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Ghana faces the risk of spending millions of cedis on timber imports, as 75 out of 100 local timber manufacturing companies have collapsed due to continuous forest destruction by bushfires. Players within the timber industry warn that the remaining 25 companies in the Western North, parts of Eastern and Central Regions, are struggling to secure … Read more
The Minority in Parliament has threatened to haul the Interior Minister, Henry Quartey before the House over what it deems as a secret recruitment into the security services. This follows reports of a planned recruitment of 11,000 personnel from a backlog of applicants over the years. The Minority contends that a press release from the … Read more
The Ministry of Works and Housing has reaffirmed the government’s dedication to finishing numerous abandoned affordable housing projects scattered throughout the country. According to the sector minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the government is collaborating with private developers to finalise these projects. Following an inspection of a housing project in Adenta, Accra, Mr. Oppong Nkrumah stressed … Read more
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in health have confirmed that all the medical supplies stuck at the Tema Port for the past year have finally been cleared by the government. Following significant agitation from stakeholders and the minority caucus in Parliament over the prolonged delays in clearing the medical supplies donated by the Global Fund, the … Read more
The latest data from the Ghana Statistical Service indicates that inflation for June has dropped to 22.8%. The figure represents a 0.3 percentage decrease from the 23.1 percent rate of inflation recorded in May 2024. The month-on-month rate for June also witnessed a decrease, recording 2.9 percent. Per the Consumer Price Index data released by … Read more
John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has called on Ghanaians to vote for him and his running mate, Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang and reject the “corrupt, greedy and arrogant” NPP government. The former President also urged Ghanaians to vote for change in the 2024 general elections, promising to restore the … Read more
The Member of Parliament for Ellembelle, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has criticised the running mate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh for comparing President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s achievements to that of Ghana’s first president, Dr Kwame Nkrumah. Armah-Kofi Buah said the NPP’s running mate’s comparison is “a misguided and insulting affront … Read more
The Minority caucus in Parliament has notified the Ghana Police Service of its intention to protest to demand the resignation of the Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr. Ernest Addison and his two deputies from office. A letter written by the Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, to the Greater Accra … Read more
Construction on the Dome-Berekusu-Kitaase road project has restarted, following a temporary halt due to Ghana’s IMF bailout programme. Channel One News observed ongoing work on the 23 km stretch, which is expected to link the Greater Accra Region to the Eastern Region. The GH¢195 million project, funded by the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development … Read more
The Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, has stated that the government’s announcement to recruit 11,000 people into the various security agencies will be one of the greatest scandals in Ghana’s security history. Mahama Ayariga in an interview with Channel One TV said the planned recruitment is tantamount to throwing crumbs to Ghana’s … Read more