17 h. ago Audit Service rejects calls for restatement of MIIF 2024 financials; flags concerns over Agyapa

The Auditor-General’s Department has dismissed calls from the Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF) to review and restate its 2024 audited financial statements.

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5 d. ago Strike at public technical universities disrupts admissions, finance Services over unpaid allowance

The Technical Universities Senior Administrators Association of Ghana (TUSAAG) has vowed to continue its strike until the government pays a negotiated One-Time Research Allowance, which has been pending for nearly 17 months. Speaking to journalists at Kumasi Technical University on Wednesday, December 3, the Local President of TUSAAG, Akwasi Sarfo Agyemang, said the strike is in full force and members are abiding by the association’s directives to stay at home. “And as we rightly said, we are on strike and being on strike means that our members are not supposed to come to work. And that’s just what they are doing now,” he explained. Mr. Agyemang clarified that while some people may still be seen on campus submitting applications, these are not TUSAAG members, and the processing of such applications is being handled by non-striking officers. He emphasized that the strike affects senior administrators responsible for admissions, finance, and audit services. The industrial action was d...

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5 d. ago Developing Countries Face Historic Debt Drain, World Bank Reports

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Roger A. Agana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/developing-countries-face-historic-debt-drain-world-bank-reports/Developing countries paid out $741 billion more in principal and interest on their external debt than they received in new financing between 2022 and 2024, representing the largest gap in at least 50 years, according to the World Bank’s latest International Debt Report released Wednesday. The stark finding underscores mounting financial pressures facing the world’s […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Roger A. Agana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/developing-countries-face-historic-debt-drain-world-bank-reports/

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7 d. ago Citizens urged to use three “Rs” in fight against corruption

The monitoring and evaluation officer of the Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC), Solomon Nyankah, has called on citizens to resist, reject, and report (3 Rs) incidences of corruption.

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8 d. ago Nigerian Presidency Rejects Obasanjo Call for Foreign Security Intervention

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/nigerian-presidency-rejects-obasanjo-call-for-foreign-security-intervention/The Nigerian presidency dismissed weekend calls by former President Olusegun Obasanjo for foreign intervention to address the country’s worsening security crisis, accusing the ex leader of lacking credibility to criticize President Bola Tinubu over terrorism that allegedly took root during his own tenure. Sunday Dare, special adviser to the president on media and public communication, […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/nigerian-presidency-rejects-obasanjo-call-for-foreign-security-intervention/

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1 week ago Eduwatch demands GES immediately recall 83,000 gov’t tablets over pornography crisis

A concern has erupted in the government’s flagship digital learning initiative after the Education Minister revealed that students are using state-issued tablets to access pornography.

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1 week ago Think Tank Urges Parliament to Reject Lithium Mining Agreement

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Roger A. Agana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/think-tank-urges-parliament-to-reject-lithium-mining-agreement/IMANI Centre for Policy and Education has called on Parliament to withhold ratification of a revised lithium mining lease between government and Barari DV Ghana Limited, arguing the agreement weakens fiscal protections and relies on misleading interpretations of mining law to justify concessions favoring Atlantic Lithium’s parent company. The think tank released a public statement […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Roger A. Agana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/think-tank-urges-parliament-to-reject-lithium-mining-agreement/

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1 week ago JoyNews intercepts confidential report on MIIF losing over GH¢700m in gold deal with Goldridge

JoyNews has obtained a confidential audit by the Ghana Audit Service revealing how the Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF) lost over GH¢708 million in a gold trade deal with Goldridge Refinery Limited (GRL).

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2 w. ago Majority MPs flag legal concerns over 10% Lithium royalty, pushes for amendment of mining law

The Majority on the Lands Committee of Parliament has urged an amendment to the Minerals and Mining Act, Act 703, to allow the government to increase its proposed royalty in the Ewoyaa lithium project.

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2 w. ago Majority MPs flag legal concerns over 10% Lithium royalty, push for amendment of mining law

The Majority on the Lands Committee of Parliament has urged an amendment to the Minerals and Mining Act, Act 703, to allow the government to increase its proposed royalty in the Ewoyaa lithium project.

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2 w. ago NPP rejects Kpandai election ruling, calls it “dangerous” and damaging to democracy

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has strongly criticised the Tamale High Court ruling ordering a rerun of the 2024 parliamentary election in the Kpandai constituency, describing the decision as dangerous and a threat to Ghana’s democratic progress.

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2 w. ago GACC, ACEP, GII and FCDO Train Journalists on Audit Reporting and Anti

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Isaac Kofi Dzokpo, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/gacc-acep-gii-and-fcdo-train-journalists-on-audit-reporting-and-anti-corruption-tools/The Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC), in partnership with the Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), the Ghana Audit Service, and the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), has held an intensive capacity-building workshop aimed at strengthening journalists’ skills in analysing Auditor-General’s Reports and effectively using the CitizensEye App for […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Isaac Kofi Dzokpo, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/gacc-acep-gii-and-fcdo-train-journalists-on-audit-reporting-and-anti-corruption-tools/

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2 w. ago Sierra Leone Opposition Group Rejects Alleged Dutch Call for US Action

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/sierra-leone-opposition-group-rejects-alleged-dutch-call-for-us-action/A Sierra Leonean opposition party has condemned what it describes as an attempt by the Netherlands to invite United States intervention in the West African nation over a long running diplomatic dispute involving a convicted Dutch drug trafficker. The People’s Democratic League (PDL), founded in 1986 as a grassroots political movement, issued a statement on […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/sierra-leone-opposition-group-rejects-alleged-dutch-call-for-us-action/

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2 w. ago Gov’t gives financial clearance for persons recruited into public sector months before 2024 to be paid

Government has given financial clearance for persons recruited into the public sector just months before the 2024 General Elections to be paid.

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3 w. ago Interior Minister rejects Ghana Catholic Bishops’ call for state of emergency

Ghana’s Interior Minister, Muntaka Mubarak, says he will not recommend a state of emergency despite calls from the Catholic Bishops’ Conference.

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3 w. ago Audit Service recovered GH¢14.95m in unearned salaries, irregularities – Ato Forson

Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson has revealed that the Audit Service recovered GH¢14.95 million in unearned salaries, allowances, and other financial irregularities during 2025.

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3 w. ago NPP Primaries: Kennedy Agyapong launches tribal tirade; calls for Akans to reject minorities

NPP flagbearer aspirant Kennedy Agyapong has launched a controversial tribal tirade in his latest campaign message to party delegates. Addressing NPP delegates in Kyebi, in the Abuakwa South constituency of the Eastern Region on Wednesday, Mr. Agyapong urged Akans to rise up and reject minority tribes in the country to claim what he described as their rightful place in the NPP flagbearer race.

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3 w. ago IMANI Urges Parliament to Reject Flawed Atlantic Lithium Agreement

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/imani-urges-parliament-to-reject-flawed-atlantic-lithium-agreement/Policy think tank IMANI Africa has called on Ghana’s Parliament to reject the Atlantic Lithium mining lease for the Ewoyaa project, arguing that the two year delayed agreement remains fundamentally flawed and could deprive the country of fair value from its lithium resources. The mining lease, submitted to the Parliamentary Select Committee on Lands, Forestry […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/imani-urges-parliament-to-reject-flawed-atlantic-lithium-agreement/

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