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FULL TEXT: Auditor-General’s report on government COVID-19 expenditure

Business News of Monday, 23 January 2023 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu, Auditor-General The Auditor-General has released a report on government’s expenditure made during the COVID-19 pandemic covering the period between March 2020 to June 2022. The special audit report has been prepared under Section 16 of the Audit Service Act, 2000 (Act 584) for submission to Parliament. It detailed the various expenditure made ...

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Test run on €125 million Kumasi Airport begins

Kumasi International Airport Test run for the €125 million newly-constructed Kumasi International Airport has begun, AviationGhana checks at the facility have revealed. The ongoing test run is imperative ahead of the operationalization of the facility for scheduled and charter flights sometime this year. The Kumasi Airport project comprises the extension of the runway from 1,981m to 2,300m that can accommodate ...

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Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu announces exit from parliament after 28 years

General News of Friday, 6 January 2023 Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, Majority Leader and MP for Suame Member of Parliament (MP) for the Suame constituency, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has announced that he will not be contest to return to the lawmaking chamber in the 2024 polls. The MP who is also the Majority Leader disclosed in an interview on Wontumi TV (January 3) ...

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Special Prosecutor allegedly rejects insufficient GH¢20,000 salary – Report

General News of Tuesday, 3 January 2023 Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng allegedly rejected a GH¢20,000 salary government wanted to pay as his salary because the amount was too small. A report by the nynewsgh.com portal states that Agyebeng is therefore demanding a personal salary and series of allowances more befitting of his status until which time he is ...

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Bawumia announces another digitalization landmark as e-pharmacy platform goes live

General News of Tuesday, 3 January 2023   Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia The Ghana National Electronic Pharmacy Platform, otherwise known as e-Pharmacy platform, goes live nationwide today, Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has announced. Ghana’s nationwide e-pharmacy platform, the first of its kind in any African country, and one of the few in the world, is a platform of registered pharmacies, ...

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Decongest Kumasi or Nananom will do it – Bantamahene sends strong warning to KMA

Bantamahene Baffour Owusu Amankwatia VI The Paramount Chief of Bantama in the Ashanti Region, Baffour Owusu Amankwatia VI, has bemoaned the rampant mounting of kiosks and containers causing congestion within the Kumasi metropolis. According to the paramount chief, the development has turned the once blooming city of Kumasi which was referred to as the Garden city into a village. Sharing ...

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