NEWS NIGHT 08 06 26

News Night with Kenneth Gyasi and Gemma Appiah on Joy 99.7 FM brings you the day's biggest stories from Ghana and beyond.

A growing standoff between Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh and health workers at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) has left hundreds of patients stranded as tensions escalate over industrial action. We hear from Parliament's Health Committee, which says it is deeply concerned about the impact on healthcare delivery.

Also tonight, the National Labour Commission has summoned striking health workers amid calls by the suspended KATH CEO for staff to return to work.

Meanwhile, the Lands Ministry has tabled a new mining bill before Cabinet that could dramatically reshape Ghana's mining sector by transferring licensing powers from central agencies to district-level authorities.

Plus, fresh analysis of Finance Ministry data by the JoyNews Research Desk shows government made zero spending on the School Feeding Programme in the first quarter of the year, while nearly GH¢24 billion of the national budget remains unspent. Revenue collection also fell almost GH¢3 billion short of target.

And ahead of Father's Day, medical experts are raising concerns over rising cases of male infertility in Ghana and the factors contributing to the trend. #NewsNight #MyJoyOnline #JoyNews https://www.myjoyonline.com/ghana-news/ Subscribe for more videos just like this: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChd1DEecCRlxaa0-hvPACCw/

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