Ghana and Nigeria are considering a Nigerian proposal on a possible exchange of prisoners between the two countries. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alhaji Mohammed Mumuni disclosed this in Accra yesterday, when the Nigerian Foreign Affairs Minister, Chief Ojo Madueke, paid a courtesy call on him.

The Yendi Municipality has been hard hit by fuel shortage particularly petrol for close to a month. The situation is gradually grounding the area’s socio-economic activities to a sharp hault.Explaining the situation, Hon. Walvis Mahama Adama Hudi, Yendi Municipal Chief Executive attributed the shortage to the activities of smugglers popularly called “Kalabule” operating in the municipality.

Aqua Vitens Rand Ltd. (AVRL), operators of the Ghana Water Company, say they cannot provide uninterrupted water if power supply continuous to wobble.Communications Manger of AVRL, Mr Stanley Martey said, “Water production is mainly dependent on electricity so in the event of (us) having power outages or even fluctuations in power, we are unable to produce water because our pumps are such that when there are fluctuations in the flow of power, [they] cannot run.”

The implementation of the Single Spine Salary (SSS) policy will now take off in July this year, instead of January as proposed, the Chief Executive of the Fair Wages and Salaries Com-mission, George Smith-Graham, has announced."Though the status of the implementation of the policy is at an advanced stage, the shift in the dateline will allow the government to adopt a credible minimum wage to serve as the base for the SSS implementation," he explained."We are working to ensure that the first payment of the SSS will actually reflect in the pockets of public servants in July," he added.