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In an age where electricity has become the livewire of every activity, it is surprising when you are told that the regional office of a major state institute has been without power for days. It all started on the evening of September 21 when Ghana was celebrating the birthday of the Founder of this great nation. That evening the offices of the Volta Regional Education Directorate went dark and were still in darkness as at Friday September 28, 2018. The situation like you would expect was affecting operations of the office with the personnel forced to work without electric power. The situation has adversely affected productivity at the regional offices with most members of the public who turned up at the offices to carry out transactions returning home disappointed. The interesting thing is that some of the people who turned up at the offices are teachers came from very far distances and so their journeys took hours and had to forego a day’s work without any result; meanin...

Every journalist likes a good story but some stories are so interesting they must be told. One of those stories is about attempts by local representatives of teacher unions to explain what is turning out to be an interesting topic, "Special insurance for teachers" The story is told of how most teachers woke up one morning, walked to their banks (which are usually GCB Bank),to their surprise found out GHC10 had been deducted form their salaries and it was going to be monthly affair; the purpose for these deductions, life insurance cover for them. It turned out their respective unions had signed them on for these insurance covers, in the belief that it was in the interest of the teacher. Unfortunately for the unions, no teacher is a juvenile so you need their consent to sign them up to anything no matter how well intentioned. So the roars went up in the various classrooms with some teachers resorting to social media to express their disgust at the move leaving ...

Perhaps it is an over-flogged matter that does not interest the public or even the media anymore; well, except in instances when a strike is threatened. The unpaid salary arrears of teachers is a matter that dates back to the days of Seth Tekper and was brought on by a decision to pay only three months of arrears and subject the rest to rigorous vetting. It is a matter that has attracted some industrial action but is still yet to be resolved; at least in the case of scores of teachers. The worst part is attempts to get the issue resolved have fallen on deaf ears. A couple of them who have spoken to me say they are becoming persona non grata at the Accountant General's office because the staff there were tired of their faces. The question is whether the frowning faces at the AG's department should deter them from pursuing their hard earned wages; the answer is No and they continue to frequent the offices. A couple of them who I have personally spoken to to...

It was Captain (rtd.) Nkrabea Effah Dartey, a lawyer of over 30 years standing who first expressed this confusion after Justice Daniel Mensah had decided to adjourn to await the administrative decision of the Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo. Interestingly enough, the man fighting off the adjournment is one whose name would be called anytime there is talk over the development of law in the country, Tsatsu Tsikata. The author of the letter is Frank Davies who was representing the Bank of Ghana; the purpose of the letter is to get the case assigned to a new court. So let me unwrap the case a little for you. In the wake of the consolidation of 5 banks into the Consolidated Bank, shareholders of UniBank one of the 5 unfortunate banks went to court in a bid to overturn the decision of the Bank of Ghana (BoG). Their case was simple, the Consolidated Bank of Ghana created by the Central Bank to takeover the assets of the five banks is an illegitimate entity. After filing th...

Deputy Attorney General has hinted that President Akufo Addo would confirm the appointment of Jean Mensah as EC Chairperson within the next 24 hours. He gave the hint in an interview with the press after the Supreme Court refused an application for interlocutory injunction filed by Fafali Nyonator, the private citizen challenging the removal of Charlotte Osei as EC Boss. There are indications that the Council of State has approved the nominations forwarded by the President. Godfred Yeboah Dame says the Court's decision clears  the way for the appointment and the President would act accordingly.

The Senior Staff Association of the Volta River Authority is opposing moves the amend the Build, Own, Operate  and Transfer agreement with Ameri Power. Under the agreement the power plants contracted by the erstwhile John Mahama led administration to tackle the power crisis at the time, would become properties of Ghana in two and a half years. The Nana Akufo Addo led administration which inherited the agreement is however seeking to extend its tenure. Even though it's unclear what is contained in the amendment bill submitted to Parliament, Gold News sources within the Mines and Energy Committe describe the amended deal "terrible." Government in defence of its claims move says the agreement would ease the burden on the consumer. The VRA Senior Staff in a statement described the amendment as needless and are convinced it would only make the agreement more expensive to the Ghanaian taxpayer. The Union is also concerned about the VRA which is suffering financial diffic...

The Chiefs and people of Dorfor Traditional area are demanding the return of a land possessed in 1975.  According to the acting President of Dorfor Traditional Area, Togbui Ananze Titriku XII  the land in question was possessed by Supreme Military Council and has remained in the hands of the State since then. Flanked by his sub-chiefs, Togbui Ananze Titriku XII at a press conference alleged that Vume Torgorme, who he described as traditional settlers on Dorfor land are seriously laying claims to lands stretching from Nigokpoe through Atitekpoe, Tagadzi to Kluma Dorfor. Togbui Ananze Titriku XII described the current situation as wrong and provocative since the said stretch of land belongs to Dorfor State and not Vume Torgome. “The said area was taken over by the Supreme Military Council since 1975 from the chiefs and people of Dorfor Traditional Area for cotton project which is yet to be developed,” he said. He  noted that the land in question is part...