President John Dramani Mahama has announced a 20 percent allowance for teachers who accept to teach in rural schools. He noted that it is important to continue to retain and motivate teachers in all schools, especially in rural and underserved areas. As a result, the President announced during the State [...]
President John Dramani Mahama has announced the intention of his government to establish Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) as well as Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) schools in underserved communities. The intervention aims to promote inclusive and equitable access to modern educational facilities to improve learning outcomes [...]
The government is expected to launch a flagship National Apprenticeship Programme to equip about ten thousand (10,000) young people in the informal sector with employable skills including proving apprenticeship fees and start-up kits. The youth development and the Interior Ministries will facilitate the training for young people in the okada [...]
The 2025 Hajj Taskforce of Ghana has announced March 13, 2025, as the final deadline day for payment of the Hajj package. Chairman of the 2025 Hajj Taskforce of Ghana, Alhaji Collins Dauda, in a statement said, “No extension will be made to this deadline and therefore both would be [...]
Former Member of Parliament for Sagnarigu constituency in the Northern Region, Alhaji Alhassan Bashir Fuseini popularly known as Alhaji A. B. A. Fuseini, has been appointed as head of Corporate Affairs for Ghana Hajj Taskforce. Alhaji Fuseini will oversee all communications related activities to this year’s Hajj pilgrimage to the [...]
Hajia Safia Mohammed has formally resigned as the National Coordinator for the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) with immediate effect. The decision was announced in a statement on her Facebook handle dated Monday, February 24, 2025. “Officially, I have resigned from my position as the National Coordinator for School Feeding [...]
The Management of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP) has directed all staff members not to report to work effective Monday, February 24, 2025, until further notice. A memo dated 21th February, 2025, said Management has been instructed to adhere strictly to due process in regularizing staff employment matters [...]
The Sagnarigu Municipal Director of Ghana Education Service (GES), Mr. Alhassan Alidu Jnr, has taken over as the caretaker Regional Director of Education in the Northern Region following the transfer of the Regional Director, Hajia Katumi Natogmah Attah, to the Greater Accra Region as the new Director of Education. Addressing [...]
This statement is released against a personal vow I made since leaving office. I made a personal affirmation to allow our new President and his government to get the needed space to get a hold of things and settle down quickly to tackle the important business of governance, and by [...]
Former Vice President of Ghana, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has urged President John Dramani Mahama to reverse the unfair dismissals of Ghanaians who were legitimately employed by the erstwhile Akufo-Addo government. He stated that the least a party that campaigned on jobs could do under conditions of unemployment is to also [...]