The Government has been supporting the energy sector with close to $1 billion annually since 2019, Mr Habibu Adam, a member of the Energy Sector Recovery Programme (ESRP), has said. This is attributable to the excess capacity charges and production costs, related to contracts signed in the past with the …
Read More »Prof Bosu appeals to government to protect CSIR lands
Professor Paul Bosu, the newly inducted Director-General of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), has appealed to the Government and other stakeholders to help protect the Council’s lands from encroachment. “Our lands at the Animal Research Institute (ARI) site at Katamanso here in Accra are under siege by …
Read More »Local production said to be solution to Ghana’s inflationary pressures
fCaptains of Trade and Industry say strategic investment and sustained local production is the solution to Ghana’s inflationary pressures and economic challenges. They noted that the continued importation of goods, including about 70 percent raw materials for local production was the main contributing factor to the rising exchange rate challenge …
Read More »Floodwaters wash away footings of billboard at Kaneshie
Disaster looms at Kaneshie First Light as floodwaters gradually wash away one of the footings of a billboard close to a traffic intersection. The billboard is about three meters away from the Outer Ring Road at the traffic intersection leading to the Kaneshie Market. A visit to the place by …
Read More »Importers and exporters blame GUTA leadership for economic hardship
The Importers and Exporters Association of Ghana (IEAG) has blamed the leadership of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) for what it described as the hardship and high cost of doing business in Ghana currently. IEAG, in a statement signed by Mr. Samson Awingobit Asaki, Executive Secretary, copied to …
Read More »National Security personnel pull out from Tema Port
The Ministry of National Security has from May 03, 202,2 pulled out its personnel from operating in the Tema Port as part of measures to reduce the number of agencies involved in inspection of goods at the harbour. This was contained in a letter dated April 27, 2022, and signed …
Read More »Woman found dead in Cape Coast with body parts missing
A young woman, identified as Nana Mark Clark, a Level 300 Marketing student of Cape Coast Technical University was on Friday, May 13, 2022, found dead in the night without her private part at OLA in Cape Coast. The deceased, believed to be in her early twenties, was found lying …
Read More »Food shortage is imminent due to Russia-Ukraine war – Economist
Mr Habibu Adam, a Senior Economist at the Office of the Senior Presidential Advisor has stated that continued global food shortage during the latter part of this year, and 2023 is imminent due, to the Russia-Ukraine war. He added that already, the United Nations and the World Food Programme have …
Read More »Bring back tollbooths as part of fiscal consolidation measures – ISSER
The Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) of the University of Ghana (UG) has urged government to reintroduce the road toll system as part of the its fiscal consolidation measures. It said the tollbooths should be re-instated with an efficient electronic-pass system to address congestion in some parts …
Read More »TUTAG urges government to honour agreement on condition of service
The Technical University Teacher’s Association of Ghana of Ghana (TUTAG) has urged the Government to honour the agreement emanating from a ruling of the National Labour Commission reached between the government and the association in 2019. Members of the Association are not happy the government had failed to extend allowances …
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