Residents to use demo to push Sekondi royal family to enstool chief for the town Some residents of Sekondi in the Western Region are agitating over a long standing chieftaincy dispute in the area which has over a decade impeded the royal family from enstooling a substantive chief for the town. The paramountcy has been … Read more
Headmasters sanctioned for allegedly flouting Ghana Education Service guidelines on Free SHS policy deserved the punishments because “they brought it upon themselves”, the Member of Parliament for Sekondi has asserted. According to the MP, Andrew Kofi Egyapa Mercer, the affected headmasters were aware of the guidelines and yet went ahead to breach it. At least … Read more
Government is set to engage the 12 labour unions whose members – as announced by their leadership – have threatened to lay down their tools after Friday, September 29. This was made known by Member of Parliament (MP) for Sekondi Andrew Kofi Egyapa Mercer. Speaking on TV3’s New Day on Saturday, the New Patriotic Party … Read more
The very common menace of open defecation in Ghana has been one of the most difficult societal ills to put an end to! The Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly of the Western Region has begun a metro-wide fight against open defecation. The operation this week, saw the arrest of 21 persons by a joint task force of … Read more
The Member of Parliament for Sekondi, Andrew Kofi Egyapa Mercer has defended the award of contract to an Oil Marketing Company (OMC) Movenpiina to buy off-spec oil from Bulk Oil Storage (BOST) as legitimate. Speaking on TV3’s New Day, Wednesday, the MP who is a lawyer argued: “Of course pre-incorporation contracts are valid in law, [there … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has finally appointed 212 Chief Executives (MMDCEs) to head the various Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies in the ten regions of the country. This was announced by the Minister for Local Government, Hajia Alima Mahama in Accra today being Wednesday, 26th April, 2017. Speaking on behalf of the President, the … Read more
Open letter to Kofi Kinaata: How you’ve now proven me wrong Dear Kofi Kinaata, This is not a letter of sorrow and shame, but rather of joy and pride — no sarcasm intended! But, in my case, several individuals — programme mates, family relatives, friends, haters, and the like — would write letters of regret … Read more
President Akufo-Addo’s nominee for the position of metropolitan chief executive, Mohammed Adjei Sowah has received massive endorsement from assembly members of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly. He obtained 109 votes representing 100 percent of the total votes cast on Thursday. Although 126 assembly members and government appointees were expected to cast their ballot for the exercise, … Read more
The Sports fraternity is excited after maiden budget presentation of His Excellency President Nana Akufo Addo in parliament. The new Government has allocated a whopping GH?45.8 million to the Youth and Sports Ministry for the fiscal year. The amount is a 218% increment in what was allocated for sports last year by the immediate past … Read more
Expansion works on the Albert Bosomtwi-Sam Fishing Harbour at Sekondi in the Western Region which begun in 2016 with a Japanese grant of $20 million is progressing steadily. The fishing harbour which is located in Sekondi- Takoradi District occupying about 20okm out of the 500km of total length of coast line is one of 2 … Read more
Appointed Chief Justice of the Republic of Ghana on June 20 2003 Mr Justice Acquah was born in Sekondi on March 6, 1942 and attended Adisadel College, Cape Coast, from 1957 to 1963 for both his West African Examination Council Ordinary and Advanced Level Certificates. He proceeded to the University of Ghana, Legon in 1964 … Read more
Ghana Premier League side Sekondi Hasaacas sacked their coach Yusif Bassigi on Thursday after 14 years of dedicated services to the club in various capacities. The hardworking manager was shown the exit door on Thursday by the management of the club after some recent bad run of results. Assistant coach Joe Agyemang Jnr will take … Read more