Prices of vegetables witness sharp increase in Sunyani
There is sharp increase in prices of vegetables and rice in Sunyani, the Bono-Ahafo Regional capital, a Ghana News Agency market survey has revealed. When the GNA visited the Nana Bosoma Central Market on Wednesday, many retailers engaged in tomatoes, garden eggs and onions complained about the increase, but could not assign reasons for the […]
Ghana Mineworkers Union launches 75th Anniversary
The Ghana Mineworkers Union (GMWU) has launched its 75th Anniversary in Accra with a call on members to work hard to improve productivity. The General Secretary of the Union, Prince William Ankrah, said it represented about 12,000 members from 43 companies; 11 Operating Mines and 32 Service companies. He said the decline in membership was […]
Unemployed nurses hit Kumasi streets over financial clearance
Hundreds of unemployed nurses from the Bono-Ahafo and Ashanti Regions on Wednesday hit the streets of Kumasi to protest government’s delay in posting them. The protestors who were all wearing red head and arm bands, held placards with various inscriptions, which depicted their frustrations, converged at the Jubilee Park from where they marched through […]
Plan International, Ghana Shippers Authority donate towards GJA Awards
Plan International Ghana, a child centered non-governmental organization and the Ghana Shippers Authority (GSA) on Wednesday donated various sums of money, totaling GH¢20,000.00 towards the 23rd Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) Awards. The Public Relations Officer of the GSA, Kojo Frimpong, presented a cheque for GH¢5,000.00 to the GJA President, Roland Affail Monney, for the […]
Media urges to give positive reports to attract Investors – Outgoing U/E Regional Minister
An appeal has been made to the media to give positive reports on issues regarding the development of the Upper East Region. The media as “makers of modern”, has the lauders voice and constant negative reportage especially on the security situation in the region, sends very bad and gloomy picture to the outside […]
U/E: Significant strides Achieved in Health Delivery- GHS Regional Director
Significant stride has been chalked up in health delivery in Upper East Region in the areas of pregnancy and delivery. Antaean care coverage stood at 30 percent; skill delivery increased from 33.5 percent in 2017 to 34.5 percent in 2018 with a total live birth of 16.080. Ninety-eight point five percent of these newborns were […]
Video: SynoHydro arrangement is innovative outside the box thinking- Veep Dr. Bawumia
Vveep Dr. Bawumia at 2018 Ghana Economic Forum in Accra
SynoHydro arrangement is innovative outside the box thinking- Veep Dr. Bawumia
The decision by the Nana Akufo-Addo government to enter into a $2 billion Bauxite for Infrastructure barter arrangement with the SynoHydro Corporation of China is an example of the innovative, out-of-the-box thinking influencing the government’s approach to national development, the Vice President of the Republic, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has indicated. This arrangement seeks to leverage […]
ECG to commission new primary sub-station in Tema
The Tema Region of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) will on September 6th commission its newly constructed primary sub-station at Tema Meridian. The five million US Dollars sub-station would receive 33kilovolts of power from the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) and convert it into 11kv to feed the sub-station D and A at the […]
IMANI cautions gov't against hasty implementation of "half-baked" local content policies
IMANI-Africa on Wednesday says the impulse to institute local content policies for multiple sectors of Ghana’s economy needs to be checked in order to avoid hasty implementation of what it described as half-baked policies which consequences may be dire for the economy in the long term. Presenting a research report at a forum in […]
"Your investments are safe and protected in Ghana" – President Akufo-Addo to China's Business Community
President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has told the business community in China that their preferred investment destination in Africa should be Ghana, because the country “is a haven of peace, security and stability, and because she protects legitimate investments.” Speaking at the Ghana-China Investment Forum, on Wednesday, 5th September, 2018, in Shangdong Province, President Akufo-Addo […]
Ghana to lose 40 million USD every month if Karpowership is not relocated- Energy Minister
Minister of Energy John Peter Amewu says if the Karpowership is not relocated to Takoradi from Tema, Ghana will be losing 40 million dollars every month. He said government is keen to protecting the public purse and therefore everything possible will be done to relocate the Karpowership to Takoradi to be able to receive […]
Senior Minister solicits recommendations to improve policy implementation
The Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo-Maafo, has tasked participants at the Ghana Economic Forum (GEF) to critically assess government policies and offer workable recommendations. He said government needed to be guided, critiqued and pushed to do the right things at some points during their governance. Citing an Akan proverb, which stresses the need for external critique […]
