The Ashanti Regional Deputy Secretary of the ruling National Democratic Congress has described as “needless, purely partisan and hogwash,” the thirty percent government appointees sworn into the various Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies. Kwame Zu was livid speaking passionately about the kind of names put up as government appointees joining the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly as […]
The government of Ghana has scored high marks for its support in the fight against HIV-AIDS. According to the Director General of the Ghana AIDS Commission, Dr. Angela El Adas, even though there are still some holes to block, the John Mahama-led government has been very proactive in the area of providing funding and the right
Organized labor says it is skeptical government will lay off workers during the implementation of the first phase of the International Monetary Fund, (IMF) bailout programme. Although government is expecting the second tranche of the bailout, organized labour wants government to implement the recommendations of the Senchi review of the economy and ignore proposals by
Negotiations for conditions of service for public-sector doctors and other health professionals are expected to resume at the Ministry of Finance today. Employment and Labour Relations Minister, Mr Haruna Iddrisu, and the President of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA), Dr Kwabena Opoku-Adusei, confirmed the resumption of negotiations in separate interviews with the Daily Graphic yesterday.
Government has pulled out of conditions of service negotiations with striking members of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA). According to government, it cannot negotiate with the doctors while they are on strike. The GMA last month called the strike demanding that government puts in place conditions of service for its members. The two parties have
Leader of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called on government and striking doctors to resume negotiations to save the lives of innocent and poor Ghanaians.
Government has denied reports in the public domain that it has agreed to pay 50% of doctors salaries as their professional allowance. Government’s reaction comes on the back of speculations attributed to Accra based Joy Fm which indicated that “government has accepted to pay 50% of basic salary per month as the professional allowance.” The
