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The Ghana government has set up a committee to address concerns over rising hostel fees in tertiary institutions across the country.  The committee comprises representatives from the Ministry of Education, the Ghana Education Service, the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission and university authorities.  Mr Haruna Iddrisu, Minister of Education, announced this on Tuesday during the inauguration of the governing councils

President John Mahama President John Dramani Mahama has approved the immediate evacuation of 300 Ghanaians from South Africa following a resurgence of xenophobic attacks targeting foreign nationals. The evacuees had registered with Ghana’s High Commission in Pretoria in response to a prior advisory from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Ghana’s Minister

Kwame Ohene Frimpong Parliament has confirmed Mr. Kwame Ohene Frimpong, an Independent Member of Parliament (MP) for Asante Akim North, has been arrested and detained at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In a statement signed by Mr. Ebenezer Ahumah Djietror, the Clerk to Parliament, and issued to the Ghana News Agency on Tuesday, it said

The Ghana Parliament has urged African legislators to deepen partnerships with anti-corruption agencies, audit institutions, and civil society to strengthen accountability and governance across the continent. Speaking at the African Open Government Conference in Rabat, Mr Alexander Akwasi Acquah, Vice Chair of Parliament’s Open Government Partnership (OGP) Caucus said collaboration must move beyond rhetoric. “The

President John Mahama President John Dramani Mahama in fulfillment of his election 2024 campaign promise has signed the Legal Education Bill into Law to expand Legal Education. The Act seeks to establish the Council for Legal Education and Training to regulate professional legal education in Ghana and provide the curriculum and standards for legal education.

Eric Afful The Majority side of Parliament’s Committee on Economy and Development has clarified that the Bank of Ghana’s (BoG) 2025 financial loss was the result of deliberate policy interventions aimed at stabilising the economy, rather than a sign of institutional failure.  At a press briefing in Parliament House on Tuesday, Mr Eric Afful, the Chairman of the Committee, said the Bank recorded

Ghana ParliThe Second Meeting of the Second Session of the Ninth Parliament of the Fourth Republic will resume sitting on Thursday, May 21. Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin has announced in a formal notice made available to the Ghana News Agency on Monday.  Signed and issued from the Office of the Speaker, it stated that “the Second Meeting of the

Kojo Oppong Nkrumah The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Minority Caucus has accused the Bank of Ghana (BoG) of concealing the full extent of its 2025 financial losses, noting that the central bank is now “policy insolvent” and operating on “borrowed time.” Addressing the Parliamentary Press Corps in Accra on Sunday, Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the

Dr. Frank Amoakohene The government has assured members of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) of its unwavering commitment to sustaining macroeconomic stability while translating economic gains into improved livelihoods for workers. It said achieving this goal required deliberate efforts to measure how stability impacted the creation of decent and sustainable jobs, enhanced incomes, and inclusive

Mr John Oti Bless, the Chairman for the Parliamentary Select Committee on Sanitation and Water Resources, has expressed displeasure about the performance of Zoomlion Ghana Limited in the provision and lifting of waste containers within Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies (MMDAs) across the country. According to him, though the company’s Integrated Recycling and Compost Plant