First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo has urged women entrepreneurs and other business associations to undertake vigorous advocacy to promote women entrepreneurship in the country. According to her, an improvement in the entrepreneurial capacity of women would enable them take advantage of initiatives by the government to better their lives and living conditions. She said despite report by the Ghana Statistical Service [...] The post GH¢4m
THE Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, has served notice that his side of the House would not be part of the approval of the GH¢1.5 billion budgetary allocations to the Ministry of Special Development Initiatives. According to the Tamale South lawmaker, the Ministry was in serious administrative conflict with statutorily acknowledged development agencies and that was affecting development at the [...] The post Minority
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says his government will continue investment in the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) sector to promote skills development and entrepreneurship as part of efforts to create jobs and wealth and reduce poverty. In line with this, he said the government’s strategy was to expand technical and vocational opportunities at both secondary and [...] The post Govt
The 70th Annual New Year School and Conference (ANYSC) will next year, focus on how institutions in the country would be strengthened to secure the country’s democratic gains. Organised by School of Continuing and Distance Education of the University of Ghana, the weeklong gathering of academics, policy makers, civil servants and industry players is scheduled for January 14 to 19, [...] The post UG
Professor Bertha Osei-Hwedie, the Dean of Graduate School, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), has advised newly admitted students of the institute to eschew all acts of indiscipline and pursue high academic successes. She urged the students to focus on their studies, avoid fraudulent activities that would affect the reputation of the institute and derail their career ambitions. [...] The post GIMPA
Joseph Mensah, a teacher of Bompieso MA Primary School in the Prestea-Huni Valley District in the Western Region has emerged the overall best teacher at the Aboso Gold Fields Limited (AGL) Damang Mine 2018 host communities Teacher’s Awards ceremony. Mr Frank Ennim of the Gyetua Islamic Primary School, won the best headmaster and Mr Seth Gyimah, retired educationist won the [...] The post Bompieso
The Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) says it is not ready to negotiate with the government on their ongoing strike unless their November salaries are validated and paid. Members of the Association have taken on the Ministry of Education for what they described as falsehood being peddled by the Public Relations Officer of the Ministry on issues bothering [...] The post ‘No
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has opened nomination for members who want to contest the flag bearer position. The nomination form for candidates is GH¢20,000 and GH¢400, 000 as filling fees which is non-refundable while candidates must be in good standing for at least 10 years. However, the filling fee for women and persons with disability is GH¢200,000. This decision [...] The post NDC
Mrs Safura Abdullah, ActionAid’s Project Officer for Promoting Opportunities for Women Empowerment and Rights, has urged the government to concentrate more in supporting rural women and girls by empowering them to be able to challenge the negative social norms that infringe on their rights in the society. She explained that there is the need to invest in data collection efforts [...] The post Govt
The Chiefs and people of Ave of the Akatsi North District in the Volta Region have urged proponents of the Oti Region to keep focus on the fight for the new region and not succumb to unnecessary pressure. “We wish to advise our brothers and sisters in the Oti Enclave if they think they need the Oti Region, they should [...] The post ‘Residents of Ave not against creation of
The government has commenced the one-village-one-dam policy in the Bawku municipality, to construct irrigational dams for agro purposes. A total of ten dams are expected to be constructed in villages across the municipality to promote both livestock and dry season farming in the area. Hajia Hawa Ninchemah, the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Bawku, made this known at a two-day [...] The post Flagship
People of African descent are facing “widespread and entrenched prejudice and exclusion” across the European Union (EU), a study suggests. Race-related violence, discriminatory police profiling, and discrimination in the search for jobs and housing were commonplace for many, the EU’s agency for fundamental rights (FRA) said. Finland had the highest rates of race-related harassment and violence while the UK had [...] The post Africans
When medics tried to reach Ebola patients in a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) during a recent surge in violence, they were blocked by men wielding machetes and axes. Worried about being kidnapped, they turned back, the latest in a series of setbacks in their attempts to contain the central African country’s worst outbreak of the deadly [...] The post Gunfire,
Kenyan police have fired warning shots at anti-corruption officers to help two colleagues accused of bribery to escape from detention, Kenya’s Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) said. The detained officers were being investigated for allegedly demanding a bribe from a foreigner, EACC added. The anti-graft body said the suspects were caught in a sting operation. Undercover investigators offered the two [...] The post ‘Corrupt’
PARLIAMENT yesterday unanimously approved the 2019 budget and financial policy statement of government presented to the House a fortnight ago by the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta. By this, government has the authority to withdraw over GH¢73 billion from the Consolidated Fund and other government funds to finance development projects. The approval followed a marathon debate which came to [...] The post Parliament
A grandmother and another have been arrested by the police for allegedly burning the hand of a 13-year-old girl in fire, for stealing meat from soup at Manhean, a suburb of Amasaman of the Ga West municipality. Aisha Tetteh,62, and Godson Ablor,36, a co tenant of Aisha, reportedly conspired and cut the fingers of the victim, Lartele Tetteh, with blade [...] The post 2 arrested for burning
A combine team of military and police personnel on Thursday matched throughout the principal streets of Tamale metropolis, and selected districts capitals in the Northern Region, to demonstrate their readiness to curb violence before during and after the performance of the funerals of the two Ya-Naas. The three eminent mediation committee, under the chairmanship of the Asantehene Osei Tutu, last [...] The post Security
A Kumasi circuit court has sentenced a 23-year-old labourer to 288 months in prison for robbery, rape and causing physical harm to his victim. Johnson Duah, pleaded guilty to the charges and was sentenced on his own plea. Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Felix Akowuah, told the court presided by Mrs Mary Nsenkyire that the victim was an assistant administrator [...] The post Labourer
The Agona Swedru Circuit Court has sentenced Enoch Bonney alias Forget and Richmond Koranteng alias Arab Money, to 10 years’ imprisonment each for conspiracy to commit robbery and robbery. They both pleaded guilty and the court presided by Justices Patricia Quansey convicted and sentenced them on their own plea. In an interview with the Ghana News Agency, Assistant Superintendent of [...] The post 2
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