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Officers of the Ghana Immigration Service stationed at the Akanu Sector Command with the support of some officers of the Ghana Revenue Authority-Customs Division have intercepted a truck loaded with smuggled cocoa beans.

The World Bank’s Ghana Public Finance Review report has outlined how the country’s GDP growth was fueled by debt accumulation.

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has been ordered to pay GH¢960,000 in damages and cost to a Ghanaian resident in Germany. 

The Ghana government has increased the National Daily Minimum Wage (NDMW) by 10 per cent, which translates into a new NDMW of GH¢19.97, effective March 1, 2025.

Ghana will need billions of dollars to treat, reclaim and restore vast degraded lands and waterbodies caused by activities of illegal miners over the years. 

President John Dramani Mahama, has informed Ghanaians living in Ethiopia that the major tasks ahead of his Administration are to amend the Constitution, hold past and present Government officials accountable and stabilise the economy.   

A whopping GH¢380 million comprising teacher trainee allowance and feeding grants for the 2023/2024 academic year for all the 46 Colleges of Education across the country are yet to be released. 

The World Bank has described the financial sector clean-up undertaken by the Ghana government as costly, stating that the clean-up and losses in the energy sector increased fiscal pressure on the economy.

President John Dramani Mahama has advocated urgent reform of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).  

In 2014, the Ghana government announced a $450-million package for the rehabilitation of roads in cocoa-growing areas in the country.