The big news stories in this edition of the Eyewitness News are; Amidu responds to Nana Addo’s comments in letter accepting his resignation Recent survey result encouraging but I won’t be complacent – Akufo-Addo UG survey on 2020 election will amount to nothing – Hassan Agyariga Peki SHS PTA demands probe of headteacher over alleged […] The post Eyewitness News, Friday 27th
Flagbearer of the All People’s Congress (APC) Hassan Ayariga has discredited the survey predicting a one-time win for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the upcoming 2020 polls. The Political Science Department of the University of Ghana via it polls tipped President Akufo-Addo to win the election with 51.7% votes with the National Democratic Congress’ […] The post UG
Flagbearer of the All People’s Congress (APC) Hassan Ayariga has discredited the survey predicting a one-time win for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the upcoming 2020 polls. The Political Science Department of the University of Ghana via it polls tipped President Akufo-Addo to win the election with 51.7% votes with the National Democratic Congress’ […] The post UG
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Friday, 27th November 2020, commissioned the sixty-bed Twifo Atti-Morkwaa District Hospital, located in Twifo Praso, in the Central Region. The hospital, initiated by former President John Agyekum Kufuor in 2008 as part of the ‘Ghana Hospitals Project’, is the fifth of such health facilities commissioned by President Akufo-Addo […] The post Akufo-Addo
The Director-General of the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA), Mrs. May Obiri-Yeboah, on Thursday, November 26, 2020, said Ghana recorded about 2,080 avoidable deaths of road accidents and 12,380 injuries of various kinds between January and October this year. She said the Authority’s preliminary investigations pointed to non-compliance with road traffic regulations as the cause […] The post Ghana
The Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) of Peki Senior High School in the Volta Region has petitioned the Volta Regional Directorate of the Ghana Education Service (GES) to investigate allegations of rape and sexual assault levelled against the headteacher of the School. The latest allegation against the headteacher, Jonathan Delase Agble, involves a pregnant student. The PTA […] The post Peki
Former Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu has responded to President Nana Akufo-Addo. It will be recalled that the President in a letter accepting the resignation of Mr. Amidu as Special Prosecutor among other things rubbished claims of interference in the work of the Special Prosecutor. The President also reacted to claims that Mr. Amidu wasn’t paid […] The post Amidu
A leading member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and a former Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Sylvester Mensah says the recent poll predicting victory for Nana Akufo-Addo in the December 7 election is unrealistic. According to him, alternative polls have put the NDC ahead of the NPP in the […] The post Survey
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of TechGulf Ghana Limited, Franklin Asare has announced the inclusion of the University in the TechGulf-Universities partnerships. He said this while delivering a speech as a Guest Speaker at the Vice Chancellor’s Business Innovation Awards 2020 on Thursday, November 26, 2020. He revealed that “the partnership will see the University […] The post TechGulf
The award-winning IT firm, Afrifanom Limited, has again established its dominance in the Ghanaian IT space, winning the Software Company of the year for the third consecutive year at the just ended tenth edition of the Ghana Information Technology and Telecoms Awards (GITTA) held on Friday, November 13, 2020, in Accra. Afrifanom also swept home […] The post Afrifanom sweeps
The Coastal Development Authority (CODA) has procured 660 Suzuki outboard motors to be distributed to fisher folks in Greater Accra, Central, Western and Volta Regions at a subsidised price. This is the third tranche of outboard motors received this year to be distributed to deprived fishers grappling to maintain their livelihoods in various coastal regions. […] The post CODA
Vokacom Limited, Ghana’s premier IT company has unveiled its new name, Afrifanom Limited. The name change according to the company is designed to mirror the transformation and growth of the firm whilst staying true to its African Heritage. “This rebranding effort is a clear reflection of our identity, commonality and unstoppable drive to dominate Africa,” […] The post Vokacom
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo last Wednesday launched a fund-raising short code, *979#, to enable people to contribute towards the construction of the National Cathedral, an initiative of the clergy. He described the idea of securing funds via unstructured supplementary service data (USSD), a global system for mobile communication to send and receive text […] The post Fundraising
The flagbearer of the Ghana Union Movement (GUM), Christian Kwabena Andrews has downplayed the survey conducted by the Political Science Department of the University of Ghana. The survey predicted a one-time win for the NPP and placed Mr. Andrews as the third force in the race. Reacting to the findings of the polls, the GUM […] The post UG’s Political Science
The government’s spokesperson on governance and legal affairs, Herbert Krapa has stressed that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo who is the flagbearer of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) will perform better than the victory predicted for him by the University of Ghana’s Political Science Department. The survey predicted a 51.7% win for the governing […] The post Election
The Electoral Commission (EC) is this afternoon holding a crucial Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting on the national elections which is 11 days away. Though the Commission is done with the printing and distribution of all election materials across the country, concerns still remain with names of registered voters missing from the register. The meeting […] The post EC
Slain former Member of Parliament (MP) for the Mfantseman constituency in the Central Region, Ekow Quansah Hayford is expected to be laid to rest tomorrow, Saturday, November 28, 2020. Ekow Hayford was killed by unknown assailants believed to be armed robbers on October 9, 2020, when he was returning from community engagements. Some eight persons are […] The post Slain Mfantseman
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says he is encouraged by recent polls by the Political Science Department of the University of Ghana which predicted a victory for him on December 7. According to the survey, 51.7% of the 11,000 sampled respondents said they will vote for President Akufo-Addo. Meanwhile, the flagbearer of the opposition […] The post Recent
Government is set to begin one-off cash transfers to poor persons as part of further COVID-19 relieve measures, according to the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection. This intervention is targeted at 125,000 specific vulnerable individuals and households across the country and will be made in two instalments in November 2020 and January 2021. […] The post Government
The Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189) which is yet to be ratified by Parliament will entirely address the well-being of domestic service workers, according to the National President of the Domestic Services Workers Union, Eva Atakpa. The union says popularizing the Domestic Service Workers Regulation will improve the conditions of domestic workers. The president […] The post Ratify
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