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The RTI Bill was passed on Tuesday by few Members of Parliament[/caption] After two decades of back and forth, the Right to Information Bill was passed by Parliament on Tuesday March 26, 2019. Having gone through several policy changes and amendments as well as rigorous debates on the floor of the House in the past, the virtually empty parliament read the Bill for the third time and passed it. The House had to sit for longer hours into the evening to get the Bill passed by the few Members of Parliament present with Second Deputy Speaker, Alban Bagbin chairing proceedings. President…

A communicator for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Fredua Agyemang Ofori-Atta, has said that the media is ignorant about proceedings in parliament. The parliament of Ghana came under criticisms from the media for ignoring multiple-accident victims in Ghana and rather paying tribute to victims of Cyclone Idai in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi which took about 1000 lives. Speaking on TV3’s New Day Tuesday, Mr. Ofori-Atta said the media criticisms of the legislature are not justified, blaming same on what he said is a lack of knowledge on parliamentary proceedings. “So, the ignorance or lack of knowledge about proceedings…

Director of the Ghana School of Law (GSL) Mr Kwesi Prempeh-Eck, is wondering if the 17 law faculties in the country have what it takes to run professional legal courses. He is therefore urging the faculties to propose their quality assurance to the General Legal Council (GLC) for further consideration. Mr. Prempeh-Eck was addressing the 6th Jurists’ Confab 2019 organised by the Law Faculty of the University of Cape Coast(UCC) on the theme: Legal Education in Ghana and the Law Graduate; Challenges and Prospects. Various distinguished personalities in the legal fraternity met on the current state of legal education in…

Some former students of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) will stage a series of protests from Wednesday to demand the reinstatement of sacked lecturers and staff of the university. The protest is to also join the University Teachers Association of Ghana to pile pressure on the Vice Chancellor Rev. Fr. Prof. Anthony Afful-Broni to resign. Read: UTAG wants UEW VC resigned, Council chairman investigated by Akufo-Addo The former students under the name Concerned Students and Alumni (Central Region chapter) of the University of Education, Winneba said the Vice Chancellor should be sacked if he fails to resign. “The protest…

The Education Minister has been trying to reconcile factions in the crises[/caption] The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) is demanding the immediate resignation of the Vice Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba, Rev. Fr. Prof. Anthony Afful-Broni as it lists a litany of allegations against him. Prof. Afful-Broni who is accused of sabotaging and causing the removal of his predecessor Prof. Mawutor Avoke, UTAG said, “should be blamed personally for all the bad press UEW has seen in recent years”. “It is also interesting to note that there are allegations of financial malfeasance (i.e. GHS 5.7 million honorarium)…

The Appointments Committee of Parliament has put on hold the approval of minister designate for the Bono region, Evelyn Ama Kumi-Richardson, seeking clarifications on several issues including the authenticity of her PhD. Presenting the committee’s report on the floor of Parliament Tuesday, March 26, Chairman of the Appointments Committee, Joe Osei Owusu said all the ministers designate but Madam Evelyn have been approved. He added the committee will report back to the house if it finalizes with the vetting of the outstanding member. Explaining why Madam Evelyn has not bee approved yet, member of the committee, Sampson Ahi, said she…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says his government will continue to maintain fiscal discipline in the aftermath of the exit of the IMF programme. After having obtained successful ratings from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) about the country’s economic performance, and given a clean bill of health, President Akufo-Addo noted that there is a lesson that must be drawn from the 16th IMF programme, entered into by the erstwhile Mahama administration. “It is about a fundamental and basic matter all of us as Ghanaians have to bear in mind, and that is discipline in the management of our public finances.…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged Maltese companies to take advantage of the new impetus given to Ghana-Maltese relations by the reciprocal high-level visits of the last 18 months and invest in Ghana. Addressing a Ghana-Malta Business Forum at Valletta, Malta on Tuesday, March 26, President Akufo-Addo stated that Ghana “is ready for business, and I am happy that Maltese companies have already made investments to the tune of some $19 million in our country”. He told the gathering that there are several projects in Ghana, in the areas of water, housing, transport, industry, manufacturing, agriculture, petroleum and gas,…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged Maltese companies to take advantage of the new impetus given to Ghana-Maltese relations by the reciprocal high-level visits of the last 18 months and invest in Ghana. Addressing a Ghana-Malta Business Forum at Valletta, Malta on Tuesday, March 26, President Akufo-Addo stated that Ghana “is ready for business, and I am happy that Maltese companies have already made investments to the tune of some $19 million in our country”. He told the gathering that there are several projects in Ghana, in the areas of water, housing, transport, industry, manufacturing, agriculture, petroleum and gas,…

The Prampram Divisional Police Command has arrested eight suspects alleged to be robbers. The Kpone District Police received information around 12.05am on Sunday, March 24 that armed men numbering about 10 scaled the wall of a trading company located within the Kpone municipality. According to information from the tip-off, the robbers held the night watchman and two driver mates hostage by locking them up in one of the company’s offices. They then drove a truck into the compound and forced a one forty footer container which had appliances open. Leader of the robbery gang Johnson Nti, who is alleged to…