This report is in Pidgin English President Nana Akufo-Addo say dis year government go employ 100,000 young people for Ghana make dem help in service sector delivery. He make dis revelation during in second State of the Nation Address (SONA2018) wey happen for Ghana today. Also di President also add sey dem recruit 3,000 young, … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has given indications that the implementation of the One-Village-One-Dam project is set to kick off in July this year. “This year, the One-Village-One-Dam project starts full operation. It is a simple, low-tech project but these dams will make a big difference to all our lives and the livelihoods of our … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo brought his Ewe side alive in Parliament on Thursday when he delivered the state-of-the-nation address. The president was in the House to fulfill Article 67 of the 1992 Constitution. In his close-to-two-hour address, President Akufo-Addo stressed on the great strides his government has taken in revamping the economy. He cited … Read more
The police will receive GH¢800 million within the next six months to purchase modern equipment to help fight crime, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced. Included in the purchases will be motorbikes and ammunitions, he added. The president said the Ghana Police Service will also purchase drones and helicopters. He made this known on … Read more
The President Nana Addo Dabkwa Akufo-Addo has described as alarming and shocking, the revelation in the 2016 Auditor-General’s report that GHc5.4billion was approved as payment to contractors for no work done. Mr. Akufo-Addo in his second State of the Nation Address to parliament on Thursday, February 8 said “The Auditor-General’s Report on MDA liabilities as … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed worry at the rate of unemployment within the country. The unemployment rate in Ghana increased to 5.77 per cent in 2016 from 5.54 per cent in 2015. “The number of young people who cannot find jobs in Ghana is staggering,” the President noted while delivering his 2nd State of … Read more
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced that an amount of 800 million Ghana cedis will be made available to the Ghana Police Service to enhance the capacity of their personnel. “An initial amount of GH¢800 million is being made available to procure and supply, within the next six months, critical, modern policing equipment … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed pride in the Ghana Stock Exchange, touting it as the best performing exchange in the world for January, 2018. Delivering his 2nd State of the Nation Address in Parliament on Thursday, the President noted that the Ghana Stock Exchange composite index has gained 19 per cent since the … Read more
President Nana Akufo-Addo will later this morning deliver his second State of the Nation Address (SONA) to Parliament. The address is an obligation which enjoins the President to account to the nation through Parliament at least once a year, in line with Article 67 of the constitution. President Akufo-Addo is therefore expected to account for … Read more
A Senior Research Analyst with the Institute of Fiscal Studies Dr. Saeed Boakye has asked the Akufo-Addo government to stop blame its predecessors for the economic woes of the country. According to him, such blames games do not improve the outlook of the state and efforts to stabilize the economy. The comment comes as President … Read more
Some members of the Minority in Parliament want President Nana Addo Dankwa AKufo-Addo to come clear on the state of security in Ghana. “I am expecting that the president will address the state of security in the country,” said the Member of Parliament for Ablekuma South Constituency, Alfred Oko Vanderpuije. He said although entrepreneurship has … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will today, February 8, 2018 deliver his State of the Nation Address (SONA) in Parliament. The president is expected to touch mainly on what his administration has achieved in terms of security, job creation and the economy. This will be his second State of the Nation Address since assuming office … Read more
Dr Emmanuel Kwesi Aning, a security expert, on Wednesday said he expects security to be crucial in President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s second State of the Nation Address. He said it is security that creates the enabling environment for whatever development programmes the government had to be able to take-off. Dr Aning made this observation … Read more
The Northern Zonal Executives (NZE) of the 2016 batch of the Nurse Assistant Clinical (NAC) and Nurse Assistant Preventive (NAP) has called on the President Akufo-Addo and the Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu to ensure that they are posted to various health facilities within the country. The 2016 batch of NAC and NAP said they … Read more
The Managing Director of Japan Motors Trading Company Limited, Salem Kalmoni has said he understood the “President” being referred to at the Presidential table during last year’s Ghana Expatriates Business Awards (GEBA) to be President Akufo-Addo. This was revealed in a 146-page report of the 5-member ad hoc committee of Parliament investigating extortion allegations against … Read more
The UN Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth, Ms. Jayathma Wickramanayake will pay a working visit to Ghana on Wednesday February 7 as part of her five country African tour. According to statement by the UNFPA and copied to the GNA, Ms. Wickramanayake with her visit will be advocating for Africa to implement the AU Roadmap for Harnessing … Read more
American artiste, Rihanna was in Dakar, Sengal over the weekend. She was in the West African country as part of her duties as the Global Ambassador of Global Partnership for Education (GPE), a multilateral partnership and fund dedicated exclusively to education in the world’s poorest countries. After the fundraising ceremony and her speech, the ‘Work’ artiste shook hands … Read more
Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has expressed his gratitude to Ghanaians for the love shown him during his medical leave. Dr. Bawumia returned to Ghana from the United Kingdom (UK) Thursday evening after he took some time off his duties on the advice of his doctors. He was earlier reported unwell and under medical observation by the … Read more
The five-member ad hoc committee set up by the Speaker of Parliament to probe into claims that foreign businesses were levied to sit near President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at the Ghana Expatriates Business Awards (GEBA) has finished its work. The committee brought its work to an end on Thursday after meeting a representative of … Read more
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, has been confirmed as the substantive Director-General of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service. Then ACP Tiwaa Addo-Danquah was asked by the IGP to Act as the Director-General of the CID in October 2017, after her then boss, DCOP Bright Oduro, was … Read more