President Akufo-Addo says his government will successfully resolve all the difficulties confronting the nation. Speaking at the 18th Consultative Council Meeting of the Anglican Church on Sunday, 12th February, 2023 President Akufo-Addo admitted that Ghana is going through difficult times just as other countries in the world. “However, with the help of Almighty God and backed by a sense of determination, hard work and collective sacrifices on our part, I am confident that we will successfully
Daaasebre Kwaku Boateng III, Omanhene of New Juaben Tradition Area and President of the New Juaben Traditional Council, has predicted victory for Mr. Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen in his bid to become the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the 2024 elections. He told the NPP presidential hopeful during a call on him and members of the Juaben Traditional Council in Koforidua, last Friday, that his ‘knowledge and humility will guarantee’ him victory in the party’s presidential
The Anglican Church has conferred the Cross of St. Augustine Award on the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. The occasion was when the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Portal Welby, in the company of many leaders of the Anglican Church worldwide, paid a courtesy call on the Asantehene over the weekend, Saturday 11th February, 2023. The Asantehene was conferred with the “Cross of St. Augustine” for his invaluable contribution to peace and to the church. “I am always mindful of
Mr. Musah Ibrahim, a consultant at the Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), has expressed worry over Ghana’s performance, in terms of accessing safely managed water and safe sanitation services in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). According to him, there were still challenges with water quality in Ghana, and that about 48% of improved sachet water and 10% of water from Ghana Water Company services were faecal contaminated, despite efforts by the government and other organisations
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on the Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Mr Godfred Yeboah Dame to withdraw his letter to the Auditor General, Mr Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu. According to the NDC, Mr Dame’s letter to Mr Asiedu over the publication of the report on the Special Audit of COVID-19 expenditures of the Government of Ghana for the period March 2020 to June 2022 was unconstitutional. In the said letter, the Attorney General and Minister of Justice described it
A man who describes himself as Gati Promise on facebook has narrated a pathetic story of how Ghana Ambulance Service refused to pick a boy of about five years who was critically ill from Ziope Clinic in the Agortiume-Ziope District in the Volta Region to access emergency medical care at Ho, the regional capital. According to Mr. Gati, the vehicle he was travelling on was stopped by a nurse at Ziope and the driver was requested to send the boy, who was almost unconscious, together with his mother
About 114 entrepreneurs, supported by the European Union (EU), have graduated and acquired General Agric certificates through Green Employment and Enterprise (GrEEn) at the Kwadaso Agricultural College. Mr. Awudu Daman Musah, Senior Skills Development Advisor at SNV Ghana, whilst addressing the graduation ceremony, explained that SNV Netherlands Development Organisation had a mission to strengthen capacities and partnerships that result in sustainable impact in the three sectors of focus: Agri-food,
The Boys & Girls Club of Ghana, Anomabo, in partnership with the Kobbah Acquah Foundation, has rewarded some outstanding teachers in its partner schools in the Central Region. The maiden awards ceremony, which was held at Anomabo, was to celebrate teachers for their hard work, dedication, and commitment to effective teaching to improve the quality of education in the Club’s catchment areas. The nominees were drawn from the Anomabo/Yamoransa Circuits in the Mfantseman Municipality in the
The Country Director of Korea International Corporation Agency (KOICA), Mr Moon Heon Kong, has lauded the Central Regional Minister, Mrs Justina Marigold Assan, for her immense contribution towards rice production in the Central Region Since she became the Regional Minister, Mrs Assan has been committed to spearheading strategies to branding the Central Region as a destination for high quality locally produced rice. As part of her strategies, she has been dedicated to sustaining the region’s
Like the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, the former Minister for Trade and Industry, Mr. Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen, was, last Friday, given a presidential welcome by residents of Koforidua during his one-day Eastern Regional tour. The entire entourage of the man known in our political space as Alan Cash was surrounded by traders, party supporters, and onlookers who were heard shouting the mantra ‘the next president of Ghana’. The market women who were loudly heard singing gospel
The dream of 19 year old Harriet Ntiako to become a medical doctor and help reduce the country’s poor doctor-to-patient ratio, which stands at a staggering 1:1000 may be shattered, if the public does not come to her aid. Ms Ntiako has gained admission into the the University of Ghana’s College of Sciences in the 2022/23 academic year to pursue a six year-full time course of study, that will lead to the award a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery Degrees. She was offered the admission
An 8-member delegation from La Cote D’lvoire Ministry of Agriculture and the National Agency for Support to Rural Development (ANADER), was in Kumasi for a week to understudy mechanized production and harvesting of cassava scientifically known as Manihotesculenta Crantz. ANADER is a project initiated by the Cote D’Ivoire government since 1993, which operates closely with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of the country. The delegation was hosted by Prof. Emmanuel Yao
The Asantehemaa, Nana Ama Konadu Yiadom III, last Wednesday observed the sixth anniversary of her enstoolment as the 14th Queen of the Asante Kingdom. The occasion was marked modestly as the queenmothers joined her in a special Queenmothers’ Lunch at Manhyia Palace. Lady Julia Osei Tutu, wife of Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, assisted the Asantehemaa to cut the anniversary cake. In February 2017, the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, in consultation with the royal family, appointed his then 83-year-old
The German Ghanaian School at Atwima Denchemuoso in the Kwadaso Municipality of Kumasi has received a new school bus donated by a long time friend of the school. The 32-seater Hyundai bus, valued at €25,000, was donated to the school by Mrs. Ingvild Goetz, a German philanthropist from Munich in Germany. The Founder of the school, Mr. Albert Osei-Wusu, who officially handed over the bus to the administration, described Mrs. Goetz, the donor, as “a very good friend of the German Ghanaian
In that classic sequel, “Roots,” Fiddler warned Kunta Kinte to conduct himself accordingly, adding, “they live by the law and we die by the law.” Fiddler was implying that the same Law had two faces. Whites who violate it go away freely but Blacks could get killed under the same Law. In Ghana, we pride ourselves with a national motto which goes, “Freedom and Justice.” However, how free a Ghanaian is, will depend on who he is. There was this joke about a man who stole a fowl and was
When the University of Lagos (UNILAG) holds its 60th Special Anniversary Convocation next Wednesday, 83-year-old Dayo Michael Duyile will be among the Ph.D. graduands. The school’s Vice-Chancellor Professor Folasade Ogunsola disclosed this in her Tuesday pre-convocation press conference at the UNILAG Senate Chambers. “The oldest graduating student is (Male) Duyile, Dayo Michael who obtained his Ph.D. in Mass Communication at the age of 83,” she said during the event at Akoka. Incidentally,
Atiku Abubakar has promised to release Nnamdi Kanu if he wins this month’s presidential election. Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), has been in detention since last year. But the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senator Adolphus Wabara at the party’s presidential campaign rally in Umuahia, the capital of Abia State on Saturday the party’s presidential candidate promised to release the IPOB leader within the first
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and former Commissioner of Agriculture, Kaduna State, Dr Manzo Daniel Maigari, has advised Nigerians not to attach religious or tribal sentiments to politics in order not to derail from its set objectives. He also advised that politics should be issue-based to tackle issues affecting the people of the country. The former commissioner during Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s first tenure, while speaking with newsmen, noted, “We have carried on as if
The Bayelsa State Police Command has beefed up security in banks and Automated Teller Machine, ATM, points in the state as part of efforts to curb the destruction of banks’ properties recently seen in other states due to the scarcity of the new Naira notes. The Commissioner of Police, Bayelsa State Command, CP Ben Nebolisa Okolo, has charged Divisional Police Officers, Tactical Commanders, and other operatives to closely monitor banks and ATM points to forestall any breach of the peace. A statement
Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni has escaped a thuggery attack at All Progressives Congress zonal rally at Gashua the headquarters of Bade local government area. The APC supporters who converged for a zonal rally at Gashua play ground in their thousands chanted “Ba ma son Mai Mala Buni” meaning we do not want Mai Mala Buni. The pandemonium started when the Governor was about hand to over APC flags to candidates ahead of the 2023 general elections and suddenly the thugs started throwing sands
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