AMA accused of wrongful withdrawal of money
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly, (AMA), is accused of illegally withdrawing one point one million cedis from the Bank of Ghana account belonging to the Ayawaso West Municipal Assembly. This is contained in the 2018 Auditor General’s report for the year ending 2018. The Auditor General has therefore directed authorities of the Ayawaso West Municipal Assembly […]
Auditor General cites School Feeding Programme for financial impropriety in 2018 report
The Auditor General has cited the School Feeding Programme for financial impropriety in the 2018 report. ¢899,617 cannot be accounted for. According to the report, proceeds from the sale of application forms cannot be traced. Under the School Feeding Programme, the Secretariat engaged the services of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies, MMDAs for the sale […]
Cambodian man rescued after four days trapped in cave
A Cambodian man has been rescued after being trapped in a cave for four days whilst collecting bat droppings. Sum Bora slipped between two rocks on Sunday while trying to retrieve his torch, police in the north-western province of Battambang said. The 28-year-old, left without food or water, was found on Tuesday after his family […]
Ghana’s educational policies must be insulated from politics – Prof. Kwesi Yankah,
The Minister of State for Tertiary Education, Professor Kwesi Yankah, has expressed dissatisfaction with the persistent change in educational policies anytime there is a change in government. According to him, the frequency at which political leaders alter educational policies without any scientific basis, is a major contributory factor to the poor result outcomes recorded annually […]
Project to reduce malnutrition in Asokore Mampong launched
The World Food Programme, in partnership with the Japanese Government and Koko Plus, a private initiative, has launched a pilot project at Parkoso in the Asokore Mampong Municipality of the Ashanti region aimed at reducing malnutrition among infants in the Municipality in the next two years. At the launch of the project, the Country Director […]
WAPCo begins transporting natural gas to Tema
The West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited (WAPCo), operator of the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) has begun transporting natural gas from the Western Region of Ghana to Tema. According to a media release signed by the General Manager, Corporate Affairs of WAPCo the “historic” development follows a commissioning and performance testing of the Takoradi-Tema […]
Regional Minister reaffirms gov’t committment to end fertilizer smuggling
The Upper West Regional Minister Dr. Hafiz Bin Salih has reaffirmed government’s commitment towards ending the smuggling of government subsidized fertilizers particularly under the Planting for Food and Jobs PFJ program through the region. He said directives have been given to the security apparatus in the region to ensure that they remain on high alert […]
Upper West NaBCo to release 550 personnel for digital numbering
The Upper West Regional Secretariat of the Nation Builders Corp (NABCO) is expected to release 550 NABCO beneficiaries under the Civic and Digital Modules to support government’s Digital Property Addressing System (DPAS). The Regional Coordinator of NABCO Umar Nuhu Chancellor in an interview with Radio Ghana said the completion of the DPAS will ensure the […]
Over 1000 auctioned vehicles unaccounted for
More than one thousand vehicles auctioned by the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) Customs Head Office estimated at 25 million cedis cannot be accounted for. The Auditor General in its 2018 report on the GRA stated that reconciliation of the Commercial Industrial Bulletin and payment of auction and allocation of vehicles per the GCNET system show […]
Election of MMDCEs must be held simultaneously with 2020 Presidential, Parliamentary elections
The Institute of Chartered Economists-Ghana (ICEG), is pushing for the proposed Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs), and assembly elections to be held simultaneously with the presidential and parliamentary elections next year (2020). It is the view of the Institute that such an exercise will be a good avenue to control election-related expenses and […]
