Month: January 2023

BoG, Finance Ministry Commit To Zero-Financing Of Budget As IMF Pre-Condition
30 Jan

BoG, Finance Ministry Commit To Zero-Financing Of Budget As IMF Pre-Condition

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The Bank of Ghana says it has reached an agreement with the Finance Ministry to commit to zero financing of this year’s budget and subsequent ones. Joy Business is learning that the proposed policy is a pre-condition for the country to secure a fund programme from the IMF. Speaking at the launch of the 60th anniversary celebrations by the Institute of Chartered Accountants Ghana (ICAG), Head of Banking Supervision at the Bank of Ghana, Osei Gyasi, said the move is also necessary to contain the country’s rising debt as well as control inflation. “Monetary financing of the government deficit which…
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A Sex Scene With Jim Iyke Almost Got Me Expelled From University – Actress
30 Jan

A Sex Scene With Jim Iyke Almost Got Me Expelled From University – Actress

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Popular actress, Lilian Afegbai, has revealed that she almost got sacked from Benson Idahosa University (BIU), Benin in Edo State, Nigeria, after acting in a sex scene with Jim Iyke in a movie. She made this known on the latest Tea with Tay episode. According to Lilian Afegbai, she was made to face a disciplinary committee at Benson Idahosa University (BIU) in Benin. “I started acting fully in BIU. In the first movie that I did, they almost expelled me from school because I had a sex scene with Jim Iyke. So when the movie came out, then I was…
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Patience Ozokwor Explains Why She Didn’t Remarry After Husband’s Death
30 Jan

Patience Ozokwor Explains Why She Didn’t Remarry After Husband’s Death

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Nollywood actress, Patience Ozokwor, popularly known as Mama G, has revealed that following the death of her husband, she stayed single because her children pleaded with her to not remarry. As someone who married at an early age and would have loved to enjoy it to the fullest, she said it was a huge sacrifice she had to make for her children. “I actually wanted to remarry, but it was too late because my children were already grown and they pleaded with me and said ‘stay with us and we will be the husband you want and take care of you.…
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World Leprosy Day: VP Bawumia Makes An Appeal Against Stigmatisation
30 Jan

World Leprosy Day: VP Bawumia Makes An Appeal Against Stigmatisation

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The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia on Sunday, January 29, 2022, joined residents and management of the Weija Leprosarium in Accra to mark the 70th Anniversary of World Leprosy Day, with a strong appeal for an end to stigmatisation against victims of leprosy. The World Leprosy Day is observed internationally on the last Sunday of every January to  celebrate people who have acquired the disease and also to spread  awareness about the disease. In Ghana, the Lepers Aid Committee in collaboration with stakeholders, including Accra Omega Lions Club and the National Leprosy Control Programme marked the day in Accra. Speaking…
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Daddy Lumba Pays Courtesy Call On IGP
30 Jan

Daddy Lumba Pays Courtesy Call On IGP

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Legendary Highlife musician Daddy Lumba is making an effort to improve his relationship and view of the Ghana Police Service. The singer, born Charles Kojo Ofosu, in making this effort paid a courtesy call on the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, at the Police Headquarters in Accra. The visit took place on Wednesday, January 25. This was Daddy Lumba’s first to the police headquarters since the appointment of Dr Dampare as IGP. Daddy Lumba in a short interaction with the Police chief said the visit was to foster closer relations with the police service. Below are some…
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Adomfe Goes Sombre As Cop, Family Killed In Fire Are Buried
30 Jan

Adomfe Goes Sombre As Cop, Family Killed In Fire Are Buried

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Sergeant Owusu Asante Baafi who died together with his wife and their four-month-old baby in a fire outbreak at Apromasi in the Ashanti Region has been buried. The 35-year-old man and his wife Abena Akyaa, 32, were buried on Saturday, January 28, 2023, at Adomfe in the Asante Akyem South Municipality of the Ashanti Region. It was a difficult moment for families and sympathisers to watch as baby Samuel Kwabena Baafi Nyamedo was laid by his parents. The coffin of the late officer with the Anti-Robbery Unit of the Ashanti Regional Police Command was wrapped in a Ghana Police Service flag with a…
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Close Down Office Of The Auditor-General – GHAMRO CEO Fumes
30 Jan

Close Down Office Of The Auditor-General – GHAMRO CEO Fumes

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The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Music Rights Organisation (GHAMRO), Abraham Adjatey, has called for the closure of the office of the Auditor-General. The Auditor-General of Ghana, who is the head of the Ghana Audit Service, undertakes audits of the public accounts of Ghana and all public offices as mandated by Article 187 of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana. Mr. Adjatey told host of Joy FM’s Showbiz A-Z, George Quaye on Saturday, January 28 that, lack of power on the part of the Auditor-General to directly prosecute people who have misapplied or misused state funds, has rendered the institution…
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Monkeypox Outbreak: Ghana Records Four Deaths, 116 Cases
30 Jan

Monkeypox Outbreak: Ghana Records Four Deaths, 116 Cases

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Ghana recorded four deaths and 116 confirmed cases of the Monkeypox disease in 2022, in 14 out of the 16 regions. Two deaths were recorded in Upper East and one each in the Greater Accra and Central regions. The Savannah and Ahafo regions did not record any cases, Dr Farida Abdulai, the Deputy Director, Ghana Health Service (GHS), disclosed during a community stakeholder engagement at Ningo-Prampram in the Greater Accra Region. It was organised by the GHS, in collaboration with the USAID Breakthrough Action-Ghana programme, to educate the public on measures to overcome the disease. Dr Abdulai said Monkeypox could…
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Education Ministry Cautions Against Payment Of Money For School Placement
30 Jan

Education Ministry Cautions Against Payment Of Money For School Placement

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The Ministry of Education has cautioned parents and guardians of prospective Senior High School students against paying money as the school placement begins. In a press statement dated January 28, the Ministry noted that the placement process is purely on merit and thus no other consideration is done whatsoever. “Prospective Senior High School students, parents/guardians and the general public are hereby cautioned against any form of payment to unscrupulous individuals, offering to secure their preferred choice of school during the 2023 Computerised School Placement into Senior High/TVET Schools.” The Ministry assured the general public of a transparent, equitable, and merit-based…
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Fuel Prices To Increase By 7%-13% From February 1, 2023 – IES
30 Jan

Fuel Prices To Increase By 7%-13% From February 1, 2023 – IES

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The Institute for Energy Security (IES) is predicting between 7% and 13% jump in the prices of petrol, diesel and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), from February 1, 2023, for the next two weeks. This means petrol will sell at about ¢15 per litre, whilst diesel will go for over ¢17 per litre. According to the IES, the rise in domestic fuel prices, is due to the sharp depreciation of the cedi during the last two weeks and the rising international fuel prices as observed on the global S&P Platts platform. The energy think tank pointed out that the increase in…
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