Ghana’s Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Catherine Ablema Afeku, visited the site at Gomoa Ojobi to inspect the ‘miracle’ and said the ministry would deploy technical experts to examine the formation of the granite stone for further study and action. See Also: Ghanaian Builds Water Bicycle: This Is Exactly How You Can Ride on Water … Read more
The Minister for Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Catherine Ablema Afeku and her deputy, Dr. Iddris Ziblim as well as other technical members of the ministry embarked on a four day tour of some potential tourists sites in the Western Region. The mission was to check these sites and identify ways with which they could … Read more
The Minister for Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Catherine Ablema Afeku, has said that her Ministry is working on a new legislative instrument which will restructure the profit sharing arrangements for all tourist attraction sites across the country. The new LI, called the Receptive Facilities LI among other things, will ensure that revenues generated from … Read more
The Minister for Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Catherine Ablema Afeku and her Deputy, Dr. Ziblim Iddi ,as well as other members of the Tourism Ministry, are on a four-day working visit to the Western Region, touring heritage sites and other tourist sites in the region. Mrs. Catherine paid courtesy calls on the Western Regional … Read more
The Minister for Aviation, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, has urged chiefs in the Western Region to release lands to government for projects which will open up the region to investors. This she said will fast-track the region’s development, noting that the acquisition of lands for some proposed airstrips and airports in the region has become a challenge. Speaking … Read more
After appointing more than half of his 110 Ministers and deputies from two out of the ten administrative regions in Ghana, the President, Nana Akufo-Addo has yet again appointed majority of his Cabinet Ministers from the Ashanti and Eastern regions. The aL-hAJJ can today report that, not only has the President skewed his “secret” Cabinet … Read more
The Minister for Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Catherine Ablema Afeku, on the 27th of March traveled to the Peoples Republic of China to attend the 13th edition of the China Outbound Travel & Tourism Market (COTTM). The three-day event was held on 29th to 31st March, 2017 at the New Hall of the National … Read more
The Kintampo waterfalls tourist site in the Brong Ahafo Region has been closed down, following Sunday’s incident that claimed the lives of about 18 students. A statement issued by the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture explained that the closure is to enable thorough security and safety checks at the facility. While calling on the … Read more
The Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Catherine Ablema Afeku has promised to enforce a Legislative Instrument (LI) to regulate and ensure safety measures at tourist sites to avert disasters. According to her, the tourist sites will mostly be managed by the private sector when the LI is put in place. Her comments follows a ghastly … Read more
Controversial film producer, Socrate Sarfo, is not cut for a ministerial appointment, the CEO of Slip Music Mark Okraku Mantey has said. According to him, he does not support the idea of making Mr. Sarfo the deputy minister for Tourism, culture and Creative Arts. “I won’t be a hypocrite to change my words….I told him … Read more
Controversial film producer, Socrate Sarfo, is not cut for a ministerial appointment, the CEO of Slip Music Mark Okraku Mantey has said. According to him, he does not support the idea of making Mr. Sarfo the deputy minister for Tourism, culture and Creative Arts. “I won’t be a hypocrite to change my words….I told him … Read more
The Minister Nominee for Tourism and Creative Arts, Catherine Ablema Afeku has proposed charter flight services among international airlines to reduce the cost of airfares in Ghana. In her view, tourists to Ghana should be paying relatively less for flight services since the high demand will drive down cost. The high cost of air ticket … Read more
The debate over who best fits to be deputy minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture under the Akufo-Addo-led administration is mere noise, President of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA), Bice Osei Kuffour (Obour) has said. Obour asserts that every president has people he consults before taking a decision and as such, the hullabaloo over … Read more
Arts and entertainment analyst, Francis Doku has shot down assertions that his article on the ongoing social media campaign over who should be chosen as the deputy minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture was intended to denigrate filmmaker, Socrate Safo and his supporters. After President Akufo-Addo announced Catherine Ablema Afeku, the Member of Parliament (MP) … Read more
Astute sound engineer, Da’ Hammer has added his voice to the ongoing conversation over who should be considered a deputy minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture by recommending Abraham Ohene-Djan, founder and Chief Executive Officer of Ohenemedia. His choice is on the basis that, Ohene-Djan’s expertise in all sectors of arts is highly remarkable. “I’m … Read more
Musician, Wanlov the Kubolor has taken a bite on the ongoing campaign by some industry players for Socrate Safo to be considered a deputy minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture saying, the filmmaker is not worth the position. Even before President Akufo-Addo nominated Catherine Ablema Afeku, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Evalue Jomoro-Gwira as … Read more
Nominee for the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Madam Catherine Afeku has spelt out one of the key areas to tackle when she’s given the mandate. She hinted that there are a lot of potentials with regards to job creation in the Tourism, Culture and Arts industry. Hon. Afeku stated that the support … Read more
See full list of Nana Addo’s third batch of Ministerial nominees President Nana Akufo-Addo has named his final list of ministerial appointments at the Flagstaff House. The President on Thursday, named about 11 more personalities expected to serve as ministers in his government. This brings Nana Addo’s total list of ministerial positions to 36. The … Read more
The Information Minister designate, Mustapha Hamid has served notice that he will endeavor to be truthful to Ghanaians in line of his duties at all times. According to him, he might not be perfect as a human being but he will not trade his ethics and credibility just to cover up for the presidency. Speaking … Read more
Nominee for the Minister of Tourism, creative arts and culture Catherine Ablema Afeku says her ministry will work on reducing air tariffs to encourage more travel to and within the country. She believes the move will reduce cost and also develop the country into a tourist hub. Speaking to Journalists after the President announced her … Read more