President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has commissioned the Volta River Authority’s 13 megawatt (13MW) Solar Power Project, a project whose sod he cut in February 2020. According to President Akufo-Addo, the Project, which is the first phase of what will, eventually, be a 28 megawatt (28MW) plant at Kaleo, and reiterates Government’s commitment to diversify further the country’s energy generation ...

Last week, the founder and leader of the United Progressive Party, Akwasi Addai alias ‘Odike’, incurred the wrath of the Manhyia Palace. Manhyia performed rituals to banish Odike, claiming he sought to wage a rebellion against Otumfuo Osei Tutu II and the entire Ashanti Kingdom. The rituals, which included the slaughtering of a live ram and the pouring of libation, were also ...

Nana Fredua says Ghanaians should stop pointing fingers at President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his government when expressing concerns about the economic challenges in Ghana. According to him, Ghanaians are their own problems. This, he explained, citing incidents of Ghanaian employees who instead of focusing on working to better their lives and the country, rather resort ...

A leading member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Volta Region, Mawutor Agbavitor, has entreated the party’s supporters who have not yet acquired the Ghana Card to do so without any further delay. “This is to ensure the total absence of obstacles in our path to victory in the 2024 elections,” he said. Mr Agbavitor said in an ...

The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has said internal auditors in the public sector have crucial roles to play in the fight against corruption and the quest to achieve fiscal discipline.   Addressing the 2022 Internal Audotors Conference in Accra on Tuesday August 16, 2022, Dr. Bawumua underscored the significance of internal auditors to the quest to improve financial mobilisation and ...

A startling 148,000 government workers out of a total of 602,000 on the payroll of the Controller and Accountant General’s Department have been found to have identifications which do not match any biometric identification at the National Identification Authority. The Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia said this came up after a biometric audit by the Controller and Accountant General’s Department. Addressing the 2022 ...

A startling 148,000  government workers out of a total of 602,000 workers on the payroll of the Controller and Accountant’General’s Department have been found to have identifications which do not match any biometric identification at the National Identification Authority,  after a biometric audit by the Controller and Accountant-General’s Department, Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has revealed. Addressing the 2022 Internal ...

August 17, 2022 The Lands and Natural Resources Ministry has destroyed about 800 changfans used by illegal small-scale miners on River Offin and Pra. This was done during a three-day exercise carried out by Operation Halt-2 with the help of military personnel. The Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources in charge of Mines, George Mireku Duker who led the ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says he is fully aware that things are difficult for Ghanaians and so he is working to lift them out of the challenges sooner or later. “Things are not at all where we would like to be as far as the economy is concerned, and I’m fully aware that these are difficult times for us,” he ...

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has increased the end-user electricity tariff by 27.15% and that of water by 21.55%. According to the Commission, the new tariffs are expected to take effect on September 1, 2022. The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) in a 55-page document released on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, proposed ...