President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Thursday asked the Engineering Council of the Ministry of Works and Housing to conduct a comprehensive integrity audit of all public buildings to enable government to effectively plan for earthquakes and other natural disasters. He has also urged the Ghana Geological Survey Authority to give government the needed advice … The post Earthquakes:
Soldiers on an Italian warship, Luigi Rizzo, that berthed at the Tema Port are to train Ghanaian Navy personnel to fight the rising piracy cases on the Gulf of Guinea. The 187 soldiers are expected to undertake a midnight drill with their Ghanaian counterparts in patrolling and surveillance methods in the combat of piracy. According … The post Italian warship
Some unidentified gunmen have shot and killed a 55-year-old farmer around Tordzinu and Dorkploame area in the South Tongu District of the Volta Region. The gunmen also robbed a businessman who was on his way home. Mr Christian Dzifa Tordzro, the Assembly Member of the area, told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that the incident … The post Gunmen attack businessman,
The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (G.P.R.T.U) has called on the Ghana Standard Authority (GSA) to vividly examine vehicle tyres and other spare parts imported into the country to stem some of the road accidents in the country. The union said that even some of new tyres imported into the country of late were inferior … The post GSA urged to check imported car tyres
A Plastic Preprocessing Plant has been set up in Tamale to help in plastic waste management in the capital city of the Northern Region. Plastic waste in the Tamale Metropolis will be collected and preprocessed at the plant and sent to other factories in Tema for processing into finished products such as buckets and other … The post Plastic Preprocessing Plant inaugurated
Mr Kwasi Amoako-Attah, Minister of Roads and Highways, has inaugurated three Committees made up of seven members each to operationalize the President’s vision of making 2021 the second Year of Roads. The Committees are to address the challenges and bottlenecks in the country’s road sector. They are the “Reducing Congestion on National Trunk and Urban … The post Roads
Mr Bismark Adjin-Frimpong, the Administrative Secretary of Sunyani branch Secretariat of the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (G.P.R.T.U), has stressed the need for an additional driver to be attached to main drivers in charge of long journey vehicles. He said the extra driver would assist the main drivers, whenever they are tired, to help prevent … The post Attach
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on Wednesday launched the National Retail Outlet Fuel Monitoring System to sanitise the supply and distribution of petroleum products in the country. The system, also known as an Automatic Track Gauging and Forecourt Transaction Control System, was an initiative of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), to help improve efficiency and … The post Bawumia
Dr. Selassie Adom, a Psychiatrist at the Pantang Hospital, on Tuesday, said beating a child as punishment for wrong doing does not correct the behavior. She said beating a child rather taught the child to be violent, and cautioned caregivers to find alternative ways of correcting unwanted behavior other than beating. Dr Adom was responding … The post Child
Professor George K.T. Oduro, a former Pro Vice Chancellor, University of Cape Coast, says Sub-Sahara Africa educational institutions must as a matter of priority develop African citizenship before thinking global. He said strategic mechanisms had to be put in place to ensure that citizens of the Sub-region who went through their institutions saw themselves first … The post African
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