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The Minister of Finance presents the financial plan of the government for the next year at a time when there is a global call for world leaders to Fund Education. This global call has become necessary because it is profound that, it is only through education, that a country can shape the future for generations to come. It is also apparent that, an investment in education results in both direct and indirect benefits to the individual and society. In other words, the positive externality of education spreads from the immediate family, to the community of the person and the entire…

A hectare of degraded land caused by the activities of illegal small-scale miners would cost the government GH¢ 60,000 to restore it to the natural state, Mr John Peter Amewu, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, has said. He said so far, 238,000 kilometre square of the country’s lands had been degraded, which constituted four per cent of the country’s total surface area. He said it would cost the nation millions of dollars to reclaim all the degraded lands across the country, adding that government was expecting financial support from the Australian, Chinese and Canadian governments to help the…

President Nana Akufo-Addo says government is exploring new economic growth poles, including the installation of vehicle assembling plants in the country with the view to accelerating economic development. He observed that rapid acceleration of Ghana’s economy would occur if the country could create new growth poles to drive the development of the economy. Making reference to Ghana’s gas resources, which he said, would provide cheap power for our industrial growth, he said, “We want to promote the installation of vehicle assembly plants, and move rapidly to establish petrochemical industries”. Nana Akufo-Addo said this at the 6th Ghana Industry and Quality…

Ghanaians will from next year begin to enjoy relatively cheap electricity prices as government is set to announce on Wednesday, a downward review of tariffs, President Akufo-Addo has announced. He assured businesses in the country that the 2018 budget to be read Wednesday by the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta will “some good news,” adding “industry is going to be given all the assistance we can muster.” Nana Akufo-Addo said this at the 6th Association of Ghana Industries’ Ghana Industry and Quality Awards in Accra on Saturday. “Businesses are no longer burdened by the erratic power supply that wrecked our nation in recent years”,…

President Nana Akufo-Addo has admitted he needs the support and prayers of Ghanaians and the church to be able to successfully deliver on his mandate. He said the electorates voted for him in 2016 because they were dissatisfied with the living conditions and how the economy was being managed at the time, and needed the New Patriotic Party steer it back on track to improve their conditions “We have begun to work on the fundamentals of the economy, because we believe that an improved macro-economy is a fundamental requirement for stimulating the investments we need for the significant expansion and…

The families of some 120 unknown deceased persons have been given 21 days ultimatum from November 8 to show up at the Police Hospital in Accra to identify and claim their bodies or risk mass burial. A statement issued by the Police Hospital said the identities of those bodies are unknown, hence urged those whose relatives have gone missing for some time now to visit the facility to check for possible identification and collection. The bodies are that of persons who are either taken to the facility in critical conditions by strangers and eventually die or persons killed in road accidents…

Ghanaian actress Yvonne Nelson, who reportedly gave birth two weeks ago, has revealed her baby daddy, whose name she’s kept under wraps, did not propose to her but she agreed to carry his baby. She revealed in a latest interview in the Wow Magazine, how she didn’t get pregnant for her ex boyfriend who took her on a trip to Venice on her 30th birthday to propose marriage, but ended up carrying another man’s baby two years later. Describing her decision as “quite funny”, the actress said her resolve to get pregnant for the current man stemmed from the fact…

President Donald Trump has again traded barbs with North Korea, shortly before offering to mediate in a heated regional dispute. He took to Twitter to complain he would never call North Korean leader Kim Jong-un “short and fat”, after its foreign ministry called him “old”. It was one of a series of remarks he made on social media before volunteering his services over maritime claims in the South China Sea. “I’m a very good mediator,” he said. China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia and Brunei all have competing claims to territory in the South China Sea. Tensions with China have…

Ghana has failed to get nomination for this year’s BBC African Footballer of the Year award that gives the public the privilege to vote for their best African footballer of the year. None of Ghana Black Stars’ players, plying their trade both home and abroad, made it to the five-man shortlist announced by the BBC Saturday. Five Ghanaian footballers have won the award since its inception in 1992. Abedi Pele, who powered the Black Stars to the 1992 Nations Cup final in Senegal, which they lost on penalties, won the inaugural award while playing for French club Marseille. In…

The Western Regional chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Michael Aidoo, has advised other regional executives against any form of persuasion that could result in an ‘anti-John Mahama 2020 agenda’. He maintained the party’s grassroots prefer the candidacy of former President Mahama. The 10 regional chairmen of the NDC on Thursday called on Mr. Mahama to consider leading the party into the 2020 general elections due to the overwhelming support from the grassroots of the party. Some critics say the move by the regional chairmen could undermine a level playing field for other members of the party who have shown…