Firefighters are having a hard time dousing fire that has gutted structures at a community in Shiashie within the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency in Accra. Over 100 kiosks which serve as shelter for some squatters have been burnt to ashes with the squatters struggling to salvage their goods. An eyewitness told Citi News that the […] The post Fire destroys structures at
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration is expected to ask the Electoral Commission (EC) to put in place plans to register a select category of Ghanaians abroad, according to a communiqué sighted by Citi News. This request will be in line with the PNDC Law 284 which allows for persons working in Ghana’s […] The post Foreign
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration is expected to ask the Electoral Commission (EC) to put in place plans to register a select category of Ghanaians abroad, according to a communiqué sighted by Citi News. This request will be in line with the PNDC Law 284 which allows for persons working in Ghana’s […] The post Government
The President, Nana Akufo-Addo’s nominee to replace the late mayor of the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly, Abdul Mumin Issah, has today, August 14, 2020, been overwhelmingly confirmed as the new mayor of the area. All the 52 Assembly Members who participated in his confirmation, voted ‘YES’, giving him a 100% resounding confirmation. Abdul Issah, the former […] The post Sekondi-Takoradi
The Minority in Parliament has kicked against attempts by the government to securitize royalties, known to be a preserve for traditional authorities. The Minority side in Parliament on Friday, August 14, 2020, threatened to boycott proceedings in the House over a request for the approval of an agreement between the government and a Special Purpose […] The post Minority
Deputy Auditors-General of the Audit Service are asking IMANI Africa President, Franklin Cudjoe, to justify his claims there is a plot against the Acting Auditor-General, Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu. They have given him a week to present details on Deputy Auditors-General who have met and decided to challenge the authority of the acting Auditor-General. This is […] The post Deputy
Deputy Auditors-General of the Audit Service are asking IMANI Africa President, Franklin Cudjoe, to justify his claims there is a plot against the Acting Auditor-General, Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu. They have given him a week to present details on Deputy Auditors-General who have met and decided to challenge the authority of the acting Auditor-General. This is […] The post Deputy
The Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, Sam George says the growth in the telecommunications sector can be attributed to the initiatives of private companies in the sector and not government policies. He said the Vice President, Dr. Bawumia is seeking to credit himself for the growth in mobile money usage in the country when he […] The post Bawumia can’t
The Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu in the Volta Region, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has announced a GH¢10,000 bounty for the heads of persons involved in the killing of a businessman at Juapong, Samuel Nyamador. Mr. Ablakwa made this known on Twitter on Friday, August 14, 2020. According to him, he has informed both […] The post Ablakwa offers
Parliament of Ghana has approved an amount of GHS174 million cedis as tax waiver on income taxes for front line health workers. The waiver covers personal emoluments for the months of July, August and September 2020 respectively. The approval is in line with President Akufo-Addo’s promise to give health workers additional allowances on their basic […] The post Parliament
In this edition of the Citi Business Edition, we place the spotlight on the CSO-RISE (Civil Society Organisations in Research and Innovation for Sustainable Development) programme. Bernard Avle speaks to Mary Tobbin Osei and John Nkaw (Action Aid Ghana) Listen to the podcast below. Citi97.3 · Citi Business Edition: The nexus between research and innovation […] The post Citi
The Presidential Committee on Retail Trade under the Ministry of Trade and Industry is embarking on the closure of shops belonging to foreigners particularly Nigerians engaged in retail trade at the Odo Rise area at Circle in Accra. This comes a day after similar exercise took place at Tiptoe Lane at Circle yesterday [Thursday] amid […] The post Closure of foreign-owned
Fire service personnel are back at the Electoral Commission’s Accra Regional office after the fire at the premises reignited. The fire originally started on Friday around 2 am and firemen spent hours trying to control the inferno at the office located at Sapeiman near Amasaman According to the Greater Director of the EC Kwame Amoah, […] The post Fire
Fire Service personnel are back at the Electoral Commission’s (EC) Accra Regional office after the fire at the premises reignited. The fire originally started on Friday around 2 am and firemen spent hours trying to control the inferno at the office located at Sapeiman near Amasaman. According to the Greater Accra Director of the EC, […] The post Fire
The Vice-Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, will from Friday, August 14, 2020, embark on a 10-day campaign tour of the Upper East, North East, Northern, Bono, and Ahafo Regions. According to a statement from the party, this tour comes on the heels of her recent courtesy calls on […] The post Naana Opoku-Agyemang
The Electoral Commission (EC) has said, the conduct of the 2020 elections will not be impaired by the Friday morning’s fire that destroyed part of its Greater Accra Regional office at Sapeiman near Amasaman. The electoral management body assures the public that data at the office is “safe and secure” as the affected portion is […] The post 2020
The Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability, ASEPA says it will officially write to the Presidency to request for the official report of the Chief Justice on the petition for the removal of Electoral Commission Chairperson, Jean Mensa. In June 2020, ASEPA secured an impeachment declaration from the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative […] The post ASEPA
The Ghana Youth Environmental Movement (GYEM), a youth-led environmental organisation in Ghana has launched a project aimed at addressing water inequality in some of Accra’s urban poor communities. The project titled Kyensu, meaning ‘share water’ in Fante language will be undertaken in Treba, a low-income peri-urban community in the Kutunse electoral area of Amasaman Constituency […] The post GYEM
The running mate to the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, says the John Dramani Mahama government never scrapped trainee teachers’ allowances. The issue of allowances for trainees was a major campaign issue prior to the 2016 general elections and has risen after the nomination of Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang. […] The post ‘We
The Electoral Commission (EC) says the data centre at its Accra Regional office is ‘safe and secure’ despite Friday’s inferno at the facility. Part of the warehouse of the office situated at Sapeiman near Amasaman was gutted by fire which lasted for about four hours. Citi News understands the affected parts were used as a […] The post Data at
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