Delay in payment to contractors working on the Volta Region portion of the Eastern Corridor road has affected progress of work on the project. For instance, work, which started in December 2011 on the Asikuma-Agate lot, covering a distance of 45 kilometres, was scheduled to have been completed in 2013; it is currently 50 per … Read more
The Deputy Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, John Oti Bless has directed all Metropolitan Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) in the country to abrogate contracts of non performing contractors and re-award contracts. The Deputy Minister observed that most of the non performing contractors have hoarded so many projects to themselves that they … Read more
The Deputy Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, John Oti Bless, is touring the northern part of the Volta Region inspecting ongoing projects under his ministry. The tour is, to among other things, afford the minister an opportunity to assess the progress of work on the various development projects initiated by the government. John … Read more
Richard Aseda, whose contentious details led to the disqualification of Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, was Tuesday dragged to the Electoral Commission’s office to testify. Counsel for Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, Ayikoi Otoo told journalists Aseda “owned up” to the Electoral Commission and was made to “Sign specimen signatures”. The EC disqualified Dr. Nduom who is … Read more
Richard Aseda, whose contentious details led to the disqualification of Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, was Tuesday dragged to the Electoral Commission’s office to testify. Counsel for Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, Ayikoi Otoo told journalists Aseda “owned up” to the Electoral Commission and was made to “Sign specimen signatures”. The EC disqualified Dr. Nduom who is … Read more
President John Dramani Mahama has assured the chiefs and people of the northern part of Volta Region that their age-old petition for the creation of the Oti Region will be considered in his next term. “It is possible to create a new region out of the Volta Region,” he told ecstatic residents of Jasikan, one … Read more
The flagbearer of the Convention Peoples’ Party (CPP), Ivor Kobina Greenstreet, says it is about time Ghanaians took control of their resources. He made the passionate call at Jasikan in the Buem Constituency of the Volta Region, during his Apam Fofor? tour in the region. He reiterated how God has blessed Ghana with abundant resources … Read more