Even before the third Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) High Level Meeting (HLM) gets underway at the World Bank in Washington DC on April 11, 2014, the Government of Ghana has pledged a total annual investment of US$170 million in the water and sanitation sector. This is made up of an annual injection of US$120 million for water and US$50 million for sanitation.Disclosing this to the Daily Graphic in an interview on Monday, Mr Kweku Quansah, a programme officer at the Environmental Health and
Merck, the world’s oldest pharmaceutical and chemical company, has funded and completed the first ever study on diabetes in Africa. The study, which has been christened the “Vision Diabetes Study†(VDS), was conducted in Ghana. The President of Merck for North and West Africa, Mr Karim Bendhaou, said at a press conference to launch their first office in Ghana that the VDS was aimed at studying the socio demographical characteristics of diabetic patients in the country. According to Mr Bendhaou,
The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) on Tuesday gave the government an eight-day ultimatum to address their Book and Research Allowance (BRA) or embark on a nationwide industrial action. “Regrettably, if by April 15, the National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE) or the appropriate authority has not initiated the process for payment of the book and research allowance for the 2013/2014 academic year, UTAG will be compelled to withdraw its services,†Dr Samuel Ofori Bekoe, UTAG
The Upper West Region is embarking on a housing scheme for medical staff in order to attract and retain their services.In this regard, the various municipal and district assemblies in the region are collaborating to construct residential facilities for health workers who are posted to the region. The Upper West Regional Minister, Mr Bede Ziedeng, has consequently appealed to health professionals across the country to accept postings to the Upper West Region, where their services are most needed
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has rolled out a programme to rehabilitate its roads to ease vehicular traffic on campus and its surrounding communities. The communities to benefit from the project being assisted by the Department of Urban Roads include Ayeduase, Boadi and Bomso, where some academic and research facilities of the university are located and a number of students live. Some of the major roads at the university to be rehabilitated are the Ring Road-Botanical
The Rector of Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Professor Franklyn Manu, has stressed the need for local businesses to play a proactive role in impacting the social lives of people. He said although it was the prime objective of businesses to make profit, investors should make it a civic duty to consider the social impact of their investments. In a speech read on his behalf at GIMPA Centre for Impact Investing (GCII) stakeholders’ breakfast meeting in Accra, Professor
The Brong Ahafo Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has given the Old Dokokyina community, located within the catchment area of the Bui Dam, a two-week ultimatum to relocate or risk forceful eviction without any prior notice after the expiration of the ultimatum to ensure maximum security at the dam site. The out-going Brong Ahafo Regional Minister, Mr Paul Evans Aidoo, announced that at a press conference to state the position on reported perpetration of illegal activities at Old Dokokyina. The
A family of seven has been found dead in Sogakope in the Volta Region of Ghana. They were said to be Fulani herdsmen. All animals in their compound were also found dead, Accra-based Citi FM Tuesday reported. According to the report, the dead, comprising two adults and five children have been missing since last Friday. Their bodies were found in a decomposed state at about 3:30 pm Monday. It is not immediately clear what caused the deaths. The Assembly Man of the area, Kofi Senyo, confirming the
The construction of a 31.5-metre bailey bridge spanning the River Tano to link Mehame and Dadiesoaba and other cocoa farming villages in the Asutifi South District in the Brong Ahafo Region is progressing steadily. The GH¢325,000 bridge is being constructed by the Bridge Maintenance Unit of the Ghana Highway Authority as part of the $47.2-million Mehame-Dadiesoaba road project. Inspection Dadiesoaba is cut off anytime it rains and the River Tano overflows its banks, making it difficult for the
The Ministry of Health has provided the Brong Ahafo Regional Hospital in Sunyani with hospital equipment worth US$ 7 million to reactivate activities at the hospital. They included assorted theatre equipment to reactivate about 11 theatres in the hospital. The ministry has also provided assorted medical equipment valued  at $5 million to most of the district hospitals in the region to improve upon health delivery in the communities. The Minister of Health, Ms Sherry Ayittey, announced this at a
The management team of Merchant Bank Ghana Limited paid a courtesy call on Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene, at the Manhyia Palace on March 28. The visit was to formally introduce the new Managing Director of the bank, Ms Nilla Selormey, Chief Operating Officer, Mr Stephen Antwi-Asimeng, and the Director of Finance, Mr Samuel Acquaye, to the Asante King. Ms Selormey used the opportunity to share the new vision of the bank and extended her gratitude to the people of Asanteman for their loyalty
Ghanaian industrial waste management company, Zeal Environmental Technologies Ltd (ZETL), has taken a bold initiative to train persons from selected coastal communities in the Western Region in the handling of shoreline oil spills. The companies producing oil on the Jubilee Field have identified 40 communities on the shoreline that could be affected in the event of oil spills. Although the oil companies have each engaged Oil Spill Response companies (OSRs) to handle oil spills offshore, Zeal believes
Gilbey’s Gin, a product of Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited (GGBL), has supported Horseman Shoes as the official drink sponsor for the opening of the first Horseman Shoes showroom and retail outlet in Ghana. Speaking at the ceremony in Accra, Solange Kuimo, Head of Innovations — GGBL, said, “Gilbey’s Gin is proud to be associated with Tonyi Senayah and his team as they open their first showroom and retail outlet in Ghana, especially because of his vision of building Africa's biggest footwear
The Tamale Circuit Court yesterday remanded in police custody seven out of the 14 suspects arrested in connection with murder and the destruction of property in the ethnic conflict in some parts of the East Mamprusi and the Bunkpurugu/Yunyoo districts. They are to reappear on April 22. Seven other suspects are still being held at the Gambaga Police Station while preparations are made to bring them to Tamale to face prosecution. Four of the suspects — Laar Kombian, Kakraba Yiton, Dakoli Isaac
There was no show at the famous town of Antoa in the Ashanti Region Monday, as the much-anticipated reversal of a curse pronounced on the Kumasi Metropolitan Chief Executive, Mr Kojo Bonsu, by politician cum businessman, Mr Akwasi Addae, aka Odike, failed to come off. Consequently, scores of people who were said to have travelled from Kumasi and other parts of the region to Antoa in the Kwabre District to witness the event left disappointed. The rituals would have seen Odike carry an earthenware
The Shiloh United Church and the International Council of Churches and Ministers of Great Britain (ICCMGB) have held their 28th annual convocation in Kumasi at which 111 new graduates in Theology were ordained as pastors. Addressing the gathering, the President of the ICCMGB, Archbishop Dr Samuel Richard Addae, said the world was going through a stage where evil doing was having a toll on the society. He, therefore, urged the new ministers to use the word of God to help change things. “These days,
A 17-member delegation from the Tanzania Judicial Service Commission yesterday paid a courtesy call on the Chief Justice, Mrs Georgina Theodora Wood, at the Supreme Court in Accra. The call was to gain knowledge and understanding of the Judicial Service System of Ghana, its powers and functions, how it handles issues in judicial independence and separation of powers, and judicial reforms, among others. Other areas of interest included the organisational structure of the Ghanaian Judicial System
The Sole Commissioner of the Judgement Debt Commission, Mr Justice Yaw Apau, has condemned the sensational headlines that some editors give to stories from the commission’s sittings. He said often the reporters captured the essence of what transpired at the hearing of the commission, but some of the editors deliberately wrote 'outrageous' headlines with political twists. "I do not want the editors to use the commission as an extension of their political ball game," he cautioned. He also expressed
All contributors to the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) will undergo a biometric registration exercise, starting from May 5, this year. The exercise, which is to be organised in phases in consultation with employers, is aimed at collecting biometric information of existing contributors and generating 13 alphanumeric social security numbers for those with eight-digit numbers. The project is also designed to collect additional information on existing policy holders of the National
The Ghana Road Transport Coordinating Council (GRTCC) has decided on a 10 per cent upward adjustment in road transportation fares, following last week’s increases in fuel prices by seven per cent. The decision is based on consultations among the various partners in the road transport sector and previous agreements between transport operators and the National Petroleum Authority (NPA). The agreements enjoin transport operators and other stakeholders to increase transport fares when fuel prices
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