Employees at the Akosombo Textile Limited (ATL) have begun a sit-down strike over unpaid salaries and other outstanding allowances dating back to 2021. The striking workers allege that the company’s machinery has been dismantled and sold as scrap, casting a grim light on its operational status. They have also voiced concerns about insufficient compensation, claiming […] The post ATL
Mrs Patricia Obo-Nai, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Telecel Ghana, has called on African governments, telecommunications companies and financial service providers to remove obstacles impeding progress towards a cash-lite society and improved cross-border transactions. A statement copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra on Wednesday said she was speaking at the Africa Prosperity […] The post Telecel
The first two months of 2024 have brought with them a decent level of activity in the domestic corporate bond market, with two notable issuances by Kasapreko, the indigenous beverage manufacturer, and Letshego, a financial services provider. Data from the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) show that the former has successfully raised GH¢103.75million through a senior […] The post Kasapreko,
Abdul-Moomin Gbana General Secretary of the Ghana Mine Workers Union (GMWU) of the Trade Unions Congress (TUC), Abdul-Moomin Gbana, has urged the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Read More... The post Terminate FGR Lease- Mine Workers Union appeared first on
Adolescent pregnancy rate in the Eastern Region dropped from 13.1 percent in 2019 to 5.9 percent in 2023. Within the period, 365 adolescent girls who got pregnant attended school during pregnancy or after delivery, while 96 also chose to learn a skill. Madam Ellen Asare, the Deputy Director of Nursing in the Eastern Region, disclosed […] The post Adolescent pregnancy rate drops
The Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship International (FGBMFI), Airport View Chapter (AVC) has inducted into office a seven-member executive to spearhead the chapter into a new future. Swearing the new executives into office, Eric Asah-Addo, Field Representative of FGBMFI, Greater Accra Zone Three and CEO of Bista Solutions, urged them to be diligent in the […] The post
Final-year students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) say they are bearing the brunt of the ongoing strike by the Tertiary Education Workers Union of Ghana (TEWUG). The students lament that they are unable to access key facilities like the university’s library to proceed with their research work and other academic […] The post KNUST students
Mine workers of the Future Global Resources Bogoso-Prestea Mines want the Minerals Commission to revoke the license of the company. The workers say the mine has not seen any investment since Future Global Resources took over in 2020. General Secretary of the Senior Staff Union of FGR Bogoso-Prestea Mines, Samuel Kumi Manu, in an interview, […] The post FGR
The Electoral Commission (EC) has strongly rejected accusations of poorly conducting the District Level Elections (DLEs), emphasizing that they met the expected standards despite challenges encountered during the process. The District Level Elections, conducted nationwide on Tuesday, December 19, 2023, faced various challenges, leading to the postponement of elections in some district assemblies to Thursday, […] The post District
Scores of slum dwellers have been rendered homeless after fire swept through wooden structures used as accommodation at Asokwa Old Town in the Asokwa Municipality of the Ashanti Region. The fire, believed to have started from one of the structures at about 3:30 pm on Saturday, spread through other wooden structures in the enclave. The […] The post Asokwa: Fire rips through
Some constituency executives of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Gomoa Central constituency have distanced themselves from an earlier press conference organised by some ward coordinators, calling on the national leadership of the party to consider replacing its parliamentary candidate, Kwame Dean Yawson, with Kwame Asare Obeng, popularly known as A Plus, going into […] The post Gomoa
The General Transport Petroleum Chemical Workers Union (GTPCWU) has vowed to ensure that its interdicted executives are reinstated as soon as possible. Two executives of the union have been interdicted by the TOR Board of Directors over the controversial deal between the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) and Torentco for disclosing classified information regarding the deal […] The post Torentco
A leader has the task of having to work with different types of people with different ideas, different values, and different attitudes to work. The leader has the task Read More... The post A Leader And Different Types Of Workers (1) appeared first on
The Electoral Commission (EC) will today, Thursday, December 21, organize elections in district assemblies where the polls were postponed. About 40 districts in the Ashanti and Eastern Regions were postponed due to errors found on the ballot papers, delays in distribution of voting materials and issues of non-functioning Biometric Verification Devices (BVD). Stakeholders have since […] The post EC
Properties estimated at hundreds of thousands of Ghana Cedis have been destroyed after fire gutted the home of the Board Chairman of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA), Professor Christopher Ameyaw Akumfi at Techiman, in the Bono East Region. The Chronicle was informed that his daughter, in her 30s, who sustained severe burn injuries, has since […] The post Fire guts home of Prof Ameyaw Akumfi;
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has issued a stern warning to the electoral management body, the Electoral Commission (EC), to abort any agenda to repeat the technical challenges encountered during the District Level Elections (DLEs). The party cautioned the EC to desist from repeating the ‘mess’ in the 2024 polls to prevent any untoward incidents. […] The post Assembly
The Chairperson of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), Kathleen Addy, says most Ghanaians are not interested in District Level Elections (DLEs) because they are ignorant of the local government system. Over the years, low voter turnouts have been recorded across the country during DLEs. A similar situation is being witnessed today across the […] The post Ignorance
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is urging Ghanaians to participate fully and actively in the District Assembly Elections scheduled for December 19, 2023. Ghanaians will go to the polls on Tuesday to elect new Assembly and Unit Committee members who will constitute the various Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies (MMDAs) over the next four years. […] The post Participate
From L: Ignatius Baffour-Awuah in a handshake with Mensah Kwarko Gyakari as Abdul-Moomin Gbana looks on The Ghana Mines Workers Union (GMWU) has lamented the current non-standard forms of Read More... The post GMWU Demands Change In Non-Standard
The leadership of Winners Chapel International Ghana has donated GH¢100, 000 towards the next phase of Citi FM/Cit TV’s relief campaign for victims of the Akosombo Dam spillage. The #Relief4LowerVolta campaign took an ambitious turn from providing immediate relief items to affected residents to the construction of resettlement centres that are currently at various stages […] The post Dam
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