President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was at the 90th anniversary of the Krobo Girls’ Senior High School in the Eastern Region over the weekend, shedding further light on the free education programme. The president reiterated his government’s resolve to roll out the free SHS policy from the 2017/2018 academic year. Though the source of funding … Read more
A policy analyst with the Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC) Dr. Steve Manteaw has urged government to redesign the sinking fund to sponsor its ambitious free Senior High School policy. The outgone Mahama government in 2015 created the sinking fund to help defray the country’s huge accumulated debt. The former Minister of Finance, Seth Terkper … Read more
One of the proverbs our Ga Elders have taught us is “Ke ote ni ogbee shi le, kaa kwe heni ogbee; kwemo heni ote ye” – If you trip and fall, do not look where you fell, look where you tripped at. And it came to mind the day after Wednesday, March 15, 2017 when … Read more
More than 80 percent of the current staff of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) are not trained in disaster management. That’s according to the outgoing Director General of NADMO, Brigadier General Francis Sanziri. He is warning the organization may be incapable of dealing with any form of disaster if poor budgetary and resource allocation … Read more
Government’s decision to issue a three-year bond last week has helped stabilize the cedi marginally on the interbank market. The local currency which has been depreciating sharply since last month has made some marginal gains over the past five working days. The cedi which was trading at around, GHC4.80 around early March is now trading … Read more
Senior Minister, Yaw Osarfo-Maafo has expressed worry over the fact that none of the ministries has an asset register which is an inventory of all its properties. “We have a major weakness when people talk about assets. No ministry in Ghana has an asset register. When you don’t have an asset register, how do you … Read more
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ofoase-Ayeribi Constituency in the Eastern Region, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has proposed a law to be implemented to allow the Administrator General to retrieve state properties from outgoing government appointees . The MP and spokesperson for the New Patriotic Party transitional team wants parliament to make laws to ensure registered … Read more
Government has been ostensibly hamstrung by some last-minute contracts signed by the Mahama administration, the Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo-Marfo has revealed. The Mahama administration came under intense criticism for what was described as midnight decisions to contract and recruit for and on behalf of the country within the last two weeks of its lifespan. Speaking … Read more
Government has been ostensibly hamstrung by some last-minute contracts signed by the Mahama administration, the Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo-Marfo has bemoaned. The Mahama administration came under intense criticism for what was described as midnight decisions to contract and recruit for and on behalf of the country within the last two weeks of its lifespan. Speaking … Read more
The Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Marfo, has bemoaned the challenges facing the Akufo-Addo government due to what he described as last-minute contracts signed by the outgone John Mahama government. According to him, the government is increasingly facing nightmarish setbacks following the inappropriate nature of the contracts. Speaking Tuesday at an IEA programme to review the … Read more
A number of contracts signed in the last days of the Mahama administration are being reviewed to ensure that the country gets value for money, the Senior Minister, Mr Yaw Osafo-Maafo, has revealed. He explained that the review had become necessary because the government did not want the country to be saddled with judgement debts. … Read more
Mr Yaw Osafo-Marfo, the Senior Minister, said some of the contracts signed by the previous government at the eleventh hour were not in the interest of the state though abrogating them would lead to judgment debts. He said one of the challenges facing the current government was that some contracts signed by the previous one … Read more
The Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo-Marfo, has bemoaned the challenges facing the Akufo-Addo government due to what he described as last-minute contracts signed by the outgone John Mahama government. According to him, the government is increasingly facing nightmarish setbacks following the inappropriate nature of the contracts. Speaking Tuesday at an IEA programme to review the recent … Read more
The deity former President John Dramani Mahama serves is going to curse the administration of Nana Akufo-Addo and cause him to fail, an NDC sympathiser has said. Editor of the Al Hajj Newspaper, Alhaji Iddrissu Bature speaking on Adom TV Tuesday said this is what would happen to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) within the … Read more
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) is perhaps considered as the party with the most experienced human resources in terms of key government positions in Ghana. Although this maybe debatable, the ongoing appointments of ministers and other government officials in the present regime speak volumes. Clearly, government appointments have shown that the youths may have less … Read more
Member of Parliament’s Mines and Energy Committee, Adams Mutawakilu, has cautioned government to focus on fixing the depreciating cedi rather than undermining efforts of previous government. “They said they are the good managers of the economy, Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia claimed he knows everything…he should fix it quickly,” he said. Speaking on Joy FM’s … Read more
Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo, is certain the three-month streak of the Cedi’s depreciation against the major trading currencies will cease before the end of March. According to him, the current challenge of the local currency is attributable to the poor economy which the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government left behind. Mr Maafo says policy … Read more
Khalifa Sall was arrested along with five members of his staff The mayor of Senegal’s capital, Dakar, has been placed in custody for allegedly embezzling public money. An investigating $2.9m (£2.3m) in missing city funds has charged Khalifa Sall with fraud, criminal conspiracy and money laundering. He denies any wrongdoing and says his arrest is … Read more
Senior minister Yaw Osafo Marfo has heaped praises on the Finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta for the tactfulness of the 2017 budget. According to him, the 2017 financial statement is addressing three different problems, which is unusual of a budget. Among other things, the finance minister announced some major tax cuts in the government’s budget. Taxes … Read more
President Akufo-Addo has indicated his readiness to join the fight against the stealthy encroachment of school lands in the country. This follows concerns raised by headmistress and old students of the Achimota School about the nefarious activities of some private developers at the 90th anniversary celebration of Achimota School on Saturday. Concern After listening to … Read more