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Gov’t restores ‘scrapped’ nursing trainee allowances
Add a CommentA technical committee set up by the President to review allowances for nursing trainees has recommended payment of an abated allowance with a possibility to migrate them unto the Students Loan Scheme. This was contained in a statement signed by … Read more →
Gov’t releases GHc400m for Schools feeding arrears
Add a CommentThe government has released about GH400 million to clear outstanding arrears owed suppliers and caterers under the School Feeding Programme. The amount covered the 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 academic year. The Public Relations Officer of the programme, Siiba Alfa who disclosed … Read more →
Gov’t owes 500 SHSs Gh¢150,000 each
Add a CommentPresident of Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS), Mrs Cecilia Kwakye Coffie has bemoaned the huge debts which have engulfed the activities of Secondary Schools in Ghana due to the current administration’s failure to fulfil its financial obligation. … Read more →
Govt spends $1m per Stars game — Sports Minister
Add a CommentThe Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports, Vincent Oppong Asamoah (VOA), has noted that the proportion of the sports budget allocated to the Black Stars in preparations for matches is the cause of his outfit’s inability to finance other sporting … Read more →
Gov’t releases GHc 600m to EC
Add a CommentGovernment has so far released over GHc 600 million to the Electoral Commission (EC) to aid it prepare for the general elections in November, the Employment and Labour Relations Minister, Haruna Iddrisu has said. This figure is less than … Read more →
Govt releases GH¢37m for payment of book, research allowance
Add a CommentThe government has released GH¢37 million to the Controller and Accountant General’s Department to pay the book and research allowance of lecturers for the 2016/2017 academic year, President John Dramani Mahama has announced. At the last in the series of … Read more →
Govt to issue GHc500m bond Thursday
Add a CommentGhana will issue a five-year GH?500m domestic bond this week as it seeks cheaper sources of funding to support its budget and restructure debt. Thursday’s bond will be sold through the book-building system that mainly targets institutional investors and offshore … Read more →
Gov’t reacts to vehicle gift to Prez. Mahama
Add a CommentGovernment has confirmed that a Burkinabe contractor offered a vehicle as a gift to President John Dramani Mahama in 2012 and explained that the said vehicle has been placed in the vehicle pool at the Presidency as per established convention. … Read more →
Gov’t spent $99m to import pre-paid meters – Power Minister
Add a CommentThe Deputy Minister for Power, John Jinapor has revealed that government has so far spent about 99 million dollars on the importation of pre-paid meters. The said amount, according to the Deputy Minister was spent on procuring about 100,000 meters … Read more →
Govt issues GH¢500m bond
Add a CommentThe Bank of Ghana (BoG) has issued a 500 million Ghana cedi bond to help government raise funds to restructure its debt and maturity settlement. The move is in accordance with government’s securities for May, 2016; which is at a … Read more →
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