The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has shown the Minister of State at the Ministry of Finance, Charles Adu Boahen the exit from his government. The rather swift dismissal announced Monday, November 14, 2022 in a statement from Jubilee House took immediate effect. Mr Adu Boahen was sent to the ‘slaughter house’ of investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas and his Tiger Eye PI team for their latest exposé, “Galamsey Economy.” Charles Adu Boahen was fired before the alleged
Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has distanced himself from the alleged claims of Mr Adu Boahen, the former Minister for State at the Ministry of Finance, that he (VEEP) needed $200k as ‘appearance fee’ before investors can meet him. This was when Mr Adu Boahen met Anas Aremeyaw Anas undercover investigators in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). In a post on his Twitter handle, the vice president noted that if the claims contained in the Anas’ video that he, the Vice President, needed US$200,000
A survey conducted by The Chronicle in Kumasi has revealed that Mr. Johnson Asiedu Nketia, the General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), who is vying for the chairmanship race has an edge over the incumbent National Chairman, Comrade Samuel Ofosu Ampofo. The survey, in which views of delegates were sampled at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi yesterday, indicated that the General Secretary stands tall to win the upcoming elections. About 70% to 80% of the delegates
The most talked about Chinese national, En Huang alias Aisha Huang’s marriage certificate, which gave her the impetus as indefinite residence permit in Ghana, was allegedly forged. This was according to the Superintendent of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), David Essien, who testified as the Attorney-General’s (A-G) second prosecution witness (PW2) yesterday. He told the Accra Criminal High Court, presided over by Justice Lydia Osei Marfo, while being cross-examined by Aisha Huang’s
13 illegal miners have been arrested in the Dormaa East District of the Bono Region through a joint operation by the police and other security personnel in the district. The joint operation that led to the arrest of these 13 illegal miners involved personnel from the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), Assembly Members, National Investigation Bureau, and Dormaa East District Police Command. At Kotodwe and Wamfie suspects Godfred Amoako, aged 24 years, and Adomah Jones, aged 30 years,
The Coach of the Senior National Team, the Black Stars, Otto Addo, has officially announced his final 26 man squad for the Mundial in Qatar later this month. As usual, yesterday’s announcement of the final squad, which would represent Ghana as one of the participating African countries, has been met with mix reactions from the public. While some supporters and soccer loving fans have welcomed the announcement with rapturous applause to show their satisfaction, others have greeted the news with
Mr. Patrick Yaw Boakye has been elected Presiding Member (PM) for the Pru East District Assembly in the Bono East Region. The other contestant, Mr. Yussif Sulemana, pulled out in support, and gave approval for Mr. Yaw Boakye to contest unopposed. Surprisingly, Mr. Sulemana also called on his fellow members to vote massively for Mr. Yaw Boakye to become the next PM for the Assembly. Seventeen out of the 24 members constituting the Assembly voted for Mr. Yaw Boakye. Mr. Yaw Boakye, in his acceptance
ASA Savings and Loans Limited has made a donation to the PCC Hand in Hand Community Care home for intellectually disabled children at Nkoranza in the Bono East Region. The items, which included wheelchairs, crotches, diapers, toiletries, mattresses and zeema flame, were worth thousands of Ghana cedis. The presentation formed part of the corporate social responsibility of ASA Savings and Loans towards the inmate at the care centre. The Divisional Manager in charge of the Northern Division of ASA
The Dormaa East District Assembly has participated in this year’s Regional Budget Hearing held at Dormaa. The main purpose of the hearing was to renew the Assembly’s revenue and expenditure performance and the target set for 2023-2025, taking into cognisance the government’s policies and strategies, as well as the 2023-2025 Budget preparation guidelines made by the Ministry of Finance. A team, led by the District Chief Executive (DCE) of the area, Mr. Emmanuel Kofi Agyeman, the District
Academic City University College, Ghana’s premium institution for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics, and Entrepreneurship, has announced a partnership with Makelab and the Israeli Embassy to develop a makerspace to increase youth employment opportunities in the country. According to reports, Africa’s youth population is growing and is expected to reach 2.4 billion by 2050. This demographic trend has significantly exacerbated the continent’s unemployment situation.
Sixty-six employees of the National Sports Authority (NSA) have petitioned the President, Nana Akufo-Addo to call the Governing Board of the NSA to order and ensure the smooth operation of the sports agency. The signatories, headed by Messrs Alexander Tieku and Eric Appiah Jnr., Deputy Chief Administration Officer and Principal Sports Development officer respectively of the NSA, in a petition called for a probe of the actions of the Board, considered to be inimical to the running of the agency
The Dabenghene of Akwamufie in the Asuogyamang District, Eastern Region, has told The Chronicle that it is never true that he led 15 armed land guards to disturb a private developer at Senchi Amoafokro, near Atimpoku. Rather, he said, the group he led to the site was a taskforce from the Asuogyaman Assembly, who on the order of the paramountcy was at the spot to stop the developer, Jam Rock, from developing a parcel of land he had allegedly acquired through foul means. “The said land Jam
The Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has hinted at plans for the country to pilot the dual education system next academic year in some selected Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions in the country. He explained that the dual system would allow TVET students to dedicate almost equal time to learning at school as well as spend time with industry for their internship, so they would be well equipped with the requisite skills before graduating from school. Dr Adutwum
Just as it is impossible to sublimate metal into thin air and just as it is impossible to reverse the hands of time, so it is impossible to impugn the honesty and integrity of Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. It cannot be said that we are in normal times where it almost seems as if the tests of time are back-to-back in a serpentine queue of conundrums, yet in such situations when it is easy to play evil and amass wealth on the blind side of a discombobulated parliament and even more obfuscated media with
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has concluded plans to embark on a one-day nationwide protest over the payment of half salaries to lecturers by the Federal Government in October. ASUU National President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke confirmed the development to Channels Television on Monday. According to him, the planned protest was organised at the branch levels of ASUU nationwide and each branch of the academic union would choose their dates. Similarly, the chairperson of ASUU, the
The self-acclimated leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, on Monday, refused to appear before a Federal High Court in Abuja in protest against the Federal Government’s refusal to obey a Court of Appeal judgment that ordered his release from detention. The refusal to honour the High Court was conveyed to Justice Binta Nyako by the Federal Government counsel, Mr Mohammed Abubakar. He informed the court that all entreaties made to persuade him to have a
The House of Representatives has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to make a request of N100 billion to tackle the effect of flooding. The lawmakers made the resolution on Monday during plenary session after the motion of urgent public importance moved by Henry Nwawuba and Isiaka Ibrahim. They asked Buhari to propose a supplementary budget of N100 billion, while they also mandated the House Committee on Appropriations to include N200 billion in the 2023 budget. In addition, the lower chamber also
“There is food in Ghana, but locked up at the farmgate, things are not well,” Mr. Edward Kareweh, General Secretary, of the General Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU) has revealed. He said, “things are not done properly. Improper application of laudable policies has created a problem, where food is cheap at the farm, but expensive on the side of the final consumer. “Poorly formed relations along most Agricultural value chains in the country were fostering a high degree of predatory
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has slammed Western countries over what he calls a “reprehensible double standard” in their response to the energy crisis brought about by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In a Twitter post on Sunday, Museveni singled out Germany for demolishing wind turbines to allow for the expansion of a coal-fueled power plant as Europe battles an energy crisis triggered by the Russia/Ukraine war. In September, Russia which had come under a raft of Western sanctions
Tens of thousands of people have packed the Mexican capital’s main boulevard to protest President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s proposal to overhaul the electoral authority, turning out in the largest demonstration against one of the president’s policies during his nearly four years in office. Opposition parties and civil society organizations called on Mexicans to demonstrate on Sunday in the capital and other cities against proposed reforms that would remake the National Electoral
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