Ghanaians will from September 1, 2022, pay more for the consumption of water and electricity. This comes after the approval of a 27.15 per cent tariff for water and 21.55 per cent for electricity by the Public Utility Regulatory Commission (PUCR) for the 2022-2025 major tariff review. Dr Ismael Ackah, the Executive Secretary of the … The post Ghanaians
The incumbent Deputy President of Kenya, William Ruto has won the country’s tightly fought presidential elections. Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) declared Ruto winner Monday August 15, 2022. In his remarks after the announcement, Ruto said: “There are no losers. The people of Kenya have won because we raised the political bar.” Ruto … The post William
The University of Ghana has launched a project dubbed, “TranSforming InSTitutions to Advance women leaders in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM): Lessons from Ghana and Kenya” (SISTARS). The project is funded by the International Development Research Centre of Canada to address systemic institutional issues pertaining to gender and leadership disparities in STEM through a … The post University
The Navrongo Health Research Centre (NHRC) in the Kassena-Nankana Municipality of the Upper East Region has launched a new study into a point of care diagnostic device for easier and faster diagnosis of sickle cell disease in children. The NHRC with funding from Novartis in collaboration with the Ghana Health Service (GHS) in the Region … The post Sickle
Mr. Divine Bosson, Ho Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) has said the city should be considered for elevation to a Metropolitan status. He said the population of the Volta Regional capital had exceeded the threshold for metropolitan consideration, noting that about 100,000 of its residents were unmarked during the 2021 housing and population census. The census … The post Consider
The National Identification Authority (NIA) will from today, Monday, August 15, 2022, offer electronic Card Replacement and Update of Personal Information (change or correction of personal records) Services at the El-Wak Sports Stadium. A statement issued by NIA’s Client Service Unit and copied the Ghana News Agency said applicants opting for the services would be … The post NIA
The police have arrested some more persons who allegedly assisted Safina Mohammed Adizatu, a student and Michael Fiifi Ampofo Arku, a Technical Officer at the Centre for Scientific and Indistrial Research, Kumasi, to murder one Frank Kofi Osei at Ashalley Botwe School Junction in Accra. Osei, a Ghanaian domiciled in Canada, was in the country … The post Court
A total of 600 women from six districts in the Northern Region have been supported to do backyard gardening to produce vegetables as part of efforts to enhance nutrition and contribute to household food security. The districts included Nanton, Karaga, Sagnarigu, Yendi, Gushegu and Mion, and the beneficiary women were trained on how to maintain … The post Women
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has dissociated itself from its Commisioner’s verbal attacks on the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng. In a press statement signed by the Commissioner-General of the GRA, Ammishadai Owusu-Amoah, it said the Authority would like to state for the record that it accords the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) the respect … The post GRA
A statue of Lieutenant General Joseph Arthur Ankrah, a former Ghana Head of State, has been unveiled at the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College (GAFCSC), Teshie, Accra. The eight-feet statue was presented to the College by the family of the late Head of State and placed at the Ankrah Hall at the College. … The post General Ankrah statue unveiled at GAFCSC appeared
The University of Education, Winneba (UEW), as part of its Distance and e-Learning (CoDel), has opened two new study centres at Jachie Pramso and the Ghana Military Academy and Training School in Accra to help offer quality accessible education across the country. It is part of the university’s structured programmes to open opportunities to applicants … The post UEW
Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, Minister of Food and Agriculture, has called on fertilizer producers to support farmers with fertilizers. He said the shortage and increased price of fertilizers in the country were affecting farmers tremendously, hence the need to support them. Dr Afriyie Akoto made the call at the launch of Yara Ghana’s ‘‘Grow Ghana … The post Minister
The Minister of Roads and Highways, Mr Kwasi Amoako-Atta, says the Ministry is working on a compensation package for persons affected by the rehabilitation of the Ofankor-Nsawam road. He said though government had already paid some persons affected the project, others were yet to be compensated. The Minister, who did not give estimates as to … The post Ofankor-Nsawam
The Ghana International Trade and Finance Conference (GITFiC) is set to launch a comprehensive handbook that will enhance the level of sensitization on the framework of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The launch is slated for September 20, 2022, in Accra, the commercial capital of Africa. Mr Selasi Koffi Ackom, the Chief Executive … The post GITFiC to
Rampaging elephants from the Kakum National Park Forest extension have raided more than three-acre farmlands estimated at GH¢60,000 in some farming communities in the Assin South District of the Central Region. The crops affected were maize, yam, cocoyam, cassava, plantain, and cocoa which are the mainstay of the affected farmers, leaving them in despondency in … The post Kakum
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has ended its Zonal Public sittings in Tamale with an advice to public institutions to streamline their activities to meet the expectations of the Auditor General. The six-day sitting considered the 2019 Auditor General’s Report on Pre-Universities in the Northern, North East, Upper East, Upper West and the … The post PAC
The quest for a nuclear power plant is a valid and pragmatic measure towards the country’s anticipated economic expansion, Professor Emeritus Omowumi Iledare, the Ghana National Petroleum Commission (GNPC) Commerce Chair of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), has said. He said nuclear energy was cost-effective and will provide a bigger power base-load to cater … The post Nuclear
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