Traders in the Sunyani Municipality have been schooled on bookkeeping to enhance their skills to improve their business operations. Similarly, the day’s training with over 500 participants, equipped the women with the requisite knowledge to transform their businesses. It was organised on Sunday by the Women In Entrepreneurship- Ghana (WIEG), a group promoting women empowerment. … The post 500
The La Dade-Kotopon Municipal Assembly (LaDMA) has set security, education, youth employment, sanitation and revenue mobilisation as its priority targets for development in 2022. These, according to the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Solomon Kotey Nikoi, were areas the assembly, after critical consultation with key stakeholders within the assembly, needed urgent attention to push the area … The post LaDMA
Professor John Owusu Gyapong, Vice-Chancellor of University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS), Ho, has encouraged universities in Ghana to collaborate in their research work.He said there was the need to work together as a team to make the impact deserved in the country.“Many of us like to work in our small corners but this … The post Universities encouraged to team
A joint team of Northern Regional Security Council and officials from the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, will in two weeks, commence the designing of strategies to halt the massive encroachment on public lands and forest reserve in the Northern Region. The strategy would enable the Forestry Commission, Office of Administrator of Stool Lands and Lands … The post Northern
The government must, as a matter of urgency, invest in specialised training of nurses and midwives across the country to improve expert care given to patients and reduce mortalities resulting from coronavirus disease (COVID-19), and other infectious diseases. A Professor at the Department of Nursing of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), … The post Govt
A 44- year- old visual Arts/ Ceramics teacher of the Winneba Senior High School (SHS) in the Effutu Municipality of the Central Region, Ebenezer Kojo Otoo, was adjudged the overall best teacher for 2021. Mr Otoo, a graduate teacher who had taught for 22 years took home a three bed room house as his prize. … The post At 2021World
Religious leaders in the country have stated they will resist any attempt by any group of persons or organisations that will call for the withdrawal of the Lesbians Gays Bisexual Transgender Queer (LGBTQ+) bill, currently before Parliament. They have therefore, called on the Government to resist any attempt to legalise the bill into law stating … The post Religious
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has cut the sod for the construction of a 100-bed Trauma Hospital for the Obuasi Municipality, on Monday.The construction of the Obuasi Municipal Trauma Hospital is being funded by a €55 million facility acquired by the government.Part of the money would also be used to remodel and construct the Atiwa East … The post 100-bed
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has cut sod for the reconstruction of 47.0kilometreMpraeso-Hwehwe Oyimso roads and upgrading of 1.0 kilometre to 20.1Kilometres Begoro-Feyiasi roads in the Eastern Region. The project, estimated at a cost of $77,411,202.55 and funded by COCOBOD would be undertaken by Messrs Maripoma Enterprise Limited and expected to be completed by … The post …begins
Confirmation of the President’s nominees for Municipal and District Chief Executives (MDCE) by assemblies continues across the country. At the Adentan Municipal Assembly in the Greater Accra Region, LAWRENCE VOMAFA-AKPALU reports that Mr Daniel Alexander Nii Noi Adumuah was retained as the Municipal chief Executive (MCE) with 100 percent vote. Carried shoulder-high after he was … The post 4
The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Binduri Constituency in the Upper East Region, Abdulai Abanga, has observed that the poor performance of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Election 2020 was self-inflicted. “The region, stood the chance to win more parliamentary seats in the 2020 elections, but because we were fighting among ourselves we … The post Our performance
The nation’s 1992 Constitution has served the citizenry well in the last three decades but it is time for the supreme law of the land to be reviewed. It must be targeted principally at devolving political power effectively and efficiently to allow authorities to undertake growth and development at the local level. Professor Baffour Agyemang-Duah, … The post ‘Review
Ogyeahohoo Yaw Gyebi ll, the Paramount Chief of Sefwi-Anhwiaso Traditional Area, has pledged to work closely with the president’s nominee if confirmed as the Municipal Chief Executive to ensure accelerated development of the area. Subsequently, he has also appealed to assembly members in the Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai Municipality to give the nominee, Alfred Amoah, a one-time confirmation. … The post Ogyeahohoo
The Assembly Member for Apire-Heman Electoral Area in the Kwadaso Municipality, Frank Awuah Baffour, has observed that it is regrettable that the needs of constituents are not attended to as expected. He said he almost gave up fighting to alleviate the plight of people in his area because project to improve livelihoods were not being … The post Failure
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) is to employ strategic thinking and dedication to break the eight-year jinx of governance in the country, John Boadu, General Secretary of the NPP has stated. He underscored that together with attributes such as selflessness, hard work and commitment to party affairs, the party would be able to retain power … The post NPP strategises to break 8-yr governance
The Leadership of the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), Tarkwa branch of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), has been admonished to seek the welfare of members, particularly on the issue of the Single Spine Salary Structure. According to the Pro-Vice Chancellor, of the UMaT, Associate Prof. Anthony Simon, UTAG should continue to … The post UTAG
The Deputy Director-General of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Professor Paul Bosu, has expressed worry about how bees have come under serious threat in Ghana. These threats, according to him, had compelled his outfit with donor support from the Canadian government under the Modernised Agriculture in Ghana project to create awareness on … The post Training
Breast cancer has been ranked the first commonest cancer among women in the country according to the 2020 GLOBOCAN Statistics, an online database providing global cancer statistics and incidence of mortality in 185 countries for 36 types of cancer. Breast cancer forms 31.8 per cent of female cancers and a major contributor to cancer related … The post Pink October -The fight
Recent rapid digital transformation and reliance on cloud-based solutions has made businesses – in Africa as in the rest of the world – more vulnerable to cybercrime. In today’s global village getting hacked or being the victim of cybercrime inevitable.The shift to hybrid working (https://bit.ly/3uEoVwZ) has expanded network perimeters, which now include the core office … The post Information
The Ghana Government Pensioners Association (GGPA has called on the government to increase salaries of workers to guarantee them better pension. According to the National Chairperson of the association, Ms Esther Obimpeh, many workers went on retirement without adequate pension, stressing that they eventually became paupers and a burden to their family. Speaking at the … The post ‘Increase
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