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A lecturer of economics at the University of Ghana Business School, Prof. Godfred A. Bokpin has stated that the high inflation rate for the month of October is not shocking as expressed by many Ghanaians. This, he explains, was not surprising because the conditions for higher inflation rates were glaring and waiting to burst out at the end of the ...

The Employment and Labour Relations Ministry has expressed its readiness to continuously engage the striking teacher unions even after they call off their industrial action. The National Labour Commission (NLC) on Wednesday ordered the three teacher unions to immediately call off their strike and return to the negotiation table with government. The three pre-tertiary unions had embarked on a strike ...

The Minority in Parliament is today, Thursday, November 10, 2022, expected to move a motion that seeks to censure Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) MPs accuse the Finance Minister of acting outside the powers of the office and largely blame him for the country’s current economic woes. This motion, if passed, will compel President Akufo-Addo to ...

The New Patriotic Party Communications Director, Richard Ahiagbah, has downplayed the growing discontent with the Akufo-Addo government, which has been reflected in polls and recent protests. Speaking on The Point of View, Mr. Ahiagbah maintained that Ghana’s economic crisis has external causes because “the whole world is not going in the right direction.” A recent poll by Global Info Analytics ...

Popular artiste manager and entertainment analyst, Lawrence Nana Asiamah Hanson, popularly known as Bulldog has sued controversial Dancehall musician, Charles Nii Armah Mensah widely known as Shatta Wale for defamation. Bulldog in a writ filed at the Accra High Court is seeking damages for alleged defamation and same for malicious publication of falsehood against him made by Shatta Wale. Shatta ...

The Executive Director of the Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch) Kofi Asare has said that allocation of resources to education in Ghana has dropped. In 2012, he said, the government committed 7 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to education. However, in 2020, the government allocated 4.3 per cent. “We must increase our spending in education system, in 2012 we ...

The current fuel hikes have led to a sharp increase in transport fares and general cost of living in Ghana. Transport fares have gone up officially by at least 40% within two weeks, but however, passengers are surprised with inconsistencies in the fares for same route. Such inconsistencies have resulted in serious altercation between some passengers and commercial transport operators ...

The Managing Editor of the Insight Newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, has urged Ghanaian legislators to tread cautiously following investigations into bribery claims levelled against a business mogul in Parliament. According to Mr. Pratt, the legislators would have been unfair to the businessman if the allegations turned out to be untrue. A businessman, whose name has not been made public, has ...

Former CEO of the Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors, Senyo Hosi, has called on the Agriculture Minister, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto and the Chief Director of the Ministry to resign. In a statement, Mr. Hosi, who has investments in rice production, criticised the Ministry of Food and Agriculture’s approach to data and lack of consultation. “Respectfully, the arm-chair analysis the ...

Three teacher unions have declared a strike to demand the removal of the newly appointed Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Dr. Eric Nkansah. Leadership of the three unions –National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) and Coalition of Concerned Teachers, Ghana (CCT)–declared the strike on Friday, November 4, 2022. This comes on the ...