Government is set to deploy 12,750 Nation Builders Corps (NaBCo) personnel across the country to generate digital address for every house and property, and emboss on each of them, a number plate. The house number, digital address of every household, as well as the name of the street on which the property is located, will be embossed on each of ...
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Hohoe MP chased over ‘stolen vehicles’
Member of Parliament for Hohoe, Dr Bernice Adiku Heloo, is lamenting harassment by security operatives at the presidency. According to her, the operatives stopped her Toyota Camry in the middle of the road in Accra in the name of retrieving stolen government vehicles. This, she said, has happened on three separate occasions while driving her own Toyota Camry and indicated ...
Read More »Government will overspend its budget in 2020 – EIU predicts
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has predicted that the government may overspend its budget in 2020. According to the EIU government may struggle to lower its expenditure in the run-up to the 2020 general elections. The London-based business advisory firm expects the government to record a 5.5 percent budget deficit come next year even though they have passed the Fiscal ...
Read More »Geen contant geld opnemen levert korting op bij ING
ING gaat als eerste bank in Nederland klanten korting geven op de kosten van hun betaalrekening wanneer zij geen geld meer uit de muur trekken. Wie als ING-klant minder dan vier keer per jaar contant geld opneemt, krijgt twintig procent korting. De Volkskrant meldt dat deze regeling geldt voor mensen die een Oranjepakket bij de bank hebben. Voor iemand die ...
Read More »I won’t contest for 2020 election because of Mahama – Rachel Appoh
Former MP for Gomoah central and deputy Gender Minister Hon. Rachel Appoh has revealed that she will not context her seat at the Gomoah central because of former president John Dramani Mahama. Hon Rachel Appoh made this revelation on Vim Talk show, hosted by Afia Pokua. The NDC politician stated that she will sacrifice her all to support John Mahama ...
Read More »Praise Akufo-Addo for saving Ghanaians from death – Kennedy Agyapong
An outspoken lawmaker for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong wants President Nana Addo Dankwa praised by Ghanaians for saving them from death through suicides as a result of frustration. He is of the opinion that certain decisions taken in the interest of the economy has saved the investments of hundreds of thousands of Ghanaians who would have committed suicide but for ...
Read More »High Court Dismisses ROPAA Contempt Application Against EC Chairperson, Jean Mensa
An Accra High Court, Financial Court 1 presided over by Justice Ellen Vivian Amoah, has dismissed yet another contempt application against the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Mrs Jean Mensa, which prayed the Court to commit her for contempt of Court over what the applicants claimed was an intentional refusal on her part and other Commissioners to implement the Representation ...
Read More »Minister affirms support to GJA sanitation project
The Ministry of Sanitation has assured its commitment to provide the needed support to the Ghana Journalists Association to fight the menace of poor sanitation in the country. The Ministry said the rate of environmental sanitation in the country was becoming endemic and decisive attention was required to deal with the issue due to the socio-economic and public health implications. ...
Read More »NDC Eastern Regional Secretary Mark Kevor resigns
The Eastern Regional Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress, NDC, Mark Oliver Kevor, has resigned. Mr. Kevor, a Lecturer and PhD Candidate has resigned to contest the Afram Plains South Constituency parliamentary primaries of the the Party. This follows picking of parliamentary nomination forms by a group of party supporters and branch executives on his behalf on July 10, ...
Read More »June inflation drop makes case for policy rate cut
The general price levels of goods and services, for the second time since the beginning of the year, has seen another drop – making a strong case for the central bank to consider a policy rate cut later this month. Data released by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) show that inflation for June has decreased by 0.3 percentage points to ...
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