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Technical University (TU) teachers are on strike on three main dimensions; (a) wrongful but deliberate application of an amended law in retrospection, (b) lack of will and blatant failure on the part of government to pay without any excuse, University Salaries to Technical University Teachers, and (c) Government’s deception and neglect for the lawful effective date of migration of Senior Members of TUs onto the Public University Salary Structure. (a) Wrongful but deliberate application of an amended law in retrospection In 2016, six (6) polytechnics were lawfully (by the Technical University Act 2016 (ACT 922)) converted to full-fledged Public Universities…

Twenty-seven schools have automatically qualified for the 2020 National Science and Math Quiz (NSMQ). The schools were the quarter-finalists in the 2019 edition, which saw St Augustine’s College beat PRESEC-Legon and St Peter’s SHS to the title. Losing finalists and record winners Presbyterian Boys’ SHS will lead Greater Accra Region’s charge. They will be joined by Accra Academy, Achimota School, Chemu SHS and St John’s Grammar. Central Region will have the winners, Augusco, leading that region with Wesley Girls’ High School, Adisadel College, University Practice SHS and Boa Amponsem SHS automatically joining them in next year’s contest. Opoku Ware School,…

The Coalition of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) wants to know from government the status of recommendations made by the Constitution Review Commission (CRC) established in January 2010. The Coalition, Election Community of Practice and Learning (ECOPL) is also demanding the roadmap for the implementation of these recommendations. Convener of the Coalition, Eyram Bashan speaking at a press briefing in Accra said the coalition will continue to press hard to positively mobilize and influence critical stakeholders within the governance landscape to ensure implementation of the commission’s recommendations. She revealed that, over 90% of the commission’s recommendations were accepted by government in…

Players in the mining sector are mounting pressure on government for accountability in the transfer of funds for the Minerals Development Fund. According to the Centre for Extractives and Development Africa, government disbursed only 12.5% out of the 20% required in 2017. The Minerals Development Fund Act of 2016 (Act 912) was set up to provide development projects for mining communities that have been negatively impacted by mining activities. According to the Center for Extractives and Development Africa, government has not been consistent with the disbursement of the funds. Co-chair of Ghana Extractive Transparency Initiative Dr. Steve Manteaw laments this…

Players in the mining sector are mounting pressure on government for accountability in the transfer of funds for the Minerals Development Fund. According to the Centre for Extractives and Development Africa, government disbursed only 12.5% out of the 20% required in 2017. The Minerals Development Fund Act of 2016 (Act 912) was set up to provide development projects for mining communities that have been negatively impacted by mining activities. According to the Center for Extractives and Development Africa, government has not been consistent with the disbursement of the funds. Co-chair of Ghana Extractive Transparency Initiative Dr. Steve Manteaw laments this…

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) will be able to do a good job in terms of power distribution if it is given the same support the government of Ghana gave to the Power Distributive Service (PDS), Dr Kwabena Donkor, the Former Minister of Power, has said. Dr Donkor told Winston Amoah on the Sunrise show on 3FM Tuesday that: “Basically with the conditions we approved for the PDS, if the same conditions had been approved for old ECG in running the place, their finances would have been better. “The quarterly tariff adjustment will be cost reflective and commercially profitable….…

The Ghana Education Service (GES) is currently undergoing the process of posting teachers who passed the 2018 Licensure Examination. According to the GES, postings will be completed and made public by end of November, 2019. GES noted in a statement that only persons who completed Colleges of Education and passed all necessary examinations in 2018 will be posted. They also charged all teachers who will be placed this year to accept their place of posting, and serve in the best interest of Ghana. “The GES reserves the right to post teachers to where their services are needed.” The Ghana Education…

Former Power Minister, Dr. Kwabena Donkor has kicked against any plans by the government to resort to restrictive tendering with regards to the PDS concession deal. In an interview on 3FM’s Sunrise hosted by Winston Amoah, he was emphatic that restrictive tendering is not the best way to go. He is therefore urging government to examine other available options like floating of shares, rather than rushing into the restrictive tendering. Dr. Kwabena Donkor who is also the Member of Parliament for Pru East recalled that Ghana’s Power sector reform program was approved by cabinet in 1995. “The component of power…

The Government of Ghana should not be in a haste to sign a new agreement as far as power distribution in Ghana is concerned if eventually, the agreement with PDS is cancelled, Dr Kwabena Donkor, Former Power Minister, has advised. He said government will need to reflect on the whole agreement and arrive at a better option for the nation. The government of Ghana announced its intention to terminate the concession deal with PDS. The consortium was responsible for the management and operations of ECG. But it appears the government letter dated 18 October 2019 signed by Finance Minister Mr…

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, left Ghana on Tuesday, 22nd October, 2019, to lead the Ghanaian delegation to attend the maiden Russia-Africa Summit, being held in Sochi, Russia. The Summit is being held to deepen the ties of friendship between the two sides, as well as explore other areas of co-operation to their mutual benefit. Whilst in Russia, President Akufo-Addo is expected to hold bilateral meetings with the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, deliver a statement on the floor of the Summit on the theme “For Peace, Security and Development”, and hold meetings with…