Over GHC800 Million Approved By Parliament For Some MDAs
Parliament continues to approve budgetary estimations for ministries, departments and agencies to execute government business for the 2017 fiscal year. ...
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Ken Ofori-Atta’s ‘Asempa’ Budget Gets TUC Backing
The Ghana Trades Union Congress (TUC) has pledged its commitment to the 2017 budget statement and economic policy of government, ...
Gov’t Launches “SOS Jobs4Women”
The Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations in partnership with Nekotech Center of Excellence has launched an initiative dubbed: “SOS ...
Govt To Expedite Action On Occupational Health, Safety Bill
Minister of Employment and Labour Relations Ignatius Baffour Awuah has expressed the resolve of the government to expedite action on ...
1000s Demand Justice For Marwako Victim
Close to 2,500 people have signed an online petition launched last week to seek justice for a Ghanaian worker who ...
Thousands Sign Online Petition To Get Justice For Marwako Victim
Close to 2,500 people have signed an online petition launched last week to seek justice for a Ghanaian worker who ...
Thousands Sign Online Petition To Get Justice For Victim
Close to 2,500 people have signed an online petition launched last week to seek justice for a Ghanaian worker who ...
IMANI’s Quick Picks From 2017 Budget
The general feeling is that the Minister passed his first test given the replication of major campaign promises in the ...
IMANI’s Quick Picks From Ghana’s Post 2016 Election Budget
Yesterday, Ghana’s Finance Minister, Mr. Ken Ofori- Atta presented his maiden budget to Parliament. The minister christened his budget ‘’ ...
How NDC Gurus Grab ‘free’ Cars
More names of people who acquired state vehicles in the Mahama-led National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration are popping up. About ...
2017 Budget Must Make Job Creation Main Priority
Workers in the country have tasked the government to commit to a range of policy initiatives to improve upon employment ...
Scrap YEA, Review YES and Reform YIAP
Let’s face it, good intentions notwithstanding, a very good economic policy could fail for lack of effective execution. This is ...
Mahama Portraits Still Mounted In Offices of State Institutions
Although John Dramani Mahama has ceased to be Ghana’s president, his portraits are still mounted in the offices of ministries, ...
Pre-Departure Training, Key To Migrant Workers Plights
A GNA Feature by Patience A. Gbeze Accra, Dec. 30, GNA - Human trafficking and slavery has become an international ...
Pre-Departure Training, Key To Solve Plights of Migrants
Human trafficking and slavery is an international concern affecting millions of people across the globe. For Ghana, there have been ...
IOM, Gov’t and CSOs Move To Protect Rights of Vulnerable Ghanaian Migrants
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and seven key Ghanaian Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) have issued a joint statement aimed ...
Two Claims of Nana Addo Fact-Checked – 1 Entirely True, Another Half-True
Nana Akufo-Addo’s claim about Ghana’s GDP growth rate was found to be half true while his claim about the unemployment ...
Claims By Bawumia Fact-Checked, Only One Entirely True
The National Patriotic Party (NPP) launched its 2016 manifesto in Accra, this Sunday and a team of fact-checkers subjected five ...
Employment Ministry Signs MOU To End Child Labour
The Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations (MELR), has signed a Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with 36 lead institutions to ...
Public Sector Workers To Get 12.5% Pay Rise In 2017
Public service employees on the Single Spine Salary Structure can expect a 12.5% increase in their salaries effective January 2017, ...