Three teacher unions, the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) and the Pre-Tertiary Teachers’ Association of Ghana (PRETAG) have suspended their industrial strike following negotiations with the Council of State and the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC). The suspension is expected to allow further negotiations on the outstanding concerns that led to the industrial action. Speaking after a meeting with the FWSC, GNAT General Secretary Thomas Musah said the decision followed engagements with the Ministry of Employment and the Council of State over issues affecting teachers. “We want to announce that we…
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Pre-tertiary teacher unions are set to meet the government on Monday, September 28, in a fresh effort to resolve outstanding concerns over their conditions of service and pave the way for an end to their nationwide strike. The meeting follows the decision by the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) and the Pre-Tertiary Teachers Association of Ghana (PRETAG) to declare an immediate nationwide strike. The unions are demanding action on a number of outstanding issues, including the payment of promotion arrears owed to teachers and delays in negotiations over their conditions of service.…
President John Dramani Mahama has announced that construction works on the new 198.7-kiliometre Accra-Kumasi Expressway is expected to begin before Christmas 2026. He said US$2 billion was already available in a special account at the Bank of Ghana to finance the project and stressed that the money had not been borrowed. Speaking at Kwaso, near Ejisu, on Monday (September 14, 2026), during the handover of the cleared right-of-way by the Ghana Armed Forces to the government, President Mahama said the funds belonged to Ghanaian taxpayers. He said the government would raise the funds to the full project cost by the end…
New Patriotic Party (NPP) National Chairmanship aspirant Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has withdrawn from the party’s national chairmanship race, citing his current circumstances and a desire not to become a burden to the party. In a statement, Chairman Wontumi said he reached the decision after “many nights of prayer, sober reflection and consultations” with his family, legal team, party elders, campaign team and trusted supporters. He said although the decision was not what he wanted, he had concluded that his personal circumstances should not become an additional burden for the NPP as the party works to rebuild…
The Supreme Court has cleared the way for selected criminal trials to continue during the legal vacation after dismissing an application by Ofoase-Ayirebi MP Kojo Oppong Nkrumah seeking to halt the proceedings. Justice Gabriel Pwamang, sitting as a single judge of the Supreme Court, ruled on Friday, August 21, 2026, that the applicant had not made a proper case for an interlocutory injunction. The ruling means the affected courts can continue sitting under administrative warrants issued by Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie. However, the decision does not determine the substantive constitutional challenge filed by Mr Oppong Nkrumah, which remains pending before the Supreme…
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) will today, Monday, August 10, begin a four-day planned maintenance exercise in parts of the Accra East Region. The exercise, which will run through Thursday, August 13, is expected to cause temporary power interruptions in several communities between 9:00 am and 5:00 pm each day. ECG says the exercise forms part of measures to undertake planned maintenance works and improve the reliability of electricity supply in the affected areas. On Monday, August 10, customers in Teiman, Oyarifa, Mr Smith, parts of Ogbodjo, Tsmasiwaa Hospital, Ability and surrounding areas are expected to experience an outage…
The Ministry of Defence has unveiled a cenotaph in honour of the late former Defence Minister, Dr Edward Omane Boamah, to preserve his memory and inspire future generations of public servants.Speaking at the unveiling ceremony, the Deputy Defence Minister, Dr Ernest Brogya Genfi, said the memorial was not intended to glorify Dr Omane Boamah, but to serve as a lasting reminder of his dedication to service, humility, and patriotism.He described the late Defence Minister as a person who believed in duty rather than personal recognition, adding that those who knew him were certain he would have declined any form of…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has presented a petition to the Supreme Court and the presidency, accusing the Mahama administration of undermining Ghana’s democracy through what it describes as arbitrary arrests, intimidation of political opponents and selective justice. The party first marched to the Supreme Court, where it presented a petition expressing concerns about what it described as growing threats to judicial independence and the rule of law. It subsequently proceeded to the Jubilee House to deliver a second petition to the presidency. The petition was presented at Jubilee House by Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin at the end of the…
Ghana has achieved its statutory debt-to-GDP target of 45 per cent years ahead of both the International Monetary Fund programme timetable and the timeline established under the Public Financial Management Act, Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson announced on Thursday during the presentation of the 2026 Mid-Year Fiscal Policy Review to Parliament. The country’s public debt declined sharply from 61.8 per cent of GDP at the end of 2024 to 44.7 per cent by the close of 2025, before edging slightly to 45.0 per cent by the end of June 2026. For the first time since April 2014, Ghana’s external…
The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has rejected the High court’s conviction and 20-year prison sentence imposed on its Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, describing the judgement as “fundamentally flawed” and vowing to challenge it at the Court of Appeal. Addressing a press conference in Accra on Monday, July 20, the General Secretary of the party, Justin Frimpong Kodua, said although the NPP respected the authority and independence of the judiciary, it strongly disagreed with the court’s decision and believed the conviction could not be sustained on the evidence presented during the trial. The High Court…
