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The academic calendar of public colleges of education in Ghana is likely to be disrupted as teachers in the sector have failed to call off a two-week strike. The Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) is demanding payment of salary arrears which has been outstanding since October 2016, following their migration unto the Colleges of Education payroll. The National Labour Commission on October 4, 2017 directed the Ministry of Finance to liaise with the Ministry of Education to make effort to pay the arrears within two weeks. But this was not heeded to, prompting CETAG to withdraw services…

The President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has stated that as waste is generated every day, Ghanaians have an obligation to keep the environment clean every day, indicating that the citizenry have to do so daily, and not on a monthly basis. According to President Akufo-Addo, “EVERY DAY IS SANITATION DAY’. I recognize, however, that the government cannot do it alone. This is where I wish to call on all of us, especially our Chiefs and Queen Mothers, religious and opinion leaders, civil society organisations, private sector operators, to rise up to the challenge and help make a difference this time…

The Minority in Parliament is pushing government to immediately shelve any plans to tax mobile money transactions. Describing the move as “retrogressive”, Minority also said the tax will affect millions of low income families. “The intention to tax mobile money transaction must be abolished immediately, since it constitutes a serious threat to financial inclusion and economic growth in Ghana,” Cassiel Ato Forson, Minority spokesperson on finance said on Monday. Addressing a ’roundtable breakfast discussion on 2018 budget and economic outlook’  on behalf of the Minority NDC, he accused government of trying to introduce some “nuisance” tax to meet its ambitious…

Introduction The Nanun kingdom was founded by Naa Nmantambu in the thirteenth century and like many African societies with kingship succession issues, they arise from time to time. Succession to the Bimbilla Skin is patrilineal and requires direct blood relationship with past Bimbilla. In other words, to ascend to the skin, a prospective applicant must be a son of a Bimbilla Naa or a patrilineal grandson of a Bimbilla Naa. Conflicts over succession are not new but the traditional system has mechanisms for resolving such conflicts; and in modern times, they include the Traditional Council, Regional House of Chiefs and…

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has urged rural banks in the country to take advantage and make adequate use of the digitisation system taking place in the country. He said the National Identification Card and the introduction of the digital addressing system would give unique identity to individuals and also assist in locating every area in the country. “We have 16.1 billion addresses in Ghana and every square by five square metre of land in Ghana has a unique address, so we will be able to bring everybody into the formal system” he emphasised. He advised the rural banks to…

Small Scale Miners Association has expressed total disappointment in the government for extending ban on small scale mining. Members have therefore questioned the kind of policy government wants to roll out in regulating mining activities in the country. The Lands and Natural Resources minister, John Peter Amewu on Friday 10th November 2017 announced an extension of the ban during a tour to some reclamation sites at Kyebi in the Eastern Region. The ban has been pushed further to another three (3) months and it’s expected to be lifted in January 2018. The national chairman of Small Scale Miners Association, Evangelist Collins…

The Auditor-General, Daniel Yaw Domelevo, has served notice that his outfit will soon make public the names of individuals and institutions that have been surcharged and expenditure disallowed against them According to the Auditor-General, the naming and shamming exercise is expected to also serve as a deterrent to public and civil servants who waste government’s scarce resources. Speaking to the B&FT, at the sidelines of the inauguration of the Controller and Accountant General Department’s (CAGD) ‘Audit Committee’ in Accra,  Mr. Domelevo said public and civil servants will have to end the practice of using public resource for unintended purposes. “We…

A 7.3-magnitude earthquake has shaken the northern border region between Iran and Iraq, killing at least 335 people and injuring thousands more. One Iranian aid agency said 70,000 people needed shelter after the quake, one of the largest this year. The majority of those who died were in Iran’s western Kermanshah province. Nearly 4,000 were said to be injured. Seven people died in Iraq, where people fled into the streets in the capital, Baghdad. Mosques in the city have been broadcasting prayers through loudspeakers. “I was sitting with my kids having dinner and suddenly the building was just dancing in…

The Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Joseph Kobina Ade Coker, has advised Ghanaians not to be too happy about the President’s announcement that electricity tariffs will go down in 2018. He is asking Ghanaians to wait for the percentage in reduction to measure its relevance. According to President Akufo-Addo, details of the review will be announced by Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta at the 2018 budget reading in Parliament on Wednesday, November 15. On TV3’s New Day on Monday,  the NDC Greater Accra Regional Chairman, told host Bright Nana Amfoh, “[The President] is being rushed to…