Stanbic Bank Ghana has provided GH?80,000 to support the heart operation of Abdul Yusuf Rauf, a two-month-old baby suffering from heart disease. Staff of the Stanbic Bank Ghana contributed GH?40,000, while the bank topped up with GH?40,
The Forum for Public Sector Registered Pension Schemes has described Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) payment of seven per cent per annum on past credits as unfair to retired workers. Mr Bampoe Addo, Chairman of the Forum, said the situation was sad
The chiefs and people of Mafi-Kumase in the Central Tongu District of the Volta Region have celebrated their 30th “Tsiza” (Water Festival) on Saturday with a launch of a three-year sanitation project. “The sanitation project targets to provide at least 500 household bio-digester
The Hope for Future Generations (HFFG), an NGO, has expressed worry about the high rate of Human Immune Virus (HIV) infection among young people, saying the situation must urgently be addressed, if Ghana is to make headway in ending HIV and AIDS by 2030. According to the
The Bishop of the Northern Accra Diocese (NAD) of the Methodist Church Ghana, Rt Rev Prof. Joseph M.Y. Edusa-Eyison, has asked men of the church to win souls for Christ. He said men “must lead the way of evangelism and disciple,
Stakeholders in agriculture at a forum organised in Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region have advocated agro-ecological farming practices as the surest way to increasing agriculture food production, whilst protecting the environment. They advocated issues of agro-ecology
Three Joint Committees of Parliament have called for a national debate on sustainable management including funding of waste management in the country. This the committees felt has become necessary in view of the fact that district assemblies, despite
Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Gloria Akuffo has urged local and international anti-corruption agencies to intensify efforts to confiscate proceeds of corruption and money laundering
An ultra-modern physiotherapy centre built at the cost of €200,000 has been inaugurated at Wenchi in the Bono Region. The project, initiated in 2017, funded by the German government and Ghanaian community based in Germany, was to complement the work at the orthopaedic unit of the Wenchi Methodist Hospital to improve the overall quality of … The post Wenchi gets ultra-modern physiotherapy
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo yesterday cut the sod for the construction of a GH¢300 million sea defence wall at Ningo-Prampram in the Greater Accra Region to address the problem of sea erosion in the area. The five-kilometre
The Institute of Directors-Ghana (IoD) has confered an honorary award on Mr Saied Assad Fahkry, the Chairman of Interplast for his immense contribution to industrial development in Ghana. The Managing Director of Interplast
Corporate bodies must as a matter of priority consider helping in developing football talents as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility, Frank Annoh Dompreh, has said. He has, therefore, commended
The University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), Tarkwa has won the maiden Tertiary Edition of the Gas Challenge Quiz Competition organised by the Ghana National Gas Company. The competition was organised as part of the company’s efforts at bridging the gap between industry and
The Vice Chancellor (VC) of Sunyani Technical University in the Bono Region Prof. Kwadwo Adinkrah-Appiah has assured students of the university, of adequate security despite recent security breaches in the institute. The assurance by the VC was as a result of the murder of one of the university’s
A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOS) has called on the government to diversify the source of funding for its flagship Free Senior High School programme to make it more sustainable. Speaking during the CSOS Budget Forum in reaction to the 2020 financial budget, Chairman of the Civil Society Platform, Dr
Wisconsin International University College (WIUC) held its 12th congregation on Saturday with the first batch of students graduating from the School of Communication Studies and School of Nursing. Held on the theme “Quality Education: Role of Tertiary Institutions,” a total of 779 students graduated including 52 diploma students, 613 degree students and 144 post-graduate students. … The post WIUC
Brigadier General Joseph Nunoo-Mensah, a former Chief of Defence Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces, has denied reports that he and former New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwart, Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe are forming a new political party. He explained that they are rather encouraging what he described
Evelyn Aikins, an aspiring Assembly Member for Mantseman Electoral Area in Ashaiman in the Greater Accra Region, has admonished the electorate against putting all their financial burdens on Assembly Members. She noted that the mandate of the Assembly Members was to lobby for development and not
The Centre for Democratic and Accountable Governance (CEDAG) has petitioned the president to remove Dr Bossman Asare, the Deputy Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC) from office for ‘misconduct’. In a petition to the president, the group complained of series of what it described as misconduct
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