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Feb 10, 2023 | 
graphic.com.gh | Mary Anane-Amponsah |Justice Agbenorsi
The longest-serving chairman of the electoral body spoke on the topic: “Elections and conflicts in emerging democracies”. Cancellation of votesDr Afari-Gyan encouraged the electorate not to entertain any calls for the cancellation of votes in an election decision. According to him, the cancellation of results was not the right remedy in an election dispute and said arriving at such a decision by a court could jeopardise the peace of the country.
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Feb 6, 2023 | 
graphic.com.gh | Mary Anane-Amponsah
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has dismissed allegations of conflict of interest against the Deputy Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Francisca Oteng Mensah, over the purchase of personal protective equipment (PPE) for the National Youth Authority (NYA).
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Feb 4, 2023 | 
graphic.com.gh | Mary Anane-Amponsah
Ghana National Gas Company (GNGC) has commenced the process of adding a second gas processing plant to increase the national processing capacity to 450 million standard cubic feet per day (mmscfd). The plant, to be known as Train Two, of the Gas Processing Plant (GPP), will be constructed at a cost of $700 million and comes with a nominal capacity of 150mmscfd, expandable to 300mmscfd.
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Jan 31, 2023 | 
graphic.com.gh | Mary Anane-Amponsah
The nation must intensify efforts to improve on food safety because of the activities of food vendors who are steadily springing up in the country without proper surveillance of their activities. The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) must, therefore, scale up its surveillance efforts and take steps to clear food vendors without permits off the streets as their operations are a source of danger to people's health and lives.
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Jan 27, 2023 | 
graphic.com.gh | Mary Anane-Amponsah
Five people have reportedly died after eating a meal of rice and beans, popularly known as waakye, they bought from a food joint at Oyibi Bush Canteen Junction, in Accra. About 40 people were reportedly affected, out of which five, including a pregnant woman and a lotto vendor, died.
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Jan 26, 2023 | 
graphic.com.gh | Mary Anane-Amponsah
THE government has been urged to be transparent in its dealings with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by making all conditions required by the fund public for the people to buy into the deal. According to a civil society organisation, Think Progress Ghana, the need to come clear on the conditions by the fund had become critical in order that the government would not consider implementing policies such as the domestic debt exchange programme (DDEP).
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Jan 25, 2023 | 
graphic.com.gh | Mary Anane-Amponsah
As part of measures to block revenue leakages associated with government projects to protect the public purse, persons without licence will soon cease to operate as procurement officers in the country. This will be made possible through a new bill, the Procurement Practicing Bill, which is at the draft stage, to regulate, sanitise and monitor the work of procurement officers in the country.
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Jan 24, 2023 | 
graphic.com.gh | Mary Anane-Amponsah
The Auditor-General has directed the Ministry of Health to re-negotiate with the UNICEF/AVAT over the supply of Covid-19 vaccines to enable the country recover the sum of $81,87 million. This is part of recommendations made in a special audit of the government COVID-19 transactions for the period of March 2020 to June 2022. The report found that the Ministry of Health, on behalf of Government of Ghana, paid $120.19 million to UNICEF/AVAT for the supply of vaccines.
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Jan 24, 2023 | 
graphic.com.gh | Emmanuel Bonney |Mary Anane-Amponsah
The delay in the execution of a GH¢1.4 million project has resulted in the state paying an extra GH¢6.5 million. After awarding the contract to put up Adu Lodge in 2007 and paying 90 per cent of the contract sum, the contractor abandoned site, citing ill health. This caused the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration to re-evaluate the contract and award it for GH¢7.9 million in 2019.
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Jan 21, 2023 | 
graphic.com.gh | Emmanuel Bonney |Mary Anane-Amponsah
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has referred the Registrar General's Department to the Attorney-General (A-G) for prosecution for breach of procurement process. The violation is in connection with the supply of goods and services before the award of contract. The Chairman of the PAC, Dr James Klutse Avedzi, gave the order when the Ministry of Justice appeared before it yesterday.
