The Minority Spokesperson on Constitutional and Legal Affairs, Inusah Fuseini, wants a full-scale investigation into the activities of the Director-General of the Ghana Maritime Authority, Kwame Owusu, who has been accused of misappropriating funds. This follows reports that Mr. Kwame Owusu allowed an amount of GHC130,000 to be used for an year party for the … Read more
Government is awaiting the report of Parliament’s Committee on Road and Transport before taking a decision on the controversial tow tax. The mandatory levy for vehicle users to tow broken down vehicles was suspended last month after pressure from the public and civil society. It is unclear when the report of the committee would be … Read more
Teary-eyed families of Malaysians killed when a Malaysia Airlines jet was shot down over Ukraine on Thursday demanded those responsible be brought to justice, ahead of the third anniversary of the disaster. All 298 people on board were killed when the jet was downed in conflict-torn eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014 on a flight … Read more
After being rejected on March 7, 2017, Felicia Aba Hagan has become second-time lucky by being endorsed as Chief Executive of Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese District on Tuesday. She polled 40 out of 44 votes – representing 99 per cent – to finally get endorsed. A former Presiding Member of the Assembly, Ms Aba Hagan expressed gratitude to … Read more
Mr Isaac Asimah, Minister of Youth and Sports is expected to join a host of Ministers, Members of Parliament as well as the Ghana Olympic Committee to celebrate this year’s Olympic day in Accra scheduled for . Mr. Nii Lante Vanderpuye, the member of parliament for Odododiodoo constituency and former Minister of Sports would also … Read more
A Chieftain of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Timi Frank has warned that if nothing is done urgently to resolve the ongoing disagreement between Minister of Transportation Chibuike Amaechi and the Senator representing Rivers South-east Senatorial District Magnus Abe over 2019 governorship ambition the destruction of the state chapter may soon be in … Read more
The Member of Parliament for Ketu South and former Transport Minister, Fifi Fiavi Kwetey on Friday launched his first book titled: ‘Golden Keys for Successful Living’ to mark his 50th birthday. The book launch which took place at the plush Holiday Inn Hotel in Accra, was moderated by one of Ghana’s finest and respected broadcast … Read more
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday inaugurated a Chinese-built railway, the country’s biggest infrastructure project since independence that is aimed at cementing its role as the gateway to East Africa. Dancers and a military band entertained passengers and dignitaries from Kenya and China shortly before they, and Kenyatta, were to take the maiden journey from … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has presented a 19-member Cabinet to Parliament. The President had been under immense pressure from the minority to name his cabinet after he named his ministers some three months ago. Conspicuously missing from the list read by the Speaker of Parliament Professor Mike Ocquaye Tuesday is the Sports Ministry which … Read more
President Nana Akufo-Addo’s nominee for the Upper Denkyira West District in the Central Region, Daniel Appianin, was Wednesday confirmed as Chief Executive by the Assembly. Mr Appianin, who is the Upper Denkyira West Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, secured an overwhelming endorsement by polling 23 out of 23 votes cast, representing 100 per cent, … Read more
Missing flight MH370 “most likely” lies north of a former search zone in the remote Indian Ocean, Australian authorities said Friday, in a new report that offers hope the plane may one day be found. A vast underwater hunt for the Malaysia Airlines jet off Australia’s west coast was halted in January when no trace … Read more
Former President John Dramani Mahama has together with the National Democratic Congress donated GHC 50,000 and 150 bags of cement to the Overlord of Mamprugu Traditional Area, Nayiri Naa Bohagu Mahami Sheriga. The donation was made on the former president’s behalf and that of the party at the palace of the Overlord in Nalerigu in … Read more
Former Transport Minister and cadre Mike Hammah has blamed the humiliating defeat suffered by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in last year’s presidential election on the former President, John Dramani Mahama. The former president got his priorities wrong, according to his assessment. Mike Hammah said ex-president Mahama’s emphasis on infrastructure development to the detriment of … Read more
President Nana Akufo-Addo says he will not countenance lawlessness and acts of indiscipline, regardless of whoever is involved. He warned that everybody would have to get right with the law and accept to resort to due processes to resolve their grievances. The President categorically condemned the recent attack on the Ashanti Regional Security Coordinator by … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has indicated that his government is on course to fulfilling the election campaign promises made to Ghanaians. “We were voted in by the people to solve their problems and that is what we have begun to do.” The President, who was on a three-day day visit to the Ashanti Region … Read more
President Nana Akufo-Addo has decried the increasing rate of road accidents in the country. According to the president, directives had been given to the Police Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) to work with the relevant institutions to check the indiscipline and disregard for road traffic regulations. An award scheme he indicated would be instituted … Read more
A law will soon be passed to empower the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) to enforce road regulations in the country, Transport Minister Kwaku Ofori Asiamah has stated. The NRSC, which is under the Transport Ministry, is currently mandated with promoting and coordinating road safety activities in the country. However, that will soon change after … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been urged to consider creating a new office dedicated solely to safety on the country’s roads to effectively bring down Ghana’s accident statistics and attendant loss of lives and injuries. The Chairman of the Kumasi branch of the Progressive Transport Owners Association (PROTOA), Mike Appiah, made the call to … Read more
The first two months of 2017 saw 354 persons losing their lives through motor accidents, Transport Minister Kwaku Ofori Asiamah has revealed. This adds to the “over 3000” who perished in all of 2016, Mr Asiamah said when he addressed commercial drivers in Kumasi on Saturday April 1, 2017 on the second day of President … Read more
The Ministry of Transport has rolled out a programme to educate private commercial vehicle drivers to desist from using the dedicated lanes meant for the Rapid Bus Transit (RBT), popularly known as Aayalolo buses. As part of the programme, the ministry would be meeting the various driver groups, including the Ghana Private Road Transport Union … Read more