Новости за 11.01.2024

Kwasi Kwaning-Bosompem, the Controller and Accountant General, has stated that any public sector worker without a Ghana Card will risk losing his/her salary effective March 2024. This follows the launch of a software solution that integrated the databases of the Mechanised Payroll System of the Controller and Accountant General 39;s Department (CAGD) and the National Identification Authority (NIA) for validation and verification of salaries of government workers.

The Minority in Parliament has assured Ghanaians that it will do everything legitimately within its power to ensure that the Electoral Commission (EC) rescinds its decision not to use indelible ink in the 2024 elections.

Founder and leader of the New Force Movement, Nana Kwame Bediako, also known as Cheddar or Freedom Justice Caesar, has detailed how he came into contact with repatriated Belgian National, Shalimar Abbiusi.

Investigative journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni has said The Fourth Estate will soon petition the Commissioner for the Right to Information (RTI) Office. He disclosed this an interview with Alfred Ocansey on 39;Ghana Tonight 39;, on January 10 after the Finance Ministry turned down an RTI request for copies of contracts between the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and Strategic Mobilisation Limited (SML).

Contrary to speculations that the Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Rev. Dr. Ammyshaddai Owusu-Amoah has fled the country with his family, ostensibly to dodge investigations ghananewsonline.

Former Minister of Energy and Petroleum, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah has indicated that Ghana is currently grappling with a severe case of Load Shedding, commonly known as Dumsor. In the last two days, numerous areas have experienced long hours of light out reportedly due to the unavailability of gas to fuel thermal plants within the Tema enclave which can be attributed to financial constraints.

Economist and former Board Chair of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Prof. Stephen Adei has kicked against the implementation of Value Added Tax (VAT) on the supply of electricity above the lifeline for residential purposes.

Chief Executive Officer of IMANI Centre for Policy and Education, Franklin Cudjoe has bemoaned the additional 15% VAT imposition on electricity consumption by government. The additional tax is part of the implementation of the government rsquo;s medium-term revenue strategy and the IMF-supported post Covid-19 programme for Economic Growth (PC-PEG).

Deputy Ranking Member on the Education Committee of Parliament, Dr. Clement Apaak has questioned government over the challenges facing several Senior High Schools in the country when Parliament always approves full budget requests for the policy.

A founding member of the ruling New Patriotic Party, Dr. Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe has called for the setting up of a commission of inquiry to investigate all persons who have served in the current government.

Research and innovation services hub and a web 3. 0 company, Heritors Labs Limited, in collaboration with its partners RISA Fund, the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI), and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) organised a one-day workshop on patent drafting and filing skills for scientists, researchers, and innovators.

The Volta Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has expressed concern over the repeated sighting of drones hovering over restricted areas and security installations within the Ho Municipality and other parts of the region.

The Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Sulemana Braimah has admonished government to come clean if the era of load shedding is back. Parts of the country in the last 48 hours have suffered unannounced power outages that lasted over 10 hours in some cases.

Ministry of Finance has denied the Editor-in-Chief of the Fourth Estate, Manasseh Azure Awuni, access to a copy of the Upstream Petroleum Audit Contract between the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Strategic Mobilisation Limited (SML) and the Ministry under the Right to Information Act.

The Chief Executive Officer of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP), Mr Kofi Ofosu Nkansah, has been released after his arrest by the Office of the Special Prosecutor for alleged vote-buying.

A leading member of the ruling New Patriotic Party, Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe has urged whoever wins the December 7, 2024 presidential poll to ensure that all ongoing projects funded with the tax payer 39;s money are completed.

A leading member of the New Patriotic Party, Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe has advised whoever emerges as the next president of the country after the December 7, 2024 presidential poll to stop protocol recruitments into the security services.