Ghana’s fight against corruption has been dealt another setback after the country was ranked as the second most corrupt African nation behind South Africa.The corruption perception index by the Transparency International stated about 71 percent of people living in Ghana say corruption has increased over the last twelve months.Most governments across Africa are also seen […]
Malaria-related cases are targeted to be reduced by 75 percent by the year 2020, Acting Programs Manager at the National Malaria Control Programme has said. Dr Kezia Malm who was speaking to newsmen during a media engagement in the Ashanti Region says several other efforts have been put in place to quell the increasing cases
Former boss of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Mr Emile Short, has applauded a suggestion that Integrity Awards be initiated by the presidency to recognise and celebrate incorruptible officials.“It is a good idea and my expectation is that the president will launch the idea so that this idea will be embraced
Former Attorney General Martin Amidu has revealed that President John Mahama nearly sold the Graphic Corporation when he was deputy minister of Communications under former President Jerry John Rawlings.According to him, the incident was the first to draw his attention to the inclusion of Mr Mahama in the NDC government.“As for President John Dramani Mahama
The Board of the Ghana National Petroleum Commission (GNPC) has approved the payment of ex-gratia to four of its former workers including, former Chief Executive Tsatsu Tsikata.Other people to benefit from the payment include, Chief Executive Officer of STRATCOM Africa, Esther Cobbah , who was Public Affairs Manager of the company. The other two are
Pope Francis has told worshippers in a mosque in the Central African Republic that “Christians and Muslims are brothers and sisters”. He was speaking to Muslims who had sought shelter in the capital Bangui after nearly three years of violence between Christians and Muslims. The mosque visit was seen as perhaps the most difficult part
Radio and television personality, Kwame Dzokoto has described as “insults”, a remark byDr Amoako Baah, a lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology which suggested that he should not go to parliament to joke if he is elected to represent the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Constituency. Dr Amoako Baah in an interview with Accra Base
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, is urging government to give Science and Technology programmes special funding dispensations as the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and other tertiary institutions crave and cry for public funding. He said in this way, the universities would be able to increase access and offer relevant and
The acting Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Mr. Freddie Blay, says the John Mahama-led National Democratic Congress government has set up a slush fund, with the sole purpose of fomenting trouble in the NPP, to damage the party’s image ahead of the 2016 election.According to Mr. Blay, with President Mahama desperate to hang
The infighting in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is not only blown out of proportion, but also planned and executed by forces outside the Danquah-Busia-Dombo family, the party’s flagbearer, Nana Akufo-Addo, has said.Mr Akufo-Addo told party supporters at a fundraising dinner in London that: “We now have good reason to believe that some of these
