ECG boycotts Ashanti Regional Minister at May Day Durbar
By Nicholas Osei-Wusu Workers of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), in the Ashanti region took their litigation with the Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, a notch higher when they boycotted his ceremonial address in Kumasi during the May Day celebration in Kumasi. The ECG unionised staff spontaneously stood up and walked away from […]
Ashanti Region: ECG retrieves GHc598,666.00 from entities engaged in illegal connections
The Ashanti West region of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has been able to retrieve a total amount of GHc 598,666.00 from 74 entities engaged in illegal connections in the region in the first quarter of 2024. The illegal connections were discovered during the day and night monitoring exercise, which saw the revenue mobilisation […]
EC reschedules Assembly Elections in selected areas in Ashanti and Eastern Regions, citing technical concerns
By Antionette Abbah The Electoral Commission (EC), has rescheduled the district-level elections in some electoral areas in the Ashanti and Eastern Regions. In a statement signed by the Acting Head of Public Relations for the EC, Michael Boadu, the Commission said the affected areas are scheduled to participate in the exercise on Thursday, December 21, […]
More than 80,600 eligible voters registered in Ashanti region
By Nicholas Osei-Wusu The Ashanti Regional Director of the Electoral Commission (EC), Benjamin Bannor-Bioh, says he has no immediate plan to request a time extension for the registration exercise in the region, even though the Electoral Commission has a plan ‘B’. According to him, despite the initial setbacks in the registration of the applicants coupled […]
Babies with clubfoot receive free treatment; physiotherapists trained in management of condition
By: Nicholas Osei-Wusu Babies with clubfoot in the Ashanti region, in particular, have been given the hope of walking normally as any other child following the provision of free treatment by some local and international organizations. Also known as talipes equinovarus, clubfoot is a congenital disease detected among babies at birth with no confirmed scientific […]
Ghana’s Ashanti Region gets Creative Arts School
By Gloria Anderson In September 2023, the government will inaugurate a Creative Arts Senior High School in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. Students are expected to undergo auditions for admission to the school. Those who qualify will be enrolled in the school. Construction work is ongoing, with Science and Engineering to be added later to […]
Police inspector accused of killing girlfriend charged with murder
The Asokore Mampong District Court in the Ashanti Region has for the second time remanded a police inspector for the alleged killing of his girlfriend, Victoria Dapaah. 26-year-old Victoria Dapaah also known as Maa Adwoa was allegedly killed by her boyfriend, Inspector Ahmed Twumasi on 20th April 2023 at Adum, a few meters away from […]
A/R: 30% of people living with HIV/AIDS refuse anti-retroviral treatment
By Nicholas Osei-Wusu The Ashanti region had about 70,000 persons living with HIV/AIDS as of the end of 2021, with last year’s data still being processed, the region has seen a consistent downward trend of new infections of the virus since 2019. The number of new cases reduced from 4,000 to 3,590 in 2020 and […]
NDC declares 11 constituencies in Ashanti as hotspots; urges Police to keep close eye on them
By: Nicholas Osei-Wusu Eleven Constituencies in the Ashanti Region have been declared ‘Hotspots’ by the Regional Secretariat of the NDC, as it prepares for tomorrow’s Primaries. The 11 ‘Hotspots’ are among 46 Constituencies in the region, where the flagbearership contest will take place. However, the Manhyia South Constituency, has been declared ineligible to take part […]
Muntaka’s only contender, other aspirants cleared for NDC’s Parliamentary polls in Ashanti
By: Nicholas Osei-Wusu All 85 Parliamentary aspirants for the NDC, vetted for the party’s primaries have been given the green card to contest in the internal elections. Among the aspirants is one Masawuda Mubarick, who is contending Alhaji Mohammed Mubarack Muntaka for the Asawase seat. Six of the aspirants have been officially declared Candidates of […]
