Let’s sanction MMDAs engaged in financial misappropriation- PAC
Dr James Klutse Avedzi, Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament, has called on the Ghana Audit Service to apply sanctions on Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) that engage in financial mismanagement, especially in the delivery of projects. Dr Avedzi, who is also the Member of Parliament for Ketu North Constituency, and […]
Ghana’s democracy does not help minority parties –Bernard Mornah
Mr Bernard Mornah, the Immediate Past Chairman of the People’s National Convention (PNC), on Tuesday, observed that the nature of the country’s democracy does not help in sustaining minority political parties. He, therefore, called for a political party stakeholders’ forum to deliberate on how to sustain smaller parties within the political landscape. Mr Mornah said […]
New terminal for Kumasi International Airport to be ready in October 2022
Ongoing works on the construction of a new terminal at the Kumasi International Airport will be completed in October, 2022, Mr. Yaw Appiah-Danquah, Director, Airports Planning and Projects at the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL), has disclosed. The project, being executed by Messrs. Contracta Construction UK Limited, is in line with the government’s agenda to […]
Akatsi South NASPA donate to Basic schools
The 2020/2021 batch of the National Service Personnel Association (NASPA) in Akatsi South have donated school uniforms to some selected basic schools in the Akatsi South Municipality of the Volta region. The move was led by Mr. Eric Akorli, the Akatsi South NASPA Vice President, Apostle Brandford Amedoda, Organiser, and other executives. The donation, which […]
Majority Leader advocates consensus building in Parliament
Mr. Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, Majority Leader and Minister for Parliament Affairs has advocated trust and consensus building in Parliament in order to enhance the country’s democracy. According to him, a lot more needs to be done to protect Ghana’s current democratic system in order to give dignity to the people. “What is true but less obvious […]
Police impound 394 motorbikes in Accra Regional operations
The Greater Accra Regional Police Command has seized 394 motorbikes in recent operations geared towards improving and sustaining the current security situation in the nation’s capital. The operations which started on Thursday, July 22, 2021, and still underway forms part of the periodic Police operations to clamp down on criminal activities and prevent crime usually […]
Two kids dead in fire at Moshie Zongo in Kumasi
Two kids were on Tuesday confirmed dead in a gory fire outbreak at Moshie Zongo, a suburb of Kumasi. Tariq Alhadar, aged two, and his nine-month-old younger sister, Salamatu Alhadar, were reported to have been trapped in the blazing fire in their room. Their bodies had since been deposited at the morgue for autopsy, while […]
MTTD urges tourism operators to set up rest stops on Volta route
The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) has been advised to set up rest stops on the Volta to Tema route as a measure to reduce driver fatigue and consequently curb road accidents. Sergeant Richard Timinka of the Tema Regional Motor Transport and Traffic Department (MTTD) explained due to the long journey from the Northern sector of […]
Ningo-Prampram sea defence project to be completed by December
Construction work on the five-kilometre Ningo-Prampram sea defence and land reclamation project in the Ningo-Prapram District of the Greater Accra Region is progressing steadily and is expected to be completed by end of December this year. Mr Kwasi Sarpong Osei, Project Manager for Messrs Bridge Global Consolidated Limited, the construction company undertaking the project, stated […]
Road Accident: 106 people killed in six months in Tema
A total of 106 people have been killed through road accidents in the Tema Region between January and June this year, the Motor Transport and Traffic Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service has revealed. The statistics indicate that 89 males were killed as against 17 females; Sergeant Richard Timinka, representing Chief Superintendent William Asante […]
Speaker Bagbin receives Millennium Excellence Award, pledges to serve with integrity
Speaker of Parliament Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin on Monday received the prestigious Millennium Excellence Award and pledged that he would continue to serve Ghanaians with integrity. “I seize this opportunity to encourage all Ghanaians to strive for excellence with integrity,” the Speaker said at the conferment ceremony, at the Parliament House, in Accra; and added, […]
Tighten supervision on School Feeding Programme – Stakeholders
Stakeholders in Nutrition intervention have called for tight supervision on the Ghana School Feeding Programme to ensure food served to school children are done in a safe environment and also address the nutritional needs of the children. The call followed complaints by stakeholders at a meeting in Koforidua that food served to school children in […]
GHS receives medical equipment from Nilex Company to fight COVID-19 in schools
Nilex Company Limited, a company that produces and supplies medical equipment, has donated 10,000 test kits and 10 analyzers to the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to tackle the uptick of COVID-19 cases, especially in some Senior High Schools (SHSs). The donation, which cost $150,000 would help GHS undertake the testing and detection of the virus […]
Ho Teaching Hospital Cardiothoracic Fundraiser gathers momentum
Organisers of the Ho Teaching Hospital (HTH) Cardiothoracic Fundraising Project have embarked on a health walk through some principal streets of the Municipality as a pepped up measure to create awareness among the people. The “Save a Heart, Save a Life” Project is a $3.2 million fundraiser to purchase theatre equipment for the Cardiothoracic Centre […]
