Category: Top Stories
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Government urged to adopt performance index approach towards public sector wages
The Managing Director of the Bank of Africa, Kobby Andah says government should adopt a performance index pay approach towards public sector wages. This approach he believes would ensure value for money in the payment of salaries for government workers. Averagely government spends about forty percent of the country’s total revenue to pay public sector…
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Ban on logging, charcoal production: Give us alternative income source – Dealers to government
There have been concerns over the effects of deforestation in the Savannah Ecological Zone. As climate change intensifies in the area, experts say there will be dire consequences in the coming years, if the menace of logging and commercial production of charcoal is not halted. To this end, the Savannah Regional Minister on behalf of…
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Upward review of utility tariffs will adversely affect businesses – CUTS International
Civil Society Organisation, Consumer, Unity and Trust Society, CUTS International, says any upward adjustment of electricity tariffs in the country, will push businesses away from settling in the country. Their call follows a request by the Electricity Company of Ghana and the Ghana Water Company Limited for the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission to increase tariffs…
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GREDA pushes for law to regulate ownership of compound houses
Stakeholders in Ghana’s real estate sector are asking for a law to regulate the ownership of condominiums, popularly known as compound houses in the country. Currently, there are no dedicated laws governing the possession of both residential and non-residential condominiums in Ghana. As part of efforts to address challenges in the real estate sector, the…
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GRIDCo must release loading-shedding timetable – Energy Consultant
Despite the power outages associated with the Ghana Grid Company’s system upgrade, energy consultant, Dr Sulemana Yussif, believes the exercise is necessary to prevent a total collapse of the country’s power system. GRIDCo had earlier announced it is undertaking some upgrades which will lead to power outages till September when the process will be completed.…
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Fuel monitoring system laudable but not enough to end smuggling – Senyo Hosi
The Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors, CBOD, has commended the government for launching the National Retail Outlet Fuel Monitoring System. The system is aimed at helping government reduce revenue losses within the petroleum downstream sector. CBOD had in a recent report stated that GH₵1.9 billion was lost through petroleum tax evasion in 2019. Speaking to…
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We’re not substituting mackerel for eggs at SHSs – Buffer Stock Company
The National Food Buffer Stock Company has debunked claims that it is substituting mackerel for locally-produced eggs in its supplies to Senior High Schools across the country. The Africa Education Watch had claimed that the National Food Buffer Stock Company had increased its supply of Chinese imported mackerel to schools thus ignoring eggs from poultry…
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We’re hoping to construct 1,000 homes in 2021 – State Housing Corporation
As part of efforts towards addressing Ghana’s housing deficit, the State Housing corporation has indicated plans to establish about 1,000 homes in the country this year. According to the corporation, work has commenced on some of these homes across the regions. Ghana currently has an about two million housing deficit with many stakeholders calling on…
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Monitoring system good but prosecute fuel smugglers – COPEC to government
The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) says beyond the introduction of the monitoring system by the government, prosecution of perpetrators is key to addressing the country’s fuel smuggling challenge. Ghana currently loses billions of Ghana cedis to such illegal activities and in response to this, the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), launched a National Fuel Monitoring…
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LPG marketers urge government to reconsider increase in gas prices
The Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), Marketers Companies Association of Ghana is asking the government to reconsider the announced 18-pesewa upward adjustment on a kilogram of LPG. According to the association, the tax will further worsen the plight of consumers and subsequently lead to a reduction in the use of the product. The association further indicated…