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In an interview on Accra bsed Citi FM, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) lawmaker said the committee did not stress her based on “health grounds”. “Before she came, we discovered that she had just delivered and so naturally, we felt that somebody who has just delivered, maybe we should have postponed her vetting, and we didn’t postpone it because we just got the information,” Mr. Ayariga explained. He also said Adwoa Safo was a relatively “known commodit...

NDC MP Reveals Reasons For Adwoa Safo’s ‘Soft Vetting’

Minister-designate for Employment and Labour Relations, Ignatius Baffuor Awuah has said he is unaware of the phenomenon ldquo;protocol rdquo; in the public sector recruitment.

  The Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako-Atta has said the government of President Akufo-Addo is committed to settling arrears owed road contractors in the country and will definitely fulfill its obligation towards them. Kwasi Amoako-Atta made the statement in response to a question on delayed payments to contractors when he appeared before the Appointments Committee of Parliament for vetting. He said the government has paid a total of GHc 10 billion to road contractors over the la...

Graphic Online BY: Samuel Duodu 705 A 65-year-old teacher and a former Principal of the Bagabaga College of Education in the Sagnarigu Municipality of the Northern Region, Alhaji Adam Zakaria has been elected as the Savannah region representative on the Council of State. Alhaji Zakaria, a teacher by profession who retired on the rank of Director 2 of the Ghana Education Service (GES) had all the 14 members of the electoral college voting for him to represent the region on the Council of State ...

+ The University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) branch of the Graduate Students Association of Ghana (GRASAG) is appealing to the President and Parliament to take a second look at the payment of fees by the tertiary students in this Covid-19 era. According to the President of UENR-GRASAG, Eric Yaw Amponsah there is so much burden on students as their source of financial support has been affected by the pandemic. He made the call during orientation of about 300 fresh graduate students of...

The Bawku Central MP, Mahama Ayariga says he will vote against the nominees set to appear before Parliament 39;s Appointments Committee today because he has not received handling over notes.

  Bawku Central MP Mahama Ayariga has threatened to vote against President Nana Akufo-Addo’s ministerial nominees for National Security and Health, Mr Albert Kan-Dapaah and Mr Kweku Agyeman-Manu, respectively, if he is not given their handing over notes.  In a statement issued on Wednesday, 10 February 2020, the day scheduled for the vetting of the two nominees by the Appointments Committee of Parliament, Mr Ayariga said: “Given that I have not received the Handing Over Notes, despite sev...

Covid-19: Bawku Naba renews ban on funerals, social gatherings Zugraan Naba Asigri Abugrago Azoka II, Overlord of kusaug Traditional area The Paramount Chief of Kusaug Traditional Area and President of the Kusaug Traditional Council, Zugraan Naba Asigri Abugrago Azoka II has renewed the ban on funerals, weddings, spinnings and other social gatherings in line with governments covid-19 restrictions. He said the renewed ban is to efforts to curb the spread of coronavirus in the country. The over...

Some unhappy residents of Garu in the Upper East Region have decried the spate of accidents caused by Tri-cycles, popularly called 39;motor king 39; and called for the proper regulation of the riders who are mostly teenage boys.