Finland has started a radical experiment: It’s giving 2,000 citizens a guaranteed income, with funds that keep flowing whether participants work or not. The program, which kicks off this month, is one of the first efforts to test a “universal basic income.” Participants will receive €560 ($587) a month — money that is guaranteed regardless … Read more
Anator Holdings Company Limited has denied claims by pressure group OccupyGhana that the Government of Ghana intends investing pension funds of taxpayers to fund a deal signed between the state and embattled businessman Alfred Woyome by acquiring a 24 per cent stake in a $35 million project. OG in a statement on Monday, 28 November … Read more
President John Dramani Mahama has commissioned the newly-constructed boxing gymnasium, the Bukom Boxing Arena, also called the Trust Sports Emporium. It is located near the Korle Lagoon in Accra. The Trust Sports Emporium comprises an 800-seater sports auditorium, a two-storey aerobic, physiotherapy and gym block, a 300-seater conference hall and a 4000-seater open air arena. … Read more
Over 800,000 people have attended the ‘Greater Peace Gospel Crusade’ organized in Sunyani – the capital of the Brong-Ahafo Region. The power-packed non-denominational crusade was put together by Christ for all Nations (CfaN), an international gospel evangelistic ministry, which has its Africa office in Ghana. People from all walks of life and of different age … Read more
Some equalizations border on absurdity if not sheer stupidity. Anytime I hear Koku Anyidoho making unsavory comments and casting aspersion on serious and respectable men and women in this dear country of ours, my heart bleeds. Sometimes I ask myself whether indeed this guy comes from the Anyidoho family tree that I know very well. … Read more
He attended Acherensua Secondary School from 1964 to 1969 and proceeded to the Institute of Professional Studies to study Accountancy . In 1975, he enrolled at the North East London Polytechnic, London, and then to the Emile Woolf College of Accountancy, where he obtained qualifications in Accountancy. The Minister of Energy is a Fellow of … Read more
Mahamudu Bawumia (born October 7, 1963) is an economist and banker. He was a Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana until his nomination as Vice Presidential candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Presidential candidate Nana Akufo-Addo in 2008. He also run as the vice-presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party in Ghana’s 2012 … Read more
The Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) has suspended the payment of salaries of a total of 3,794 government employees without social security numbers on the mechanised payroll. The affected employees would from the end of October not be receiving their salaries because they did not produce their social security information. This was disclosed in … Read more