Dr John Kumah, a Deputy Minister for Finance, has debunked allegations by the Minority in Parliament that the Bank of Ghana has printed GH¢22 billion notes for the country without approval from Parliament. He said the stated amount is an overdraft advanced by the Bank to the government and there was nothing illegal about it.
Minority in Parliament is furious with the government over the absence of late former President Atta Mills’ name on a bust monument erected in his honour. According to the caucus, the government must, as a matter of urgency, correct what they have described as an error.
Deputy Education Minister has dismissed claims that the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) and West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) may not come off as scheduled. According to Rev John Ntim Fordjour, the assertion is mere propaganda and falsehood.
One person has died and three others injured after armed robbers attacked a fuel station at Amasaman 3 junction. The robbers attacked the four victims; a security guard and three fuel attendants, in the wee hours of Thursday, July 21.
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has sanctioned ten evangelists for making noise and preaching on the street without a permit. According to a news report on the assembly’s website, five other people who used public address systems to sell products in the Central Business District (CBD) met the same fate as the preachers.
Sixteen people are currently receiving treatment at the Tamale Teaching Hospital after a Metro Mass Transit bus they were travelling in was involved in an accident. Ten others who sustained minor injuries have been treated and discharged.
The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) has shut down six hotels and other hospitality facilities in the Ahafo Region for operating without licences. The affected facilities included pubs, and catering services among others at Sankore, Mim, Mehame Nkwanta, Goaso, and Kenyasi.
Over 50 instrumentality shops and houses person been destroyed astatine Sakaman Blue Lagoon, a suburb of Dansoman successful the Greater Accra region. The demolishing exercise, which took spot connected Friday, July 15, has near victims stranded portion others person besides mislaid spot worthy thousands of cedis.