Bernard Owusu should be sacked from BOST for being COPEC member – Minister Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko has suggested Bernard Owusu, an executive member of the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) Ghana, should be dismissed as a staff of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company (BOST). He questioned why a member of the civil … Read more
Allowances for about 8,000 National Service personnel across the country have been withheld, the National Service Secretariat has announced. It explained in a statement Saturday that the suspension of the payment of the September allowances is to allow for investigations into the affected personnel, who are either suspected of impersonation or disqualified from doing national … Read more
The NSS 6 months military training according to the Service Secretariat, has become necessary in order to instill discipline in the youth… The National Service Secretariat has resurrected the long-forgotten six-month military training for all Ghanaian graduates. According to a recent report from Myjoyonline.com, Defence Minister Dominic Nitiwul disclosed that the National Service Secretariat wrote to … Read more
The National Service Secretariat (NSS) has blamed the chaotic incident recorded at the La Dade-Kotopon Municipal Assembly (LaDMA) annex, opposite the Elwak Stadium, on the refusal of prospective service personnel to follow laid down procedures. As Monday progressed, reports and images of military personnel beating persons massed up to register emerged online to some public … Read more
It may be a mere coincidence when President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo last week during his encounter with some selected journalists in Accra hinted that his government will do a thorough research on alleged corrupt appointees of former President John Dramani Mahama before proceeding to court for any prosecution. But Today can report that even before the … Read more
The Canadian government has strengthened its commitment towards boosting Ghana’s food security by injecting 125 million Canadian Dollars into the nation’s agricultural sector. This timely intervention is expected to support the reintroduced ‘Planting for food and jobs’ program. Canada’s Minister for International Development and La Francophonie, Marie Claude-Bibeau announced the package at the launch of … Read more
Registration for the 2017/2018 National Service personnel starts on Monday July 17, 2017 and ends on Thursday August 17, 2017 across all regional centres in the country but service personnel cannot print out their appointment letters until Wednesday, July 12. In all, over 91,000 service personnel have been deployed with the public sector absorbing majority … Read more
The Ag. Executive Director of the National Service Scheme, Mustapha Ussif, on Thursday met with workers on the Scheme’s Dahwenya Farm in the Greater Accra Region, together with some officials of the National Service Secretariat, including the Ag. Deputy Executive in charge of Finance and Administration Ms. Gifty Oware-Aboagye, the head of Human Resource, Mrs. … Read more
The National Service Scheme -NSS is a constitutional mandate for all newly qualified Ghanaian university graduates. The scheme is organised for individuals under the age of 40, who have graduated from accredited tertiary institutions; these graduates are required under law to do a one-year national service to the country. Ghana sees up to tens of … Read more
The Vice President Alhaji Dr MahamuduBawumia, has assured the Muslim community that the New Patriotic Party government will fulfil the promises made to Ghanaians, especially the Muslim community, because President Nana Akufo-Addo is a man of his word. Speaking at the Bolga Central Mosque as part of the second phase of a nationwide Ramadan Tour, … Read more
Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has assured the Muslim community that the New Patriotic Party government will fulfil the promises made to Ghanaians, especially the Muslim community, because President Akufo-Addo is a man of his word. Speaking at the Bolga Central Mosque as part of the second phase of a nationwide Ramadan Tour, Dr. Bawumia … Read more
The National Service Secretariat (NSS) has cautioned prospective national service personnel to desist from engaging middlemen or agents in the course of registering to undertake the mandatory one year service. According to the NSS, it will not bear responsibility for persons who are lured by these agents who extort monies from gullible service personnel with … Read more
Parliament’s Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu has called on the government to end a seeming political discrimination that has apparently occasioned recent dismissal of workers from state institutions. He said it was improper that “genuine Ghanaians” serving their country should be subjected to the ordeal of dismissal on the basis of supposed political allegiance. Speaking in … Read more
New Patriotic Party (NPP) Deputy General Secretary Obiri Boahen has told former President John Dramani Mahama to zip it up following his criticism of government for sacking more than 830 public sector workers. Nana Obiri Boahen pointed out, the sacking was because their employment late December 2016, was fraudulently done and therefore invalid. Mass dismissals … Read more
Who expunged the NDC’s ethos of probity, transparency and accountability? Some supporters of the NDC at a rally If we revisit Ghana’s political history, we will acknowledge that Ex-President Rawlings and his cohorts founded the NDC Party based on the principles of transparency, probity, and accountability. It is however on record that prior to the … Read more
The Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) has said it will review the over 300 documents allegedly containing evidence of embezzlement to the sum of $1.2 billion presented to it by some demonstrating Ghanaians yesterday. The demonstrating which was organised by Accra-based Adom FM was to put pressure on the government to punish corrupt officials … Read more
There seems not to be an end to the situation where some people arrogate powers to themselves in the country not giving reference and respect to the Chief of Staff and the Housing Sector Minister. On Friday, there was drama at the State Housing Company when Mr Kwabena Appiah who is said to have been … Read more
There’s seems not to be an end to the situation where some people arrogate powers to themselves in the country not giving reference and respect to the Chief of Staff and the Housing Sector Minister. On Friday there was a drama at State Housing Company where Mr Kwabena Appiah who is said to have been … Read more
After appointing more than half of his 110 Ministers and deputies from two out of the ten administrative regions in Ghana, the President, Nana Akufo-Addo has yet again appointed majority of his Cabinet Ministers from the Ashanti and Eastern regions. The aL-hAJJ can today report that, not only has the President skewed his “secret” Cabinet … Read more
In spite of the high uncertainties that surrounded his confirmation, the President’s nominee for Mamprugu Moagduri District of the Northern Region, Abu Adam received a 100% endorsement as District Chief Executive (DCE). The Assembly which was perceived to be dominated by members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) gave an outright endorsement of 16 … Read more