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Ex-gratia: Who are the Article 71 officeholders?

General News of Monday, 13 March 2023 Some Article 71 officeholders Ex-gratia and Article 71 officeholders have become some of the most frequently used words in Ghana following ex-President John Dramani Mahama‘s promise to scrap the former when he becomes president again. But what does ex-gratia mean? This article looks at what ex-gratia is and what the 1992 Constitution of Ghana ...

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FULL TEXT: President Akufo-Addo’s state of the nation address

Business News of Wednesday, 8 March 2023   President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo President Akufo-Addo was in Parliament to present the 2023 state of the nation address on March 8, 2023. The President stated that the address will be a slight digression from the usual state of the nation addresses in former years due to the state of Ghana’s economy. He said: ...

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Ghana Card use as E-Passport on the rise as KIA records 1,089 arrivals in 2022

General News of Tuesday, 28 February 2023 Source: peacefmonline.com File photo of Ghana Card sample The use of the Ghana Card as an electronic travel document by Ghanaians arriving in the country is on the rise, data by the Ghana Immigration Service shows. The biometric national identity card was officially certified by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) as meeting the ...

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Ghanaians abroad will pay between US$20 and US$50 for Ghana Card – NIA CEO

  Ghanaian nationals are required to pay between $20 and $50 to have their cards   The Chief Executive Officer of the National Identification Authority (NIA), Prof. Kenneth Agyemang Attafuah has disclosed that Ghanaian nationals abroad who seek to acquire a Ghana Card will have to make some financial commitments. Speaking in an interview on Peace FM’s morning show “Kokrokoo”, ...

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MP’s criminal case: Your application is an abuse of court processes – SC to Tsikata

Regional News of Wednesday, 1 March 2023 Source: starrfm.com.gh Tsatsu Tsikata An attempt by the lawyers of the embattled Member of Parliament for Assin North, led by Tsatsu Tsikata for leave to file an additional ground to their review application has failed. Following the Supreme court’s dismissal of an earlier application challenging a High Court ruling in his criminal trial, James ...

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Nobody can stop government business in parliament – Majority Leader

Osei Bonsu Amoah, Minister of State-Designate, Ministry of Local Government, Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has stated unequivocally that no one in Parliament can obstruct government business. The leader, who is also the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, made these remarks in his closing remarks after Electoral Commission officials explained why they wanted to use the Ghana card as the sole form of identification for ...

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Ghana card will not be used to vote in 2024 – Jean Mensa

General News of Wednesday, 1 March 2023 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Jean Mensa, Chairperson of the EC The chairperson of the electoral commission, Jean Mensa, has stated that the Ghana Card will not be used to vote in the 2024 general elections. According to her, the Ghana Card is only a requirement to register as a voter. “I wish to emphasize that the Ghana ...

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FULL TEXT: Finance Minister updates Ghanaians on the economy

The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta on Monday February 6, 2023 provided an update to Ghanaians on the measures that the government is putting in place to get the country out of the current economic hardship. Ken Ofori-Atta in his address provided an update on the government’s Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP) which he has stated is critical to the nation securing ...

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NDC Tamale South Constituency chairman descends on Asiedu Nketiah, Fifi Kwetey over Haruna Iddrisu’s removal

General News of Tuesday, 24 January 2023 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Tamale South Constituency Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Abdul Rauf The Tamale South Constituency Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Abdul Rauf, has said that he and his constituents will not accept the decision of the national executive of the party to replace Haruna Iddrisu as the minority leader. According to him, if ...

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