The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has revealed that approximately 30.8% of Ghana’s urban population, or about 4.8 million people, live in slum conditions. The “Slums and Informal Settlements Thematic Report,” based on the 2021 Population and Housing Census, highlights significant disparities in housing, basic services, and tenure security across the [...]
The Majority Leader and Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Hon Mahama Ayariga, has strongly condemned the killing of the Bongo District Director of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Mohammed Seidu Akugri, describing it as both “gruesome” and “dastardly.” “I hereby condemn, in no uncertain terms, the shooting, killing [...]
Fire has destroyed electrical materials worth millions of Ghana cedis at the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) and the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo) sub-station warehouse in Tamale in the Northern Region. The disaster which occurred Sunday afternoon at about 1423 hours (March 2, 2025) affected equipment such as transformers, high [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The outspoken former Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission, Hon Musah Iddrisu Superior, has called on President John Dramani Mahama to sack political appointees of the erstwhile Nana Akufo-Addo government who are adamant to resign from their positions and allegedly lobbying to maintain their portfolios in his government. [...]
Mr. Krobea Kwabena Asante, a former campaign team member and aide to former Vice President of Ghana, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has taken a swipe at former political appointees of the erstwhile Akufo-Addo led New Patriotic Party government following the embarrassing defeat the party suffered in the 2024 general elections. The [...]
President John Mahama has submitted the names of nine people to Parliament through Speaker Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin for vetting by the Appointments Committee and subsequent approval of Parliament. Key among the names is former Minority Leader and Member of Parliament for Tamale South, Hon Haruna Iddrisu, who has been [...]
John Dramani Mahama has officially taken the oath of Office to assume office as the President of the Republic of Ghana. This would mark the beginning of a government and the second term of Mr. Mahama in office after an overwhelming victory in the 2024 general elections. The historic swearing-in [...]