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GARID Project: KON promises to clear funding hurdles
The Minister of Works and Housing, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, last Friday, April 12, 2024 convened a meeting with the Project Contractors of the Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) Project. The main agenda was to assess the project’s current status and address issues hindering its progress. In his opening remarks, Mr Oppong-Nkrumah expressed gratitude to […]
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Development is a shared responsibility – Asenso-Boakye
The Minister for Roads and Highways, Francis Asenso-Boakye, has called for a renewed mindset among Ghanaians to enable the country to achieve its development goals. According to him, development was a shared with responsibility which required that the citizens contributed their quota towards achieving the development goals of the country. “Development, as I always say, […]
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Gborbu Wulomo’s marriage to underage girl completely condemnable – Francis Sosu
Francis-Xavier Sosu, the Member of Parliament for Madina, has criticized the union between a 63-year-old Ga priest and a 13-year-old girl, describing it as “condemnable”. The Ga priest, Nuumo Borketey Laweh XXXIII, also known as Gborbu Wulomo, faced significant backlash when a video of his wedding ceremony with the young girl, Naa Okromo, became public. […]
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Francis-Xavier Sosu skeptical about passage of Muslim Holidays in 2024
Francis Xavier Sosu, the Member of Parliament for Madina, has expressed doubts about the approval of additional Muslim Holidays in 2024 On December 14, 2023, Sosu proposed a bill to revise the Public Holidays Act 2001, Act 601, by introducing two more Islamic public holidays. These proposed holidays are Tashreeq (the day following the Eid-al-Adha […]
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Throwing the light on newly inducted Black Stars
A few positives came from the recent friendlies of the Black Stars in Morocco. Despite the team failing to pick a win against Nigeria and Uganda, one of the bright sparks was seeing young players get an opportunity with the national team. Ebenezer Annan received a late call-up and replaced the injured Gideon Mensah in […]
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Retired BNI officer escapes death by a hair’s breadth
Police in Tema are on the heels of a painter, Koffi Elom Sewonou, aka Francis Gomez, aka Hakeem Lion, who allegedly attempted to murder a retired officer of the Bureau of National Investigation (BNI) last month at Community 10. Information available to The Chronicle from both police and family sources reveal that the incident occurred […]
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Asenso-Boakye calls for reintroduction of road tolls
The Minister for Roads and Highways, Francis Asenso-Boakye, has called for the reintroduction of road tolls in a bid to mobilize adequate revenue to bridge the country’s road infrastructural deficit. The collection of road tolls was discontinued in 2021 as part of policy measures announced by the government in the preceding year’s budget statement. During […]
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Minority issues caution to Asenso-Boakye over failure to appear before Parliament
The Minority in Parliament has issued a warning to the Minister for Roads and Highways, Francis Asenso-Boakye, regarding what they perceive as his continuous absence from parliamentary sessions where he is expected to address queries related to his ministry. According to the Caucus, the Minister has, on three separate occasions since his nomination to lead […]
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Paternal leave will help bridge gender gap – Sosu
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Madina, Francis-Xavier Sosu, has staunchly defended his Parental Leave Bill Proposal, designed to address the gender gap by advocating for a parental leave period ranging from 7 days to 4 weeks for fathers to support their spouses after childbirth. Sosu highlighted the need for immediate parental leave for working […]
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Parental Leave Bill Coming
Francis-Xavier Sosu A new bill extending maternity leave from three to four months, introducing paternal leave for men, and providing for other ‘related matters’ in maternal health, such as the
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Bantama Asenso-Boakye names Housing Project after Hackman
The outgoing Minister of Works and Housing, Francis Asenso-Boakye, in a move to pay tribute to the contributions and achievements of former Minister Hackman Owusu-Agyemang, has announced the naming of a recently completed housing project in Ringway, Accra after him. This came to light during a tour of the newly constructed 16 units of 4-bedroom […]
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Accurate Giant Company Donates Vehicle to New Edubiase Police
To help the police in New Edubiase, in the Adansi South District of Ashanti region, deal effectively with crime and other related matters, the Executive Director of Accurate Giant Company, Mr. Alex Kwofie Hanson, has donated a brand new 4×4 Nissan Pick-Up to them. Mr. Kwofie Hanson noted at the presentation ceremony that there are […]
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Xavier Sosu to escalate law on death penalty to ECOWAS Court of Justice
Human Rights lawyer Francis-Xavier Sosu is moving to escalate issues with the law on the death penalty to the ECOWAS Court of Justice. The lawyer expressed his displeasure with the death sentence handed to six coup plotters after being found guilty of conspiring to commit high treason and committing high treason. The High Court on […]
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Battor cries for new museum
The chief of Battor-Atsiekpoe in the North Tongu District of the Volta Region, Torgbe Akatti V, has made a passionate appeal to government and philanthropists to help them reconstruct their Museum, which was collapsed by the recent flood waters from the Akosombo and Kpong Dams spillage. He noted that, as the village was cut off by the floods, […]
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Colombia landslide toll rises to 33 including children
The death toll from a landslide in north-west Colombia has risen to at least 33 people with children accounting for most of the victims, the vice president says. Nineteen others were injured and rescue operations are ongoing. Landslides had already closed the road connecting the cities of Medellín and Quibdo so people left their cars […]
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Muslim Kings, Muslim Paramount Chiefs, Imams advocate for extension Islamic Holidays
The National Conference of Muslim Kings, Muslim Paramount Chiefs, and Imams (NACOKINGS) has expressed its unwavering support for the private member’s bill currently before parliament, advocating for the extension of Muslim holidays. The bill contrasts with the current practice of only observing one day each for the two Eids. Francis-Xavier Sosu, the Member of Parliament […]
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Tax analyst applauds govt for introducing Vehicle Income Tax
A Tax Analyst, Francis Timore Boi, has lauded the government’s move to introduce the Vehicle Income Tax (VIT). The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) announced that effective January 1, 2024, ride-hailing vehicle owners will be taxed. However, this has been met with resistance from the Online Drivers Union, who lament that as key stakeholders, the GRA […]
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NEDCo assists Notre Dame Girls SHS with GH¢20, 000
The management of the Northern Electricity Distribution (NEDCo) has presented a cheque for GH¢20, 000 to the Notre Dame Girls Senior High School, in Sunyani, for the construction of a toilet facility for the school. The presentation followed an appeal for support for the construction of washroom facilities by the management of the school. Making the […]
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