The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has called an emergency meeting with the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) after many news reports and complaints from the public about how quickly prepaid electricity units are running out after the recent tariff change under the Multi-Year Tariff Order (MYTO). The Commission wrote a letter on February 25,…
Ato Cassiel Ghana’s Minister of Finance, Forson, has said that the Cabinet has approved the Ghana Accelerated National Reserve Accumulation Policy (GANRAP). This is a strategic plan to make the country more resilient to economic shocks from outside by increasing international reserves to cover 15 months of imports by the end of 2028. Dr. Forson…
The National Union of Ghana Students – United Kingdom (NUGS UK) is worried about the fact that Ghanaian students in the UK still have to take the IELTS and that government scholarships are taking too long to be paid out. On February 25, 2026, the Union called for diplomatic talks between the Ministries of Foreign…
Samuel Nartey Georg, the Minister for Communication, Digital Technology, and Innovations, has said that he wants to turn the Ghana Meteorological Agency into an Authority to give it more legal power and make it work better. He said that the upgrade is meant to make weather forecasting, climate monitoring, and disaster preparedness better because extreme…
The Ghana Armed Forces said that the government will start paying back gratuity to retired soldiers under Constitutional Instrument (CI) 129. The military said in a press release on February 25, 2026, that they had come up with a plan for a two-year phased implementation after five years of talks with the Ministries of Finance…
Frank Annoh-Dompreh has called for a structured medium-term plan to clear District Assemblies Common Fund arrears estimated at over GH¢7 billion, stating that resolving the backlog requires concrete measures. He proposed an independent audit by the Auditor-General to verify arrears from 2014 to date and publish a certified arrears figure, followed by a three-to-five-year amortisation…
John Mahama has broken ground on a $250 million float glass factory in Shama, which is in the Western Region. He has also opened a sanitary ware plant and Phase Five of the tile line by KEDA (Ghana) Ceramics Company Limited. He said that the glass plant, which is supposed to be able to make…
Frank Annoh-Dompreh has said that the Minority Caucus is dedicated to protecting Ghana’s Constitution in the fight over the 2025 District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) Guidelines. He also said that they will fight any violation of the Constitution. He said that the DACF is protected by the Constitution and that only Parliament has the power…
Frank Annoh-Dompreh says that the Minority caucus is against the 2025 District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) Guidelines because they are worried about the constitution, not because they don’t want development to happen. He said that Article 252 of the 1992 Constitution gave Parliament the sole power to decide how the Fund is shared among the…
Kwabena Donkor says that the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) is no longer useful in the cocoa economy and is a bad example of corporate governance because it is both a regulator and a market player. On the GTV Breakfast Show on February 24, 2026, he compared Ghana to Côte d’Ivoire, which changed its cocoa board…
