THE President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, yesterday named 212 persons to fill the vacant positions of Chief Executives in the various metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDCEs) across the country. The president’s announcement of the MMDCEs brings to an end the jostling by some leading members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for their preferred candidates. … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has finally named 212 persons to fill the vacant positions of Chief Executives in the various Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDCEs) across the country. This was announced by the Minister for Local Government, Hajia Alima Mahama in Accra today [Wednesday]. Speaking on behalf of the President, the Minister called … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has finally named 212 persons to fill the vacant positions of Chief Executives in the various Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDCEs) across the country. This was announced by the Minister for Local Government, Hajia Alima Mahama in Accra today [Wednesday]. Speaking on behalf of the President, the Minister called … Read more
The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly owes the managers of the Oti landfill site in the Ashanti region, J. Stanley Owusu Group to the tune of 59 million cedis, being the outstanding debt for its eight years of service to the Assembly. Speaking in an interview with TV3, the manager of the J. Stanley Owusu Group, Francis … Read more
A Local Governance analyst, George Kyei-Baffour, says the failure of the President to appoint substantive Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs), is having a toll on the administration of the various assemblies. Mr. Kyei-Baffour opined that, President Nana Akufo-Addo should have been bounded by some timelines to nominate MMDCEs. MMDCEs are nominated by the … Read more
A Local Governance analyst, George Kyei-Baffour, says the failure of the President to appoint substantive Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs), is having a toll on the administration of the various assemblies. Mr. Kyei-Baffour opined that, President Nana Akufo-Addo should have been bounded by some timelines to nominate MMDCEs. MMDCEs are nominated by the President … Read more
The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) owes J. Stanley Owusu Group, which operates the Oti Landfill site, a whopping GHC60 million. Francis Marshall of J. Stanley Owusu Group, said that KMA’s failure to pay the company for nine years had negatively affected its operations. He said some of the creditors of the company such as GT … Read more
The Kumasi Metropolitan Chief Executive, Mr. Osei Assibey-Antwi, has vowed to go the extra mile to rid the city of filth. Environmental sanitation, he indicated, was going to be made an urgent priority of the assembly under his watch. He was speaking after he had toured the Central Business District, the Oti landfill site near … Read more
Kumasi City Mall, the US$95 million dollar retail facility, opened and commenced trading today, making the Ashanti regional capital the second city in Ghana with the complement of an A-grade shopping and recreational centre. The sprawling edifice, bedecked with intricate architectural designs, opened its gates at 9:00am to excited and enthusiastic residents of Kumasi, eager … Read more
Kumasi City Mall, the $95 million dollar retail facility, opened and commenced trading today, making the Ashanti regional capital the second city in Ghana with the complement of an A-grade shopping and recreational centre. The sprawling edifice, bedecked with intricate architectural designs, opened its gates at 9:00 am to excited and enthusiastic residents of Kumasi … Read more
Kumasi City Mall, the US$95 million dollar retail facility, opened and commenced trading today, making the Ashanti regional capital the second city in Ghana with the complement of an A-grade shopping and recreational centre. The sprawling edifice, bedecked with intricate architectural designs, opened its gates at 9:00am to excited and enthusiastic residents of Kumasi, eager … Read more
A Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) Circuit Court on Thursday adjourned a case in which 13 members of Delta Force, a vigilante group affiliated to the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) are standing trial for assault, to May 18, 2017. The suspects are being prosecuted following their assault on a certain George Agyei, who had been … Read more
A Kumasi Circuit Court on Monday morning remanded the eight Delta Force members who were arrested last week for raiding a court to free 13 of their members who were facing charges of assault of a public officer. The court presided over by Patricia Amponsah said they should be placed in custody until Tuesday April … Read more
The new Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) Chief Executive, Osei Assibey Antwi, has averted bloodbath at the Sofoline transport terminal as drivers had planned to attack the Assembly’s engineers, who were to start work on an ultra-modern bus terminal on Monday. Executives of the Sofoline branch of Ghana Private Roads Transport Union (GPRTU) led by its … Read more
The Leadership and entire membership of the Dynamic Youth Movement of Ghana (DYMOG) condemns in the most vehement terms the reckless attack on the Judicial Arm of Government by the Delta Force Vigilante group on 6th April,2017 at the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) Circuit Court presided over by Her Lordship Mary Senkyere. The incessant attacks … Read more
Following acts of lawlessness by some members of the Delta Force in Kumasi last Thursday, the Inspector-General Police (IGP), Mr David Asante-Apeatu, has declared war on the activities of vigilante groups, mass disorder and disturbances in the country. He said acts of lawlessness by those vigilante groups had the propensity to cast a slur on … Read more
It has emerged that the action(s) of the members of the Delta Force, a vigilante group associated with the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region, last Wednesday, April 5, 2017 was as a result of a promise allegedly made to them by some NPP bigwigs to help free their colleagues who … Read more
SO it happened again last week. This time round the incident was at the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) Circuit Court where some members of Delta Force, a political vigilante group aligned to the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), struck again! ACCORDING to reports, some members of Delta Force last week Thursday, April 06, 2017 invaded … Read more
SO it happened again last week. This time round the incident was at the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) Circuit Court where some members of Delta Force, a political vigilante group aligned to the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), struck again! ACCORDING to reports, some members of Delta Force last week Thursday, April 06, 2017 invaded … Read more
It has emerged that the action(s) of the members of the Delta Force, a vigilante group associated with the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region, last Wednesday, April 5, 2017 was as a result of a promise allegedly made to them by some NPP bigwigs to help free their colleagues … Read more