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Unsigned Pink Sheets would not invalidate results – EC
The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana has advised party agents accredited to polling stations to desist from the practice of not signing the Declaration of Results form (pink sheet).
The Commission said the refusal of polling agents to…
Office of Administrator-General to ensure smooth transition
The Office of the Administrator General (OAG) of Presidential Estates Unit says it had requested all public offices to submit data on State/Government vehicles in preparation towards the 2017 transition of the Executive.
They include the…
Parliament approves GH¢11b for first quarter 2017 government expenditure
Parliament on Thursday, authorised the withdrawal of GH¢10,999,108,191.00 from the Consolidated Fund, to meet the first quarter services and expenditure of government in 2017 in advance of the substantive budget for next year.
The amount…
Ghana government increases students’ loans
The government has approved the upward adjustment of student loans administered by the Students' Loan Trust to range from GH¢1,000 and GH¢2,000, President John Dramani Mahama has announced.
He said government had also established…
Mining contributes some $4b to Ghana’s economy in 2015
In spite of the fall in production and drop in the price of gold, the mining sector contributed some $4 billion to Ghana’s economy in 2015, and over 70 per cent of the revenue generated by the sector stayed in the country, the CEO of…
Respiratory infections kill more than 3.5 million children – WHO
Reports from the World Health Organisation (WHO) shows that more than 3.5 million children die from acute respiratory infections in developing countries every year.
According to the report, diarrhoea is the second highest leading cause…
Speaker calls for national consensus building
The Speaker of Parliament Edward Doe Adjaho has expressed the need for consensus building among all the Arms of Government, and cautioned that one constitutional body should never be allowed to attack another.
Mr Adjaho also reminded…
Kan-Dapaah calls for transparency in funding political parties
Dr Albert Kan-Dapaah, the Executive Director, Financial Accountability and Transparency - Africa (FAT-Africa), a civil society organisation, has called for transparency and accountability in the funding of political parties in Ghana.…
Bank of Ghana launches risk-sharing scheme to boost agricultural lending
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) with its stakeholders has launched a value chain financing model to help address challenges to agricultural credit.
Dubbed: ‘The Ghana Incentive Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (GIRSAL)’, it…
Ghana government distributes over 60,000 gas cylinders free
The government, through the Ministry of Petroleum, has so far distributed over 60,000 free gas cylinders and cooking stoves to households across the country, since 2013.
Mr. Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, the Minister of Petroleum, who…