Former Vice Chancellor of the University for Professional Studies (UPSA), Professor Joshua Alabi, has disclosed that he was not contacted to respond to the Auditor-General’s report which made adverse findings against him and demanded that he refunds over GHȻ264,000 to the university.The Acting Auditor-General, Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu, in the audited report of public boards, corporations and other statutory institutions ending December 2019, directed that Prof. Alabi be made to refund the money which was expended in the procurement of legal services between 2014 and 2017 without evidence of work.“We noted during our review that, Management of UPSA, Accra, signed a…
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Alhaji Haruna SeiduThe government’s silence on the cashew industry in the 2021 Budget and Economic Statement is an indication that it has no proper plans for cashew farmers in the country, Member of Parliament of Wenchi, Alhaji Haruna Seidu has said.He said although the President mentioned the cashew industry in his first State of Nation Address (SONA) to Parliament, the silence of the budget on it meant that the government had no clear cut policy to improve the lives of cashew farmers in the country.Speaking in an interview with the Daily Graphic, he said the cashew industry had been bedeviled…
I thought I should mind my business, after all whatever an illegitimate president does is of no relevance to me a legitimate citizen of Ghana. But no! My grandfather ones said, when the wise men decline to attend a community meeting to take a decision, “the stupid men” will do and their decision will be binding on both the stupid and the wise. And like President Akufo once said, though plagiarized; “we have to be citizens and not spectators”. It is on the basis of these that I’m putting together this piece of writing.President Akufo Addo haven assumed the mantle…
The Volta Regional NDC wishes to inform the good people of the region to brace themselves up for the state sponsored hardships that will be unleashed on Ghanaians by H.E Nana Akuffo Addo led government as contained in the 2021 budget. This has become apparent as a result of the numerous taxes that Ghanaians will be compelled to pay in the mist of the covid19 woes. In the face of most businesses folding up and people being thrown out of employment because of the covid 19 pandemic, the Nana Addo led government has decided to aggravate the situation of Ghanaians…
The Ghana Education Service has instructed authorities at the Achimota School to admit the 2 first year Rastafarian students.This comes after a massive reaction on social media following the senior high school’s denial of 2 Rastafarian students who got admission but were refused admission to enroll because they had dreadlocks. An aggrieved parent of one of the students who were denied admission took to social media to register his dissatisfaction over the unfair treatment by the management of the school.“My son was one of the affected children and the other student was also refused on the same grounds. We have no…
The Presidency in a response to Civil Society Organisations (CSO) against corruption on the retirement of Mr Daniel Yaw Domelevo as Auditor-General has given a detailed account on circumstances surrounding his appointment, his work and the eventual retirement.In a 21-page open letter dated March 19, 2021, signed and issued by the Secretary to the President, Nana Bediatuo Asante, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo explained that how Mr Domelevo was appointed and how he executed his job was indicative that his allegiance was not to the nation Ghana. The Presidency explained that events leading to the selection of Mr Domelevo for the…
The Minister of Agriculture, Mr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, at the weekend, met with the various constituency executives in his home region, the Ashanti Region, to discuss with them of his intention to run for the NPP flagbearership bid.In Mr Afriyie Akoto, the Agric Minister’s bid to become the Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the 2024 General Elections, last Saturday, met with the Constituency Executives in the Ashanti Region to seek for their support ahead of the flagbearership race.A reliable sources within his team revealed a shocking amount of money Mr Owusu Afriyie Akoto spent in his three…
Member of Parliament for Wenchi, Hon Haruna Seidu has expressed shocked over the sudden demise of his constituency Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Ibrahim Haruna.The Constituency Organizer, who has been described as ”Loyal and Hard Working ” of the NDC passed on at the Komfo-Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi after battling a kidney related illness.A statement by the incumbent MP, Hon Seidu, said ”late Ibrahim played a pivotal role that led the NDC to snatched the Parliamentary seat from the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) at the 2020 general election”.The MP sent his condolences to the immediate bereaved…
The Council of Elders of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has met with the leadership of the NDC and its caucus in Parliament at the instance of the Council.This follows an earlier meeting of the council with the party leadership on Tuesday, 9 March 2021, to discuss issues relating to recent developments in Parliament arising from the approval of some Ministers designate.The Council of Elders of the NDC met with the leadership of the party and its caucus in Parliament on Tuesday, March 16, 2021.In a statement, Chairman of the Council of Elders Alhaji Mahama Iddrisu noted that the Council…
Tsatsu Tsikata, the lead counsel for Petitioner John Mahama in the just-ended Election Petition has explained that among the election petition verdict delivered on March 4, the justices unanimously decided that the preliminary objections raised by the Electoral Commission (EC) and President Nana Akufo-Addo had no merit.“In other words, legally, what he [Mahama] brought before the court could not just be thrown out as a preliminary matter. So, I have to say that, in that respect, we achieved a very important step,” Tsatsu Tsikata explained on the KSM Show broadcast on Friday.“The fact that the decision went against us is…