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The Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG) on Wednesday fixed March 3 to embark on a nationwide strike to demand 15 per cent of interim premium from government. Mr Isaac Bampoe Addo, the CLOGSAG Executive Secretary, at a press conference in Accra, urged all members of the …

The European Union (EU), in collaboration with the Ministry of Gender, Children, and Social Protection and Expertise France, has launched a regional project to support the fight against human trafficking. The project, dubbed: “Support the fight against human trafficking in the states of the Gulf of Guinea,” is co-funded by …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said the distribution of cashew and palm seedlings under the Planting for Food and Jobs programme was to diversify the economy from its known cash crops for major dividend. He said the Tree Crop Development Authority law was therefore promulgated to take care of …

The Bank of Ghana is promoting a set of Sustainable Banking Principles for the banking industry, which requires them to ensure gender equity in their own organizations as well as gender-inclusive financial service delivery. The Bank is also currently taking steps to collect data from financial institutions on a gender-disaggregated …

Ms Sarah Afful, the Central Regional Director of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) has given the assurance that Government is working assiduously to redeem its pledge to fix the country’s economy. She said the country needed “a healthy macro economy” in order to attract and retain the right investments to …

Mr. Kwasi Amoako Atta, Minister for Roads and Highways has said government would take delivery of 50 steel bridges from the Czech Republic this year. He said the bridges would be “evenly distributed” and help fix dilapidated bridges across the country, adding that six out of the 50 steel bridges …

The Ashanti Regional Health Directorate has designated the Kumasi South Regional Hospital as Centre for the management of the dreaded coronavirus in the event of an outbreak in the Region. It is also exploring the possibility of setting up another case management Centre at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) …

Dr. Kofi Issah, the Bono, Bono East and Ahafo Regional Director of Health Services has warned accredited service providers of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) against electronic fraud. He said the Ghana Health Service (GHS) had reviewed its code of conduct, adding that issues of fraud and extortion would not …

The Supreme Court will on April 22, deliver its verdict in the case in which the Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, was sued over his role in the $2.25 billion bond issuance due to an alleged procedural error and conflict of interest. This was after the court had refused …

The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) is to collaborate with the Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana(CRIG) to train young entrepreneurs in the manufacturing of chocolate, cocoa byproducts  and other research products developed by CRIG to enable them start something on their own . This was disclosed by Mr Dela Gadzanku, …