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Mr Joseph Homenya, Volta Regional Director of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has asked health facilities in the region to desist from charging members of the National Health Insurance Schemes (NHIS) GH¢100.00 for every pint of blood. He also cautioned them against detaining clients of the scheme at the …

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, on Monday cut the sod for the construction of 320 housing units for the personnel of the Ghana Police Service at the estimated cost of US$45 million. The project involves the construction of 112 two-bedroom and 208 three-bedroom apartments, recreational facilities, Kindergarten Centre, and …

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) is to introduce the Electronic Point of Sale (EPOS) device to monitor Value Added Tax (VAT) collection on real time basis in the country. The EPOS device is a computer-like device and it comes in several forms such as fiscal electronic tax/cash register, fiscal electronic …

Government is working hard to build a strong and resilient economy to avoid returning to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for financial bailout after the exit of the current programme by the end of the year. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo who made the announcement, said his government was doing …

Government through the Ministry of Communications has invested $3.4 million in campus internet networks under the Tertiary Institutions Access Project (TIAP) in eight public institutions. This connectivity among the institutions, will not only advance research and education locally with opportunities such as e-learning and cloud computing, but equally benefit scientific …

The creation of Consolidated Bank Ghana, which is effectively the government of Ghana taking over the liabilities of the five banks that were collapsed and formed into the new bank will increase public debt. On August 1, 2018, the Bank of Ghana announced the revocation of the licenses of five …

Ghana has emerged as the main origin, transit and departure point for cannabis in Africa, according to the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC). The UNODC has cited Ghana together with three other countries; Nigeria, Swaziland and Mozambique, as the main trafficking and origin point of cannabis in …

On August 1, 2018, the Bank of Ghana announced the revocation of the license of five commercial banks. The governor of the central bank, Dr. Ernest Addison announced that the Bank has revoked the licenses of uniBank Ghana Limited, The Royal Bank Limited, Beige Bank Limited, Sovereign Bank Limited, and …

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) is to pump $600 million into the cocoa sector to resuscitate it, Mr Joseph Boahen Aidoo, the Chief Executive of COCOBOD announced on Tuesday. He said the Board had almost finished negotiations to secure the credit facility from the African Development Bank (AfDB) to invest …

Some 40 per cent of all Ghanaian women lack the freedom to decide for themselves when it comes to reproductive health and sexual relations. This was contained in the 2018 Atlas for the Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs. Concerning the Sustainable Development Goal five (SDG-5), which among other things, is aimed …