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Govt provides GH¢ 55m for book, research allowance
Add a CommentA provision of GH¢55 million has been made in the 2017 budget for the payment of book and research allowances of lecturers of public universities, the Minister of Education, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh, has revealed. In addition, plans are in … Read more →
Gov’t to amend criminal offences act to make corruption a felony
Add a CommentThe government has signaled its commitment to amend sections of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 to make corruption a felony instead of a misdemeanour. The move is part of measures being undertaken by the government to make corruption unattractive in … Read more →
IMF, govt to meet over $918m deal
Add a CommentTHE International Monetary Fund (IMF) plans to visit Ghana to hear the new government’s plans for implementing the country’s $918 million aid deal, the Fund said on Thursday. So far, the Executive Board of the IMF has disbursed $464.6million to … Read more →
Gov’t assists gas explosion victims with GH¢200,000
Add a CommentThe government has presented separate cheques totalling GH?200,000 to the four hospitals treating the victims of the gas explosion that occurred near the Trade Fair Centre at La in the Greater Accra Region. The 37 Military Hospital and La … Read more →
Gov’t borrows GH¢3,546.02 m in 2 weeks
Add a CommentThe outgoing National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration, through the Bank of Ghana (BoG), has borrowed a total of GH¢3,546.02 million from investors, both local and foreign, to carry out its activities. Bids amounting to GH¢1,892.69 million were tendered on Friday, … Read more →
Gov’t blows GHc30m on 500 boreholes – NPP
Add a CommentThe opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), has accused government of spending about GHc30 million on some 500 boreholes in the country. Speaking at a press conference in Accra today [Tuesday], a former General Secretary of the NPP, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, … Read more →
Gov’t to employ 8.6k nurses, midwives
Add a CommentThe government has given the nod for the employment of 8,634 nurses and midwives as well as other allied personnel. A financial clearance letter for the recruitment exercise which takes effect from November 1, 2016 through to March 1, 2017, … Read more →
Gov’t owes BDCs GH¢2b
Add a Comment– But made GH¢800m provision in IMF letter – GH¢124m paid last Wednesday GOVERNMENT has to seek an additional GH¢1.2 billion to be able to pay-off all debts owed Bulk Oil Distribution Companies (BDCs) which, currently, is over GH¢2.2billion … Read more →
Psychiatric nurses to gov’t – We run the mental home with our ‘susu’ money
Add a CommentNurses at the Accra Psychiatric hospital have embarked on an industrial action following the hazardous conditions under which they work. Two weeks before embarking on the action, the nurses served authorities with a notice detailing their intended action which was … Read more →
Govt seeks $398m India Exim Bank loan for rail project
Add a CommentGhana’s government is seeking approval from parliament for a $398.3 million loan from the Export-Import Bank of India to construct a railway line between its main port and a lake which links the south and northern regions of the country. … Read more →
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