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A LANDMARK DECLARATION OF INTENT
Sunday July 05, 2009
Ghana prides itself as a democratic country and many development partners are keen on working with the government, state institutions and the private sector, to promote the development of the country. This interest has particularly been rekindled by the country’s ability to hold successful elections, especially between years 2000-2008....read more
Govt Seeks $300m IDA Support For Budget
Sunday July 05, 2009
THE government is seeking 300 million dollars from the International Development Association (IDA) to support the 2009 Budget. The facility is to support government’s effort to restore budgetary discipline and tackle long-standing public sector and energy issues while protecting the poor. Debate on the motion to approve the loan...read more
‘Middle-income’ Status Meaningless To The People Unless...
Sunday July 05, 2009
A member of the Council of State, Kpan-Na Mohammed B. Bawa, has urged Regional Coordinating Councils (RCCs) to ensure that Ghana attain a middle-income status by 2020.
He said as the administrative machinery of the central government at the regional level, the RCCs should draw up programmes and projects that would enable the country to...read more
If Only Drivers Would Understand The Police...
Sunday July 05, 2009
THE first trustee of the Ashaiman branch of the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU), Mr Augustine Kyeremeh, has advised commercial drivers not to see the work of the police as a hindrance to their work. That, he explained, was because without the police, many more accidents would have been recorded and a lot of lawlessness would have...read more
Fair Wages, Salary C’ssion Inaugurated
Sunday July 05, 2009
A seven-member Fair Wages and Salaries Commission was on Friday inaugurated at a ceremony in Accra. The inauguration of the commission marks an important step towards implementing the new pay policy which seeks to address disparities and inconsistencies in the public sector pay policy. Specifically, the commission is tasked with the...read more
RCCs Need Sharper Teeth - Nyamekye-Marfo
Sunday July 05, 2009
The functions of Regioanl Coordinating Councils (RCC) must be reviewed as a matter of urgency to strengthen their supervisory role over the district assemblies.
Such a review must empower the RCCs to sanction non-performing assemblies. Mr Kwadwo Nyamekye-Marfo, Brong-Ahafo Regional Minister, suggested here on Wednesday, at the inauguration...read more
IRS Donates To Ghana Heart Foundation
Sunday July 05, 2009
The staff of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have donated GH¢10,000 to the Ghana Heart Foundation in Accra to support its activities.
Making the presentation, the Deputy Commissioner in charge of Administration, Ebow Enyimayew, said it was important for the service to give back to society as its social corporate responsibility.
He...read more
IOM equips National Migration Bureau With GH¢15,000 Items
Sunday July 05, 2009
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has donated computers and its accessories, worth GH¢15,000 to the National Migration Bureau (NMB) at a ceremony in Accra.
The two desktop computers, two laptops, a photocopier, a printer, a Sony projector, a Sony projector screen, wireless routers, adapters and a paper shredder, are to...read more
Ashanti NDC Condemns Vandalisation By Asawase Constituency
Saturday July 04, 2009
The Ashanti Regional Secretariat of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has condemned the action of the Asawase Constituency members of the party who marched to the regional party office to destroy property.
The members and supporters of the Member of Parliament for the area, Alhaji Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak, claiming that he was forced by...read more
DCEs To Meet On Rural Poverty
Saturday July 04, 2009
Some 66 District Chief Executives from participatory districts of the Rural Enterprises Project (REP) are to meet in the Brong-Ahafo Regional capital, Sunyani, next week to deliberate on fighting rural poverty.
The meeting is part of the strategies of the REP to consolidate gains since 1995 and also garner support from the newly elected DCEs....read more
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