The District Chief Executive of the Ayensuano District, Josephine Awuku Ansah Inkoom, has admitted she goofed in the amounts she mentioned as cost for repairing an old motor grader (bulldozer) of the assembly, and buying a new one. According to her, those amounts she “mentioned in the video were in old cedis and it was a harmless slip of tongue when I stated that a new motor grader procured would have cost the assembly more.” The DCE had said that it cost the assembly 4.5 billion to repair
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo tasked the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor to assume responsibility as Caretaker Minister for Trade and Industry. His new role which takes effect from January 16, 2023, would last until a substantive minister is appointed. The announcement was contained in a communication from Jubilee House this evening, signed by the Director of Communications, Eugene Arhin. Earlier, the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta was assigned that
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Eastern Region are demanding an investigation into the refurbishment of a motor grader with registration number (GV 465-22) belonging to the Ayensuano district assembly. The party is also demanding that the DCE be immediately made to step aside pending investigations into the utilization of public funds under her tenure. “We wish to urge every citizen of Ayensuano district to take keen interest in this matter to ensure value and accountability
Gilbert Ossah, a resident of Hwakpo in the Ada West District, on Thursday, assaulted a Tema High Court bailiff and police personnel for attempting to paste a court order on his mother’s property. The suspect, who is currently in the coolers at the Ada Divisional Police Station, Kasseh, according to information available to this news portal, brandished a machete to slash the police personnel who were at the residence with the bailiff. He succeeded in grabbing and tearing the buttons of one
The National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, has led a team of National Executives and other party elders of the party to ‘quench the Asawase internal fire’. On Thursday, January 12, 2023, the team led various reconciliation meetings in the Ashanti Region as the party gears up to recapture power in the 2024 Presidential and Parliamentary elections. The delegation engaged in a constructive dialogue with the Ashanti Regional Executives,
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has intervened in the sacking of the eight Chiana Senior High School students who were seen in a viral video insulting him. A statement issued this morning by the Ministry for Education, signed by Kwasi Kwarteng, Spokesperson, has said the President intervened when his attention was drawn to the matter, though the release was silent on the sort of intervention. Meanwhile, it concluded that the “Minister for Education, Dr Yaw Adutwum has directed the
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