OccupyGhana says it is deeply dismayed and disappointed at what is becoming the regular, violent misbehavior of Members of Parliament. The nation witnessed the latest mass, violent misbehavior on December 20, 2021 on the floor of Parliament. According to the group, MPs were aware, yet unconcerned, that the entire nation was watching on live National Television, when they engaged in despicable ...
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Journalists must not accept government appointments – Kwame Pianim
Veteran politician, Mr. Kwame Pianim has called on journalists to desist from accepting appointments from politicians. According to him, when journalists accept offers to serve in government positions, it has the possibility of influencing their judgment and compromising their role as the watchdogs of society. Speaking on Accra-based Asaase Radio, the former government official indicated that per the rules of ...
Read More »Consideration of budget estimates for EC, Communications Ministry on hold
The Special Budget Committee of Parliament will not consider budget estimates for the Electoral Commission until the Chairperson of the commission appears before it. This is according to a member of the committee and Deputy Minority Chief Whip, Ahmed Ibrahim. The consideration of the budget estimates for the Ministry of Communications and Digitalisation has also hit a snag. At the ...
Read More »WFP in Ghana Welcomes its New Representative and Country Director
Ms. Barbara Clemens has assumed her position as Representative and Country Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Ghana. She brings over thirty years of progressive experience in multi-functional roles in humanitarian and development programmes around the world. Barbara joins us directly from WFP Nigeria where she was the Head of Programme for one of WFP’s large emergency ...
Read More »9 perish in accident on Sawla-Wa road
Police in Sawla in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District have confirmed nine persons on board a VIP Bus with registration number GT 5693-16 have died in an accident. Nine others onboard the bus sustained various degrees of injuries. The VIP bus on which they were traveling is said to be heading towards Wa from Accra and was involved in a fatal accident ...
Read More »2021 WASSCE: Over 45% of candidates failed in Maths and English Language
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) says there was a decline in the performance of candidates in Mathematics and English Language in this year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). In a press statement announcing the release of the 2021 results, WAEC revealed that 54.08 percent of the candidates excelled in the English Language compared to 57.34 percent who ...
Read More »Minority angry over Finance Minister, deputies’ absence at 2022 budget debate
The Minority in Parliament has raised red flags about the absence of the Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, his two deputies, and the Minister of State at the Presidency in charge of Finance, Charles Adu Boahene, during the debate of the 2022 budget statement and fiscal policy of the government. According to the Deputy Minority Chief Whip, Ahmed Ibrahim, it ...
Read More »Accra is Africa’s 3rd most polluted city – 2020 World Air Quality Report
Accra is the 3rd most polluted city in Africa, according to the 2020 World Air Quality Report, published by Swiss firm, IQAir. The Malian capital, Bamako, topped the list of most polluted African cities, with the air quality there considered “unhealthy for sensitive groups”. Sebokeng in South Africa followed in the 2nd position. The city of Vereeniging in South Africa ...
Read More »EC to accept only Ghana Card as proof of citizenship in next voter registration
The Electoral Commission (EC) says it is ready to adopt the Ghana card as the only document to prove one’s citizenship in the next voter registration exercise. Dr Serebour Quaicoe, Director, Electoral Services at the EC, told the Ghana News Agency in an interview that the Commission had already reached a consensus with the political parties and was waiting for ...
Read More »Attorney-General directs GLC to admit 499 students, offers 3 pathways for admission
The Attorney-General, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has directed the General Legal Council (GLC) to admit the 499 students who had earlier been denied admission to the Ghana School of Law. His direction follows two letters from the President, Akufo-Addo, requesting that he [Mr Dame] makes “the necessary intervention to the General Legal Council, on behalf of the 499 students, to address ...
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