The Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central, Hon Isaac Adongo has described the decision by government to undertake a sim re-registration exercise was ”displaying ignorance and incompetence”. According to the law maker and a financial expert, a simple KPI from Bank of Bank and National Communication Authority about fraud with consequences will achieve significant than the unwarranted re-registration exercise. Kindly read the full response as issued out by Hon Isaac Adongo Bawumia’s statement about re-registration of sim cards to stop momo fraud, while compelling is nonsensical.(1) He talks about reliance on the National ID only, in contravention of the laws…
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The Member of Parliament for Talensi Constituency has presented a number of musical instruments to St. Theresa Catholic Church at Tongo. On Monday, the Member of Parliament for Talensi joined the Catholic community at the St. Theresa Catholic Church, Tongo, to celebrate morning Mass. Hon B.T. Baba and his entourage, used the occasion to also present some musical equipment as response to a request made on him by the Parish Priest. The items were handed over to the church by the Constituency Chairman. Speaking before the handing over, the chairman urged the church to put the items to the right…
The late chief of the Gbeogo Traditional Areas has been buried. The final funeral right was held on Sunday, May 16, at Gbeogo. The Hon. Member of Parliament for Talensi Constituency, the Hon. B. T. Baba led an NDC party delegation to Gbeogo to witness the final funeral rites of the chief of the area. The party in a brief speech presented by the chairman, Mr George Adongo Ayamboya extolled the virtues of the late Chief of the area and described him as a developmentally oriented leader who brought a lot of developmental projects and NGOs to the area. The…
The Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA), has served notice it will embark on strike beginning June 4, 2021. The industrial action according to the group, will be in force if the Finance Ministry halts the payment of allowances to some of its members who have been described as “unqualified office holders in the public universities”. GAUA in a statement argued that despite petitions to the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry is still going “ahead to withdraw the allowances of members who were legitimately appointed to head offices through no fault of theirs to be unfairly treated this way” “It…
The Former Member of Parliament for Tema East Constituency, Hon Titus Nii Kwartei Glover, has rendered an unqualified apology to former President John Dramani Mahama. In what seems to be a strange culture in Ghana’s politics, the NPP former Member of Parliament has openly demonstrated a sense of maturity and has regreted on once casting a slur on the persona of Mr Mahama for a mere political gain. According to Mr Glover, he made some comments against Mr Mahama’s person during a political discussion. The nature of Ghana’s politics is one of character assissination, strongly targeted at main political players…
The National Communications Officer of the biggest opposition party in Ghana, has given out a number of interventions that were taken by the erstwhile Mahama administration in the health sector, to debunk the erroneous impression created by the General Managress of GhOne Tv. A 12 year old boy, who lost his life at North Tongu constituency as a result of difficulty in getting a bed for him at a tertiary hospital facility has led to the Member of Parliament for North Tongu and the Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram to advocate for reforms in our health system in order to…
The Member of Parliament for Atebubu Amantin Constituency, Hon Sanja Nanja, man of the grassroot as he is affectionately referred to by his constituents, has provided a potable water for two farming communities in the Atebubu district. On Sunday, May 16, 2021, the Member of Parliament commissioned two mechanized borehole facilities in two farming communities in the Atebubu-Amantin constituency to provide potable water for the people of these communities. With barely five months in office as a Member of Parliament, Hon Sanja Nanja proved to his supporters and the good people of the constituency of his readiness to competently execute…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revealed Ghana’s public debt as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for 2020 was 78 percent. According to the IMF, the rise in the debt stock can be attributed to the inclusion of some GH¢7.63 billion costs incurred in the energy sector which was somewhat excluded by government in its calculation of the total debt stock. This however, paints a different picture of the public debt figure as quoted by government institutions such as the Bank of Ghana and the Ministry of Finance, who put the figure at 76.1 percent for the period.…
The Member of Parliament for the North Tongu Constituency, Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, is advocating for a policy that will ban government appointees from travelling outside Ghana to seek medical care. This, he believes, will lead the government to focus more on fixing the numerous challenges in the country’s healthcare system. Mr Ablakwa made this statement after a 12-year old boy passed away in his constituency due to difficulty in transferring him to a tertiary hospital for urgent medical care. “With the continuous no bed syndrome, why are there so many abandoned hospital projects all over the country? And why…
A number of driver unions have collectively announced a 20 percent fare increment effective Monday, May 17, 2021. On Saturday, May 1, 2021, the Akufo-Addo government introduced a number of taxes on goods and services to raise money for the 2021 national budget. Subsequent to the implementation of these taxes, the prices of petroleum products have seen a higher hike and commercial drivers have since agitated for increment in fares. Majority of ghanaians have rejected against these new taxes and complained that they are already suffering from the effect of COVID-19 pandemic for which many have lost their jobs and…