The President, Nana Akufo-Addo has reshuffled some of his ministers and appointed new ones, a release from the presidency says. At the beginning of his presidency, Akufo-Addo appointed 110 ministers into office. But the changes only involve 15 ministers. The changes, and new appointments, the release says take immediate effect. The former Minister for Lands … The post Akufo-Addo
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has announced plans to undertake massive cocoa farm irrigation projects to revive the cocoa sector industry in the country. But, Mr Joseph Boahen Aidoo, Chief Executive of COCOBOD, the country’s regulator of the cocoa sector expressed the fear that uncontrolled illegal mining activities going on in cocoa growing districts in … The post COCOBOD
The Kwahu Rural Bank Limited made a profit of GH¢34,104.00 in 2017, an increase of 4. 14 per cent over the profit made in 2016. The bank therefore increased the dividend of shareholders by GH¢0.00434 per a share as against GH¢0. 00386 the previous year. Mr Ernest Appeadu, the Chairman of Board of Directors of … The post Kwahu Rural Bank made profit of GH¢34,104
The 2018 edition of the African Women Intercultural Dialogue (AWID) has been slated for September 25 at the International Women Centre, Abuja, Nigeria. The event would be held on the theme, “Human Trafficking: Calling African Women, Policy Makers and Influencers To Action Against Cultural Realities, Aiding Human Trafficking, Domestic Servitude and Sex Slavery.” A statement … The post Abuja
The University of Cape Coast (UCC) has initiated measures through the E-Waste Management Ghana (E-MAGIN) to contribute to the effective implementation of the hazardous and Electronic Waste Control and Management Act 917. E-MAGIN seeks to formalize the Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs), establish a collection mechanism for e-waste, build capacity of the MSMEs to … The post UCC
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s nominee as the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Pru East in the Brong-Ahafo Region, Mr Joshua Kwaku Abonkrah was on Monday confirmed by the Assembly Members (AMs) with 87 per cent yes votes. Mr Abonkrah who was the Pru East Constituency Secretary of the New Patriotic Party garnered 20 votes … The post President’s nominee
Ghana has emerged as the main origin, transit and departure point for cannabis in Africa, according to the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC). The UNODC has cited Ghana together with three other countries; Nigeria, Swaziland and Mozambique, as the main trafficking and origin point of cannabis in Africa. According to the 2018 … The post UNODC
Deplorable road networks in the Upper Denkyira East Municipality of the Central Region, is hampering efforts by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to provide quality healthcare to the people of the Area. Dr Kwabena Sarpong, Municipal Health Director said maternal and infant mortality, had been on the increase whereas respiratory tract infections had also become … The post Poor
The Ghana NCDs Alliance (GhNCDA) has held a national multi-sectoral high level meeting on NCDs with a call on the government to ban the smoking of shisha in the country to save the people from death. The meeting advocated that the Minister of Health issued administrative order to ban the product and also regulate the … The post National
The Regular National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the Health Services Workers Union (HSWU) of Ghana Trades Union Congress (TUC), has asked government to restore Convention Difference for health workers. The Union said at the implementation of the Single Spine Salary Structure (SSSS), members whose Health Spine Salary Structure (HSSS) salary was more than the … The post Union
The leadership of Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG), on Wednesday commenced a two-day inception workshop for members and stakeholders towards the implementation of a new two-year project. The new project, which starts from this year to 2020, would focus on two major areas affecting the contribution of peasant farmers in the country. The areas would be the … The post Peasant
Mr Joseph Osei-Owusu, First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, at a conference of the Asian and African Parliamentarians Project (AIPP), in Accra,on Wednesday, urged parliamentarians to pay more attention to female empowerment issues for them to participate adequately in national development. This, he said, was important in view of the fact that women and girls, constituted … The post Deputy
Reverend Gabriel Charles Palmer-Buckle, the Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Cape Coast, has urged Ghanaians to step-up the fight against corruption. He said Ghanaians were incurably religious or God-fearing and that the country could boast of more than 90 per cent believers. He said the 2010 census indicated that about 71 per cent of … The post Palmer-Buckle
The Seventh Council of State of the Fourth Republic on Wednesday presented its first ever annual report to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at the Jubilee House in Accra. The report which covers the Council’s first year of the office from February 2017 to February 2018, highlights its work, particularly the records of intensive briefings, meetings, interactions, … The post Council
Stakeholders of the Shama District together with companies operating within the Aboadze Power and Industrial Enclave have met to find amicable solutions to a number disturbing issues in the area. Some of the issues border on job discrimination, bribery allegations and over concentration on one community as against the rest of the communities that made … The post Stakeholders
Dr Richard Ampadu-Ameyaw, a Senior Scientist at Science and Technology Policy Research Institute (STEPRI) has stated that biotechnology seeks to engineer only crops found to have high economic value but are low yielding. “Biotechnology was therefore not targeted at engineering every crop in the system, but rather only those of high economic value”, he said, … The post Biotechnology
Access Bank Ghana has launched a campaign dubbed, “Fist Against Fistula”, to support the repair of fistula among women and alert the general public on the need to consider the plight of fistula patients. The campaign, which intends to fully sponsor the surgery and treatment of 100 patients at a cost of over $700 or … The post Access Bank to sponsor surgeries
The Governing Council of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) has appointed Professor Kwamena Kwansah-Aidoo as the new Rector of the Institute. Until his appointment, he was professor of Public Relations (PR) and Marketing at Swinburne University of Technology in Australia. A statement signed by Mrs Patience Sowah, the Acting Registrar of the Institute and … The post Ghana
The SIC Insurance Group recorded GHC161,929,753.00 as gross premium for the year ending 2017 compared to GHC160,111,229.00 the previous year, showing a marginal growth of 1.13 per cent. The Net position for the Group recorded a loss of GHC23,472,701.00 as a result of two key transactions incurred by the subsidiary SIC Financial Services Ltd (SIC-FSL), … The post SIC Insurance
The Upper West Regional Police Command has impounded 75 locally made and foreign guns that are suspected to be used by criminals to carry out robbery attacks in the region. Three suspects have been nabbed in connection with the confiscation of the firearms and a local manufacturing spot also discovered around Charia community in the … The post Upper West police confiscates
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