The Auditor General has indicted the Ministry of Finance (MoF) for fudging loan receivable balance in its 2016 financial statements. The 2016 financial statement reported an amount of GH¢1, 988,361,506 as the total loan recoverable balance. The Auditor General’s review of the schedule on loans recoverable, however, disclosed that loans totalling GH¢97,485,166, granted to some 170 companies and SOEs (State ...
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Ghana Post GPS charging GHC50, GHC100 to tag properties
Ghana Post has embarked on a nationwide digital property address generation and property tagging exercise. Its field agents are moving from house to house with valid identification cards and branded Ghana Post GPS costumes to generate digital property addresses and tag properties. Generation of the digital address is free, but tagging of properties attracts a fee. Ghana Post is charging ...
Read More »Woyome settles ¢4.6m of ¢51m debt
The Controller and Accountant General, Eugene Ofosuhene has confirmed that businessman Alfred Agbsei Woyome has paid ¢4.6 million of the debt owed the State. The revelation was made at Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee sitting where the 2016 Auditor General’s report on the Consolidated Fund was scrutinised. Members of Parliament (MPs) on the Committee wanted to know the progress made so ...
Read More »Bayern München overklast Eintracht Frankfurt in Duitse Supercup
Bayern München verloor drie maanden geleden in het Olympiastadion in Berlijn nog met 1-3 van Eintracht Frankfurt, maar vanavond was de Duitse kampioen in de Commerzbank Arena in Frankfurt veel te sterk voor de bekerwinnaar in de Duitse Supercup: 0-5. Jetro Willems en Jonathan de Guzmán stonden in de basis bij Eintracht Frankfurt, Arjen Robben bij Bayern München. Robben werd na ...
Read More »Memphis Depay slaat direct toe bij Lyon
Memphis Depay gaat bij Olympique Lyon verder waar hij vorig seizoen is gebleven: met scoren. De ex-PSV’er was in de eerste speelronde van de Ligue 1 direct doeltreffend. Tegen Amiens scoorde Depay vanuit een heerlijk genomen vrije trap (2-0). Ex-Ajacied Bertrand Traoré bracht Lyon in de 24ste minuut op voorsprong. Hij trok vanaf rechts naar binnen en schoot de bal slim ...
Read More »President hints of law to make SHS least qualification for every Ghanaian child
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo exchanging pleasantries with the people of Beposo in the Ashanti region President Nana Akufo-Addo has hinted of plans to introduce a new legislation that would ensure that every Ghanaian child acquires at least senior high education. He explained the move is aimed at ending school dropouts at the basic level as well as ensuring that ...
Read More »Government should establish efficient food distribution enterprise – Food scientist
For efficiency in the distribution of root and tuber food crops, government is being urged to establish a body for their improvement and marketing. In an interview with Goldstreet Business, Dr. Felix Engman, a Senior Lecturer and Food Scientist at Kumasi Technical University opined that, due to the high perishability of these food crops, resulting from their high moisture content, ...
Read More »VRA out! Gov’t to engage third party to manage Ameri plant despite first failed attempt
It has emerged government will go ahead to find a third party to operate and maintain the 250-megawatt Ameri power plant as cabinet has resolved to wean the Volta River Authority (VRA) off thermal plant operations. The first attempt by the government, which criticised the 510 million-dollar deal while in opposition, hit a snag culminating in the removal of the ...
Read More »GHC500m for Ashanti roads – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has revealed that his administration has set aside, for 2018 alone, an amount of GHS500 million to construct new roads, as well as give a facelift to some existing roads in the Ashanti Region. Speaking at the Akwasidae celebrations, on Sunday, 12th August, 2018, at the Manhyia Palace, President Akufo-Addo noted that, despite the “unprecedented ...
Read More »Overtreders betalen lang hogere premie bij autoverzekering, of worden geweerd
Automobilisten die strafrechtelijk zijn vervolgd voor een verkeersovertreding betalen meer voor hun autoverzekering. Het zou maandelijks gaan om ruim 20 euro extra. Kort na de overtreding zou het zelfs helemaal onmogelijk zijn om een nieuwe verzekering aan te gaan. Dat meldt vergelijkingssite Autoverzekering.nl op basis van eigen onderzoek. Niet alleen verkeersovertreders, maar ook andere mensen met een strafblad krijgen volgens de ...
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