Former President John Dramani Mahama has admitted that the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) has devastated economies of many African countries and sunk them deeper into unsustainable debts and economic downturns. According him, in response to the ravages, governments in Africa took actions to protect their population, a development which resulted in increased deficits due to unbudgeted expenditures. “This has devastated many African economies and sunk them deeper into unsustainable debts and economic
Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has appealedto Africans to open their doors to Afro-descendants and connect with the African Diasporans. Speaking at a High Level Diasporan Forum organised by the UNFPA in Accra last week Friday, the Vice President stressed on the unbreakable link between Africa and its descendants, their potential contributions to the development of the African continent, and the need to continue to open doors for them back to their roots. “Afro-descendants are Africans,
The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel A. Jinapor has assured that the President Akufo-Addo government will not needlessly compromise the integrity of Atewa Forest but rather exploit it for the ultimate benefit of the Ghanaian people. “Government and Ghana Integrated Aluminum Development Corporation (GIADEC) will continue to be fully committed to the preservation of the Atewa Forest and ensure that the exploitation of the bauxite in Atewa is in the ultimate interest of the
The Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources responsible for Lands and Forestry, Benito Owusu-Bio has received on behalf of the Sector Minister, reports on Terms of Reference 1 and 2 from the Sole Inquirer, who was tasked to investigate the circumstances surrounding the true ownership of some parcel of Land in dispute between the Bulgarian Embassy and a private developer. Upon receiving the report, Mr Owusu-Bio expressed his profound gratitude to the Sole Inquirer, saying that the Ministry,
The former Director of Finance at the Cocoa Board (COCBOD), Mr. Charles Kwao Tetteh Dodoo, claims Dr. Stephen Kwabena Opuni, during his tenure as the Chief Executive (CE) of the Board never had computer in his officer for writing letters. Speaking in defence of Dr. Opuni (A1), who is standing trial with two others – Seidu Agongo (A1) and Agricult Ghana Limit (A2) – for causing financial loss to the State and other financial malfeasance charges numbering about 27, Mr. Dodoo said his former
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has sent congratulatory message to the French President-Elect, Emmanuel Macron, following his victory for a second term in office. In a post on Facebook and Twitter, President Akufo-Addo wished Mr Macron well in the crucial tasks of uniting the French nation and helping to deal with the crisis in Europe. However, President Akufo-Addo expressed confidence that the future of the French people is secure in the hands of Mr Macron. He also assured the French President, who
Nathaniel Adjei, 20 and a loading boy, has been jailed 10 years imprisonment after pleaded guilty to the counts of unlawful entry and stealing. The court, presided over by Evelyn Asamoah, sentenced Nathaniel after his guilty simplicita plea yesterday. The facts of the case, according to Chief Inspector John Gohoho, as narrated to the court, were that the complainant in the case was one Doris Ackumey, who is a trader and resides at Teshie, whilst the accused person, Nathaniel Adje, was a loading boy
The Accra Circuit Court ‘10’, presided over by Evelyn Asamoah, has denied the four police officers charged with attempt to commit robbery and abetment bail. The bail application was denied following attempts made by their defence counsel, particularly Justin Teriwajah, who has constantly maintained that prosecution often prayed the court to remand the accused persons, as a mean of punishment. He argued that the accused persons – Constable Yaro Affisu Ibrahim (A1), Constable Albert Ofosu
The Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) continues to serve its purpose as the precursor to secondary education in Ghana Over the years, the BECE has remained crucial because it serves as the sole means to determine the fortunes of prospective candidates from the Junior High Schools, who could successfully make it to the Senior High Schools. In the past, school authorities and other admission bodies of the various Senior High Schools had the prerogative to determine which students could
Over 300 aged persons from various communities in the Akatsi North District have benefitted from a free medical health screening exercise and the treatment of various ailments at the capital, Ave-Dakpa, while those identified with more serious health conditions have been referred to the hospital. The free health screening exercise became possible through the collaborative efforts between the Akatsi North District Assembly and a Ghanaian-based health-oriented Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), JoBerg
The Volta Region Free Senior High School (SHS) Coordinator, Madam Fedelia Dorleku, says the free high school educational system after the School Placement Exercise has seen the admission of 47,690 new students successfully placed. Madam Dorleku explained that the 2022 placement figure of 47,690 admitted students was higher than the 2021 number of 43,000. This development, she described as positive, and must be supported by all to enable the government achieve the target of ensuring that all children
Bishop Prosper Agboga, Minister in charge of the Peniel Ministry Church (PMC) at Logba-Adzakoe in the Afadzato South District, has stressed the need for pastors to intensify their activities in propagation of the Gospel and refrain from the extortion of money from their members. He noted that some pastors, instead of concentrating on the spread of the Gospel to help win more souls, have rather decided to enrich themselves by using all means to extort money from unsuspecting people who were only interested
The Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources in charge of lands and forestry, Mr Benito Owusu-Bio, has said that land is a strategic asset which forms the basis of every development activity and hence the need for formal land administration to promote development at all levels. He stressed the significance of the Lands Commission in serving the government and the general public, particularly in managing public lands and other lands vested in the President, as prescribed by the constitution.
The Baobab Children Foundation has marked its 20th Anniversary with a call on parents to have a paradigm shift towards vocational training and technical education. This paradigmatic shift would ensure that more qualified Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) graduates would gladly accept vocational education, which would enable them to be self-employed after school. Delivering a speech during the ceremony, the Founder, Madam Edith de Vos, explained that the focus of the Foundation was to
A devastating rainstorm has displaced, at least, 30 adults and 40 children at Assin Ochiso, a farming community in the Assin South District of the Central Region. The storm, which occurred on Sunday afternoon, wreaked havoc in the town by badly damaging 25 houses, leading to the displacement of the victims. Assin South District National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) Coordinator, Mr. Emmanuel Kwabina Essumang, told The Chronicle that the victims were compelled to stay with friends and other
The Ofaakor Circuit Court has sentenced a driver to a fine of GH¢960 for driving on the shoulders of the road and carelessly crossing a magistrate and disrespecting her. Theophilus Nii Armah Okai narrowly escaped a month’s jail term, after the Presiding Judge, Mr Ebenezer Osei Darko, reluctantly reversed his first ruling of one-month imprisonment to a fine of 80 penalty units following persistent appeals from the lawyer of the convict and other lawyers present at the court. Okai will go to
The Ashanti Regional Commander of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) and four Chinese illegal immigrants have been cited for contempt of a Kumasi High Court under Order 50 of the C.I. 47. ACI Charles Yaw Bediako, Shi Li Wen Huang Shen Jun, Li De Hao and Lan Hai Song are the defendants in the substantive case before the court. The Chinese nationals had also unlawfully entered the country and were undertaking illegal mining in a tract of land approved for educational purposes without the consent of
The World Bank seems to be going through its very own Groundhog Day with the announcement of the Business Enabling Environment (BEE) Project. Even a cursory look reveals that it is little more than a rebranding of the (rotten) apple of its eye: the Doing Business (DB) report and rankings, which was discontinued last year. The BEE appeared just weeks before the Bank’s Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) published a report questioning the development effectiveness of DB and recommending “to avoid
Mr Dele Ashiru has faulted the belief that university education is tailored for employability, maintaining that graduates from the institutions are supposed to be employers of labour. The Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Lagos State (UNILAG) chapter, made the comment on Friday during his appearance on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily. “There is a fundamental assumption that is wrong: university education is not for employability. That one is basic,”
No few than six members of the Deeper Life Bible Church, located at Iragbo community in Badagry, Lagos State, were injured on Sunday when the building of the church collapsed during heavy storm while the service was in progress. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that heavy rain which was later followed by a heavy storm led to the collapse of the church building around 9:30 a.m. One of the members of the church who was also a victim, Topohozin Tunde, told NAN that six members of the church
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