The National Youth Authority is set to establish key industrial hubs across the country to provide jobs for the youth who take part in the skills training programme under the Authority’s youth training modules. In the Ashanti Region, the Authority will set up the shoe making industrial hub, whilst an ICT hub will be established … Read more
Hundreds of unemployed young people have been registered by the National Youth Authority in the Ashanti regional capital Kumasi for skills training. The registration which took place at the Jubilee Park was preceded by a Livelihood skills and business fair organized in collaboration with the Federation of Professional Trades Association of Ghana (FEPTAG). The event … Read more
Nana Konadu Yiadom III, has officially been outdoored as the new Asantehemaa, succeeding Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II who passed on last year. The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II chose the occasion of his birthday on Saturday May 6 to publicly outdoor Nana Yiadom at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi. The occasion was also … Read more
Chaos characterised Friday’s sitting of the Asokore Mampong Municipal Assembly to confirm the President’s nominee for the municipal chief executive position, Alhaji Alidu Seidu. The nominee polled eight of the 15 votes cast by the assembly members, representing 47 per cent. The figure fell short of the two-thirds majority required to become the MCE for … Read more
Chaos characterised Friday’s sitting of the Asokore Mampong Municipal Assembly to confirm the President’s nominee for the municipal chief executive position, Alhaji Alidu Seidu. The nominee polled eight of the 15 votes cast by the assembly members, representing 47 per cent. The figure fell short of the two-thirds majority required to become the MCE for … Read more
Deputy Ashanti Regional Minister has threatened to ‘beat’ any parent who refuses to send her children to school in the region. Madam Elizabeth Agyeman does not understand why under President Akufo-Addo’s governance, children of school going age would be left to loiter instead of going to school to study. The former Member of Parliament for … Read more
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale South and Minority Leader in Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu, has stated that the public should not expect the Appointments Committee to ask Members of Parliament nominated for a ministerial post, and a non-MP who has also been nominated for a ministerial post, the same questions. He said, per Article … Read more
The Appointments Committee of Parliament will later today begin vetting for deputy regional ministerial nominees. Four nominees are scheduled to appear before the committee. They are Solomon Boar, Elizabeth Sackey, Eugenia Gifty Kusi and Elizabeth Agyeman for the Northern, Greater Accra, Western and Ashanti Regions respectively. The Vetting would end on Thursday after the six … Read more
The President has communicated his list of Deputy ministers for the various regions to Parliament. The list includes three former female Members of Parliament namely, Elizabeth Sackey, Elizabeth Agyeman and Gifty Eugenia Kusi for the Greater Accra, Ashanti and Western regions respectively. Only one MP,Solomon Boar has been named as Deputy Northern Regional Minister Three … Read more
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) student who committed suicide on campus will be buried on Saturday March 4, 2017 at Petransa in the Ashanti region. Adwoa Agyarkwa Anyimadu- Antwi who was the daughter of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Asante Akim central constituency Kwame Anyimadu-Antwi hanged herself … Read more
The National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) Parliamentary candidate for Oforikrom Constituency Johnny Osei Kofi has expressed concerns about continuous destruction and defacing of his campaign posters and bill boards in the Constituency in the Ashanti region. The Deputy Chief of Staff is accusing members of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) of being behind the act. … Read more