The government must rescind its intention to establish a national airline, because it will not bear fruit, former Rector of the Ghana Institute of Public Administration (GIMPA),has advised. ”The establishment of national carrier will not work. It is just another route to waste national resources,” he said. Speaking on Adom FM an Accra based FM station on Monday, he suggested [...] The post National Airline Won’t Bear Fruit – Prof. Adei appeared first on The Ghanaian Times

The way to achieve the above mentioned objectives is not just an application of   text book economics. It is the practical evaluation and elimination of current socio-economic problems, which have direct and indirect negative impact on our balance of payments   and the consequent fall in the value of the cedi. Some of these are surplus labor in the public and [...] The post Suggested Mechanics For Stopping The Fall In The Value Of The Cedi …Reducing Inflation And Creating Employment (1)

The Peoples Forum, a civil society group has asked Dr Mahamadu Bawumia to back his comment on the country inflation with fact instead of throwing dust into the eyes of Ghanaians. It said the recent allegation made by the running mate of the 2012 Presidential Candidate of New Patriotic Party (NPP) must be based on solid facts, truths and realities. [...] The post ‘Dr Bawumia Must Back Comments With Figures’ appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

A former General Secretary of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dan Botwe, has urged members of the party not to compel the four other candidates who made the list of five alongside the party’s two-time presidential candidate in Sunday’s Special Delegates’ Congress to opt out of the race. According to him, such machinations would be against the tenets of [...] The post Don’t Force Out NPP Aspirants – Dan Botwe appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

Tsatsu Tsikata, the lead  counsel for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the famous 2012 election petition case has tongue-lashed then presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in his first public statement after the Supreme Court verdict one year ago. Nana Akufo-Addo together with his running mate, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia and the then NPP [...] The post Tsikata : Akufo – Addo Is No Hero appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

Professor Thomas Kwadwo Djang-Fordjour, Rector of Sunyani Polytechnic, has appealed to government to consider lifting the embargo on employment to pave the way for the institution to engage new lecturers. Mr. Djang-Fordjour indicated that many of the school’s experienced lecturers have retired, with the rest nearing retirement, adding “We have not been able to employ to replace them because of the [...] The post Sunyani Poly Wants Recruitment Ban Lifted appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

A new survey on quality education has revealed that, the majority of pupils in public basic schools can neither read nor understand English or any Ghanaian language properly. This was published in the National Education Assessment (NEA) report. The survey was carried out by the Assessment Services Unit (ASU) of the Ghana Education Service (GES), with support from the Research Triangle [...] The post Majority Of Pupils Can’t Read — Report appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

The University Teachers Association (UTAG) has called off its strike and directed its members to go back to the classrooms from today. This follows a decision by government to pay them their Book and Research Allowance. Their decision came after the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the government and the association, bringing an end to the impasse over [...] The post UTAG Calls Off Strike appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

GHANA’S democracy is touted as a success in the midst of unstable and failing democracies around Africa. Many have looked up to Ghana for direction, and particularly, the country’s electoral system has been singled out for praise. Locally, however, the image of the Electoral Commission (EC) has been battered and its activities called to question following the Election petition filed [...] The post THE EC AND ELECTORAL REFORMS appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

The third batch of beneficiaries of the GH¢138 million voted by the government in 2008, as land compensation package for the people of the Volta River Basin Flooded Areas, yesterday told the Judgement Debts Commission how they have made use of the money. In their individual pieces of evidence, the witnesses said they had expended the amount they have so far [...] The post Compensation Beneficiaries Supported C’nities appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur yesterday allayed the fears of Ghanaians that government’s application for a bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), will attract conditions that could worsen their plight saying, the home grown policies will not be abandoned. The request for support he said, did not amount to government abandoning its stabilisation and growth programmes in favour of conditionalities [...] The post IMF Bailout Won’t Worsen Our Plight appeared first on The Ghanaian

Lesotho’s exiled Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has called on regional leaders to deploy troops to his country to help restore order, his aide says. Mr Thabane fled to South Africa on Saturday after accusing the army of staging a coup, which it denies. He has been holding crisis talks with South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma and other regional officials in [...] The post Lesotho PM Urges Military Action appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

Professor Haruna Yakubu, Vice Chancellor of the University for Development Studies (UDS) has advised mature university students pursuing graduate courses to behave maturely and live decent lives for the young students to emulate. “I entreat all admitted fresh students to behave as mature students and respect the norms and values of the university as well as people you interact with [...] The post Mature Students Asked To Set Good Examples appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

Professor Clement Dzidonu, the President of the Accra Institute of Technology (AIT) has suggested the institution of stakeholder engagement and  active partnership between the universities and industry/commerce to brainstorm on graduate job creation in the country. He has also called for the setting of national quotas for graduate turnout in key fields and professions, saying that the nation cannot continue to [...] The post Train Graduates For Job Market – Varsities Urged appeared first

The Minister of Education, Prof Jane Naana Opoku–Agyemang has urged teachers to ensure that they imbibe in students teach virtues that will develop into productive citizens. She said it was of no essence if a young people through education and end up becoming liabilities onto to the State. Speaking at a day’s colloquium on quality education organised by National Association [...] The post Education Minister Charges Teachers To Deliver appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

The La Dadekotopon Municipal Assembly (LaDMA) in collaboration with the La Dadekotopon Education Directorate has organized its second Annual Science, Technology and Mathematics Innovation Education (STMIE) Clinic for basic schools. It was under the theme, “National Progress through gender, science, technology, mathematics and innovative education.” Pupils were taken through series of lectures, visiting scientific sites and listening to role models [...] The post Science,Tech. Clinic Held For

A two-day capacity building workshop for 58 new recruited staff of Department of Social Welfare and Community Development (DSW/CD) in the Greater Accra region has been held in Accra. Participants of the workshop were taken through topics on Child Rights Promotion and Protection, Background on Social Work and Community Development, Strategies and Processes in Community Development and Social Protection. Other [...] The post Social Welfare Staff Undergo Training appeared first on The Ghanaian Time

The Assin North constituency of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has re-elected Felix Benefoh, a 32-year- old business man, as the chairman for another four-year term. He polled 198 votes out of the valid votes cast to beat his contestant Mr. Francis Dominic Amah who obtained 107 votes, in an election conducted and supervised by officials from the Assin North District [...] The post Assin North NDC Elects New Executives appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.

The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwabena Adjei Agyepong has stated emphatically that the party cannot do without its October 18 National Delegates’ Congress to elect a presidential candidate even though some powerful groups within are advocating for the event to be abandoned. Several leading members, including Dr. Kwame Addo Kufuor, former Minister of Defence and The Interior, Isaac [...] The post NPP To Go Ahead With October Congress appeared first on The Ghanaian Tim

IT has emerged that there was no contract signed between the Ministry of Youth and Sports (MOYS) and the travel agents assigned to transport 612 supporters to support the Black Stars at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Revealing this to the Justice Dzamefe Commission of Inquiry, Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of Travel Matters, Ivan Bruce Kudjoe stated that though there [...] The post Moys Did Not Sign Contract With Travel, Tour Operators appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.