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Founding President of Policy Think Tank, IMANI Africa, Franklyn Cudjoe has described as broad daylight robbery and insult to the sensibility of Ghanaians, the spirited effort by the Finance Ministry and government officials over the controversial Agyapa Royalties agreement. “It is “atrimuoden” (wickedness) on the part of the Akufo-Addo administration to shortchange Ghanaians. I’m struggling to understand this deal, and ...

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The 2016 and 2017 batch of nurses posted recently should be thankful and grateful to the incoming president John Dramani Mahama and the NDC government, for our visionary spread of health centers, clinics, polyclinics and Chip compounds across the country which has created space for all of you to be engaged, this is what our big push Policy of $10b ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced that Ghana’s International Airport will be reopened on Tuesday, September 1 after five months of shutdown as part of measures to slow the spread of COVID-19. In an address to the nation on Sunday, the president stated that the time is right to reopen the Kotoka International Airport. He added that enough measures ...

A former Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Tourism Development Company, (GTDC), Ms Akua Djanie, has pleaded with Ghanaians to forgive her for influencing them to vote for then-candidate Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in the 2016 presidential elections. Ms Akua Djanie, known popularly as Akua Blakofe, was appointed Deputy CEO of GTDC when President Akufo-Addo assumed the reins ...

The governing New Patriotic Party has called out the opposition NDC for chastizing the controversial Agyapa Royalties deal, saying the party is not reading the deal properly. The party has also rubbished claims that the deal is risky, saying Ghanaians must be optimistic and prepared to take risks. Speaking on the Weekly review segment on the Morning Starr on Friday, ...

The National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI) says more than 120,000 individuals have so far benefitted from government’s Coronavirus Alleviation Programme Business Support Scheme (CAP BuSS). While addressing national regional executives of the Association of Small Scale Industries(ASSI) on the disbursement of the CAP BuSS, Executive Director of the board Mrs. Kosi Yankey-Ayeh also mentioned there is enough evidence ...

The Board of Ghana’s Audit Service has promoted Mr Lawrence Ayagiba as the Deputy Auditor General. A circular to staff indicated that Mr Ayagiba was successful at a recently held interview, hence the promotion. The Board of the Audit Service has also promoted Ms Vera Quashie to the position of Assistant Auditor-General. The Promotions come after Mr Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu ...

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has expressed worry over the growing number of persons failing to adhere to the directive of facemask wearing in public. According to the service, its studies reveal more than fifty percent of the populace do not wear mask at all, with the remaining percentage also failing to properly wear protective gear. Director-General of the GHS ...

Ghana is not ready to take the risk with the Agyapa Royalty deal, an Economist, Dr Lord Mensah has said. Speaking on the Morning Starr on Friday, the Dr Mensah who is also a lecturer at the University of Ghana Business School stated that it is likely the nation will end paying a judgment debt in the future looking at ...