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Member of Parliament (MP) for the Adansi Asokwa Constituency, Kobina Tahir Hammond has lashed out at the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) for mounting a resistance to the Electoral Commission’s (EC’s) decision to compile a new voters’ register. He argues the opposition party knows it “cannot get more than 10 votes in any election in Ghana if a new electoral ...

The Deputy Minister of Education in charge of secondary education, Dr.Yaw Osei Adutwum, says the implementation of the Free Senior High School Education policy will break the cycle of poverty in the country. Ghana has reduced poverty levels by half between 1991 and 2014. But it estimated that more than 2.8million Ghanaians representing 8.5% of the population are living in ...

The EC wants to rip out a system worth $60 million, of which value at least $40 million has accumulated since just 2016, and spend $150 million (plus contingency) constructing a new one. A careful analysis of best practice in procuring biometric technology for elections in Africa shows that the EC’s proposed spending plans are inflated by about 60%. In ...

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Former Finance Minister Dr Kwabena Duffuor has said he will not honour the invitation of the Special Investigative Team (SIT) which is probing the collapse of uniBank – which he founded. The former Governor of the Bank of Ghana has also asked the head of the SIT, COP Edward Tabriri, to stop threatening to cause his arrest, detention and hurried ...

The Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) has dismissed reports that the award of a contract to Persol Systems Limited to construct a data centre for the commission was as a result of links with the Chairperson, Jean Mensa. According to the reports, the data management company is owned by the husband of the EC Chair. “This is an outrageous lie since ...

Ghana’s export and industrialization drive is likely to experience major setbacks in the wake of the government decision to borrow US$100 million credit facility from offshore investors to support the operations of Ghana Exim bank, (GEXIM). According to the Economic Watch Africa, the government would mortgage the country’s industrialization, especially the One District, One factory if it fails to suspend ...

It was challenge after challenge to the National Democratic Congress, from the camp of the New Patriotic Party. Under the Mahama administration and with the late Kwesi Ammissah Arthur as Vice President and Former Governor of the Central Bank, then Economist, and running mate, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia threw some 170 questions about the economy after a lecture on the state ...

The National Identification Authority (NIA) has announced its readiness to commence the registration of eligible Ghanaians in the Central, Western North and Western Regions of Ghana. The exercise, according to the authority would start from January 27,2020 and expected to end on Tuesday February 18, 2020 and will run simultaneously in all the 48 districts of the three regions from ...

Bishop Charles Agyinasare has cautioned Christians to be wary of people close to them because they can be the very people who turn to sell them out. Preaching on the topic: “Dealing with Household Enemies,” on Sunday, 5 January 2020, the founder of Perez Chapel International said household enemies are usually people “close to you” and “know your secret”. “Normally, ...