Stop Buying State Vehicles
A former Communications Minister Dr Edward Omane Boamah wants the current government to lead the way and halt the sale of state vehicles to functionaries prior to exiting power. According to him if...
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Prez Akufo-Addo Wants Free Cocoa Drinks Served As Part of Free SHS
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo wants Ghanaian students from basic to the senior high schools to be served with cocoa drinks each morning, the Acting CEO of Cocobod has said. This is to allow...
Cocobod To Store Grains
Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Marfo has outlined government’s plans to solve post-harvest losses in the agricultural sector. “COCOBOD’s storage facilities are almost half-empty and this can be used...
1.6m Students To Benefit From Free SHS Policy, Gov’t To Spend GHc3.6bn Yearly
About 1.6 million eligible students between the ages of 15-17 years across the country, are expected to benefit from government’s free Senior High School (SHS) policy, that is set to begin in...
Industrial Policy Grows Mouldy, Industrial Dev’t Fund Never Established Five Years On
The five-year implementation period of Ghana’s Industrial Policy came to an end last year, but industrialists can hardly lay a hand on key achievements, especially when the Industrial Development...
Leave Power Peacefully When Applause Is Loudest
Former President John Dramani Mahama has urged African leaders to leave power peacefully when they lose elections. In doing so, he said, they would earn respect and also advance democratic governance...
What President Akufo-Addo Can Learn From Pope Francis
By: Nicholas Issaka Gbana Jorge Mario Bergoglio became Pope Francis on March 13, 2013, when he was named the 266th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church which has a global membership of over 1.2 billion....
1.6m Students To Benefit From Free SHS Policy; Gov’t To Spend GHc3.6bn Yearly
About 1.6 million eligible students between the ages of 15-17 years across the country, are expected to benefit from government’s free Senior High School (SHS) policy, that is set to begin in...
Mr. President, Rethink Creation of New Regions
By: Nicholas Issaka Gbana What do the good people of the newly proposed regions in Ghana want? It is development - good roads, good schools, good health care, good drinking water, stable and...
We’ve Not Sanctioned Deportation of Ghanaians Abroad – Gov’t
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied authorizing the deportation of some Ghanaians living abroad. According to the ministry, rumours that it has sanctioned the deportation of citizens in the...
Government Will Spend On Education of Child — Opoku-Prempeh
The Minister of Education, Dr Mathew Opoku-Prempeh, yesterday acknowledged that although rolling out the free senior high school (SHS) education policy would be tough, the government would spend...
When Will This Jinx Be Broken?
Immediately after the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) in Gabon, I began pondering over the question: when will our senior national football team—the Black Stars—break this Afcon jinx? We...
W/R GMA Cries For Help
Western Regional Director of Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA), Rev. Dr. Peter Azumah, Issaka, has lamented that his outfit was bedeviled with infrastructural and human resource problems, which was...
We’ve Not Sanctioned Deportation of Ghanaians Abroad
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied authorizing the deportation of some Ghanaians living abroad. According to the ministry, rumours that it has sanctioned the deportation of citizens in the...
Leave Power Peacefully When Applause Is Loudest — Mahama Tells African Leaders
Former President John Dramani Mahama has urged African leaders to leave power peacefully when they lose elections. In doing so, he said, they would earn respect and also advance democratic governance...
Two Envoys Pay Courtesy Call On Education Minister
The Ambassadors of China and Finland on Monday paid courtesy calls on Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh, the Minister of Education at his office in Accra. Ms Sun Baohong, the Chinese Ambassador to Ghana,...
1.6m Students To Benefit From Free SHS; Government To Spend GHC3.6bn Yearly
About 1.6 million eligible students between the ages of 15-17 years across the country, are expected to benefit from government’s free Senior High School (SHS) policy, that is set to begin in...
I’ve Not Sanctioned Deportation of Undocumented Ghanaians Abroad – Ayorkor Botchway
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has described as untruthful and cruel, reports being circulated on social media claiming the Sector Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway has okayed the deportation of...
Agric Is Biggest Growth Driver
The Managing Director of Dalex Finance, Ken Thompson, says the surest way for any government to spur growth in the economy is to invest heavily in the agric sector. Mr. Thompson reckons that there is...
We’ll Replace Food Imports With ‘Planting For Food and Jobs’ Campaign — Afriyie Akoto
The government will, by April this year, launch an audacious campaign to turn farmlands and backyards into a huge food basket that is expected to cut down the country’s food import bill...