Dr Afisah Zakariah, the Chief Director of the Ministry of Gender Children and Protection, has said 260,000 girl-child and girls below the age of 18 years got married in the country. He said the three northern regions experienced the highest rate of child marriages in the country, where more than one third of young women … The post 260,000 girls-child got
Maize farmers in the Brong-Ahafo Region have expressed discomfort over low prices for maize and called for a standardised value for their produce to sustain them in business and enhance their socio-economic livelihood. The farmers were unhappy that because they lacked storage facilities to preserve their produce, retailers and middlemen took advantage of that and … The post Maize
The Annual Budget Funding Amount (ABFA) of Ghana’s oil contribution to development in agriculture and education in the northern sector should make funded projects visible to citizens, says a SEND-Ghana report. The 2016 report titled: “Oil for citizens: reality or mirage,” was carried out with the support of Oxfam America and tracked five funded oil … The post Citizens
Dr Steve Manteaw, Chairman of the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC), has said it is risky for Government to rely solely on oil revenue to fund the free Senior High School (SHS) programme. He said the country must diversify its sources of funding for the free SHS programme due to the instability in the … The post It’s risky funding free SHS
GCB Bank Limited is expanding its operations to other countries, the Deputy Managing Director of the Bank in charge of Operations, Mr Samuel Amankwah, has disclosed. A statement issued to the Ghana News Agency in Accra, said as a forerunner, GCB was establishing and deepening correspondent banking relationship with Sierra Leone and Liberia in West … The post GCB Bank expands
On March 26, 2018, a journalist and a photographer from Ecuador as well as their driver were kidnapped by former FARC guerillas on the border with Colombia while they were working on a story about drug-trafficking. They were found dead three months later. A group of nineteen Ecuadorian and Colombian journalists, in partnership with the … The post Forbidden
Management of Tullow Oil Ghana Limited has said it will drill up to eight infill wells in 2019. Mr Kweku Awotwi, the Managing Director, Tullow- Ghana, said the rig agreements gives the company maximum flexibility to optimise the drilling schedule as the wells come on-stream and “we can assess their performance compared to our pre-drill … The post Tullow Ghana to drill eight
The Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) is expected to complete the discharging of about 950,000 barrels of crude oil on Tuesday as it prepares its boilers for refining fuel after several months of shut down. A source at the Refinery told the Ghana News Agency that the discharging of the crude oil started on Sunday and … The post TOR discharges crude oil for refining appeared first
Out of the six million Ghanaians who should be paying taxes, only 1.5 million are paying. The Ghana Revenue Authority has therefore launched the second national tax campaign to deepen and sustain its education on the importance and benefits of tax payment. The campaign on the slogan #OurTaxesOurFuture” is aimed at encouraging Ghanaians, especially the … The post Only
Mr Thaddeus Sory, the Counsel for Mr Eugene Baffoe-Bonnie, former Board Chairman of the National Communications Authority (NCA), on Tuesday pleaded with the High Court to give him time to get justice for his client. This was when he requested the Court, presided over by Mr Eric Kyei-Baffour, to allow him to get the … The post Give me last opportunity to
Mr Benson Nutsukpui, the Counsel for Seidu Agongo, the CEO of Agricult Ghana Limited, has ended his cross-examination of Dr Franklin Manu Amoah, witness in the case involving Dr Stephen Opuni, the former CEO of COCOBOD. He told an Accra High Court that on February 2017 at the COCOBOD Head Office, Dr Amoah, the Executive … The post Lawyer for Seidu Agongo
Detective Chief Inspector Augustine Nkrumah from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) headquarters on Monday told an Accra High Court that the police did not find anything incriminating in Gregory Afoko’s room. He said when the police went to arrest Afoko, they searched his room, but did not find anything incriminating against Afoko. He said “before … The post Police
Deputy Auditor-General Mr George Winful has indicated the Audit Service is determined to generate credible payroll information that is robust and free from error and corruption to put Ghana into its rightful position. “We want to put ourselves in a way our country takes its rightful position, the Audit Service is poised to clean the … The post We’re
Mrs Beauty Emefa Nartey, the Executive Secretary, Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC), has urged Ghanaians to support the fight against corruption. She explained that it was important that everybody came on board in the fight against corruption, as the effects of corruption on the nation were very worrying. “I think that unless we change our minds … The post Anti-Corruption
Emeritus Professor Olugbemiro Jegede, the Foundation Vice Chancellor of the National Open University of Nigeria has called for the elimination of examination in the educational system in Africa. Prof Jegede said the system affects the continents goal of achieving quality education, suggesting that the education system in Africa must have an inbuilt way of continuous … The post Abolish
The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has encouraged traders and investors to explore the benefits of warehousing. Mr Emmanuel Kenney, Chief Revenue Officer, Preventive of the Volta Regional Office, said a major benefit of warehousing was that, it ensured that trade capital was not locked up in duty payment, because bounded goods … The post Traders
Mr. Vincent Fekpe, Volta Regional Blood Organiser, has observed that voluntary blood donors in the Region were gradually becoming paid donors. He described the situation as worrying because it did not provide for a readily available source of blood for any emergency. Mr. Fekpe said this in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) … The post Blood donation becoming
The Management of the College of Technology Education, Kumasi (COLTEK) of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), has called on stakeholders to ignore and treat with contempt, a publication purporting to indict that the University was involved in a fraud case at the National Service Secretariat (NSS). This follows publications on various online portals making … The post UEW
Some participants at a town hall meeting in Tamale on Monday called on the government to take another look at the double track system being implemented at the senior high school (SHS) level to ensure quality education. They acknowledged the need to expand access to SHS education lauding the free SHS initiative, but argued that … The post Government asked to review
The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development has partnered the Norwegian Government to come up with strategies for the sustainable development of aquaculture and control of problems associated with fisheries in the country. The partnership would facilitate intense interactions to share experiences, build capacities and co-operation in all aspects of fisheries with emphasis on … The post Ministry
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