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FWSC urges teachers to continue dialogue amid pay reforms
The Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) has appealed to teachers to continue engaging with government through dialogue following the Ghana National Association of Teachers’ (GNAT) one-week notice of a possible nationwide strike. In a press release issued on Friday, July 17, 2026, the Commission assured teachers,...
Agenda 111: No hospital is operational despite GH¢4.8bn spent – Health Minister
The Minister for Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has disclosed that none of the hospitals under the Agenda 111 programme is currently operational despite about GH¢4.8 billion being spent on the initiative by the previous administration. Appearing before Parliament’s Assurances Committee on Thursday, July 9, the Ministe...
Education Minister orders crackdown on indiscipline in schools
The Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu has directed the Ghana Education Service (GES) to take tough action against indiscipline in schools, saying misconduct by students, teachers and school administrators threatens the country’s education system. Speaking at the National Schools Awards (GALOP Edition 2026) on Thursday...
Disbursement of teacher trainee allowances begins – TTAG
The Teacher Trainees' Association of Ghana (TTAG) has announced the commencement of the disbursement of trainee allowances to eligible beneficiaries across the country's Colleges of Education.
NPP demands clarity over “Bill is dead” UK remarks by Mahama
A strong claim contained in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Minority Caucus’s June 4 statement has sparked political debate, suggesting that President John Dramani Mahama, during engagements in London this week, may have signalled to the British government that Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ+ Bill is not being treated as an immediat...
19 Mpohor Fiase galamsey suspects to face prosecution after NAIMOS arrest – Lands Commission
The 19 suspected illegal miners arrested by the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) following an operation at Mpohor Fiase in the Western Region will be duly prosecuted, the Lands Commission has assured.
NPP stands firm: Pass the original 2024 bill — No compromises as Minority rejects amended version
Amid confusion over parliamentary quorum disputes, conflicting statements within the ruling party, and allegations of private diplomatic assurances given on foreign soil, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Minority Caucus has taken a firm position: the original Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, as passed by the 8t...
Focus on data prices, not porn ID policy – Nyindam tells Sam George
Ranking Member on Parliament’s Information and Communications Committee, Matthew Nyindam, has urged the Minister of Communications, Digital Technology and Innovations, Samuel Nartey George, to prioritise reducing data costs and improving digital access rather than advancing what he describes as controversial policy pro...
MPs must put Ghana ahead of party loyalty and personal ambition – Justice Atuguba
Retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice William Atuguba, has criticised what he described as the growing tendency of politicians to place party loyalty and personal political ambitions above the national interest. He said such an approach had contributed to an unhealthy democratic culture in which political parti...
I won’t threaten any contractor to contribute to Ghana Medical Trust Fund – Agbodza
The Minister for Roads and Highways, Governs Kwame Agbodza, has insisted that road contractors will not be compelled to contribute to the Ghana Medical Trust Fund, stressing that any support towards the government's flagship healthcare initiative must remain voluntary.
Kumasi faces three months of planned power outages as GRIDCo upgrades transmission line
Residents and businesses in Kumasi should expect temporary power outages over the next three months as the Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo), in partnership with the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), upgrades the Kumasi-Anwomaso transmission line, Energy and Green Transition Minister Dr John Abdulai Jinapor said on...
Focus on nurturing students, not publishing books - Former UCC Vice-Chancellor tells lecturers
A Former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) and President of GNAT Institute for Research and Industrial Relations Studies (GNAT IRIRS), Prof. Emmanuel Adow Obeng, has expressed concern over what he described as the declining commitment of some university lecturers to the welfare and development of st...