The aL-hAJJ can confirm that the Akufo-Addo led New Patriotic Party government has caused the newly appointed CEO of National Health Insurance Authority, Dr Samuel Annor, to terminate the employment of over 200 staffs suspected of being sympathizers of the outgone NDC. The affected workers, this paper has gathered, were persons employed last year by … Read more
President Akufo-Addo’s penchant of breaching Ghana’s constitution is not likely to stop anytime soon, The aL-hAJJ can today report. Painstaking investigations by The aL-hAJJ have revealed that, contrary to what many thought the president was yet to constitute his cabinet as required by the constitution; President Akufo-Addo, indeed, is already operating a large size “secret … Read more
A young Ghanaian man, (name withheld), has reached out to YEN.com.gh to allege massive fraud within the national service scheme. In an email sent to us, the young man, whose name we are withholding, detailed how he was contacted by a man who claimed to be from the National Service Secretariat. He said the man … Read more
In January this year, there was a certain letter signed by the Chief Director of Ministry of Health (MOH) making rounds on social media to the effect that the Health Training Institutions Secretariat (HTIS) had been dissolved. No clear reasons had been assigned for the dissolution and there was no indication about the future of … Read more
The National Service Scheme (NSS) has partnered with Melchia Investments Ghana Limited (MIGL), a waste management firm, to tackle waste in Ghana using technology in the National Waste Bin Distribution Project (NaWaBin). Explaining how the technology will work while speaking on Ghana Yensom on Accra100.5FM on Monday April 10, Ernest Adade, Head, Geographical Information System … Read more
The National Service Secretariat (NSS) has denied reports circulating in a section of the media that it has increased allowance for service personnel by about 80 cedis. Reports widely circulated on social media on Friday, March 24, 2017 suggested that the secretariat had effected an allowance increase from GHs350 to GHs430. According to the secretariat, … Read more
The National Service Secretariat (NSS) has denied reports circulating in a section of the media that it has increased allowance for service personnel by about 80 cedis. Reports widely circulated on social media on Friday, March 24, 2017 suggested that the secretariat had effected an allowance increase from GHs350 to GHs430. According to the secretariat, … Read more
The Acting Executive Director of the National Service Scheme (NSS) has dismissed reports that the Scheme says it is unable to pay the increased personnel allowance of GHC550. Mustapha Ussif in a statement Thursday expressed disappointment with “media report purporting to quote me yet still impute to a statement I made.” “I have noticed with … Read more
Mr Mustapha Ussif, the Acting Executive Director of the National Service Scheme (NSS) has denied a statement attributed to him to the effect that government cannot pay the GH¢550 allowance for personnel announced by the previous government. According to him during an interaction with a Ugandan delegation, he stated that the previous government though announced … Read more
Latest: The vetting of Dr. Archibald Letsa: Partitioning of the Volta Region & other matters We Blend Our Vision With Truth & Enlightenment We have now had the chance to watch and listen to the vetting of Dr. Archibald Yao Letsa by the power of the network—YouTube, specifically. We must congratulate Dr. Letsa for holding … Read more
President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed an acting Coordinator for the National Youth Authority (NYA) in a letter cited by Citi News and signed by the President. Emmanuel Asigiri, an aide to former vice president, the late Aliu Mahama has been asked to take over the management of the youth authority until the necessary constitutional obligations … Read more
The Ghana National Service Scheme (NSS) has directed Metropolitan, Municipal and District Directors of the Scheme, to initiate steps to supervise the conduct of all outstanding National Service Personnel (NASPA) elections by Friday March 3, 2017. The elections will be supervised by all Metropolitan, Municipal and District Directors of the Scheme. In a statement signed … Read more
The Chief Executive Officer of Smartbid Ghana Company Limited says government spends about twenty million Cedis annually on publication and advertisement for procurement. According to the Co-founder of Smartbid Company Limited, the government can easily save about thirty percent (30%) of the money spent on publications if only the state can rely on online bidding … Read more
The Chief Executive Officer of Smartbid Ghana Company Limited says government spends about twenty Billion Cedis annually on publication and advertisement for procurement. According to the Co-founder of Smartbid Company Limited, the government can easily save about thirty percent (30%) of the money spent on publications if only the state can rely on online bidding … Read more
Managers of the country’s economy have been asked to put in place measures to help check widespread corruption in the country. Kenneth Kwamina Thompson, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Dalex Finance, who gave the advice, said the canker had robbed the country of resources that would have been used to improve the lives of poor … Read more
Mr Kenneth Kwamina Thompson, the Chief Executive Officer of Dalex Finance, has observed that the widespread corruption in the public sector has taken the country to the dark ages. He, therefore, described Ghana as a ‘‘man drowning and clutching at straws’’ and warned that if the managers of the economy failed to salvage the situation, … Read more
An Accra high court yesterday granted an application barring journalists from covering the evidence of a Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) operative in the trial of Alhaji Alhassan Imoro, former Executive Director of the National Service Secretariat (NSS) and 34 others implicated in the massive fraud that hit the Scheme. The court, presided over by … Read more
Mr. Ambrose Ntiwaa Jnr, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) for the National Service Secretariat (NSS), has explained that the recruitment of the dismissed recruits was justified because at the time of the recruitment, they were vacancies available. He said, the recruitment was given to a private firm; a situation he posited raised serious concerns forcing … Read more
The vetting of Hon. Otiko Afisah Djaba and Hon. Catherine Afeku by Parliament’s Appointments Committee brought out the issue of whether the doing of one’s National Service is compulsory or not. It also raised the issue of whether the defaulting person be denied any employment including being a Minister of state. If it is compulsory … Read more
The National Service Secretariat says it is prepared for any legal action resulting from its decision to revoke the appointment of personnel employed by the secretariat towards the end of the erstwhile National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) government in December 2016. Some 205 recruits whose appointments were terminated by the Secretariat have threatened to seek redress … Read more