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Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the Vice President of Ghana has announced government plans to recruit more personnel into the Ghana National Fire...

 The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has announced government plans to recruit more personnel into the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) to meet the international standards of one ratio of fireman to every 800 citizens.

"You guys [politicians] are telling the whole world that K.T Hammond intends to create starvation. I know very well we do not have enough production capacity and storage capacity but I do not intend to ban but to restrict and in the process to support local production. This initiative will never cause starvation in this country. Those hypocrite politicians, which I am not one, should know I do not intend to create a shortage in this country”, he added.

The Western Regional Directorate of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) has begun an exercise to close some accommodation, food, beverage and entertainment facilities operating without registration and license from the Authority, in the Region. The week-long exercise, with support from the Ghana Police Service, is in line with the Tourism…

NITA’s Legislative Instrument, Unleashing Tech Potential

Minister of Communications and Digitalization, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful says the National Information Technology Agency (NITA) has since its inception had a misplaced priorities but now steps are far advanced to refocus the agency on its rightful legal mandate as a tech industry regulator and not an operator. The Minister made the…

Mrs Ursula Owusu- Ekuful, the Minister of Communication has called on stakeholders in Information Technology (IT) to envision a Ghana where every citizen enjoys access to affordable, reliable and secure digital services. She said this would help entrepreneurs and startups thrive by leveraging technology to propel economic growth and create…

The National Information Technology Agency (NITA) is organizing an ICT stakeholder conference to review draft Legislative Instruments (LIs) for the NITA Act, 2008 (Act 771) and the Electronic Transactions Act, 2008 (Act 772). These LIs are being prepared for presentation to Parliament and the conference aims to gather input from…

The Leadership of Parliament Friday directed the exclusion of the Constitutional Instrument (CI) on Public Elections Regulations (Voters Registration) in its Business Statement for next week.

The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) says that contribution into the Tourism Development Fund is not done by tourism establishments as claimed by the Ghana Hotels Association (GHA) but by patrons of these establishments. He said patrons of tourism establishment per the law must pay one percent of the amount paid…