Government has submitted for gazetting and publication the report on the Ayawaso West Wuogon Commission of Inquiry Report and its White Paper. According to the Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, “after a careful study, government has issued a White Paper, which together with the Report itself, it has elected to publish in accordance with Article 280 Clause 3 of the ...

Some Members of Parliament (MPs) have agreed that recycling plants should be built across all the 16 geographical regions of Ghana, and the Value Added Tax (VAT) be increased to address the nation’s sanitation problems. Despite efforts by the Government to improve Ghana’s poor sanitation rating in the comity of nations, it is reportedly losing about $290 million annually to ...

The Bank of Ghana has dismissed a staff Gilbert Addy for what it says is gross misconduct in relation to corrupt transactions and for accepting bribes in connection with the award of a contract to Sibton Switch Systems Limited in 2016. The Bank in a statement revealed that secret and corrupt payments of GH¢410,000.00 were made by Sibton Switch Systems ...

President Akufo-Addo’s government has come under stern scrutiny in the past few weeks over its perceived failure to prosecute officials of the Mahama administration for alleged cases of corruption. The President, in the lead up to the 2016 election campaigned forcefully on corruption and pledged to prosecute government officials at the time whom he accused of being corrupt. Allaying the ...

The Ghana Immigration Service has dismissed claims suggesting that some of its officers operating at the Kotoka International Airport engage in corrupt practices, including extortion of monies from travelers who use the airport. In an interview with ABC News, Assistant Superintendent of Immigration (ASI) Barbara Sam, in charge of Public Relations at the KIA said such claims against its officers ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says he does not need the help of the Electoral Commission to win an election in the country. “I said it to you before, and I will repeat it. I don’t need the Electoral Commission to win an election; I don’t want to win an election in Ghana because of the Electoral Commission. I want ...

The Western Naval Command in a joint military-police operation around European Town and the Albert Busumtwi-Sam fishing Habour in Sekondi have arrested 213 suspects who had in their possession, substances believed to be Indian hemp, money and condoms. ACP Edmund Ohene Bosompim who is the Deputy Western Regional Police Commander said the swoop is to improve the state of insecurity ...

Former Central Regional Chairman of the NDC, Bernard Allotey Jacobs has said that tags of corruption been associated with President Akufo-Addo will not stick because the president is incorruptible, ABC News can report. According to Allotey Jacobs, there is no way President Akufo-Addo can be described as corrupt due to his rather principled nature and undying patriotism. He says the ...

If every prophecy by prophets and predictions are anything to go by, then it is a miracle for Ghanaians to wake up every day to the news of Akufo-Addo being the sitting president of the Republic of Ghana. Nana Addo, the then-presidential candidate for the New Patriotic Party, was projected as one of the least likely personalities to ever rule ...

The Ghana Beyond Aid envisioned by President Akufo-Addo is a complete package aimed at propelling our country to become the beacon of Economic Liberty in Africa. Akufo-Addo’s Government has taken a lot of pragmatic steps and innovative solutions to usher Ghana into the full realization of Ghana Beyond Aid. So far so good, NPP Government led by Akufo-Addo has been ...