… “So maybe when you sit in Accra and then try to determine the inflation rate in Ahafo for us, I don’t think we will agree, we will not. Because so far as Ahafo is concerned food is no problem and we can supply Ghana food.” The Ahafo Regional Minister, Mr George Boakye, has challenged aspects of the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) figures released months ago, which stated that food inflation in the region is 15.4%. According to the Minister, there is abundance of food in the region and some
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will be the Special Guest of Honour at the grand durbar as highlight of this year’s Annual Akwanbo Festival of the Nyimfa Division of the Ekumfi Traditional Area, scheduled to take place at EkumfiEkrawfo in the Central Region on Saturday, September 10, 2022. The week-long celebration is under the theme: ‘Peace and Development’. The event begins on Monday, September 5 and ends on Sunday, September 11, with a challenge football match between Wonder Club
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has declared that the government is set to introduce a new tax application sometime next week for the filing of taxes to the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA). He made this known at the inauguration ceremony of the Academic City University College (ACity) in Accra yesterday, where he added that: “This will allow persons and organisations with tax identification numbers to be able to file their taxes on their mobile phone, and enable them pay their tax and get
The 2024 Presidential aspirant hopeful of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Alan Kyerematen, has distanced himself from alleged tribal comments made by a member of the party, Hopeson Adorye, during a health walk organised by party members who have a soft spot for the candidature of the Trades and Industry Minister. Hopeson Adorye allegedly said the vice-president position of the NPP was an automatic slot for Northerners, while that of the president switched between Danquah and Busia traditions.
If all things being equal, the Chief of Staff, Madam Akosua Frema Osei-Opare, would be claiming GH¢20,000,000.00 compensatory damages from the Managing Editor of the Herald Newspaper, Larry-Alans Dogbey, for allegedly publishing false information about her. In the suit filed on August 17, 2022, Madam Osei-Opare said the Herald publication, on 3rd August, 2022, titled: “More rot emerge from BOST with Chief of Staff named again!” had ridiculed and tarnished her hard won reputation in the eyes
A driver and Okada rider have been processed for court due to their alleged involved in various crimes, including conspiracy to commit a crime and robbery. The suspects, Kofi Kata (driver) and Jacob Ativor (Okada rider), are residents of Klagon and Akatsi in the Volta Region. The two were arrested by the Denu Police on suspicion of attempting to sell a stolen car. The suspects were further rearrested by the Baatsonaa Police in the Greater Accra Region, since the car was believed to have been stolen
The People’s National Convention (PNC) has said it supports the use of the Ghana Card as the sole identification for the continuous voter registration. Unlike the previous requirements, which include the passport and guarantor system, the PNC was sure that the use of the Ghana Card would serve as a screen to electoral frauds and manipulations. It said as long as the sole use of the Ghana Card would not render the current voter’s register, which was complied in 2020, invalid, the party fully supports
The Chronicle carried on its front page yesterday that the Ahanta Traditional Council (ATC) had defended the Western Regional representative on the Council of State, Eunice Asomah Hinneh, on the findings contained in the report of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) against her company, Labianca Company Limited, a frozen foods importer. The OSP had probed an allegation and concluded that, as the then Board Member of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA), she took advantage of her position
The Education Minister, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has affirmed that ‘breaking the eight’ by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) was possible, but required unity and peace among all party members. He explained that to ensure that there was peace in the party, there was the need for all stakeholders to put their difference behind them and work towards promoting all initiatives put in place by the party geared towards breaking the eight during the upcoming 2024 General Elections. Dr. Adutwum, who is also
Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams has stated that 65 years after independence, Ghana should not have been where it was today, considering the fact that it was endowed with rich natural resources. He said it did not, therefore, matter which political party “comes and goes”, the country would still be in a vicious cycle, because there was “lack of love for the country.” He said Ghanaians were not patriotic enough to die a little for their country. The Presiding Archbishop
Mr Richard A. Quayson, a Deputy Commissioner, Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has called for a collective effort to fight against corruption. He said state and non-state institutions must work together on accountability and transparency strategies in public, private, and non-for-profit institutions. “We must all collectively move away from the talk, talk and act on issues of corruption, we must report an incident of corruption from our workplaces. CHRAJ doors are open
When the merchant vessel Razoni sailed from Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa earlier this month with more than 26,000 tons of corn for global markets, she was rightly the subject of intense attention. Her passage was the result of months of negotiations between Russia, Türkiye, Ukraine and the United Nations, including UN humanitarian staff, logisticians and legal experts. For the first time since the war in Ukraine began five months earlier, sea exports of Ukrainian crops were to resume, giving
Former President John Dramani Mahama has paid a visit to the Appiatse community in the Western Region to interact with the chiefs and people, the Appiatse Disaster Relief Committee, and assist in providing some of their needs. A statement issued from his office and copied to the Ghana News Agency yesterday, said he handed over a quantity of food and non-food items to Mr. Robert Wisdom Cudjoe, Member of Parliament for Prestea Huni Valley, Mr. Isaac Dasmani, Municipal Chief Executive, and the Appiatse
Tuesday’s meeting between the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government has again ended without an agreement. This means the six-month old strike by public university lecturers is set to continue. The striking lecturers had met with the Professor Nimi Briggs Committee on Tuesday at the National University Commission in Abuja with high hopes of resolving the impasse. A senior member of ASUU, who craved anonymity told Channels Television that members
A 14-member committee constituted by the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, to explore grounds for reconciliation of the two politicians failed to meet on Monday due to a dispute over the venue of the meeting. An insider said the meeting had been scheduled for Port Harcourt and the representatives of Mr Wike in the committee had arrived in the Rivers State capital before they were told that the members on the other side would not be turning up. The
The Jigawa State Government has ordered the immediate closure of all public and private schools in the state over security threats. State Commissioner for Education, Dr. Lawan Yunusa Danzomo disclosed this to newsmen in his office. Danzomo explained that the directive is not peculiar to Jigawa State but all the states, especially the border states. DAILY POST learnt that the state government had directed the immediate closure of all primary and secondary schools without further delay while the students
The banditry activities ravaging Zamfara State for over a decade have forced indigenes of the state to be suspicious of any strange face, especially in rural areas. DAILY POST gathered that many people living in the Damba area of Gusau, the state capital, have been vacating the axis as it has become a bandits’ den, with terror attacks being unleashed unabated. Many parents have withdrawn their children from schools for fear of being kidnapped. Some residents in Gusau, the state capital, have expressed
Captain Planet has called out Tinny for wrongly insulting Stonebwoy who was only trying to show support to him. The ‘Ale Tse’ rapper described the Dancehall act as an ‘idiot’ and a ‘fool’ for offering to pay off an event promoter who dragged Tinny to a police station for failing to appear at a show he was allegedly booked and paid to attend. Reacting to Tinny’s interview and furious comments targeted at Stonebwoy, the defunct 4×4 member said “Stonebwoy
Israeli and German leaders have expressed outrage after the Palestinian president accused Israel of committing “50 Holocausts” against his people. Mahmoud Abbas made the claim during a news conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin on Tuesday. Mr Scholz said nothing at the time, but later called the president’s comments “intolerable and unacceptable”. Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid said Mr Abbas’s accusation was “not only a moral disgrace,
More than 580 people have died and thousands have lost their homes across Pakistan as torrential rains batter the country. An estimated 1 million have been affected by heavy rainfall, flash floods and landslides since July as Pakistan endured more than 60% of its normal total monsoon rainfall in three weeks. Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh provinces have been the worst affected, with heavy rainfall predicted across Pakistan until Friday. At least one man was killed in Karachi on Tuesday
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