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Stakes are high at the ongoing National Delegates Conference of the Tertiary Educational Workers Union (TEWU) in Kumasi over the alleged autocratic leadership of Chairman Dr. Peter Kwaku Lumor. Police personnel were brought in to restore calm on Thursday due to a decision which some members claim was contrary to the TEWU constitution. Some members and executives are threatening to disrupt the conference on Friday. It is scheduled to take place at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). TEWU’s Greater Accra Regional 1st Vice Chairman, Effah Baffoe Gyamfi, in an interview Onua FM’s Yen Sempa on Friday said “the chairman…

The entire results of 48,855 candidates who sat for this year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) have been withheld over various malpractices, the West African Examination Council has revealed. The affected candidates, representing 14.12 per cent of the total candidates who wrote the exams, were said to have taken to the examination halls, foreign materials such as prepared notes, printed material and mobile phones. Some of them were also found to have colluded with others and planned cheating with the connivance of some supervisors and school authorities. WAEC in a statement Monday to announce the release of the…

The National Tripartite Committee (NTC) has announced an increase in the National Daily Minimum Wage (NDMW) to GH¢11.82. The new NDMW is an 11 per cent increase over the from GH¢10.65 figure for 2019. It will take effect from January 1, 2020. The NDMW is the least wage any employer in the country can pay a worker in a day. Announcing the increase in Accra, the Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, Mr Ignatius Baffour-Awuah, also stated that the NTC had agreed that the new NDMW should be tax-exempt. He advised all establishments, institutions and organisations to adjust their wages…

The National Tripartite Committee (NTC) has announced an increase in the National Daily Minimum Wage (NDMW) to GH¢11.82. The new NDMW is an 11 per cent increase over the from GH¢10.65 figure for 2019. It will take effect from January 1, 2020. The NDMW is the least wage any employer in the country can pay a worker in a day. Announcing the increase in Accra, the Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, Mr Ignatius Baffour-Awuah, also stated that the NTC had agreed that the new NDMW should be tax-exempt. He advised all establishments, institutions and organisations to adjust their wages…

A research and advocacy think-tank has asked the Ministry of Education to scrap the use of scratch card by BECE and WASSCE candidates in accessing their results, describing the sale of the cards as exploitative. Since 2004, results of students who sit for WAEC examinations are first released online before hardcopies are dispatched to the various schools for candidates to pick them up. Candidates wishing to utilise the online platform to check their results are required to buy a scratch card for 5 cedis before they are able to gain access to the WAEC system. But this, according to CUTS…

ARB Apex Bank Limited has asked the public to disregard claims that the Bank of Ghana is set to withdraw the licences of Rural and Community Banks (RCBs) across the country as part of the clean-up of the financial sector. It described as “malicious”, an audio message circulating on social media which claimed the central bank was preparing to clean-up the rural and community banking sector after closing down some banks, microfinance companies, and savings and loans companies for being insolvent. “The Bank of Ghana has completed the clean-up exercise and will not ‘descend’ on RCBs as is being maliciously…

ARB Apex Bank Limited has asked the public to disregard claims that the Bank of Ghana is set to withdraw the licences of Rural and Community Banks (RCBs) across the country as part of the clean-up of the financial sector. It described as “malicious”, an audio message circulating on social media which claimed the central bank was preparing to clean-up the rural and community banking sector after closing down some banks, microfinance companies, and savings and loans companies for being insolvent. “The Bank of Ghana has completed the clean-up exercise and will not ‘descend’ on RCBs as is being maliciously…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has formally commissioned the Awoamefia of the Anlo State, Togbe Sri III to solely mediate in the Bimbilla chieftaincy dispute in the Northern region. A commissioning ceremony was performed Thursday by a high powered government delegation led by the Minister of National Security, Albert Kan-Dapaah, in Anloga in the Volta Region. The delegation presented the letter of appointment to Togbi Sri III on behalf of President Akufo-Addo at a colourful ceremony attended by the chiefs and people of Anlo State. The President announced the intervention for peace during his last tour of the Volta region.…

The chief executive of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) Adjenim Boateng Adjei who has been suspended over alleged conflict of interest and corruption says he is being crucified by the public for no wrongdoing. But the man who is currently under investigations by the Office of the Special Prosecutor indicated he is unfazed by the public persecution, noting he is “very much in high spirit” Speaking to TV3’s Komla Klutse Thursday after his first meeting with the anti-graft institution, Mr Adjei stated “The public is simply speaking words of untruth. I regret the way I’m being crucified for doing nothing”.…

Suspended chief executive of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) Adjenim Boateng Adjei has been charged by the Office of the Special Prosecutor for allegedly selling government contracts. Mr Adjei was charged Thursday together with the chief executive of Talent Discovery Limited (TDL), Francis Arhin, but was granted self-recognisance bail to appear again on Friday for further investigations into a case of corruption and abuse of office. The PPA boss was suspended following an investigative documentary by Manasseh Azure Awuni, which revealed a company he co-owned, has been selling government contracts it won through single source and restrictive tendering, to the…