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The Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has said that the government will not be tempted by the election-year fever to embark on projects outside its approved budget for the year to forestall budget overruns. He said the government was conscious of and determined to maintain fiscal discipline and that most of the projects that it wanted to undertake had already been ...

The National Ambulance Service will demand money for fuel from patients in non-emergency situations who require the service of the ambulances. This is according to the Deputy Director in Charge of Operations, Foster Ansong-Bridjan, who said the money collected will help sustain the service. In an interview with Citi News, Mr. Ansong-Bridjan said patients who cannot afford the payment will ...

The Office of the Special Prosecutor mandated “to investigate and prosecute cases of alleged corruption under the Public Procurement Act 203 Act 63 and other corruption-related offences implicating public officers, political office holders and their accomplices in the public sector” was conspicuously missing from the speech of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo during a meeting with the diplomatic corps at ...

Former Minister of Health under John Dramani Mahama’s administration, Alexander Segbefia has said even though his party is ‘not so happy’ with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, he [The President] must be praised for the purchase of ambulances for the health sector. “Any government that invest in buying ambulances for the country should be commended . . . there is ...

Government has so far paid over five billion Ghana cedis as outstanding arrears to road contractors since 2017, Mr Kwasi Amoako-Atta, the Minister of Roads and Highways, announced this in Accra, on Wednesday. Government made the payment through the Consolidated Fund and the Road Fund to contractors with Interim Payment Certificates (IPCs) at the cut-off date of August 2019. Government ...

The Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says the government did not abandon the Onuador Medical Outreach Vans bought by the Mahama administration. Reacting to a call by the Minority that the government should distribute the vans to help address health concerns in the country, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said if the vans are in good condition and fit for purpose ...

Powerful people with military protection are those behind the resurgence of illegal mining in Ghana’s forests, the Bekwai District Manager of the Forestry Commission, Mr Rexford Twum-Damoah has revealed to journalists. The Bekwai forest reserve in the Amansie Central District of the Ashanti Region is one of the areas bearing the brunt of the return of galamsey as some seven ...

Mr Justice Eric Kyei-Baffour, a Justice of the Court of Appeal, with additional responsibility as a High Court judge, will continue to preside over the trial of the five individuals accused of embezzling $4 million belonging to the National Communications Authority (NCA) during the erstwhile Mahama administration. That was the decision of the Chief Justice, Mr Justice Kwasi Anin Yeboah, ...

The Ghana Boxing Authority has described as unfortunate and unlawful the actions of boxer Patrick Allotey who was caught on camera beating a Kotoko fan at the Accra Sports Stadium. The boxer was captured on a video inflicting punches on a fan who was celebrating Kotoko’s 2-1 victory over Accra Hearts of Oak last Sunday. The spokesperson of the GBA, ...

The Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA) has extended an invitation to Patrick Allotey – World Boxing Organisation (WBO) Africa Super Welterweight Champion, following his recent conduct at the Accra Sports Stadium, during the sixth week league game between Accra Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko. Allotey last Sunday, was seen in a video that went rival, punching a football fan Eric ...