The President, Nana Akufo-Addo, has directed the Auditor-General, Daniel Yaw Domelevo, to proceed on his accumulated annual leave of 132 working days. Mr. Domelevo’s leave takes effect from Wednesday, July 1, 2020. A statement from the Communications Directorate of the Jubilee House further directed Mr. Domelevo to hand over all matters relating to his office […] The post Akufo-Addo
The President, Nana Akufo-Addo, has directed the Auditor-General, Daniel Yaw Domelevo, to proceed on his accumulated annual leave of 132 working days. Mr. Domelevo’s leave takes effect from Wednesday, July 1, 2020. A statement from the Communications Directorate of the Jubilee House said Mr. Domelevo is to hand over all matters relating to his office […] The post Akufo-Addo
The government’s payment of water bills for all Ghanaians because of the COVID-19 pandemic is set to end tomorrow [June 30], after the planned three-month period. The government took care of the water bills for all Ghanaians for April, May and June 2020 to cushion Ghanaians when restrictions on public gatherings were instituted and the […] The post COVID-19: Free water
Ahead of the Electoral Commission’s (EC) voter registration exercise, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Northern Region has said it will not indulge reports of faulty machines and insufficient registration materials. The party issued the warning over the weekend Tamale today, June 28, 2020, to launch what they called ‘Operation Guarantee 10’ in the […] The post No
The government of Nigeria says the demolition of the building within its High Commission premises in Accra, Ghana can be blamed on its failure to acquire the legal title for the parcel of land the structure has been built on. The Foreign Affairs Minister in Nigeria, Geoffrey Onyeama, described the circumstances leading to the destruction of […] The post We
The Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul has described as ‘pure mischief’ and propaganda claims by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) that the government has deployed military officers specifically to the Volta Region to intimidate them from registering to vote in the 2020 general elections. The Minister, at a press conference on Monday, said the deployment […] The post Ignore
In this edition of the on-air series on the Citi Business Festival, Dr Elsie Effah Kaufmann joins Kojo Akoto Boateng on the ‘development of medical devices to enhance healthcare.’ The Citi Business Festival 2020 is sponsored by Absa and supported by the GIPC. Citi97.3 · Dr Elsie Effah Kaufmann on development of medical devices to […] The post #CitiBusinessFestival:
The Minister for Defence, Dominic Nitiwul has slammed the Minority side in Parliament for asking the government to withdraw military personnel deployed to help protect the country’s borders and other entry points. The Volta Caucus on the Minority side at a press briefing on Monday gave the government a 24-hour ultimatum to withdraw the security […] The post Military
Ghanaian academic and bio-medical engineer, Dr. Elsie Effah Kaufmann has named eight out of her many projects that have the great potentials of enhancing the delivery of quality healthcare services in the country. The projects which she spearheads with her students at the University of Ghana have largely focused on solving the problems associated with […] The post #CitiBusinessFestival:
The Institute of Industrial Research (IIR) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has held an Open Day as part of its stakeholder engagements planned for Work Package 3 of the RECIRCUALTE project which is currently underway. The event held under the topic, ‘Water for Food Production’ was used as an advocacy tool and […] The post CSIR- institute
The 2nd lesson from the “Communal Labour Concept” for our National Infrastructure Development Planning and Implementation is how to collect data. The communal labour concept exists primarily to champion infrastructure development projects just like our various local/regional or national governance structures. To effectively achieve its goals, leadership collects data on all existing infrastructure gaps and […] The post Data
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has slammed the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) for deploying military personnel to border towns in the country. At a press conference addressed by the Member of Parliament for Ketu South, Fifi Kwetey, the deployment was undoubtedly “timed to coincide with the commencement of the Voter Registration exercise across the […] The post NDC
The Ghana Mission to the United Nations and Consulate General in New York is scheduled to return to work on Wednesday, July 1, after being closed for almost four months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a statement signed by the Consul General, Professor Samuel Amoako, the Consulate will partially resume work in line […] The post Ghana’s
The Volta caucus on the Minority side in Parliament has given the government a 24-hour ultimatum to withdraw the security personnel from Ghana’s borders in the Volta Region. The Chairman of the Volta Caucus, Emmanuel Bedzrah, who spoke at the NDC’s bi-weekly press briefing said: “The fire has been laid, and we the Voltarians are […] The post Withdraw
The High Court at Adentan this morning, Monday, June 29, 2020, sacked journalists from covering Ernest Norgbey’s suit against the Electoral Commission. The Ashaiman MP filed a case on June 15 questioning the Electoral Commission’s insistence on compiling a new voters’ register under C.I. 126. When the case was called on Monday morning, the Presiding […] The post Judge
The High Court in Accra has dismissed the case challenging the compilation of a new voters’ register for the 2020 polls, brought before it by the Member of Parliament for Ashaiman, Ernest Norgbey. The dismissal is based on the landmark decision of the Supreme Court last Thursday. Lawyer for Mr. Norgbey, Dr. Abdul Aziz Bamba, […] The post Court dismisses Ernest
Ghanaian gospel musician EBA has released a new single titled ‘I Overcome.’ ‘Overcome’ is a slow tempo contemporary gospel single inspired by Romans 8:37. According to him, the song was borne out of a critical analysis of the impact of coronavirus pandemic on the lives of billions of people around the globe. “It’s a trying […] The post Gospel musician EBA drops
The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers says it is not usurping the powers of regulatory agencies within the petroleum sector with its Fuel Quantity Checks (FQC) exercise. COPEC, a civil society organization that represents the interests of petroleum consumers, said it believes it has the right to assess the quantity of fuel Ghanaians are served with […] The post Fuel
Former President Jerry John Rawlings has urged government to stop worsening the plight of Ghanaians living along the country’s borders with the deployment of heavy security personnel to such areas. According to him, persons who live in those areas already have their livelihoods severely affected due to the COVID-19 restrictions hence the deployment of security […] The post Don’t
Mark Zuckerberg just became $7.2 billion poorer after a flurry of companies pulled advertising from Facebook Inc.’s network. Shares of the social media company fell 8.3% on Friday, the most in three months, after Unilever, one of the world’s largest advertisers, joined other brands in boycotting ads on the social network. Unilever said it would […] The post Zuckerberg
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