The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, (MGCSP) on Thursday, treated the Female Caucus in Parliament to a reception, in Accra, as part of the activities to mark this year’s International Women’s Day. The meeting was also to initiate a discussion on how the Ministry could strategise to support the female Parliamentarians so that … Read more
Barimah Kwame Asante Betiani II, Chief of Atibie of the Kwahu Traditional Council in the Kwahu South District of the Eastern Region has threatened to block the road that links the town to the paragliding site during the Easter Festivities, if government fails to fix the road which is in a poor state. According to … Read more
Chief of Atibie in the Kwahu South District in the Eastern Region Barimah Kwame Asante Betiani II has threatened to block the road that links the town to the paragliding site during the Easter Festivities, if government fails to fix the road which is in a poor state. According to him the dusty nature of … Read more
By: Nicholas Issaka Gbana What do the good people of the newly proposed regions in Ghana want? It is development – good roads, good schools, good health care, good drinking water, stable and affordable electricity, economic opportunity and jobs. Can these be delivered by thePresident and his administration without the creation of new regions as … Read more
The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced Saturday, March 11, 2017, as the new date for the District Level (District Assembly and Unit Committee) elections that was postponed in September 2015. The affected regions, districts and electoral areas in which the election will be held include Nkoranza North and South Districts of the Brong Ahafo Region, … Read more
The six kindergarten pupils who died on Tuesday at Breman Jamra in the Asikuma Odoben Brakwa after their school building collapsed on them are to be buried today, Thursday, February 2. According to Kweku Marfo, a security man at the Our Lady of Grace Hospital who earlier broke the news of Tuesday’s incident to ClassFMonline.com, … Read more
Human rights lawyer Francis-Xavier Sosu has impressed on government to adequately compensate the families of six kindergarten pupils who died when their school building collapsed on them on Tuesday. Mr Sosu, who expressed heartbreak at the accident, said nothing could replace the lives that have been lost but government must do the honourable thing to … Read more
Heavy rainstorm accompanied by violent winds on Tuesday night revealed leakages in the roof of Parliament as portions of the floor got soaked in rain water which entered the chamber through the defective roof. The leakages disrupted parliamentary business and forced the house to defer sitting. The rains soaked the carpet in the chamber and … Read more
The Minority walked out of Parliament on Tuesday night during deliberations on a proposed amendment to the Local Governance Act, Act 936. According to the Minority, the proposed amendment is part of another attempt by the Akufo-Addo government to politicise local governance. They argue that the government want to amend the Local Governance Act 936, … Read more
SOME Assembly members in the Central Region have threatened to institute legal action against nomination of members onto the Council of State (CS). According to the aggrieved assembly members, certain groups were mounting pressure on coordinating directors of the various metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) in the region to nominate people of their choice onto … Read more
The Ghana Tourism Authority in the Eastern region on Monday commenced an exercise to shut down unapproved student hostels and hotels in the region. Some fifteen hostels in Koforidua and a hotel at Akropong -Akuapem are expected to be shut down by close of the exercise on Tuesday. The facilities are operating without license from the … Read more
Students of Koforidua Technical University (KTU) are expected to hassle for hostel accommodations when school re-opens on February 10. This is because the Ghana Tourism Authority in the Eastern region on Monday commenced closing down some illegal student hostels and Hotels in the region. Fifteen hostels in Koforidua and a hotel in Akropong -Akuapem are … Read more
Minister-designate for Local Government and Rural Development Hajia Alima Mahama says government would seek a constitutional amendment to get Metropolitan, Municipal, District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) elected into office. She said this is necessary as the constitutional provision in Article 248 (1) and (2) are both non-entrenched clauses. “(1) A candidate seeking election to a District Assembly … Read more
Minister-designate for Local Government and Rural Development Hajia Alima Mahama says government would seek a constitutional amendment to get Metropolitan, Municipal, District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) elected into office. She said this is necessary as the constitutional provision in Article 248 (1) and (2) are both non-entrenched clauses. Article 248 (1) (2) read: “(1) A candidate … Read more
In this current research paper I bring to the public thematic areas for consideration to help develop Shai-Osudoku. “Politics is like finding cure for cancer. It is not luxury. It is a human need that is why no one should use this need for his or her selfish interest. There is something wrong when the … Read more
Ghanaians have been urged to lower and manage their high expectations for jobs as President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is now forming his government. Mr Thomas Benarkuu, the Project Officer of MIHOSO International, a Non-Governmental Organisation, gave the advice on Monday and said no government would be able to address national challenges and satisfy the … Read more
The Paramount Chief of Tongo Traditional Area, Tong-Raana Kugbilsong Nalebegtang, and other 12 persons across the Upper East Region have so far picked up nomination forms from the Electoral Commission to contest this year’s Council of State elections to be held on February 9. Filing of nomination is by the close of work January 26. … Read more
A Local Governance Analyst, George Kyei Baffour has described the sacking of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives as unfortunate although he observes that the act is within the remits of the President’s powers. President Nana Akufo-Addo on Thursday revoked the appointments of all 216 MMDCEs. A letter sighted addressed to all MMDCEs from the … Read more
Some youth believed to be members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Bodi District of the Western Region, are reported to have besieged and locked up the office of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in the area. Confirming the incident to Citi News, the Member of Parliament for the area, Sampson Ahi, … Read more
Today I have the singular honour to congratulate you, the president-elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo for winning this year’s elections. The fact that you contested for the presidency for the third consecutive time is a motivation enough and needed morale booster for myself and others. With perseverance, hard work and determination the dream that … Read more