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Cost of new GHS100, GHS 200 notes “shouldn’t be a secret” – Ministe

The Minister for Monitoring and Evaluation, Dr Anthony Akoto Osei, has charged the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to make public, the cost of printing the new GHS 100 and GHS 200 banknotes. The Governor of the central bank announced the introduction of the new notes at a press conference in Accra on Friday, 29 November […]

Photos: Fire guts GRA Office

The office of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) near the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange was gutted by fire on Sunday, 1 December 2019. An eyewitness reported seeing one fire tender at the scene fighting the blaze. The cause of the fire is not known. The fire officers said they found it difficult gaining access to the […]

Teacher unions give gov’t December 5 ultimatum to clear unpaid arrears

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) and the Coalition of Concerned Teachers- Ghana have called on the Controller and Accountant-General’s Department (CAGD) and the Ghana Education Service (GES) to ensure that arrears owed teachers are paid by December 5, 2019. The President of the Coalition of Concerned Teachers, King Ali Awudu, told Citi News […]

Minority demands withdrawal of new GH₵100, GH₵200 notes

The Minority in Parliament is demanding the immediate withdrawal of the new denominations of the Ghana Cedi introduced by the Bank of Ghana (BoG). A member of the Finance Committee, Benjamin Komla Kpodo, in questioning the timing for the issuance of new notes, insisting BoG withdraws it for further consultations. “We do not have any law, asking them to […]

Take good care of teachers – Kufuor to gov’t

Former President John Agyekum Kufour has urged the Akufo-Addo-led government to make teachers proud of their chosen profession by prioritising their condition of service so that they can impact good character in students. Speaking at the 70th anniversary celebration and speech and prize giving day of Prempeh college held in Kumasi on Saturday, 30 November […]

No child’ll be denied SHS education by reason of poverty – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called on Ghanaians not to give the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) mandate in the 2020 general elections to come and cancel the free SHS policy. Nana Akufo-Addo said the NDC wants to cancel the policy under the disguise of reviewing but reiterated that the policy has come […]

New notes waste of public purse – Dery

Edward Kaale-Ewola Dery Member of Parliament for Lambussie-Karni Constituency has chided the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government for introducing new cedi notes. According to him, the introduction of the new notes is a waste of public purse. He said the move is a means to perpetuate corruption. Mr Dery who is the Vice Chairman of […]

Policeman interdicted for alleged rape of suspect’s wife

A policeman at Manso Datano in the Ashanti Region has been arrested and detained for allegedly raping the wife of a suspect in custody. He has also been interdicted by the police administration. The policeman is said to have raped the victim several times at the Manso Datano Police Station in the Amansie South District. […]

Auditor General sues EOCO

The Auditor-General, Daniel Yaw Domelevo has sued the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) at an Accra High Court with the hope of stopping the latter from investigating his outfit and the Audit Service. According to Mr. Domelevo, EOCO does not have the power to investigate corruption-related activities in relation to procurement processes. EOCO earlier […]

70% of Ghanaians still rely on cash despite plans to go cashless – BoG

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) says its research has shown that 70 per cent of Ghanaians still rely on hard cash for trading in spite of efforts to go cashless. Explaining the decision that went into the introduction of the new GHS200 and GHS100 notes, at a training workshop for members of the Institute of […]