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Some head teachers of second-cycle institutions are calling for the scrapping of some freebies accompanying the implementation of the government’s Free Senior High School policy. They believe that this would ease the pressure on government coffers, which would essentially provide an avenue for government to re-channel funds into the provision of food items. A head teacher, who spoke to Citi ...

Two eminent clergymen and members of the Board of Trustees of the controversial National Cathedral project have called for its immediate suspension and audit. The two – Archbishop Duncan Williams and Reverend Eastwood Anaba say their call is based on the controversies surrounding the project. According to them, the suspension will pave the way for transparency and accountability to be ...

The Ministry of Health (MoH) entered into a 25-year finance lease agreement in 2020 totalling GHS15,265,000.00 for the use of a building as a COVID-19 isolation centre at Adaklu in the Volta Region, which was never used. According to the Auditor General’s report, the building was never used for its intended purpose. The report covering March 2020 to June 2022 ...

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has reacted to reports that the government has rolledover cocoa bills that matured Thursday, January 20, without the investors’ consent, a move that has sparked anxiety among the investor community. Investors received payments for the matured bills but their accounts were quickly debited, leading to agitations between some holders and their banks. “I received payments ...

On Thursday, 19th January 2023, a six-month Cocoa bill with face value of GH¢940.42 million matured. The Bank of Ghana (BOG) went through the usual processes to reissue on behalf of Cocobod a new six-month Cocoa bill to raise funds to cover the maturing obligation, but the auction failed and was severely undersubscribed resulting in a shortfall of GH¢ 855.42million. ...

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) examiners who marked the recent Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) have not been paid. This was disclosed by one of the WAEC examiners, Kwame Nsiah, demanding payment for the work done by the examiners recently. According to Mr Nsiah, “Teachers from different schools from different parts of the country are outsourced to mark examination ...

Leader of about 500 persons with disability toll collectors who were rendered jobless by the government of Ghana’s decision to close down all toll booths, Rashad Mahammed Rahmat has vowed to organise his colleagues to occupy the streets should the road tolls be reintroduced without them getting re-employed. The toll workers were promised redeployment after they were relieved of their ...

The Chartered Insurance Institute of Ghana (CIIG) is warning that over 7.5 million policies will be affected by the Domestic Debt Exchange (DDE) programme in its current form. According to its President, Solomon Lartey, this is because more than 40% of insurance premiums are invested in government securities, particularly bonds. Speaking to the media at the Investiture Ceremony of the ...

The Executive Director of the Alliance For Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA), Mensah Thompson, wants government to apologize to Ghanaians for the mismanagement of the economy under the guise of the ravages of Covid-19 pandemic. “Of course there’s no doubt about the impact of Covid-19 on the private sector as a lot of the Covid measures brought about major ...

The Auditor-General has reported that $80m worth of vaccines paid for by government has not been delivered. According to the A-G, government paid over $120m to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT) but only $38m worth was delivered. The Auditor-General has thus recommended to the Chief Director of the Health Ministry to renegotiate and ...