Read more
The Foreign Affairs Ministry has dismissed claims that it has sanctioned the deportation of undocumented Ghanaians living abroad. A press release from the Ministry is asking the public to ignore the “untruthful and cruel attempts being made by some unpatriotic elements, to twist the responses given by the Minister [Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey] when she appeared … Read more
President Nana Akufo-Addo has revealed that the celebration of Ghana’s 60th anniversary will cost a total amount of GHC20 million. He revealed this during the unveiling of the Ghana at 60 on Thursday, February 9 at the Flagstaff House. The president was quick to add that “corporate Ghana in particular will provide the funds for … Read more
The National Service Personnel Association (NASPA) of the Greater Accra Region has given government seven days to pay the new, approved allowance or face their wrath. Speaking at a press conference in Accra, the President of NASPA Greater Accra, Kwadwo Danquah, said the current government acted in bad faith after agreeing to the increment. “We … Read more