President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has commended the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) for suspending its strike. Nana Akufo-Addo said government will take into consideration issues raised by the union and will work to address them. The President was speaking at a meeting with the leadership of the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) […] The post I’m
Dear Nana, This is a personal appeal—an appeal motivated by my own observation of the deplorable conditions of service of lecturers at our institutions of higher learning. You promised so much for our educational sector, so let it not be documented that you failed lecturers. For the past three months, I have worked as a […] The post Open letter
The University of Cape Coast Chapter of the Graduate Students’ Association of Ghana (GRASAG-UCC) as part of its 2021-Week Celebration has donated assorted items to some selected basic schools within the Cape Coast Metropolis in the Central Region. The beneficiary schools include; Kwaprow M/A Junior High School, Church of Christ M/A JHS, Tantri and St. […] The post GRASAG-UCC
Visualized images of the government’s ambitious ‘Agenda 111′ hospital projects show the three main types of projects the government hopes to complete. The plan to construct 111 health facilities will include new regional hospitals, new district hospitals, and new psychiatric hospitals. The objective of the project is to ensure that Ghanaians in every district and […] The post Photos:
Police in the Ashanti Region have launched investigations into a case involving a student believed to have committed suicide at Adoato. The deceased, a 25-year-old student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, was found dead on Wednesday morning by his mother. He had gone home because of the strike by the University […] The post Ashanti
The Planning Committee which organises the annual Kundum Festival, for the chiefs and people of the Upper and Lower Axim communities in the Western Region has responded to the Auditor-General’s report which claimed that the Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry, spent GHS200,000 on the Festival held in 2018. The audit report stated that the said […] The post Axim:
Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, says the government has made the requisite funds available for the procurement of equipment to separate a set of conjoined twins. This comes after President Akufo-Addo on July 5, 2021, announced that the government will bear the full cost of the surgery expected to be undertaken by doctors at the Greater […] The post Surgery
The Upper East Regional Health Directorate has mentioned the lack of critical health specialists and staff attrition as a major setback affecting maternal mortality in the region. The region recorded 24 maternal deaths mid-year 2021, being the highest rate recorded in the past three years. The directorate among other problems mentioned above also attributed the […] The post Lack
The Upper East Regional Health Directorate has mentioned the lack of critical health specialists and staff attrition as a major setback affecting maternal mortality in the region. The region recorded 24 maternal deaths mid-year 2021, being the highest rate recorded in the past three years. The directorate among other problems mentioned above also attributed the […] The post Lack
A report put together by a team tasked by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly to probe the fire incident recorded at the Makola market on July 5, 2021, has disclosed that the inferno was caused by fire from a generator. According to the report, the generator caught fire when a trader attempted switching it on after […] The post Fire from generator caused Makola shopping
Details are emerging as to how the six former pastors of Lighthouse Chapel International (LCI) allegedly demanded a whopping $12 Million as a settlement from the church. The Ex-pastors are Bishop Larry Odonkor, Bishop Oko Mensah, Rev. Edward Laryea, Pastor Seth Duncan, Pastor Edem Amankwah and Pastor Faith Makafui Fiakojo. $12 Million Bombshell On 3rd […] The post Lighthouse
Despite the coronavirus pandemic affecting the investment climate and shattering market confidence, InvestCorp Limited showed an impressive performance for 2020, as all four investment portfolios under management recorded impressive growth in Assets under Management (AUM). Even though the economic climate was challenging, InvestCorp launched three additional mutual funds in 2020; bringing the number of mutual […] The post InvestCorp
The Member of Parliament for the Nadwoli-Kaleo constituency, Anthony Mwinkaara Sumah, says the relief items the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) brought for victims of last Friday’s floods in the Constituency is inadequate. According to NADMO statistics, over 1,600 individuals were directly affected by the floods, with many farmlands and houses washed away. Of the […] The post Upper
Several vaccination centers in the Kpone Katamanso Municipality have stopped working due to a shortage of the Johnson and Johnson vaccines three days after the exercise started. Residents who trooped to centers to receive their jabs are being turned away and have expressed their disappointment over the development. A resident who spoke to Citi News […] The post Kpone
The Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation has said workers of the Ghana Bauxite Company are its priority after the decision of its strategic investor to pull out. Its CEO, Michael Ansah, said the government via the Ministry of Finance, the Minerals Commission, the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, among others, will be deliberating on […] The post GIADEC
Climate Scientist, Dr. Nana Ama Browne Klutse wants Ghana to tackle climate change issues with the same energy it is currently fighting COVID-19 with. Just “like COVID-19, climate change [too] is an emergency,” she said. Dr. Nana Ama Klutse who was part of the Working Group 1 [authors] who contributed to the 6th climate change […] The post Treat
The National Labour Commission (NLC), has withdrawn its lawsuit against the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), following UTAG’s suspension of its industrial action on Wednesday [August 18, 2021]. The NLC was in court challenging the legality of UTAG’s strike, which had threatened the stability of the academic calendar of public universities. But UTAG had […] The post NLC
The Lagos state government in Nigeria has banned street begging and has formed a special team to stop the “menace”, local media report. The team is expected to begin operations in the next few days. A state official in charge of youth and social development told journalists that beggars on the streets were a nuisance […] The post Nigerian city bans beggars and hawkers appeared
The Burkinabe government said Wednesday that 47 people, including 30 civilians, 14 soldiers and three army auxiliaries, were killed in an attack by suspected jihadists on a military convoy escorting civilians in northern Burkina Faso. “A mixed convoy composed of civilians, elements of the defense and security forces (FDS) and volunteers for the defense of […] The post Burkina
A group known as the Coalition Against TUC and Organised Labour in Favour of Ghanaian Workers, has slammed leadership of the Trades Union Congress, TUC, for agreeing to an increase of public sector salaries by only 4% this year, and 7% in 2022. According to the group, the leadership of TUC, which is supposed to […] The post 4% and 7% base pay
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