Ghana: Rhetoric versus reality
Nana Akufo-Addo, Ghana’s President, rode to election victory on a wave of slogans that promised rapid industrialisation and a massive growth in jobs. But two years on, how much, if any progress on these pledges […]
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Gov’t to exit NABCO employees on YEA, NSS and others
The government has announced it will terminate the employment of employees of the Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) found to have already been employed in other government programmes. According to the Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, […]
Education: Gov’t to introduce centralized admissions system for universities
The government intends to centralize admissions into public tertiary institutions with the introduction of a placement system. A 9-member committee in its 2018 Tertiary Education Policy Document proposed the new system among others to the […]
Zoomlion: Gov’t didn’t terminate $74m contract – CEO
The CEO of Zoomlion has refuted media reports a $74m bin distribution contract the company had with government has been terminated. Media reports were rife the two-year contract was terminated by the Local government ministry […]
NABCO recruits demand postings, prompt payment of allowances
Some Ghanaians employed under the Nation Builders Corps (NABCo) are yet to be posted several months after the initiative was launch amidst fanfare at the black star square in Accra. A statement from the NABCO […]
N/R Violence: Abudus, Andanis clash again
Violence erupted Thursday in Yendi in the Northern region between the Abudus and the Andanis, a day after the latter raised concerns about what they described as infractions by the former on the road map […]
Government urged to complete constitutional review process – Prof Bondzi-Simpson
The Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Professor Philip Ebow Bondzi-Simpson, has described as unacceptable the failure to complete the constitutional review process. He stated that since 2012 when the […]
Sack Alele Veronica as DCE – Bole NPP clamour
Constituency executives and some youth groups of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Bole District of the Northern Region have hit the streets to demand the dismissal of the District Chief Executive (DCE) […]
Breaking: Government cancels $74m Zoomlion contract following a JoyNews investigation
The Government has cancelled a $74m contract awarded to the Jospong Group of Companies to supply waste bins, a contract JoyNews investigation found to have been highly inflated. The cancellation of the contract which translates to ¢362m […]
Republic day not new; was marked in coup days – Fmr Legon VC
Former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana Prof Ivan Addae-Mensah has expressed his disappointment in government’s decision to institutionalize January 7 as a public holiday in commemoration of the country’s 4th republican constitution. Government […]