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Mines and Energy Committee demands details on $12m expenditure on botched Agyapa deal
The Mines and Energy Committee in Parliament has demanded further details on the alleged expenditure of the $12million spent on the Agyapa deal.
The Chairman...
Ad-hoc committee probing Gold Coast Fund issues to begin public hearing
The ad-hoc committee set up by the Speaker of Parliament to probe the non-payment of customers of the defunct Gold Coast Fund is set...
National Ambulance Service Entity Tender Committee inaugurated
The National Ambulance Service has inaugurated a 10 member Entity Tender Committee to ensure procurement activities in the Service to follow due regulations.
The Committee...
DCOP Lydia Donkor chairs Safety Committee of GFA
The Director-General of the Police Professional Standards Bureau (PPSB) DCOP Lydia Donkor has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Security Committee of the...
Liberia: President Boakai announces Tough Anti-Drugs measures, declaring Drugs National Public Health Emergency
The President of the Republic, H.E. Joseph Nyuma Boakai has announced a series of critical measures aimed at combating the plague of substance abuse...
Controller and Accountant General ‘swerves’ PAC after parliamentary primary defeat
The Controller and Accountant General, Kwasi Kwaning-Bosompem, on Monday, January 29, opted to avoid facing the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) following his recent defeat...
Adamus Resources Ltd sets records straight on Interim Management Committee
Adamus Resources Ltd has clarified recent inaccuracies related to the formation of an Interim Management Committee (IMC).
This follows a public notice issued on...
Presidency on Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Ministers of Public Enterprises and Electricity to...
President Cyril Ramaphosa has approved a Memorandum of Understanding entered into by Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan and Minister of Electricity Kgosientsho Ramokgopa...
Farouk Aliu Mahama is new Chairman of the Government Assurance Committee of Parliament
In a significant shakeup of Parliamentary Committees, Member of Parliament for Yendi, Farouk Aliu Mahama has assumed the role of Chairman of the Government...
OSP seizes Cecilia Dapaah’s cash, freezes her accounts again
The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), says it has complied with the High Court ruling directing it to return Cecilia Dapaah’s seized cash...
Let Auditor-General explain transfer of ¢52.5b to unknown account in 2020 – Accountant petitions...
A chartered accountant has petitioned Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee to investigate the unexplained withdrawal of GH¢52.5 billion from the government’s account at GCB Bank...
No money in Marine Drive Project account – Tourism Ministry
The Ministry of Tourism has disclosed to the Public Accounts Committee that the project account of the Marine Drive Project is empty.
The Chief Director...
Ofori-Atta happy with Committee probing Censure Motion over this…
The Finance Minister says he is pleased with the decision by the Parliamentary Ad-hoc Committee on Censure to strike out grounds One and Three...
Censure motion hearing: PIAC, GNPC face committee
The Parliamentary Ad-hoc Committee hearing the censure motion against embattled Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, will resume sitting today.
This comes after the suspension of proceedings...
Ofori-Atta’s censure motion: Sittings of Ad hoc Committee televised live
The Ad-hoc Committee constituted to probe the Minority in Parliament's motion of censure, against the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta commenced its sittings on Tuesday,...
Check out how much was paid as COLA to public sector workers
Government has paid an amount of Four Hundred and Eighty-Five Million Ghana Cedis (GHc485,000,000.00) as Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) to public sector workers.
This...
I never said public sector workers are overpaid – Government Statistician
Government statistician, Professor Samuel Kobina Annim says contrary to the widespread narrative in the public domain, he has not asserted that public sector workers...
Public sector workers are overpaid – Govt Statistician
The Government Statistician, Professor Samuel Kobina Annim, has said workers in the public sector are generally overpaid for work done.
The Government Statistician said...
Dr Ayine wants Sam Okudzeto out of GLC Disciplinary Committee hearing against him
Former Deputy Attorney General, Dr Dominic Ayine, has through his lawyers, registered an objection to the participation of Council of State member, Sam Awuku...
GRA fails to account for 97 confiscated vehicles – Auditor-General reveals
The Auditor-General (A-G) has cited the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) for failing to account for 97 vehicles the authority seized between January 2015 and...
National Security Minister refuses to make cost of Akufo-Addo’s foreign travels public
The Minister of National Security, Albert Kan Dapaah, has told Parliament that he is unable to make public, the details of President Nana Akufo-Addo’s...
Committee suspends budget consideration over Minister’s refusal to submit audit accounts
The Communications Committee of Parliament on Tuesday suspended consideration of budget estimates for the ministry.
This was on the back of the sector Minister,...
Conduct of Public Officers Law in the offing – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Akufo-Addo says the Attorney General, on behalf of the government, is currently leading the effort to enact a law on the Conduct...
NDC MPs won’t boycott debate on 2022 budget; we want to hold the ‘elephant’...
The General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has reiterated the commitment of the party to resist the approval of the electronic...
I advised National Security Minister not to make details of Akufo-Addo’s foreign trips public...
It seems the Minority’s quest for answers to the cost of President Nana Akufo-Addo’s international trips on the national purse may not be realised...
Minority demands status of Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill before Constitutional and Legal Affairs committee
The Minority in Parliament is demanding clarification on the status of the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values 2021.
This, according...
MP to launch ‘gofundme’ account to complete Aflao E-block
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ketu South, Dzifa Gomashie, is set to launch a gofundme account to raise funds to operationalise the uncompleted...
Withdraw ‘no Ghana card no salary’ notice – NAGRAT tells Controller and Accountant-General [Audio]
Controller and Accountant-General’s Department (CAGD) has been urged to withdraw the notice indicating that all public sector workers without Ghana Card won’t receive salaries...
Full speech: Kaaka’s family reacts to Ejura committee report
Press Statement of the Family of Ibrahim ‘Kaaka’ Mohammed in Relation to theReport of the Ministerial Committee on the Ejura KillingsMonday, 04 October 2021...
Ejura committee was an incubator of fake news, attack dog on media – Kaaka’s...
The family of Ibrahim Kaaka Mohammed, the social media activist who was murdered, has taken a jibe at the Justice Koomson Committee, which was...
Ghana’s democracy can only be sustained with effective oversight and accountability – Governance expert
A governance and accountability expert says until Ghana strengthens its accountability architecture, needless judgment debts, threats of demonstrations, controversial car loans discussions, civil unrest...
Minority charges Auditor-General to probe accounts of spouses of President and Veep
JoyNews/AdomNews · Minority demands Auditor-General to probe accounts of spouses of President and Veep
The Minority in Parliament has charged the Auditor-General to probe accounts...
Ejura probe: Kaaka’s family ‘snubs’ committee
The family of the late social media activist, Ibrahim ‘Kaaka’ Mohammed, will not participate in the ongoing public inquiry into circumstances that led to...
Produce unaccounted GH¢627,490 payment vouchers or … – PAC to NITA
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has given officials of the National Information Technology Agency (NITA) a five-day ultimatum to produce payment vouchers amounting to...
Parliament to nominate members of 11 standing committees
Parliamentary has constituted a 20-member Committee of Selection, to oversee the nomination of members to the 11 Standing Committees of the House.
The Committee, pursuant...
NDC’s Political Committee to hold urgent meeting following death of Rawlings
The Political Committee of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is set to hold a meeting following the death of the party’s founder, Jerry John...
Public Universities’ Bill suspended for further consultation
The controversial Public Universities’ Bill has been suspended at the Education Committee level in Parliament for further consultation.
The bill was met with stiff opposition...
Chartered Accountants urged to wake up from slumber and help fight corruption
Members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants have been urged to take an active role in Ghana’s Public Finance Administration to ensure accountability and...
Twitter says hackers viewed 36 accounts’ private messages
Twitter has revealed that hackers viewed private direct messages (DMs) from 36 of the accounts involved in last week’s hack.
It did not disclose who...
Seth Terkper writes: Public debt higher than BoG’s 59.3% of GDP
PUBLIC DEBT HIGHER THAN BOG’s 59.3 PERCENT: CAN’T DEFY GRAVITY WITHOUT BOG
Introduction
The Bank of Ghana (BOG) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) Report for May 2020...