The General Overseer of the International Central Gospel Church, Dr Mensa Otabil, says prayers cannot save Ghana’s economy nor improve it from its current circumstances, it has been reported. Dr Otabil told his Congregation Sunday that “it’s time to stop having All Night prayer meetings for the change of economy”, Radioxyzonline.com reported. The pastor, according to the report, said rather than praying for the economy to improve, the country must have a focused vision with a clear-cut plan

  Mr Joseph Yaw Owusu, a former senior editor of the Ghana News Agency (GNA), has commended government for taking timely and bold step in stopping the collection of tolls on the University of Ghana, Legon rehabilitated roads. Speaking to the press on the issue at Gomoa Pomadze in the Central Region, Mr Owusu described the move as decisive, excellent and commendable. He said that if for nothing at all, the steps the government initiated had gone a long way to perpetually bury the numerous misunderstandings

  Dr Abdulai Salifu Asuro, Rector of the Tamale Polytechnic, has appealed to the government to hasten the process of transforming the country’s polytechnics into technical universities. He said this would ensure skills training at the polytechnics, which was the surest way of curbing youth unemployment in the country. Dr Asuro made the appeal at the eighth congregation of the Tamale Polytechnic held in Tamale on Saturday, where a total of 913 graduates were presented with Higher National Diploma

  The provision of safe drinking water in the Ashanti Region had been bolstered with the inauguration of a Safe Water Station at Yawkwei in the Asante-Akim South District. The project, funded by BG International (BGI), a United States (US)-based development firm, and Safe Water Network, an international Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), is the first phase of a broader initiative to meet the water requirement needs of about 13, 000 people in the region. The first phase, targeting the people of

The Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG) has called on Ghanaians, especially political leaders, to end the blame game over the implementation of the Single Spine Pay Policy (SSPP). A statement signed by Mr Isaac Bampoe Addo, Executive Secretary of CLOSAG and copied to the Ghana News Agency Friday denied that the current economic downturn in the country is as a result of the implementation of the SSPP.   It said there is ample evidence to suggest that the budget deficits