The National Identification Authority (NIA) boss, Prof Kenneth Attafuah, has deflated the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) rants that the Ghana Card cannot be used for the next general elections in 2024. According to the NDC, a considerable number of citizens do not have their Ghana Cards. Thus, limiting the proof of nationality to only the Ghana Card may disenfranchise many. Prof Attafuah in a text message to the host of Kokrokoo on Peace FM yesterday, defended the decision of the Electoral
As part of effort to empower farmers and address post-harvest losses in the country, the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has received the last consignment of the third tranche of agro machinery from Brazil. The consignment, which cost the state US$30 million, is part of a US$96 million Brazilian loan facility to boost food production. The machines include 50 combine harvesters, 30 Massey Ferguson tractor, 70 Valtra tractor, 50 Hew Holland tractor, 57 LS Plus tractor, and rice mills. The sector
President Akufo-Addo and his government through the Ministry of Finance, have supported the Legal Aid Fund and the Law Reform Fund with a contribution of GH¢2.2 million, aimed at promoting the rule of law in the country. Speaking at the launch of the Law Reform Commission Fund and the Legal Aid Commission Fund on Wednesday, August 10, 2022, at the Law Court Complex in Accra, President Akufo-Addo noted that the Law Reform Commission, designated as a subvented agency under the Ministry of Justice,
The Chief Executive Officer of the Labianca Company Limited, Mrs Eunice Jacquieline Asomah-Hinneh, who has been indicted by the Office of the Special Prosecutor over the alleged role she played in granting tax exemption to his company, may lose her position as a Member of the Council of State. This is due to the threat by the Petitioner, Frank Asare, that he “will petition the appropriate bodies for her removal from the Council of State.” The Petitioner gave the hint in his comment on
The Circuit Court ‘9’, presided over by His Honour Samuel Bright Acquah, has remanded a member of the Okpelor Sowah Din Family, Daniel Ablorh Mensah, into police custody. The 48-year-old, who is a building contractor, was put before the court on the charge of defrauding by false pretence, but he pleaded not guilty. Daniel was arraigned before the court on Monday, August 9, 2022. He is said to have collected an amount of GH¢80,000.00, together with a water tanker Daf truck, Nissan Urvan,
The Ghanaian Times newspaper yesterday published a story from the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) advising the public to patronise only registered sachet and bottled water manufactured in Ghana and bear the FDA product registration numbers. This comes against the backdrop of claims that certain sachet water sold on the market contains microbes or unwholesome materials. The FDA has the sole responsibility to protect consumers, as mandated by the Public Health Act, 2012 (Act 851). The Food and Drugs
The Director General of Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), Mr. Clifford Abdallah Braimah, has said that steps were being taken to make illegal water connection a national security threat. Mr. Braimah says the step was being taking due to financial losses that illegal connection activities posed to the company. Aside financial losses, the GWCL boss also said some customers were also denied access to water whenever an illegal connection took place, hence, the decision to make it a national security
It is an undeniable fact that the paramilitary establishment, the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), is presently on cloud nine after winning the admiration of both civilians and other security services by their conduct and appearance. The men and women of the service now walk in their smart uniforms with chests out, corresponding with regimented paces. Very uncommon for a state Security body to announce that her logistical needs have been fully met by government, but the GIS recently attested to
The Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has disclosed that government is committed to developing the human capital base in the area of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). This was made known in a speech that was delivered on his behalf by the Deputy Minister of Education, John Ntim Fordjour, this week, Tuesday to climax the 10th anniversary celebration of the African Institute for Mathematical Science (AIMS) Ghana, in honour of the late Professor Francis Allotey.
Nana Barima Saasi Ayeboafo II, Chief of Mamponteng the capital of Kwabre East Municipality in the Ashanti region has expressed his disappointment in the government’s extreme neglect of the area in terms of basic infrastructural development. The chief, while speaking at a press conference at his palace, expressed the disappointment of the chiefs and people of the Kwabre East Municipality which bordered on the current poor state of development of the Municipality. According to him, the Kwabre
As part of her 45th birthday celebration, renowned Ghanaian Actress and television host, Nana Ama McBrown will be registering 1000 people onto the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). This, she said will be done through her McBrown Foundation, a not for profit organization based in Ghana. In a post on her social media pages, Nana Ama revealed that the beneficiaries of the free health registration will be categorized into two; 700 children will benefit while the remaining 300 slots will be for
Ghanaian Actress Akuapem Poloo has announced that she has converted from Christianity to Islam. She announced on her social media platforms after declaring the shahada; thus declaring her belief in heart and mind that there is only one God and Prophet Muhammad is God’s human messenger. In the photos to announce her new religion, Akuapem Poloo posed with some Islamic clergies. She captioned the photo “Alhamdulillah full Muslim now thanks to the Deputy Imam of ASWAJ Ga West and Cheif Imam
A 60-year-old well driller, Malam Bala, has suffocated to death in a deep well alongside his 35-year-old son Sunusi Bala in Kano State. The tragic incident occurred at Sabon Garin Bauchi in Wudil local government area of Kano, about 35 kilometers away from the metropolis, where the two local well diggers were trapped in the water well they both dug. Confirming the sad development, the spokesman of Kano state Fire Service, Saminu Yusuf Abdullahi, revealed that men of the service who arrived at the
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday, said his regime was determined to keep the country together. Reminiscing the gory civil war from 1967 – 1970, the President said the price had been paid to ensure Nigeria’s unity. Therefore, political leaders must uphold the ultimate objective of promoting the interest of the country. According to a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, Buhari said this when he received former State Chairmen
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, says there is no passport booklet shortage in Nigeria, as the Federal Government has cleared all backlogs of passport applications. This was contained in a statement issued by the Minister’s Media Adviser, Sola Fasure, on Tuesday in Abuja. According to him, the ministry has made efforts to make passports available to Nigerians. “In 2021 alone, we provided 1.3 million passports to Nigerians. As of today, there is no booklet shortage in Nigeria. “As
Nigeria’s police are poking accusing fingers in the eyes of some personnel of Nigeria’s Correctional Service, saying they are engaged in acts of extortion before receiving suspects for remand, PREMIUM TIMES can report. In a correspondence sighted by PREMIUM TIMES, Ibrahim Zango, deputy commissioner of police at the Police Special Fraud Unit Ikoyi, Lagos, sent a complaint to the controller of the correctional service to call his staff to “order and avert further dent on the image of this
Mr. Emmanuel Tawiah, Board Member of the Ghana Real Estate Professionals Association (GREPA), has called for an alternative way of providing affordable housing for the country. He said there were new building technologies which could be used to replace the usual building materials to bring down the cost of housing in the country. Mr. Tawiah mentioned thus at the launch of the Africa Real Estate Conference and Expo (ARCE) 2022 in Accra. GREPA is made up of professionals such as lawyers, brokers, surveyors
Dr. Archibald Yao Letsa, Volta Regional Minister, has asked Municipal and District Assemblies (MDAs) in the Region to invest more in local economic development and ensure the highest value for money in all transactions. He said the Government’s finances were dwindling and it was important that the assemblies invested to provide development for the people at the local level to complement the Government’s effort. Dr. Letsa, speaking at the first?meeting of the Volta Regional Coordinating
Vienna, a city known for its Christmas markets and its New Year concert, is cutting back on public lighting in the face of soaring energy prices. “There will be no Christmas illuminations this year on the Ring,” the famous boulevard that encircles the centre of the Austrian capital, city spokeswoman Roberta Kraft told AFP. And the lights at the Christmas market in the square in front of the city hall would only be switched on at night and not at dusk, as in previous years, “which
A 23-year-old man has been charged and remanded in custody after an American tourist was raped in a public toilet in the centre of Paris, in a case that has caused shock in the busy riverside area that was considered safe. The woman, 27, was out with her partner on Saturday night by the River Seine in the heart of Paris’s tourist district, not far from Notre Dame Cathedral and Paris’s city hall. The riverside promenade is the focal point for Paris’s Right Bank summer event, Paris Plages, and
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