The Vice-President, Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has wooed the investor community in Mauritius to buy into the government’s quest to set up a factory in every district in Ghana.

The president of the Ghana Weightlifting Federation (GWF), Ben Nunoo-Mensah, has been elected as the new president of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) at an electoral congress of the committee held yesterday at the Swiss Spirit Hotels and Suites Alisa (formerly Alisa Hotel) in Accra. Mr Nunoo-Mensah, who contested the incumbent Prof. Francis Dodoo for the position, won with a 33-28 result from the total of 61 valid votes cast.

Ghana Premier League (GPL) leaders, Aduana, yesterday failed to go clear ahead of the pack after being held to a goalless draw game by visiting Medeama at the Nana Agyeman Badu Park yesterday.

The National Sports Authority, an establishment of the State is virtually a collapsed institution. It has no ability to deliver on its mandate as a fully fledged state institution established by the Laws of this country.  Almost close to a year, the authority has been without electricity due to its huge indebtedness to the ECG.

The Colombian Ambassador to Ghana, Mrs Claudia Turbay Quintero, has asked the youth, particularly young graduates, to take advantage of opportunities created by the government to improve on their lives. She stated that “it is unfortunate that many young people, instead of becoming aggressive in their pursuit to improve on themselves, have become lethargic in their thinking, expecting the government to do everything for them.”

The Chairman of the Hajj Board, Sheikh I. C. Quaye, has called for a probe into a debt of GH¢ 25.58 million incurred by the immediate past Hajj Board in respect of the 2015 and 2016 Hajj pilgrimages respectively. Debt Addressing the press and other stakeholders in Accra yesterday, Sheikh Quaye indicated that the key issue about the debt was the component that was owed to some agencies in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia would have to be paid or the country would

The Chairman of the Hajj Board, Sheikh I. C. Quaye, has called for a probe into a debt of GH¢ 25.58 million incurred by the immediate past Hajj Board in respect of the 2015 and 2016 Hajj pilgrimages respectively. Debt Addressing the press and other stakeholders in Accra yesterday, Sheikh Quaye indicated that the key issue about the debt was the component that was owed to some agencies in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia would have to be paid or the country would

The Rasmal Invest Group of Morocco has signed an agreement with the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) to invest a minimum of $800 million into three projects in the savannah zone of the country. The three projects - the Tamale Teaching Hospital, the Buipe Inland Port and the Kintampo Tourism Cluster - form part of SADA’s master plan which will serve as a blueprint to the transformation of the zone.

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry France Ghana (CCIFG), in partnership with the Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast City, has held a Gala Night in Accra. The high-level business networking which took place on March 9, was attended by about 300 guests, representing over 20 sectors across the Ghanaian business industry, the international business scene and representatives from several Ghanaian state agencies.

A study conducted by a civil society organisation - Social Initiative for Literacy and Development Programme (SILDEP) - in 60 basic schools in the Upper East Region has revealed that 3,473 school-girls in the region became pregnant during the 2015/2016 academic year. They were made up of 3,412 girls between the ages of 15 and 19, and 61 others below 14 years.

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Old Tafo and the Minister of Monitoring and Evaluation, Dr Anthony Akoto Osei, has dismissed suggestions by the Minority in Parliament that the government has engaged in an illegality by allocating about five per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF). Contributing to the 2017 Budget Statement and Economic Policy last Tuesday, he said the government allocated 5.9 per cent of the GDP to the DACF but not

Some people in the Kumasi Metropolis are excited about the nomination of Mr Osei Assibbey Antwi as the Chief Executive of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA). They have praised President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for the nomination.

Activities on the floor of the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) will soon witness some revived momentum as the country’s telecoms giant, MTN Ghana, gets ready to list on the local bourse. Although it is not clear when the telecoms market leader will be listing, there are positive indications that the company might do so by the end of the year or latest, first quarter next year.

The Atwima Mponua Rural Bank Limited at Toase in the Atwima Nwabiagya District in the Ashanti Region recorded profit before tax of about GH¢1 million for the year 2015 as against GH¢1.1 million in 2014, representing a marginal drop of 6.13 per cent. The shortfall has been attributed to the opening of a Bibiani Agency and the relocation of its Bantama branch in Kumasi.

Access Bank Ghana has presented a cheque for GH¢500,000 to the Ghana 60 Year On Anniversary Committee at its operational office at the Black Stars Square in Accra. According to the bank, the presentation was in response to calls by President Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo Addo for the private sector to support activities to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the country and also provide an opportunity for the bank to contribute to national development. The Group Head of Personal

Parliament yesterday approved the 2017 Budget Statement and Economic Policy after six days of fierce debate on it by the Majority and Minority sides. The budget, which was the first by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government since assuming office on January 7, 3017, was presented to Parliament by the Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, on March 2, 2017.

The government will allocate the needed resources and also take key policy decisions to develop the arts and creative industry to make it more viable, the Senior Minister, Mr Yaw Osafo-Maafo, has said. According to him, the country abounded in enormous cultural potential that ought to be harnessed through deliberate investment in infrastructure to create employment opportunities and also generate the needed foreign exchange.

The Ghana Psychological Association has called on the government to expunge the law that criminalises attempted suicide and rather put in place a policy-guided national framework for suicide prevention. The association also advised people contemplating suicide as a result of crisis they were experiencing in their life to seek help from qualified mental health practitioners such as psychologists, psychiatrists and counsellors.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has submitted the names of 54 people to Parliament for approval as ministers of state and deputy ministers. The list, which was submitted yesterday, includes 50 deputy ministers and four ministers of state. It brings the number of ministers to 50 and deputy ministers to 60, making a total of 110, the highest in the history of the Fourth Republic.

Though gospel artistes have managed to get as many nominations as their secular colleagues over the years, they have still not been able to clinch the topmost award at the Ghana Music Awards since its inception some 17 years ago.