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The indebtedness of water consumers to the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has reached GHC846 million. Minister of Water Resources, Joseph Kofi Adda, who revealed this said 58 per cent of the debt is owed by Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies while the rest is by domestic customers of the company. “The GWCL is owed to the tune of GHc 846,449,169.00; 42% by domestic customers and 58% by MMDAs,” Mr Adda said at the launch of an electronic billing system by the GWC in Accra Tuesday. Under the e-billing system, customers of GWCL will receive their waters bills via SMS…

TV3 has rewarded eight people who emerged as winners of the station’s anniversary text and win quiz. The competition, which runs until October 31, seeks to appreciate viewers as part of activities to commemorate TV3’s 20 years anniversary. Since October 1997, TV3, Ghana’s leading free to air television station, has changed the face of broadcasting in Ghana by providing viewers with rich news and entertainment. It has in the last 20 years become a household name in Ghana and maintained its audience share as market leaders in news, entertainment and current affairs. The station has been able to achieve this…

Students of the Kwadaso Agric College in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region have packed out of their campus as part of a series of protest over government’s failure to restore allowances for agric trainees in the country. A visit to the school by 3News Tuesday showed an empty campus with deserted classrooms as students were said to have abandoned lectures and left for their respective homes. Red bands were had been tied at the dormitories and lecture halls to signify their protest. Few students who were seen on the campus of the College told 3News they were also preparing to…

South Africa’s parliament is today beginning an inquiry into alleged corruption at the highest levels of government. Whistleblowers and prominent officials are expected to be called to give evidence into what’s become known as “state capture”. It could be an uncomfortable few days for some powerful people in South Africa. Ministers, tycoons, the president’s son, and many other witnesses are likely to be summoned and, if they show up, grilled by MPs investigating claims of a giant corruption conspiracy. It is widely alleged that a powerful business family, the Guptas, have bought influence at the highest levels of government in…

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has scrapped its biometric register to pave the way for processes to begin on a new membership registration to be conducted manually. The decision, which was part of the recommendations by the Kwesi Botchwey Election Review Committee, and approved Thursday by the National Executive Committee of the party, seeks to restore the integrity of the party’s membership register. Announcing the decision Tuesday in Accra, National Chairman of NDC, Kofi Portuphy, said the decision to scrap the old register used for the conduct of last year’s elections of the party did not meet the required standards,…

A civil society group has accused the Managing Director of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST), Alfred Obeng Boateng, of abuse of power in the controversial sale of five million litres of contaminated fuel. According to the Coalition for Social Justice, Mr. Obeng Boateng abused his power as a public officer in the sale, hence petitioned the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice CHRAJ to investigate him. The product was contaminated when petrol and diesel accidentally mixed when a petrol flow-line was misdirected into a diesel tank during a discharge of petrol cargo into the Accra plains depot.…

Member of Parliament for Bolga Central, Isaac Adongo, has alleged Ghana is currently broke, claiming government had to borrow money before it was able to pay salaries of public service workers in September 2017. He claimed on Onua FM Tuesday that the government is struggling with its finances, stating “They don’t have the money and they won’t tell us the real state of affairs”. Dr. Adongo questioned the competence of the Akufo-Addo-led government, claiming it is sleeping on the job. He said it is apparent that the government is struggling to get its economic priorities right, a situation he observed,…

Some members of Africa’s parliament have questioned the powers of the Pan-African Parliament, which they say, have become more of a talking shop. Since its creation in 2004, the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) has struggled to make its voice heard, prompting its deputies to ask themselves at a recent gathering: “What are we for?” “Every time we’re here, we obsess over the same things. If we are not making laws, then what’s the point of being here?” Corneille Padonou of Benin said to his fellow parliamentarians. “This forum is not a parliament, it is just a discussion platform that does not…

The Member of Parliament for Ledzokuku, Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye, has renewed calls for government to make the French Language compulsory in the country in the wake of Ghana’s strengthening of ties with Cote d’Ivoire. Bilateral relationships between the two countries have in the last year moved a notch higher and Presidents of Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire have started a new chapter by exploring more opportunities and avenues for the mutual benefit of their citizens. President Alassane Ouattara of Cote d’Ivoire is currently in Accra on a two-day State visit in the aftermath of the judgement of the International Tribunal…