Tamale, Jan. 25, GNA – The Tamale Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) has been spending GHc2,500,000 annually on sanitation since 2009, Alhaji Abdul Haruna Friday, the Tamale Metro Chief Executive, has said

She told the GNA in an interview that due to the lack of shelter homes, the Unit resort to sending victims of domestic violence and missing children to either the Social Welfare Department or to homes of DOVVSU personnel.

The one year project funded by the Danish Handicap Association and estimated to cost GH¢64,000, would offer the physically challenged skills training and ultimately offer them employment opportunities in strew basket weaving to make them economically self-sufficient.

Winneba, Jan. 25, GNA – Some 190 youth in the Effutu Municipality have benefitted from Ghana Youth Employment Entrepreneur Development Agency (GYEEDA) and Local Enterprise and Skills Development (LESDEP) programmes.

Mr Alfred A. Acheampong, Effutu Municipal Fire Officer, told the GNA that personal effects and household items destroyed were valued at about 70,000 Ghana cedis.

Yendi, (N/R), Jan. 25, GNA – Alhaji Habib Tijani, Member of Parliament (MP) for Yendi in the Northern Region has promised to work with the Yendi Municipal Assembly, security agencies, heads of department and heads of the two Senior High School (SHS) in the Constituency.

Tamale, Jan. 25, GNA – The West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP-Ghana), has expressed worry that the political rivalry between the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) especially in the aftermath of  last December's elections, is creating tension in the country.

The Stars rode on a first half penalty converted by Wakaso Mubarak to amass four points and shift their quest for a fifth Nations Cup glory right in gear and Appiah insist the team will soon hit their strides.

Gyan has endured a love-hate relationship with many Ghanaian soccer fans in the past following his failure to convert crucial penalties and the striker says he stands by his decision to take a break from that responsibility.

Badu, who earned Ghana a penalty to wrap up victory in the Stars lone win over Mali was adjudged Man of the Match following a superlative showing that made him the best box-to-box player on the day.

Mubarak, who scored Ghana's only goal in their second Group B game picked a yellow card having revealed an underwear beneath his shirt following his 36th minute goal from the spot.

He said Mr Cudjoe had worked hard to improve the state of the district and therefore deserves another term in office.

HSWU said it would not allow government to impose on it any clandestine Scheme which has the potential to reduce their retirement benefits and could end up being a replica of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust.

The three-day conference on regional trade in locally produced food commodities is expected to begin on January 29-31.

The facility which was implemented through Baptist Child Development Project (BCDP), seeks to complement government effort to mainstream ECD into the educational system.

A statement issued to the Ghana News Agency and signed by Kuoru Kuri –Buktie Limann, Paramount Chief of the Gwollu Traditional Area, also congratulated Ghanaians for renewing the mandate of the National Democratic Congress.

“We witnessed a massive crowd gathered at our premises for the purchasing of the Service’s forms as compared to previous years,” he said.

The Head of the PPD of the Town and Country Planning of the STMA, Mr Ebenezer Dadzie Paintsil, said the Department as part of the survey visited 300 public and complex structures in four sub-metropolitan areas in the metropolis.

The above reported cases involved 1,059 persons in 2012 and 1,171 persons in 2011 respectively.

Mr Lawrence Quansah, a registrar at the Cape Coast district court who made this known to the GNA in an interview, said 111 marriages were recorded at the court premises whiles 176 church marriages were issued with certificates last year, against 105 and 214 marriages registered respectively in 2011.