The following interview was conducted by the International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity with Veronica O. Dzeagu (VD), the National Coordinator at the Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC) during the Education Commission's (EC) Learning Generation Lab Workshop from May 8-12 in Nairobi, Kenya.

The Central Regional Minister, Kwamena Duncan, has charged the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) in the region to shift away from their over-reliance on the Common Fund, and explore other potential avenues that can boost their financial standing.

Mr. George Tetteh, Director of Administration, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), has appealed to Ghanaians, both at home and abroad, especially those in the Ashanti Region, to join hands with the First Lady, Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo, to raise funds to support the construction of a new maternity ward for the hospital.

Yesterday, the citifmonline.com published a story, in which the Minister of Information, Mustapha Hamid assured the good people of this country that government will retrieve an amount of $4 million, embezzled by former top officials of the National Communications Authority (NCA).

Abdallah-Ali Nakyea, a Law of Taxation Lecturer at the Ghana School of Law, has called for stiffer punishment to any person found guilty of stealing from the state's coffers.

Kumasi -The Court of Appeal has reversed a cost of GH¢2 million awarded Freko FD Enterprise against the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) by a Kumasi High Court.

Kumasi -The Ashanti Regional chapter of the Ghana National Association of Garages (GNAG) has expressed worry over the growing indiscipline at the Suame Magazine industrial hub, and has issued a two-week ultimatum to crack down on people who operate in the middle of the roads. Nana Osei Bonsu, Ashanti Regional Chairman of GNAG, at a news conference in Kumasi, bemoaned that all roads in the auto mechanic hub have been blocked by shop owners and mechanics, in the name of business.

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has stated unequivocally that he will not shield any public official found to be engaged in acts of corruption or malfeasance, but will ensure that the laws of the land are applied fully, without fear or favour.

The Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Sulemana Braimah, has called on the government to deal mercilessly with those who have looted state coffers and also confiscate their assets.

An Excisors Reconversion Seminar on the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) has taken place at at Pusiga in the Upper East Region.

All citizens of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) can leave and enter any ECOWAS country and reside in it without any hindrance, Minister for Information, Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, has disclosed.

The President's nominee for the position of District Chief Executive (DCE) for the Bongo District in the Upper East Region has been confirmed at an emergency meeting called by the Assembly for that purpose.

A Turnkey Fish Processing Plant, constructed by Expotec International Limited of India at a cost of US$7.48 million, with funding from the EXIM Bank of India, has been opened at Elmina in the Central region.

Nigerian artistes Davido and Tiwa Savage have arrived in the country ahead of this Saturday's Ghana Meets Naija Concert slated for the Accra International Conference Centre.