Category: Top Stories
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Single Spine Salary Structure to be reviewed soon – FWSC
The Fair Wages and Salaries Commission will in the coming months review the over a decade-year-old Single Spine Salary Structure. The government began implementing the pay policy in 2010 to regulate the payment of public service workers’ salaries and also guarantee better public sector pay. The Head of Public Affairs at the Fair Wages and…
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We are committed to retrieving and replacing defective milk products – Nestle
Social Media has been awash with complaints from some consumers of Nestle’s Ideal and Carnation milk over the content they found in the tins and sachets. The Food and Drugs Board subsequently after some laboratory analysis stated that the products were not harmful and had coagulated due to the low heat stability of the type…
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SSNIT increases 2022 pension by 10%
Pensioners in Ghana should expect about a 10 percent increase in their pensions for 2022. This is according to the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT). The decision, according to SSSNIT,was arrived at in consultation with the National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) and in line with Section 80 of the National Pensions Act 2008…
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Agribusiness support will remain our priority – ADB Board Chair
The Board Chairman of the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) Limited, Daasebre Akuamoah Agyapong II, has reiterated the commitment of the Bank to support the agribusiness sector to meaningfully contribute to the Ghanaian economy. According to Daasabre Agyapong II, the Bank will continue to focus on its core mandate of agricultural financing to ensure the sector…
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Gov’t charged to address exorbitant fees of shipping lines once and for all- GIFF
The Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders (GIFF) is urging the government to take a closer look at the shipping lines operating in Ghana and the exorbitant fees they charge importers and exporters. According to the freight forwarders who are in charge of the import and export of goods, the unreasonably high fees of shipping lines…
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Prices of goods won’t increase by 50% if benchmark discounts are reversed – AGI
The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) has debunked claims and threats of a 50% hike in the prices of goods on the markets if the government goes ahead with the implementation of the reversal of discounts on benchmark values at the ports. The remarks follow consistent claims by the Ghana Union of Traders Association and…
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Cocoa carriers demanding better wage suspend strike
Cocoa carriers have suspended their sit-down strike after a week of agitation to demand an increment in their wages and better conditions of service. Cocoa carriers at Tema, Takoradi, and Kumasi abandoned duties and insisted the 62 pesewas they receive per bag they carry should be increased to GH¢1. Although the Cocoa Marketing Company Limited…
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GPRTU dissociates itself from decision to increase fares by 40%
The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has dissociated itself from the decision taken by the Concerned Drivers Association to increase transport fares by 40% from next week. The Concerned Drivers say, the decision to increase fares from January 17, is to ameliorate the unbearable hardships facing drivers. However, GPRTU says there is no future…
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8 persons arrested for alleged involvement in child labour on cocoa farms
Eight persons have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the use of children on their cocoa farms in the Ashanti and Western North Regions. This follows an investigative media report on child labour which exposed how children are hired to work as labourers on various cocoa farms. Child labour issues in the agricultural sector…
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Almost 60,000 cans of coagulated Nestle milk cans retrieved – FDA
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) says it has directed Nestle Ghana Limited to initiate processes to recall some of its defective batches of tin milk on the market. This follows some complaints by consumers of coagulation of Ideal and Carnation milk products on the market. The FDA has revealed in a statement that although…