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GAPNEWS LET'S  MAKE PUNTUALITY MEANINGFUL IN OUR LIVES The senior Minister, Mr. Yaw Osafo-Maafo, has asked Ghanaian workers to make punctuality a cherished value and a tool for national development. Mr. Osafo-Maafo says, “I wish to emphasize that with a strong attitudinal change among public and civil servants towards Punctuality, Ghana will be far ahead in eliminating all forms of poor attitude to work, poor public service delivery, poor coordination among Ministries, etc. that impede the progress of development of our country.” Mr. Osafo-Maafo made this known on at the Punctuality Public Education Awareness Campaign by the Punctuality Ghana Foundation at the Conference Room of the Office of the Senior Minister. Mr. Osafo-Maafo indicated that it was his belief that “when punctuality and attitudinal change to work in the public sector improves, it will eventually lead to the realization of the vision on the Ghana Beyond Aid policy.” The Senior Minister informed that a num...

GAPNEWS MPs who want to stop a no-deal Brexit will seek to bring forward legislation against it this week, shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer has said. He said the plan  was to prevent the PM "from taking us out of the EU without a deal" but he did not go into detail. Cabinet minister Michael Gove refused to guarantee that the government would abide by it if it passed, saying: "Let's see what the legislation says." The government is "not doing anything to facilitate a no deal", he said. Mr Gove also said "some" food prices "may go up" and "other prices will come down" in the event of a no-deal Brexit. Meanwhile, the EU's lead Brexit negotiator has rejected Boris Johnson's demands for the controversial Irish backstop to be scrapped.