The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) will, from March this year, move all commercial activities at Sodom and Gomorrah, a slum community in Accra, to Adjen Kotoku in the Ga West Municipal. Residents in the area would also be moved 100 metres away from the Korle Lagoon to pave the way for the construction of a hedge around it. Mr Alfred Oko Vanderpuye, the Metropolitan Chief Executive of the AMA, said the measures were geared towards addressing sanitation and flooding issues in Accra. Mr Vanderpuye

A Deputy Minister of Education in charge of Pre-tertiary Education, Mr Alex Kyeremeh, has reiterated the pledge by the President to equitably distribute the country’s resources. He said teachers would not be left out in the quest by the government to ensure the equitable distribution of resources. Mr Kyeremeh was speaking at the inauguration of the national headquarters of the Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT) in Accra last Friday. He advised members of the CCT not to make over-ambitious demands

Another student of the University for Development Studies (UDS) who was among the three  injured as a result of a gas explosion on February, 11, 2014 has passed away. The Director of the Reconstructive Plastic Surgery and Burns Centre of Korle-Bu, Dr Opoku Ware Ampomah, who confirmed the news to the Daily Graphic yesterday, said the student died last Friday evening. The death of Bridgette Pamphil Boateng came a day after Grace Ankrah had passed away at the Korle-Bu Hospital, where they were receiving

The Support Services Brigade Group of the Ghana Armed Forces yesterday held a non-denominational thanksgiving service in Accra to thank God for His mercies in 2013. Preaching the sermon, Sheikh Fusseini Hassan Yeboah, an Imam and Muslim activist, advised the congregation to always show humility before God. He enjoined them to uphold virtues such as honesty and the act of giving. “Let God lead you and avoid greed and ingratitude because they can harm you in your spiritual growth,” he advised. Gratitude

About 1,000 petty traders, mostly women, operating at the Adehyeman Gardens, near Kejetia in the central business district (CBD) of Kumasi, lost their sources of livelihoods when their shops, stalls and kiosks were demolished at dawn on Sunday. The traders, looking miserable and bewildered, were seen wailing and cursing those who had carried out that act. The land where the Adehyeman Gardens is situated is government property, but the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has denied any involvement

Doctors and nurses of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) have withdrawn their services, following attacks on some of their colleagues at the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department of the hospital last Thursday. They have resolved not to return to work until security at the hospital has been improved. The Ashanti Regional Minister, Mr Eric Opoku, who is also the head of the Regional Security Council (REGSEC), has assured the doctors and the nurses that adequate security measures had been put

Some 885 people whose crops, buildings and structures were affected during the construction of the transmission lines under the Bui Power Project (BPP) are to receive their compensations Monday. The beneficiaries, whose farms and properties were in the right of way of the transmission lines which covered a total area of 240 kilometres, will benefit from an amount of GH¢2,116,322. Government releases funds  A statement signed by Mr Wumbila Salifu, the External Relations Manager of the BPA, said

Zoomlion Ghana has embarked on a massive clean-up campaign in Accra to clean the environment of filth  deposited by the flood that hit some parts of the capital recently. The programme is dubbed “Massive clean-up after flood”  As part of the campaign, workers of Zoomlion cleaned areas such as Lapaz, Chokor, Kaneshie and London Market among other places where many gutters had been choked with either plastic waste or heaps of sand posing health risks to both traders and customers. Speaking to

  The effort by the government to provide uninterrupted supply of electricity to the Afram Plains is under serious threat. This is because most of the high tension poles that carry electricity to the various communities dotted all over the plains are wooden, which are susceptible to catching fire. Bush burning Bush burning in the Afram Plains during the dry season is a common practice by different groups of people for varied purposes. For instance, herd men, mostly Fulanis, are said to often set

Two pastors and four other pearsons have been arrested by the Asokwa Police for allegedly attempting to assassinate the Pakyi No. 1 chief, Nana Gyasi Mensah. They are pastor and herbalist Kwabena Boateng, 43, and Kwabena Badu, a security man, 35. The rest are Obiri Yeboah, a farmer, 64; Charles Adansi Obeng, a pastor and farmer, 54; Philemon Wireko, a herbalist and farmer, 41, and Kwabena Adu, a borehole driller, 43 years. On February 11, some unidentified men in a taxi shot at the Ford cross country

The Ghana Free Zones Board (GFZB) has served notice to encroachers on its land at Tema Community 21 to vacate by February 21, 2014, or face the wrath of the board. Currently, the 152-acre stretch of land, which was declared a free zone residential enclave in 1997 by the government, is being occupied by auto mechanics, traders, churches, schools and other squatters who have put up structures. Their activities are, therefore, hindering the construction of a residential enclave expected to create jobs

Keta, literally meaning the land of sand, was once the most populous town in the Volta Region. Known for its rich and colourful culture, its colonial fort, the lagoon and golden sand beaches, the town currently relishes on past glory. Keta has suffered many calamities, but has shown its resilience. It is a town that has been ravaged by the sea, which has ‘eaten’ the land. According to oral tradition the sea in Keta was four kilometres away from the main road in the town.   The construction

The Ministry of Health has asked the Northern Regional Health Directorate to investigate the circumstances under which two children lost their limbs as a result of alleged negligence in the administration of intravenous infusion. In a letter dated February 11, 2014 addressed to the health directorate, Ms Sherry Ayittey, requested an investigation with detailed information to facilitate an accurate outcome to solve the issues and other related ones. Background The action followed a February 11, 2014

This year’s National Chocolate Day was marked in Accra yesterday with an exhibition to promote the consumption of chocolate and other cocoa products locally. Various cocoa products, such as chocolate and cookies, were put on display by the Ghana Cocoa Board, the Cocoa Processing Company, the Produce Buying Company and the Ghana Tourism Authority. The exhibits were patronised by a cross-section of the public. The ceremony was interspersed with performances by cultural troupes. Ms Dzifa Abla Gomashie,

President John Dramani Mahama has stated that Ghana is not in economic crisis to call for panic in the country and international circles. He indicated that the challenges facing the economy were short-lived and that the government was competent enough to handle them. In an interview with the French news agency AFP in London yesterday, President Mahama stated that the measures put in place to restore normalcy in the economy were workable and would soon show dividends. The President, who had been

The Parliamentary Select Committee on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs has given the assurance that the Plant Breeders Bill will not promote Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in the country. It said what the bill sought to do was to create an environment for Ghanaians who wanted to breed plants through scientific methods to do so and also to earn royalties for their creations. Addressing a press conference in Accra, the chairman of the committee, Mr Alban Bagbin, said talented

The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mrs Marietta Brew Appiah-Opong, has said she has taken steps to enforce the judgement in the Martin Amidu versus Attorney-General and Waterville, as well as the Martin Amidu versus Attorney-General and Isofoton, case and will continue to pursue it using the appropriate legal processes. Briefing Members of Parliament (MPs) on steps being taken to recover moneys fraudulently paid to Waterville and Isofotun, Mrs Appiah-Opong said her office had, at various

A 24-year-old first-year student of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) committed suicide early yesterday morning. The student, Solomon Obeng, was pursuing a Bachelor of Basic Education degree at the North Campus of the university. He was found hanging in an uncompleted building near his private hostel at Abasraba, a suburb of Winneba, by neighbours around 4:30 a.m. There was no reason assigned for his action, but sources at the university said they believed the action might have been due

A couple have appeared before the Madina Magistrate Court, presided over by Mr Ernest K. A. Adjanor, charged with assault and conspiracy to cause harm. According to the prosecutor, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Mary Esinam Ahafianyo, the victim is a nine-year-old boy who is a biological brother of Josephine Adorsu, 24, and lives with her and the husband, Francis Boudie, 33, at Ashaley Botwe, a suburb of Accra. She said for some time now, the couple, both teachers, had been subjecting

A 27-year-old scrap dealer, Kwaku Addo, who pretended to be a traveller and joined a Kumasi-bound bus, has been sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment with hard labour. Addo pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing.    Presenting the facts of the case to the Odumase Krobo  Circuit Court, presided over by Mr Asmah Akwasi Asiedu, the prosecutor, ASP Richmond Akwasi Yeboah, said the complainant was a driver and resident at Akosombo and plied his trade between Akosombo and Kumasi while Addo was