Traders at Makola No. 2 Market in central Accra have closed their shops to protest sharp rent increases and an extra 20% fee imposed by the market’s managers, the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT). The protest, which started early on Thursday, February 26, stopped businesses from running because many stalls were closed. Traders…
Ernest Brogya Genfi, the Deputy Minister for Defense, told Parliament’s Joint Committee on Defense, Interior, Foreign Affairs, and National Security about steps being taken to improve national security after the recent terrorist attack in Burkina Faso that killed eight Ghanaian tomato traders and hurt three others. He led a delegation from the Ministry of Defence…
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…
On 12 June 2019, the Supreme Court of Ghana delivered a clear and final warning in Benjamin Komla Kpodo & Richard Quashigah v. Attorney-General: not less than 5% of Ghana’s total revenue must go to the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF). Not a suggestion. Not a target. A binding constitutional command. Yet the record shows…
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…
