… National General Secretary of GAUA, Charles Jojo Aidoo, said the association had been negotiating with the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission for about two months without significant progress. …
… National General Secretary of GAUA, Charles Jojo Aidoo, said the association has been negotiating with the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) for about two months, but no significant progress has been made. …
… National General Secretary of GAUA, Charles Jojo Aidoo, said the association is currently engaging the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC), but remains dissatisfied with the progress of the negotiations. …
… The Municipal Director of Education, Mr Philip Aidoo, whose speech was read on his behalf by the Head of Planning and Statistics, Mr Wisely Boakye Marfo, commended Ecobank Ghana for the initiative. …
… Mr Hackman Kobena Aidoo, the DCE for Gomoa Central, said the Assembly had used 10 per cent of its Common Fund received in 2025, to construct and expand two health facilities at Gomoa Ekwamkrom and Gomoa Aseibu to improve the health delivery system. …
… According to the Attorney General’s Press Secretary, Benjamin Alpha Aidoo, the prosecution’s failure to appear for what was scheduled as the final day of cross-examination in the Cybersecurity software case was due to circumstances beyond its control. …
… Meanwhile, the Member of Parliament for Oforikrom Constituency, Michael Kwasi Aidoo, has assured management and students of the school of government’s intervention. …
… The intervention, led by the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Ing. Ebenezer Aidoo, is aimed at helping beneficiaries establish or expand small businesses and income-generating ventures to become more economically independent. …
… Speaking in an interview on JoyNews’ The Pulse on Monday, August 10, GAUA General Secretary, Charles Kojo Aidoo, said the association has historically avoided industrial action but believes the current situation requires its members to take a stronger position. …
University of Ghana's Pro-Vice-Chancellor warns that the 2026/2027 academic calendar could collapse if the Ghana Association of University Administrators' strike extends into the following week, citing non-functioning critical systems managed by striking members. The university has suspended first-semester registration and appeals to government to resolve the impasse urgently.
University of Ghana's Pro-Vice-Chancellor warns that the 2026/2027 academic calendar could collapse if the Ghana Association of University Administrators' strike extends into the following week, citing non-functioning critical systems managed by striking members. The university has suspended first-semester registration and appeals to government to resolve the impasse urgently.
The Ghana Association of University Administrators says its members are frustrated as their strike, declared in August over unpaid allowances and service disparities, continues with no progress after two months of negotiations with the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission. The industrial action has disrupted administrative services at public universities, affecting student course registration, accommodation, and online portal access.
The Ghana Association of University Administrators says negotiations with government's Fair Wages and Salaries Commission have made no significant progress in about two months, with none of its six or seven grievances addressed. The ongoing strike, declared in August over unpaid allowances and service disparities, has disrupted administrative services at public universities including the University of Ghana and UniMAC.
Ecobank Ghana has inaugurated a refurbished Digital Learning Centre at La-Nkwantanang Cluster of Schools, fitted with 26 computers and designed to serve over 2,000 pupils from eight basic schools with training in coding, web development, animation, robotics, and artificial intelligence. The facility was financed by Ecobank as part of its Transforming Africa Through Education programme marking the bank's 40th anniversary.
The Central Regional Minister commended Gomoa Central District Assembly for effectively utilising its 20 per cent Common Fund to complete legacy projects in health, education and other development areas. Funds for the first and second quarters of 2026 have been released to district assemblies to support projects in health, education, roads, water and other development areas.
The Attorney General's Office said its absence from a scheduled cross-examination session in the Cybersecurity software case involving former National Signals Bureau Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene on September 2 was due to circumstances beyond its control, citing a concurrent Supreme Court hearing. The prosecution rejected defence counsel Samuel Atta Akyea's characterization of the absence as abandonment of the case.
KNUST Senior High School in Kumasi is considering reducing enrollment for the next academic year amid severe infrastructure deficits that threaten academic quality. The school's 4,121 students and 245 staff are straining existing facilities, with 10 classes housed in an abandoned structure, and management says the government's only infrastructural intervention since the Free Senior High School policy has been construction of an emergency boys' dormitory.
The Ahanta West Municipal Assembly, working with the local MP and Department of Social Welfare, has distributed livelihood support items and cash to persons with disabilities to help them establish or expand small businesses and income-generating ventures.
The La Nkwantanang-Madina Municipal Assembly has provided classroom furniture—including 1,200 hexagonal tables and chairs for kindergarten pupils, 400 mono desks, 400 teachers' tables and chairs, and 12 swivel chairs—to 55 schools ahead of the new academic year to improve teaching and learning.
The Ghana Association of University Administrators has launched an indefinite strike from August 10, 2026, citing unfair disparities in allowances between teaching and non-teaching staff in public universities. GAUA General Secretary Charles Kojo Aidoo highlighted that assistant lecturers receive market premiums of about GH¢7,400 while university registrars and directors of finance receive approximately GH¢6,000.
Ghana's Association of University Administrators says its industrial action will halt salary processing, admissions, promotions, appointments, and procurement across public universities. The strike affects accountants, engineers, architects, lawyers, and medical doctors employed by the institutions.
Ghana Association of University Administrators says its members have worked without a formal condition of service since 2008 and have embarked on industrial action over the absence of updated conditions and disparities in allowances between teaching and non-teaching staff. The association submitted proposals to government but was told government would not negotiate a comprehensive agreement, citing an incoming independent emolument commission.
The Member of Parliament for Oforikrom has criticized the government's 24-hour economy policy as "dead on arrival," arguing that the NDC has abandoned a key 2024 campaign promise and that a 24-hour economy cannot be created through policy alone because it is demand-driven. He questioned the government's commitment, noting there is no clear budgetary allocation to support implementation.
An Energy Committee Member of Parliament has cautioned that gaps between Ghana's installed generating capacity and actual plant availability pose ongoing risks to the electricity system, despite the government's assertions of stable power supply. His remarks follow President Mahama's visit to the Akosombo Generating Station after a switchyard fire disrupted the national grid in late April.
Energy Committee member Michael Kwasi Aidoo has called the current intermittent power supply "very unbearable," warning it threatens businesses, education, and national productivity, particularly as JHS 3 students prepare for the BECE examination starting Monday.
Ghana's Parliamentary Minority has called for the removal of Energy Minister John Abdulai Jinapor, arguing that ultimate responsibility for the country's power challenges rests with top-level sector leadership. An MP on the Parliamentary Energy Committee contended that recent reshuffles of officials at lower levels, including at GRIDCo and ECG, fail to address the structural and financial difficulties underlying Ghana's intermittent power supply.
The Member of Parliament for Oforikrom has criticized the directive ordering the GRIDCo CEO to step aside following the Akosombo Power Control Centre fire, describing the move as a "smokescreen" that would not address underlying challenges in Ghana's power sector. He argued the decision was intended to use someone as a scapegoat rather than solve systemic problems.