Parliament yesterday approved the 2023 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of the government. It was adopted through a voice vote, which was put to the House by the Speaker, Mr. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin. This was after the two leaders of the House, Mr. Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu of the Majority side and Mr. Haruna Iddrisu from the Minority caucus, made their statements to conclude the debate, which commenced on Tuesday, November 29. It would be recalled that the Finance Minister, Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta,
The National Lottery Authority will today receive the World Lottery Association President, Madam Rebecca Paul, an American, and General Secretary Lynne Roiter, a Canadian, for the first time in Ghana. Rebecca Paul, the first woman to be elected for the coveted Position of President for the World Lottery Association has also been re-elected for a second two year term. Madam Paul has also been instrumental in leading many reforms and championing Good Cause across the various Lottery Bodies. Rebecca
A 25 year-old driver, Bashiru Seidu, together with others, have been charged with using offensive weapons to attack workers of the Trassacco Estates Development Company Limited at Borteyman, in the Greater Accra region. Seidu and the others, including one Alhaji Abu, allegedly went to Trassacco Estates Development Company Limited site to attack the workers with pistol, pump action gun and cutlasses. However, apart from Seidu, who was arraigned on eight different criminal counts before an Accra
Yesterday, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo cut tape to commission the 900m Afienya Road Over Bridge project, which forms part of the new 97.7-kilometre standard gauge railway line from Tema to Mpakadan. The commissioning of the road now allows commuters from Tema roundabout to Eastern Region to comfortably drive over the railway line at Afienya, regardless of the time a train may be passing. TEMA-MPAKADAN RAILWAY PROJECT President Akufo-Addo, prior to commissioning the road, inspected ongoing
A Durbar of chiefs has been held in honour of the National Chief Imam, His Eminence Sheik Alhaji Usman Nuhu Sharabutu’s two-day historic homecoming to his ancestral home in Soro in the Upper Axim Traditional Area. The historic visit, the first of its kind, brought together the clergy, paramount chiefs and other sub-chiefs in full regalia seated to welcome the Muslim Spiritual Leader to his ancestral home. A committee, made up of the maternal family of Sheik Alhaji Usman Nuhu Sharabutu, together
On the second day of his historic visit, the National Chief Imam visited Kambungli, an entirely Muslim community in the Ellembelle District, where he joined hundreds of Muslims for the Jummah prayers. Earlier, the Chief Imam had visited the only Islamic Senior High School in Kambungli, where he interacted with the students and management of the school. The Headmaster, Alhaji Osman Zakaria, who welcomed the Chief Imam, highlighted some of the challenges facing the school. He said the school, which
The first accused person in the GH¢271.3 million cocoa trial, Dr Stephen Kwabena Opuni, has accused the prosecution of predicting the outcome of a case at the Supreme Court. This was when the prosecution, led by the Principal State Attorney (PSA), Stella Ohene Appiah, told the trial court whilst arguing an application for certiorari, filed by Dr Opuni that: “There’s no new ground that this applicant can canvas to change the decision of the Supreme Court.” The statement pushed
When the former Captain of the senior national soccer team, Asamoah Gyan, missed the penalty kick that would have qualified Ghana to the Semi-Finals during the 2010 World Cup, hosted by South Africa, he came under severe attacks back home. In fact, some of the commentaries went beyond criticisms to outright insults being rained on the footballer and his family. After this incident, Asamoah Gyan, two years later, missed another penalty against Zambia in the 2012 AFCON, hosted by Equatorial Guinea.
The Artisans Association of Ghana (AAG), a non- profit making organisation with a current membership of over 30,000, including youth and women, has marked its 10th Anniversary in Kumasi. The theme for the celebration was:”Artisans – the Backbone of the Economy.” The three-day celebration saw its members embark on a heath walk, training workshop, award night and a grand durbar. Nana Boakye Yam Ababio, Nwantakesehene, who was the Guest Speaker, advised the union members to unite
A three-unit classroom block has been commissioned at Betenase in the Akrofuom District of the Ashanti Region in an effort to bridge the educational infrastructure gap in the district, which was begun in 2018. This adds up to the plethora of infrastructural projects and interventions in the educational sector rolled out by the Assembly to address challenge in the area. The huge educational infrastructure deficit in Akrofuom District was gradually being confronted to the relief of students and
Water flows through all major global issues; from health to hunger, gender equity to jobs, education to industry, disasters to peace. For that reason, it has to be made an integral part of all global meetings to do with making the world a better, safer and fairer place. Right now, this is not the case. In the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – the primary framework of the international effort to eradicate extreme poverty – the success of every one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals
Thirteen worshippers are still being held in terrorists’ camps after they were abducted from a local mosque on Saturday night in Maigamji village of Funtua town in Katsina State. PREMIUM TIMES gathered that the terrorists invaded the mosque around to 8 p.m. and asked the worshippers who were observing their night prayers “to follow them”. Bashir Murtala, one of the worshippers who escaped, told this newspaper on the phone that the worshippers started running in different directions instead
The Archbishop of Enugu Ecclesiastical Province and Bishop, Enugu Diocese, Anglican Communion, Most. Rev. Emmanuel Chukwuma has again come hard on President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, alleging that it is the most corrupt in the country’s history. Chukwuma spoke to journalists in Enugu on Monday evening, rating the Buhari administration as a failure in the anti-corruption fight. The cleric said it was saddening that a government that was voted into power owing to its promise of coming
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), on Tuesday, said the Nigerian Navy has failed in its constitutional role of protecting the nation’s maritime borders and bringing oil thieves to book and therefore should be restructured and unbundled. HURIWA’s National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, in a statement, also demanded that President Muhammadu Buhari sacks the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Zubairu Gambo for his perpetual inability to tame the multibillion-dollar oil
About 25.3 million people will face food insecurity across Nigeria between June and August 2023, according to the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organisation. The FAO in a statement warned if actions are not taken to avert the crisis, 4.4 million people in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States will be affected. The UN food agency in its October 2022 food and nutrition analysis said about 17 million people in the country were already facing food crisis. These include IDPs and returnees in 26
Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has cut the sod for construction works to begin on Phase Two of the Tema Motorway Roundabout improvement project, with a revelation that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government has constructed a total of 947 kilometres of overlay in the Greater Accra Region since 2017. Estimated at a cost of US$26 million, the project would provide a third-tier interchange on the existing two-tier interchanges, bringing to over 12, the number of interchanges completed or ongoing
Comedian Peter Kay was moved to tears as he was given a standing ovation at the start of his first tour for 12 years. The crowd chanted his name as he took to the stage at Manchester’s AO arena. He had to compose himself before telling fans: “How am I supposed to do comedy now? You’ll have me in bits… I can’t believe you made me cry.” It was the first of 110 arena dates that the Bolton star will perform over the next two-and-a-half years. He had been due to
The death of Kirstie Alley, the Emmy-winning actress best known for her roles in TV sitcom Cheers and the Look Who’s Talking movies with John Travolta, shocked Hollywood and beyond late Monday. Her family said that she died from cancer that was “only recently discovered.” Alley was 71. “She was surrounded by her closest family and fought with great strength, leaving us with a certainty of her never-ending joy of living and whatever adventures lie ahead,” her adult
A man who shot and wounded Lady Gaga’s dog walker during a dog theft has been sentenced to 21 years in prison. James Howard Jackson pleaded no contest – similar to a guilty plea – to attempted murder. Ryan Fischer was walking the singer’s three French bulldogs in Hollywood in February 2021 when Jackson shot him in the chest, the court heard. Mr Fischer said he had to have part of his lung removed after the attack. He attended Monday’s court hearing and said the shooting
Two trailers for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s new Netflix docuseries have been criticised for allegedly using footage and photos in misleading ways. The trailers show archive clips and pictures as Prince Harry and Meghan talk about being sidelined by the Royal Family and hounded by the media. However, it is thought at least three such images were taken from events that had nothing to do with the couple. Netflix and the Sussexes’ production company Archewell have not commented.
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