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The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta is set to present the 2023 mid-year budget review in Parliament today, Monday, July 31, 2023. Originally slated for July 27, 2023, the presentation was later rescheduled to July 25, 2023, only to be cancelled again until further notice. The last-minute cancellation of the budget review has stirred curiosity among Members of Parliament (MPs) and the public alike, with various speculations emerging about the possible reasons behind the delay. “In accordance with Section 28 of the Public Financial Management Act, 2016 (Act 921), the Mid-Year Fiscal Policy Review of the Budget Statement and Economic…

Sammi Awuku, Director-General of the National Lottery Authority (NLA) has complained that a major setback to the Authority has been the veiled but strategic encouragement which illegal Lotto Operators continue to enjoy from influential persons in society including high level media practitioners, among others. Mr. Awuku said very often which the leaders of such illicit gangs get busted and are to face prosecution, he, the NLA Boss, comes under a sudden intense pressure from all manner of influential persons who plead that the illegal operators should be pardoned and their crimes treated with a human-face. “We want to appeal to…

Two (2) retired police officers have been named among a Seven-member Parliamentary committee to probe the leaked tape that contained voices of some prominent persons suspected to be seeking to oust the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr. George Akuffo Dampare. Ms Ophelia Mensah Hayford, Member of Parliament (MP) for Mfantsiman Constituency who retired from the Police Service in 2020 as a Chief Inspector with the Interpol Unit and Superintendent (Retired) Peter Lanchene Toobu, a former Executive Secretary to the Inspector General of Police, David Asante Apeatu and now Member of Parliament (MP) for Wa West are the trained officers…

The Member of Parliament for Ablekuma West Constituency and Minister for Communications and Digitalisation, Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has organised mock examination for all persons preparing for the 2023 edition of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the constituency as part of her annual commitment to help prepare the candidates for the main exams. 3,470 (1,777 females and 1,693 males) Junior High School finalists in the Constituency are set to partake in the Examinations. Speaking to some of the candidates writing the mock exam, Mrs. Owusu-Ekuful tasked them to focus on their books and excel in the exams. “We know…

The National Lottery Authority (NLA) has announced the purchase of four new ultra modern lotto draw machines to replace the current ones which at best can be described as pieces of artifacts befitting of museums. “The new draw achiness are to help enhance what we do and apart from the fact that people are superstitious, they seem to be addicted to the old draw achiness. We can no longer use those machines because they are now obsolete, the parts are not available anymore and they are not even being manufactured anymore”, Sammi Awuku, the Director–General of the NLA announced to…

Some prominent officials in the country and Minority in Parliament are demanding the immediate removal  of Cecilia Dapaah, the Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources for keeping large sums of money in her home and subsequently alleged to have been stolen by her house helps. Member of Parliament for Bole Bamboi, Yussif Sulemana and Kumbungu constituency, Rasheed Pelpuo asked President Akufo-Addo to commence immediate investigation into the matter whiles sacking the Minister from government duties. READ ALSO: Ghanaians React After Cecilia Dapaah’s House Helps Stole $1m, €300k And Millions Of Cedis “I expect the President to fire her if it’s true…

An Accra High Court presided over by Justice Olivia Obeng Owusu has awarded an amount of GH6,000 cost against the side chick by name Deborah Seyram Adablah who sued her sugar daddy and former Chief Financial Officer of the First Atlantic Bank.  Lawyers of the bank in a motion argued that, First Atlantic Bank should be struck out of the case, demanding cost reward of GH50,000. The Court after agreeing to the argument by attorneys of the bank struck their name out, and rather awarded 6,000 cedis cost. Meanwhile the main case is yet to be commenced. This comes after…

Former Ghanaian President, John Dramani Mahama has expressed shock over an amount of US$1 million, €300,000, and other millions of Ghana cedis stolen from the residence of Mrs. Cecilia Dapaah, the Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, and her husband, Mr. Daniel Osei Kuffour, in Abelemkpe, Accra. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) 2024 presidential flagbearer in a tweet described the news of such money kept in the home of the Minister as “scandalous”. “$1m + €300k and millions of GHS in a Ghanaian Minister’s home? Scandalous!!. Even if genuinely acquired, why keep millions of hard currency at home?” he said.…

An appointee under the Akufo-Addo administration is said to have kept a whopping amount of US$1 million, €300,000 and millions of Ghana cedis at her residence in Abelemkpe, a suburb of Accra.  The Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Abena Dapaah and her husband, Daniel Osei Kuffour is said to have such an amount of money in their home which was subsequently stolen. The people who stole the money are said to be house helps of the Minister. This was revealed at an Accra Circuit Court reported by the Chronicle Newspaper in its Friday, July 21, 2023 edition. The…