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Students of the University of Ghana (UG), Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) and others would have to brace-up for increases in their school fees for the 2020/2021 academic year. This is because management of the nation’s premier university, for instance,  has announced between 12% and 13% rise in tuition fees.  The latest decision by the university appears to be already causing some disquiet among students with many lamenting it could burden them, especially at a time the nation is yet to recover from the impact of Covid-19. Students in the School of Sciences at the University are expected to pay…

Fourth amongst 8 siblings, Emmanuel Quaye, was a boy full of hope and dreams. Just like a toddler, he was learning to walk and develop his talents before he faced the world square in the face. A footballer with a passion who had a philosophy to make his parents proud before his world turned upside down in 2015, finding himself in the four walls of the Nsawam prison. The 24 year old shared his story. “ I was sent to Nsawam prison on 13th June 2015 for kidnapping a girl, I was sent to court and I was given a…

Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu has insisted that the Agyapa Royalties agreement is a bad deal that does not serve the interest of Ghana. He said his party the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will not be associated with it if the party wins this year’s elections. “We will not be associated with it,” he told Berla Mundi on the Elections Command Centre on TV3 Wednesday September 16, adding that “It will be subject to a revierw. It is a bad deal. It offends Article 181 (5) of the constitution, we have not seen the condition and the prospectus.” Ghana’s legislature approved…

Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, has said the growing rate of graduate youth unemployment in Ghana is a ticking time bomb waiting to explode if nothing is done immediately to address the situation. According to him,  at the moment a lot of the youth in the country are unable to afford decent living due to their unemployed status. Speaking in an interview with Berla Mundi on the New Day on TV3 Wednesday September 16, the former Minister of Employment and Labour Relations revealed that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) under the leadership of John Dramani Mahama, has proposed a number of…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured Ghanaians that he is determined to protect Ghana’s credentials as the pacesetter in democratic governance on the African continent. He said this while speaking at the Annual Conference of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) on Monday, 14th September 2020. He assured the Bar Association that his government is making unstinting efforts to ensure the peace and stability of the nation, as Ghana enters the last three (3) months of the electioneering campaign. “Ghana has rightly earned a reputation as the pacesetter in democratic governance on the continent, a reputation I am determined to…

Private legal practitioner and a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Abraham Amaliba, has said the decision by the government to pay all customers of the collapsed Microfinance Companies their deposits is a result of the NDC’s promise to pay depositors should the party be elected in the December polls. Mr Amalbia said the government was unwilling to address the needs and concerns of the customers regarding the matter until after the NDC’s flagbearer, John Mahama promised to pay them. To that end, he said, the customers and Ghanaians in general should thank Mr Mahama for the latest twist.…

The Minister for Inner Cities and Zongo Development, Mustapha Hamid, has said former President John Dramani Mahama cannot be compared to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in terms of their performance in office and also leadership skills. He said at a press conference in Accra on Monday, September 14 that President Akufo-Addo takes bold and decisive decisions especially in the face of difficult situation such as the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. “What I am saying is that it takes bold, decisive and visionary leadership to turn around the fortunes of a country whose economy was in a ditch. “It…

Ranking Member on the Food, Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs Committee of Parliament Eric Opoku has noted that the current New Patriotic Party (NPP) government has squandered the gains made in the agriculture sector by former President John Dramani Mahama. He said at the National Democratic Congress (NDC) town hall meeting in Kumasi on Tuesday, September 15 that there were a number of investments made in the sector which included free distribution of fertilizers to farmers. But since the assumption of office, he said, the current government has destroyed all the investments. To that end, Mr Opoku, who is also Member…

Former Minister of Trade, Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, has said authorities will have to go beyond the ordinary to enable them resuscitate the local economy following the ravages of the Coronavirus pandemic. He noted that the pandemic has badly affected global economy especially developing countries like Ghana, a situation that requires thinking outside the box to address. Speaking in an interview with TV3’s Alfred Ocansey, the former Education Minister said “Economy has been diminished and ravaged. “Ghana is looking at something below 1 per cent GDP growth when we were 7 per cent growth before COVID “So, we have to take our…

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly area is being re-designed to become more resilient to rapid population growth and modern city standards as part of efforts to promote a green city model. Metropolitan Chief Executive, Mohammed Adjei Sowah, says plans are also advanced to cut waste produced in Accra by half by the year 2030. Accra currently has about 2 million inhabitants who commute within the city daily, a population growth rate of about 5.3% yearly, putting pressure on the already existing infrastructure and social amenities. Following these developments, authorities have outlined plans to re-engineer the city to better accommodate the growing…