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An Accra High Court hearing the motion for an order to set aside its own orders has ordered parties in the case to file their written submissions on or before Monday, November 28, 2022. The parties are to file the submissions simultaneously. The motion, filed by Dr Stephen Opuni, the former CEO of COCOBOD, also had an application for stay of execution and a referral of articles 139(1c), 145(4) of the 1992 Constitution for interpretation by the Supreme Court under article 132 of the Constitution and citing the inherent jurisdiction. The Court on November 14, 2022, dismissed a motion filed…

Government would not make any recruitment of staff into its workforce in 2023, Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has announced. The decision by government to halt the employment of personnel in the country’s civil and public service from January 2023, the minister said, is geared towards expenditure rationalisation. The Finance Minister made the declaration when he presented the 2023 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of Government to Parliament on Thursday. “Hiring freeze for civil and public servants”, Mr Ofori-Atta said as he outlined a number of cabinet directives on expenditure measures in the face of economic downturn. Below is a list…

South Africa’s prison service has said it will challenge a court decision that sent former president Jacob Zuma back to jail. “Having carefully studied the judgement, Correctional Services is convinced that another court may arrive at a different conclusion,” the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) said in a statement. The Supreme Court of Appeal had on Monday ordered Mr Zuma to return to prison after upholding an earlier ruling that his medical parole had been unlawful. The 80-year-old was given a 15-month sentence last year for contempt of court over his refusal to testify during an investigation into corruption. But…

Government has reduced the Electronic Transfer Levy rate, popularly referred to as E-Levy, from 1.5% to 1%.  However, the daily transaction threshold of ¢100 has also been removed. The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, who announced this in Parliament on Thursday, said this will allow more Ghanaians to use the service. The controversial Electronic Transfer Levy Act, 2022 (Act 1075) was passed in March 2022 after months of public protestations and resistance from the Minority members of parliament. The levy was finally amended from 1.75% to 1.5% applying to electronic money transfers, including wallet-to-bank, bank-to-wallet and bank-to-bank transactions, among others. Government…

Pentecost University (PU) at Sowutuom in Accra has introduced a certificate programme in Mortuary Science and Funeral Studies. The programme seeks to equip students with the requisite skills in environmental, cultural and epidemic risks in mortuary and funeral services. Launching the programme last Tuesday (November 22,2022), the Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof. Kwabena Agyapong-Kodua said “we can’t fight death but we can develop structures to minimise its associated agonies and preserve the dignity of our departed loved ones.” Faculties On the preparedness of PU to deliver, the VC said “we have pulled together the strength of five of our faculties…

Elon Musk has said Twitter is hiring staff again after sacking more than 4,000 employees in recent weeks. The billionaire entrepreneur told staff on Monday that the company is finished with laying off workers and is actively recruiting for roles in its engineering and sales departments, The Verge first reported. Mr Musk added that employees were encouraged to make referrals, but he did not specify the types of engineering or sales roles Twitter was hiring for. The company currently has no open positions listed on its website. Mr Musk said: “In terms of critical hires, I would say people who are…

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says the new date for the release of 2022 West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination for school candidates is November 30, 2022. A statement issued and signed by Mrs Agnes Teye-Cudjoe, Head, Public Affairs, WAEC, in Accra, cautioned candidates to be on the alert for websites that might announce the release of fake results. It also cautioned them against persons who would promise to upgrade results for a fee.“These are all the activities of scammers,” the statement said. It said WAEC had commenced other post-examination activities, including the processing of results.The statement said, “also…

Some 256 teachers have sued the Ghana Education Service (GES) and the Attorney General over their mass failure in the December 2021 promotional examinations.  The teachers, who are on the Assistant Director Grade II position, sat for the Assistant Director Grade I promotion examination at the Ada Training College Centre. Mr James Enu, counsel for the applicants (teachers), told the Ghana News Agency that none of the 256 teachers, who wrote the exams at that centre passed, adding that, such an occurrence was bizarre. Mr Enu said even though the applicants petitioned the GES to investigate the issue, they were…

Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has urged the senior national football team, the Blackstars, to play their hearts out as they clash with Portugal in the ongoing FIFA World Cup in Qatar on Thursday, November 24. Showing some football skills in a video posted on his Facebook page on Wednesday, Dr Bawumia encouraged the Black Stars not to be intimidated by anyone but go all out to win for mother Ghana. “The moment has come for the Black Stars to take on the world. A group of talented players who have been selected and cannot be intimidated by anyone,” he said.…

Former President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday urged government to engage and include Civil Society Organisations (CSO), in the implementation of policies. He said civil society organizations all over the world especially in democratic countries, were the hook that pushed back on authoritarian leadership styles through advocacy, protest and sharing of professionally researched alternative ideas. Speaking at the Civic Society Organisation workshop in Accra, Mr Mahama said, CSOs, occupied a place of pride in modern democracies due to the role actors in the civic space had played and continued to play in promoting socio-economic change and good governance. “Government must…