Kweku Asomah Cheremeh appointed Ghana’s High Commissioner to India
Former Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Kweku Asomah Cheremeh, has been appointed Ghana’s High Commissioner to India. President Akufo-Addo announced this when he met the Sunyani Traditional Council as part of his two-day tour of the Bono Region. He said he should represent Ghana’s path towards the revitalisation of the economy, and work to […]
Review base pay calculation – TUC urges tripartite committee
The Trades Union Congress (TUC), says the time has come for the tripartite committee, which determines the base pay of public sector workers, to review the variables used in arriving at salary increases. The TUC said over the years, the major determinant had been inflation, but there is the need to bring in other variables, […]
Teacher Unions give government deadline to resolve concerns or risk industrial action
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), and the Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT) have declared their intention to strike next month if government fails to meet their conditions of service including teaching and learning resources, contact and working hours, upgrading of teachers, and issues regarding promotions. Speaking […]
Poor data collection affecting healthcare delivery- Accra Regional Health Directorate
The Greater Accra Regional Health Directorate (GARHD) of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has identified poor data collection as one of the factors affecting service delivery in health care facilities. GARHD said inadequate data on antenatal, maternal, and child health had contributed significantly to poor outcomes in health delivery. This was disclosed at the GARHD’s […]
Lebanese arrested for operating illegal insurance firm
The National Insurance Commission (NIC) in a joint operation with the Ghana Police Service has arrested a Lebanese, Gabriel Medawar, for operating an unlicensed Insurance broking firm contrary to section 109 of the Insurance Act 2021 (Act 1061). The illegal company operating under the business name, Harmonia Insurance Group, carried out its operations in a […]
Government urged to set up emergency relief fund for PWDs
A lecturer at the Centre for Disability and Rehabilitation, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and technology (KNUST), Dr Emmanuel Sackey, has called on government to set up an emergency relief fund for Persons with Disability (PWD’s) to meet their needs in crisis time. He said such fund, would provide emergency financial aid or grants to […]
President Akufo-Addo commends Sunyani people for NPP’s Election 2020 victory
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has acknowledged the contributions and massive support of the chiefs and people of Sunyani East and Sunyani West constituencies towards the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP’s) Election 2020 victory. He called on the people to continue to rally solidly behind his government, contribute and help the NPP to retain political power […]
SSNIT deplores employing people without making provision for contributions
The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), Branch Manager for Wa, Frank Dubi has deplored the practice where individuals and small-scale units employ family members without making provision for their social security contributions. He observed that the phenomenon tends to compromise the future of those so engaged. Mr Dubi expressed the sentiments at the […]
Prioritise new regions in creating one million jobs- TUC to government
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has urged government to give priority to the six newly created regions in its distribution of the one million jobs it intends to create over the next three years. It also asked the government to give details of the said one million jobs to enable public scrutiny and verification. Dr […]
Price of eggs shoots up as 46,000 birds infected with bird flu are destroyed
By: Samuella Quartey. The Ghana National Association of Poultry Farmers has appealed to the government to subsidize the cost of poultry feed to help farmers increase the production of birds in the country to meet growing local demand. President of the Greater Accra Regional Association of Poultry Farmers, Madam Gifty Rodor said such a move […]
