Some communities in parts of the Upper West Region have started mobilizing resources to temporarily fix roads destroyed by the recent floods in parts of the region. While awaiting government’s major intervention, the communities through the assistance of their Members of Parliament are taking steps to put the damaged roads back in shape through communal […] The post Upper
Senior statesman and Special Advisor to the President of Ghana, Yaw Osafo-Maafo, has commended the Minister for Trade and Industry, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, for spearheading Ghana’s successful bid to host the headquarters of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Addressing participants of the ongoing 2021 Ghana Industrial Summit and exhibition at the Accra International […] The post Osafo-Maafo
The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has charged the newly sworn-in eleven-member Ministerial Advisory Board for his ministry to prioritize the fight against illegal mining. Samuel Abu Jinapor also charged the board which has the Paramount Chief of Assin Owirenkyi traditional area, Ehunabobrim Nana Prah Agyensaim VI, as its vice-chair to […] The post Jinapor
It appears state institutions mandated to ensure responsible mining are themselves breaching the law by not enforcing same. A ‘Performance Audit Report Of The Auditor-General On Regulating Reclamation Activities at Small-Scale Mining Sites’, shows clear breaches of the Mineral and Mining Regulations, 2012 and the Environmental Assessment Regulations, 1999. The report indicts the Minerals Commission […] The post Auditor-General’s
An amount of GHS456,199.08 invested by the University of Ghana has been locked in a defunct Fund Management Company; Liberty Asset. This was contained in the 2020 Auditor-General’s report, which revealed that the University’s College of Health Sciences and School of Medicine and Dentistry invested the money in contravention of the school’s own financial Regulations […] The post University
Nigeria has received about 700,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses donated by the UK. The government also announced it has purchased close to 30 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine as part of efforts to ramp up vaccinations against the virus. Nigeria is currently facing a spike in new Covid-19 infections due to the spread […] The post UK donates 700,000 coronavirus vaccines
A Nigerian state governor has urged citizens to acquire weapons to defend themselves from armed criminal gangs carrying out kidnappings for ransom. Aminu Masari, the governor of the north-western Katsina state, blamed citizens for the continued attacks by armed gangs. He said the attackers were emboldened by what he called people’s ‘’meek submission’’ to their […] The post Nigerian
A group calling itself the ‘Aggrieved Public Sector Workers’ will stage a demonstration in Accra today, Wednesday, August 18, 2021. The group is embarking on the protest against the 4% salary increment the government has proposed for public sector workers, as well as what it calls poor working conditions and general high cost of living. […] The post Aggrieved
Former President and 2020 Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, says the party has learnt its lessons following the controversial loss in the 2020 elections. Addressing party executives and supporters in Bolgatanga in the Upper East region, President Mahama assured them that the NDC, in the 2024 elections, would put […] The post Elections
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