The government has provided $30million towards the infrastructural expansion of the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) in the Brong-Ahafo Region. A further amount of GH¢15 million seed money has been given to the university. President, John Dramani Mahama in a speech read on his behalf by the Minister of Education, Mr. Lee Ocran announced this at the inauguration of the UENR in Sunyani on Saturday. The occasion saw the investiture of the Vice-Chancellor, the Pro-Vice ... Read More
Alhaji Aliu Mahama, the late former Vice President, made his final journey home to eternity yesterday, as his mortal remains were laid to rest. Amidst grief and mourning, hundreds of Ghanaians, led by President John Dramani Mahama gathered at the Independence Square in Accra to pay their last respect to the fallen former Vice President, before the body was flown to Tamale in the Northern region for a private interment. Draped in the national colours, the casket containing the mortal ... Read More
Businesses have identified poor and irregular power supply as the major challenge confronting them, the Third Quarter Association of Ghana Industries Barometer Survey has revealed. Respondents in the survey said the combined effect of frequent power outages and regular power surges from July-September, 2012, has resulted in an increase in the unit cost of production. Energy is recognized as one of the key factors required for social, economic and more importantly industrial development. ... Read More
The Electoral Commissioner responsible for the Brong-Ahafo Region, Mr Ebenezer Aggrey-Fynn, has advised political parties to be meticulous in their selection of polling agents who are to represent them at polling stations on Election Day as some agents are not genuine but only represent their selfish interest when given the opportunity. Addressing parliamentary candidates in the region at a dialogue organised by the Electoral Commission (EC) in Sunyani on Friday, he said polling agents act as ... Read More
The mortal remains of the late Alhaji Aliu Mamaha, former Vice President under the NPP administration were yesterday interred at his private residence at Fuo, Tamale in the Northern Region. The burial was preceded by special prayers held at the Tamale Jubilee Park where Alhaji Abdul Salam, Chief Imam of the Tamale Central Mosque led the muslim faithful in a ?Salatu Jenaza,? which is the final prayers for the dead in Islam. Other Imams who offered special prayers for the late Vice ... Read More
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