WAGE BILL EXCEEDS BUDGET; GH¢800M MORE IN ARREARS

The Volta River Authority is to use desalinated sea water for  proposed two 350MW coal-fired plants to be sited at Aboano in the Ekumfi district of the Central Region.

VRA TO USE SEA WATER FOR COAL PLANT

The public sector wage bill last year exceeded  the budget amount by almost GH¢270million despite a freeze on public sector employment, proving once again the challenge that confronts government in maintaining the wage bill within budget limits as demanded by the International Monetary Fund.

GHANAIAN ISIS RECRUIT KILLED; FINAL FUNERAL RITES HELD YESTERDAY

Mohammed Nazir Nortei Alema, the Ghanaian graduate from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) who joined terrorist group ISIS in August 2015 has been reported killed.

TRIBUTES POUR IN FOR JAKE

The NPP has directed that all party flags will fly at half-mast in honour of the former Chairman of the party, Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey, who died in London.

PROSPER BANI, IGP TIGHTEN SECURITY FOR MPs

Mr Prosper Bani, the Interior Minister, has reiterated the promise he made at his vetting to improve security of Parliament and Members of the House.

BIG OAK FALLS: JAKE IS DEAD

The death is reported of Jacob Otanka Obetsebi-Lamptey, affectionately known as Jake, former National Chairman of the opposition NPP, in far away London.

3 GUNNED DOWN AT AFIENYA

Three members of a family, including 57-year-old chief of Sota, a farming community near Dodowa in the Shai Osudoku District of the Greater Accra Region, were shot dead in the full glare of the public on Sundayat Mangoetsonya, Afienya near Accra.

EC REJECTS VALIDATION

Even before the Supreme Court takes a decision on the case brought before it b Abu Ramadan and Evans Nimako to compel the EC to undertake a validation exercise as part of efforts to clean the existing voter register, the EC has resolved not to undertake the exercise.

NATION MOURNS JAKE

The immediate past National Chairman of the NPP, Mr Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey, is dead.

ELECTION IS NOT WAR – KUFUOR

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has reminded Ghanaians that politics is not a do-or-die affair but a means for electorate to express their divergent views towards the transformation of the country.

GHANA’S DEBT STOOD AT $25.6 BILLION LAST DECEMBER – GOVERNOR

Ghana’s debt stock rose to $25.6 billion or 97.2 billion in December last year, equivalent to 72.9 percent of the year’s total economic output, measured by GDP.

POWER SUPPLY TO SUFFER SETBACK FOLLOWING SHUTDOWN

Power generation is expected to go down following the shutdown of the FPSO Kwame Nkrumah vessel and the drop in gas flow from the West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited.

GET TOUGH WITH HIRED POLITICAL THUGS – EC URGES POLICE

The Deputy Ashanti Regional Director of the Electoral Commission, Samuel Sarpong, has called for the security agencies to get tough with any political party hired thugs, out there to disrupt and create confusion on the day of elections.