Thirty-three members of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) have petitioned the Elections Dispute Adjudication Committee of the Association to cause the incumbent executive members to step aside. A statement signed by Mr Nutor Bibini Nutor, the Chief Petitioner who is also a staff of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, and copied to the Ghana News Agency, … Read more
The Greater Accra Region has recorded the highest number of maternal deaths in the country with the leading cause being bleeding and hypertension, the Ghana Health (GHS) has said. In 2016, the region recorded 197 maternal deaths and 100 of these maternal deaths were attributed to bleeding. A statement signed by Sarah Amissah-Bamfo, Deputy-Director, Clinical … Read more
Simon Osei-Mensah, the Ashanti Regional Minister, has announced a massive health education and surveillance to help save lives and curtail the upsurge of Meningitis in the Ashanti Region. This comes on the back of the recent death of four students of the Kumasi Academy Senior High School, confirmed to have been killed by the disease. … Read more
The Labour Division of the High Court hearing the case involving the dismissal of some 205 National Service personnel in February 2017, by NSS management has set April 12, for the motion to be heard. When the case was called on Wednesday morning, Madam Afua Abam from the Attorney General’s office told the court that … Read more
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has stepped up the fight against corruption through execution of the tenets of the National Anti-Corruption Action Plan (NACAP). Mr Joseph Akanjolenur Whittal, CHRAJ Commissioner, told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in Accra that the development of NACAP was an unqualified contribution to the fight against … Read more
Commuters in some parts of Accra have expressed worry over the 15 per cent hike in transport fares announced in Accra on Monday by stakeholders in the transport sector. In an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) on Tuesday, Madam Doris Sackey, a Civil Servant, said the timing of the increment was not appropriate … Read more
The Auditor-General has submitted to Parliament a total number of 13 reports on public accounts for the year ended December 31, 2015. A statement signed by Joseph K. Ghunney, the Director of Public Relations of the Audit Service and copied to the Ghana News Agency on Tuesday, said ‘the Auditor-General wishes to inform all stakeholders … Read more
Lawyer Charles Opoku Yeboah, an Accra-based lawyer has not been charged with fraud as being reported in a section of the media. Further Investigations by the Ghana News Agency have now revealed that lawyer Yeboah is not facing a charge of fraud at an Accra High Court as reported in a news item last week. … Read more
Mr Mohammed Adjei Sowah, Accra Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE), has pledged to provide a unifying leadership role and revive the spirit of self-help amongst the people within his jurisdiction. This, he said, would enable the youth to play more responsible roles in the society. Speaking to the Ghana News Agency at the end of a … Read more
The Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) says it has no hand in the determination of the salaries of the chief executives of para-statal institutions. A statement issued by the FWSC and copied to the Ghana News Agency on Sunday said it had noted the public concern over salaries of executives of para-statal institutions and … Read more
out of the 61 fleet of buses in the region, only 45 of them were on the road The Brong-Ahafo Regional Manager of the Metro Mass Transit (MMT) Limited, Emmanuel Kusi, has called for the supply of more buses to sustain their operations so they can remain competitive business. He said the company was likely … Read more
The Brong-Ahafo Regional Manager of the Metro Mass Transit (MMT) Limited, Emmanuel Kusi, has called for the supply of more buses to sustain their operations so they can remain competitive business. He said the company was likely to suspend operations in the next two years if new buses were not brought on board. Mr. Kumi told … Read more
Ms Sandra Tetteh, an 11-year old girl with her mates have joined the call on government to reduce the banking age to 15 years to enable them open and operate bank accounts. The children raised this concern during a Global Money Summit held in Accra on Friday as part of the 2017 Global Money Week … Read more
Mr Irbard Ibrahim, Executive Director of IRBARD SECURITY CONSULT, has called on Ghanaians to be decorous in their utterance with regards to the parliamentary bribery committee report. He also called on Parliament to publish the CCTV evidence to assure the nation of the transparency of the Committee headed by Joe Ghartey. Mr Ibrahim, in an … Read more
The Swiss Red Cross (SRC), a Swiss Humanitarian Foundation, has provided financial support to the Central Region Red Cross of the Ghana Red Cross Society, to help embark on cholera prevention campaigns in the region. Consequently, one hundred volunteers have been trained as part of measures to prevent a possible outbreak of cholera in the … Read more
Mr Irbard Ibrahim, Executive Director of IRBARD Consult, has expressed concern about creeping influence of partisan politics into appointments of security heads and called for elimination of such stands in security matters. Reports by the media last week showed how some vigilante groups manhandled and attempted to block a national security coordinator appointed by the … Read more
A 55-year-old farmer, James Ayambilla, has been murdered by persons believed to be criminals between Bankyim and Teberebie, in the Tarkwa Nsueam municipality of the Western Region. The deceased allegedly went to spray his pepper farm at Bankyim but never returned home. The station officer in charge of Nsuta Wassa, Chief Inspector George Sakyi, who … Read more
The Association of Alcohol Manufacturers and Importers (AAMI) says it supports the National Alcohol Policy (NAP), launched recently by the Ministry of Health in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Baraka Policy Institute (BPI). In a statement copied to the Ghana News Agency, the AAMI notes that the contents of the National … Read more
It is likely that the presentation of the report of the five- member committee set up to investigate bribery against leadership of the Appointments Committee may not take place on Wednesday, March 29, 2017, as advertised. This is because the committee is yet to finalise its report, less than 24 hours of the advertised time … Read more
Alhaji A B A Fuseini, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sagnarigu, has made a strong case for the Government to make adequate resource and logistic allocation to the Ghana News Agency (GNA), and two other national media houses to rejuvenate their roles as strategic agents of national development. The GNA is the nation’s wire … Read more