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The Parliament of Ghana has announced the formation of several key committees, with Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Member of Parliament for North Tongu, appointed as the Chair of the Assurance Committee. The Assurance Committee, chaired by Ablakwa, is tasked with ensuring that government promises and commitments made to Parliament and the public are fulfilled. The … Read more
The Auditor-General’s (A-G) report has uncovered that the Electricity Company of Ghana’s (ECG) procurement of meters, which exceeded $145 million, violated the Public Procurement Act. The report also revealed that ECG was unable to fully recover the excess of GH53.9 million identified through monitoring and did not take legal action against customers involved in electricity … Read more
The United States (US) is approaching the presidential election in November this year. The stakes have never been this high, reflected in the very partisan and tense political rhetoric on both sides of the Democratic and Republican divide. While the US sits on a knife edge, an assassination attempt on the life of former President … Read more
The past two weeks have seen a raging public debate as to whether the proposed Legislative Instrument (LI) by the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MOTI) meant to regulate the prices of cement is the best in the face of increasing prices of cement. This LI has generated some controversy from the Cement Manufacturers Association … Read more
The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has called on the government to provide free sanitary pads to all basic and senior high school girls and subsidise the cost for tertiary institution students. This call comes after the Eastern Regional chapter of the GBA discovered that some individuals are exploiting the high cost of sanitary pads to … Read more
The Ghana Police Service has arrested Nana Poku Piesie alias Kwabena, who bragged about defiling a minor in a viral video. The man had shared explicit details on Sompa FM about his encounters with the 14-year-old girl, from her sixth-grade year until she completed high school at Kumasi Academy. This sparked widespread outrage and calls … Read more
The Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Martin Adjei Mensah Korsah, has officially withdrawn the controversial Legislative Instrument (L.I.) on behalf of the Minister for Transport. This L.I. sought to grant Members of Parliament (MPs), Judges, and Ministers the privilege to use sirens and exempt them from speed limits while performing their official duties. … Read more
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has denied knowledge of a Legislative Instrument before the House seeking to amend the Road Traffic Regulations. The L.I on Road Traffic Regulations Amendment offers lawmakers, among other state officials, the opportunity to use sirens and be exempted from speed limits. The L.I. has received backlash, with the minority … Read more
A performance audit conducted by the Auditor-General on the management of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) has uncovered that about GH¢2.3 million has been overpaid to caterers. The Auditor-General carried out the audit from August to October 2022 at the GSFP National Secretariat in Accra, Ashanti, Eastern, Greater Accra, Upper East, and Western Regional … Read more
The Auditor-General’s report for 2022 has disclosed that unwholesome food is being served to basic school pupils under the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP). A performance audit report conducted by the Auditor-General on the management of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) revealed that mouldy corn dough was used in some of the schools visited … Read more