The Kumasi Metropolitan Chief Executive, Mr Kojo Bonsu, has stated that since infrastructure plays a crucial role in the development of every nation, the government will continue to provide the needed infrastructure for the nation. He explained that the government was doing everything possible to ensure that an enabling environment would be created to support the nation’s development agenda. Mr Bonsu said this when he inspected some development projects undertaken by the assembly in the Kumasi
The Ghana Air Force is in discussion with its Russian counterpart for the establishment of a helicopter servicing centre in Ghana, President John Dramani Mahama has announced. When operational, Ghana will become the centre for servicing helicopters in West Africa. The President made this known when the outgoing Russian Ambassador to Ghana, Mr Vladimir Barbin, called on him at the Flagstaff House on Friday to say goodbye after more than four years official duty in Ghana. President Mahama said the
A commitree is being set up to investigate revelations in the video Soul Takers, which reveals racketeering within the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA). According to the Greater Accra Regional Manager of DVLA, Mr Noah Tetteh Martey, the committee will be mandated to fish out all the officials of DVLA found on the video indulging in illegal acts. Although he did not give details, he said the activities of DVLA officials captured on the video would not go unpunished. Background Undercover
A Nigerian minister of the Gospel has taken a swipe at African leaders, saying most of them lack integrity and must be impeached. According to Rev Ernest Azeke of The Rock Christian Mission Inc based in Lagos, Nigeria, one major problem bedevilling Africa today was the lack of integrity on the part of its leaders and urged the people to remove such leaders from office. He said most African leaders lacked integrity because after assuming power, they failed to honour the promises they made to the
The Ahanta West District Assembly has instituted investigations into allegations that people in some communities in the district have resorted to preserving the bodies of their dead family relations at home for long periods before they are buried. This situation, according to health experts, poses a serious health threat to the people, since those who are engaged to carry out the ‘embalmment’ use formalin, a chemical described by health officials as cancerogenic and highly dangerous to human
Some traders have already mounted tables and other structures on the median of some sections of the Awoshie-Pokuase road even before its completion in about seven months. The growing encroachment is most severe at built-up areas such as Anyaa, Ablekuma and Fan Milk. Traders and food vendors are selling roasted corn, plantain and groundnut, sachet water, white boards, among other items. Aside from the obvious risks these traders are exposing themselves to, the situation is also an eyesore on the
A 35-year-old coach has been arrested for allegedly sodomising three children at Anakful, near Cape Coast. John Aidoo, described as a coach and decorator at Ankaful, was said to have on different occasions given three different boys between the ages of 10 and 13 olive oil to drink. He subsequently asked them to suck his male organ until he discharged. According to the Central Regional Officer in Charge of the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit, Mr Appiah Sakyi, Aidoo gathered young boys with
An International Arbitrator and Paramount Chief of Asante Asokore, Nana Susubiribi Krobea Asante, has stated that defective negotiations and administration of international contracts and transactions is a major cause of “judgement debtsâ€. He said flawed negotiations and management of international transactions had the tendency to be a drain on resources procured from development partners. According to Nana Dr Asante, a well negotiated transaction would not be meaningful unless it was administered
Eight young men picked from the streets of Kumasi and other cities across the country have been supported by Chance 2 Change Foundation Ghana, a local non-governmental organisation (NGO), to finish a two-year training in the making of footwear at Serwaa Akura, near Ejisu. The NGO, which solicits funds from donors abroad to support the training and skill acquisition of needy children and the youth, also presented them with certificates, leather and other materials that would help them make more than
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Ambulance Service (NAS), Professor Ahmed Zakariah, has urged members of the service to champion the Emergency Medical Service (EMS) system in the country in order to save lives. He said that would lead to the standardisation and improvement of the country’s EMS system stressing that, “a little improvement in the system can change situations and save lives†Professor Zakariah was speaking at the closing ceremony of a 10-day First Responder Train-the-Trainer
The Medical and Dental Council (MDC) has urged doctors to be guided by the ethics of the profession and also try to keep proper records of their engagements with patients. The Chairman of the MDC, Dr Eric Asamoa, who made the call, expressed dissatisfaction at the increasing complaints that people lodged with the council against doctors in the country. He said many people were becoming aware of their right to quality medical care, hence the increase in the number of complaints. Dr Asamoa expressed
Christians in Ghana on Sunday joined others around the world to mark Palm Sunday with church services and street marches. Â The celebration was to commemorate the triumphant entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem, a week before his death and resurrection. Within the Accra metropolis, a lot of Christians were spotted holding palm fronds woven in the form of a cross and other shapes. Some of the celebrants had palm fronds decorated with flowers and some church premises were also decorated with palm
A modern abattoir and three other tailor-made key projects in the Ofinso Municipal Assembly of the Ashanti Region have literally enhanced the image of the people and built a sudden feel-good attitude among them. The abattoir, which is being funded under the Urban Development Grant (UDG), has a mechanised borehole, bio-gas digester, a kraal, a cold store and offices .It is  to end  the use of tyres and other unhygienic ways of preparing slaughtered animals for consumption thereby avoid contamination. With
The Attorney General & Ministry of Justice, has confirmed the award of damages amounting to GH¢197,491,874.00 in a case brought against the state by Bankswitch Ghana. Bankswitch, had filed before the Permanent Court of Arbitration, in The Hague, the Netherlands for the payment of GH¢853 million in damages for the cancellation of a contract signed with the Government of Ghana in 2007 for the management of a platform for the revenue mobilisation programme of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue
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