Mr. Kwesi Jonah, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Democratic Governance has asked Parliament to pass Article 243 in time to allow for the election of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives. He said adequate consultations and political consensus had been reached and urged the House to do the needful in …
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Government has announced plans to implement a Public Sector Reform Strategy that would create a conducive environment for the Public and Civil Service to thrive and create jobs in the country. To that end, the Finance Ministry had secured funding for the training of 7,000 civil servants, in order to …
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The management of the Electricity Company (ECG) of Ghana (ECG) says the current realignment of positions being undertaken is as a result of the termination of the PDS concessions agreement. A statement signed by Mr Kwame Agyeman-Budu, the Managing Director of ECG said being a change management process, the company’s …
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The Vice Premier of the People’s Republic of China, Madam SUN Chunlan, Sunday arrived in Accra for a two-day official visit and bilateral talks with Ghanaian officials. Madam Chunlan, who is heading a Chinese Delegation, would meet with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at the Jubilee House, and hold bilateral …
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The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has given government a one week ultimatum to address issues regarding the conditions of service of doctors and dentists to avert withdrawal of services at public hospitals in the country. This was contained in a communique issued by the GMA in Tamale on Sunday and …
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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo left Ghana on Sunday for Johannesburg, South Africa, to attend the Second Edition of the Africa Investment Forum. The Forum, organised by the African Development Bank and its partners, is the largest multi-stakeholder and multi-disciplinary marketplace in the world, aimed at raising capital, advancing projects …
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The Ghana Federation of Labour (GFL) has said that the 2020 budget should tackle the dire situation of the Ghanaian textile manufacturing industry are facing. Mr Abraham Koomson, GFL Secretary General told the Ghana News Agency in an interview at Tema on expectations of the 2020 budget that government must …
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Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says Ghana will soon have a Neurosurgical Hospital for the treatment of brain-related diseases to improve neurological healthcare. Dr Bawumia announced this after receiving the President of the Chinese Neurosurgical Board, Professor Ling Feng, at the Jubilee House, the Seat of the Presidency, in Accra. …
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The Upper East Regional Tax Justice Coalition (TJC), an advocacy organization, has called on government to review the current tax system to expand the tax net and collect more revenue for national development. The Coalition said taxation was the major source of funding for the country’s development projects, however, about …
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The Builsa South District in the Upper East Region is burdened with a debt of GH¢1.7million from old projects and programmes executed by the previous government. “It is an indication that some of the outstanding payments on projects executed for the previous years would have to be made before the …
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