Lecturer and economist at the University of Ghana Economics Department, Dr Adu Owusu Sarkodie cannot fathom how Ghana is touted as the number one gold producer in Africa, but struggles to raise funds to finance a flagship policy. Propagating the need to seek financing from elsewhere, Dr Adu-Sarkodie maintained that government ought to face the problems associated with the free ...

The future of the Free Senior High School policy is bleak because of the manner it is being handled by the current government, the Executive Secretary of the Institute for Education Studies (IFEST-Ghana) has predicted. Dr Peter Partey Anti adduced that the policy is not sustainable. “The future is bleak. The future is bleak because [the Free SHS Policy] is ...

West Ham United’s pursuit of Ajax midfielder Mohammed Kudus has hit another roadblock as their second bid has been turned down by the Dutch club. The rejected offer for Kudus is reportedly valued at €42 million (£35.4 million). Despite the setbacks, West Ham are considering the possibility of making an improved bid in the near future. LEARN AND TRADE FOREX ...

Ghanaian sprinter Joseph Paul Amoah failed to make it to the semifinals of the 200m of the ongoing 2023 World Athletics Championships. The 26-year-old finished fifth in the heats with a time of 20.56s which was not good enough to propel him to the next round of the event. Amoah who ran in lane 6 of the keenly contested race ...

Adaklu Member of Parliament Kwame Governs Agbodza has written on the Tamale Airport redevelopment project as Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia opened the new Tamale International Airport on Tuesday, August 22. This infrastructure project supported by the UK Government through UK Export Finance (UKEF) in Ghana is expected to increase connectivity across the country and the West African region as ...

Former Rector of the Ghana Institue of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) Professor Stephen Adei has said that he is an avid supporter of the free senior high school (Free SHS) programme. As a beneficiary of free education during the Nkrumah era, he said, every Ghanaian should be able to access education up to the high school level and not ...

Former Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) Professor Stephen Adei has dismissed assertions that the introduction of the Free Senior High School Policy is the cause of the current economic problems. He says no one should ever point to the Policy as the cause of the current crisis. “The Free SHS is not the cause ...

The Coalition of Transport Union and Association(CTUA) has issued a warning that transport fares could rise by 20 percent if the government does not eliminate certain taxes included in the petroleum price structure. The coalition is demanding the removal of both the sanitation and pollution levy and the energy sector levy. These measures are aimed at alleviating the undue burden ...

The Akufo-Addo government has not demonstrated seriousness to the fight against corruption, former General Secretary of the Ghana Christian Council, Rev Dr Kwabena Opuni Frimpong, has said. Similarly, he said past governments did not show any commitment to fighting graft. Speaking about a recent admonishing by Senior Presidential Advisor Yaw Osafo Maafo to the church about festering corruption and illegal ...

Accolades and recognition in the music industry can be a source of validation and pride for artists and their fans. However, not all moments on the stage are met with celebratory cheers, as singer Fameye recently revealed in the aftermath of the just-ended Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA). The “Praise” hitmaker expressed his disappointment at not clinching the ‘Songwriter of ...