Court Fines Former Savanna Region NDC Organiser Gh20k
The Tamale High Court presided over by his Lordship, Justice, Eric Ansah Ankomah has slapped the immediate past Savannah Regional Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Inusah Abdulai with a fine of GH¢ 20,000. Mr Abdulai took his successor, Sorku Kassim Yahuza, and the NDC as a party to court, petitioning it to nullify the 2023 Savannah Regional Executives’...
Avoid Fixture Clashes With High-profile League – Sports Minister To GFA
The Minister for Youth and Sports Mustapha Ussif believes avoiding fixture clashes with some of the ‘best’ leagues in the world could be an option for fans to show interest in the Ghana Premier League. According to him, fans do not watch the Premier League or go to the stadia due to the fact that the games are sometimes scheduled...
Urban Sanitation: Tamale Metro Assembly Clears 24 Dumping Sites
The Tamale Metropolitan Assembly (TaMA) in collaboration with sanitation and waste management giant, Zoomlion Ghana Company Limited, on Monday, July 31, embarked on the evacuation of heaps of garbage at various dumping sites located in various communities in the metropolis. The city authorities started the mass evacuation exercise earlier this year but had to put it on hold due...
Pension Funds Under Review For New Renewed Debt Exchange
The government will pursue the restructuring of pension funds in the next phase of the domestic debt exchange programme (DDEP). It will also exchange debt in the energy sector including independent power producers (IPPs); cocoa bills, local US dominated bond, and Bank of Ghana non tradable debt as part of efforts to bring the country’s debt to sustainable levels. ...
1D1F: Over 160,000 Direct, Indirect Jobs Created – Finance Minister
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has disclosed that the implementation of the One District One Factory (1D1F) initiative has led to the creation of 160,000 direct and indirect jobs. He says this is a huge step to mitigate the impact of the severe economic challenges in the country and also to preserve growth. “As of June, 2023, 126 factories were operational nationwide.” “Over...
NHIA Reduces Claims Payments Backlog To Just One Month
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has made additional payments of Ghs186 million cedis to credentialed healthcare service providers. The July 31, 2023 payments have reduced to just ' One month debt owed to credentialed healthcare service providers. Prior to these latest payments, the Authority paid GHs 471 million Cedis to cover claims submitted for up to January 2023....
Boxing: Crawford Stops Spence In 9th Round, Crowned Undisputed Champion
Terence Crawford dismantled Errol Spence Jr to become the four-belt era's first undisputed welterweight champion.The WBO champion, 35, knocked Spence down three times before the referee ended the punishment in the ninth.The win makes him the first man to win undisputed titles in two weight classes as he stripped his fellow American of his WBC, WBA (Super) and IBF...
School Feeding Arrears Paid Caterers, Up To 1st Term Of 2023
The government has since 2016 added a total of 2,446 new public schools to the existing schools under the Ghana School Feeding Programme. The new addition of the schools has also pushed the beneficiaries from the 1,671,777 in 8,326 public basic schools in 2016 to 3,801,491 beneficiaries in 10,832 public basic schools by 2023. Similarly, government has also increased the cost...
70% Of Cases Thrown Out Of Court Due To Bad Lawyering – Chief Justice Complains
The Chief Justice, Her Ladyship Gertrude Torkornoo says about 70% of cases that are thrown out of court are a result of bad lawyering. According to her, the legal profession is granular in nature and therefore demands a high level of diligence, competence, and integrity. She says the failure on the part of lawyers to follow rules of procedure and present...
