On Friday December 15, 2017, the President Nana Akufo Addo cut sod for the commencement of work on the Marine Drive Project in Accra, at a ceremony attended by chiefs, political leaders and the business community. The project, which is estimated to cost about $1.5 billion, is a Public-Private Partnership project expected to transform the … Read more
Owing to the disturbing menace of recurring incidence of gas explosions in Ghana, government has come up with some very urgent rules, regulations and orders that will ensure the safety of Ghanaians while they work to permanently put in place measures that will forestall such occurrences in the future. Also See: Over 123 Cars, Items … Read more
The NPA, EPA and Fire Service must tighten their oversight of these oil and gas stations in terms of adherence to HSE guidelines so that avoidable accidents never happen or the probability of their occurrences is reduced to the barest minimum. It is said that fire is a good servant, but a bad master. There … Read more
The state has withdrawn a subpoena directed at the Head of the Town and Country Planning Department of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) to testify in the case in which it is seeking to confiscate assets purportedly belonging to Ruby Adu-Gyamfi aka Nayele Ametefe. According to the prosecution, there was a problem with the earlier … Read more
The Works and Housing Minister, Samuel Atta Akyea has stated that he is ready to demolish buildings identified to be on water way by the Town and Country Planning Department in order to deal with the perennial flooding in Ghana’s capital, Accra. “We don’t have a choice,” he told Benard Nasara Saibu on Monday, February … Read more
Documents in possession of Today show that Apantse We family are the rightful owners of the Shiashi lands around the Polo Grounds in the Greater Accra Region. According to the documents, the said lands were handed over to the Apantse We family by government. However, the documents said the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and some leaders of the … Read more
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has shut down the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) station that exploded last Thursday and left nine dead and more than 12 injured. Other reports put the death toll at six. According to the agency, preliminary investigations pointed to a leakage at the station which recorded the first blast around 5.30 … Read more
This is a thought I have held since 2012 when some mass recruitments were done by the service. In that exercise, the financial clearance that I saw was for the recruitment of a little over 2,600 staff. By May of 2013 when I had stopped tallying, the figure had crossed the 3000 mark and still … Read more