The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), the electricity distributor, has been reported by the Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) to the sector minister for noncompliance with a load management plan. The systems manager told the Minister in a letter that 3News was able to view that ECG had repeatedly disregarded …
Read More »Joseph Abuabu Dadzie appointed new CEO for GNPC
Joseph Abuabu Dadzie has been appointed by President Akufo-Addo as the acting chief executive officer of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), with effect from Thursday, May 2, 2024. Prior to this assignment, Mr. Dadzie was the company’s Deputy Chief Executive (DCE), overseeing business development, strategy, and commerce functions. After …
Read More »Minority Caucus demands increase in farm-gate price of cocoa
The parliamentary minority is calling for a swift increase in cocoa’s farm-gate price. The Minority claims that prices for cocoa have skyrocketed globally recently, reaching an all-time high of $10,000 per ton. The COCOBOD Management has approved the purchase of fifteen (15) iPad keyboards for its Board of Directors, at …
Read More »Mines and Energy Committee to meet stakeholders over dumsor – John Jinapor discloses
The recent power supply issues that have resulted in unexpected load shedding nationwide have prompted the Energy Committee of Parliament to organize a thorough discussion with all significant players in the power chain. The meeting is slated for Saturday, April 6, 2024, and is expected to include participation from the …
Read More »CJ explains expeditious hearing of Dafeamekpor’s injunction application
Chief Justice Gertrude Torkonoo has clarified the decision to expedite the injunction action that Rockson Nelson Dafeamekpor, the MP for South Dayi, filed in order to prevent parliament from confirming President Akufo-Addo’s recently appointed ministers. Since all formalities had been completed, Justice Torkonoo declared that the matter was ready for …
Read More »President Akufo-Addo reshuffles two regional ministers
Two regional ministers have been reshuffled by President Akufo-Addo. Upper East Regional Minister Hon. Stephen Yakubu will take over as Upper West Regional Minister with effect from immediately, according to a statement issued by the Presidency’s Director of Communications, Eugene Arhin. Hafiz Bin Salih, the Regional Minister for the Upper …
Read More »Alan Kyerematen,Abu Sakara form ‘alliance for revolutionary change’ for 2024 election
The National Interest Movement (NIM), led by Dr. Abu Sakara Foster, and the Movement for Change (M4C), led by Alan Kyerematen, claim to have finished negotiations with a number of other political organizations to form a grand alliance in order to run in the general elections of 2024. “The Alliance …
Read More »Intra-African Trade, joint co-operation tops discussions upon Prez Ruto’s visit to Ghana
At Ghana’s Jubilee House in Accra on Wednesday, April 3, 2024, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo welcomed President William Samoei Ruto, the president of Kenya, who was visiting the country for three days. According to President Akufo-Addo, the purpose of the visit is to reaffirm the friendship and cooperation links …
Read More »We’ll work tirelessly to restore the economy to a sound footing – Mahama
Former President John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has declared that, should he win this year’s elections, he will revive the Ghanaian economy. He declared that a new era was beginning, one in which the economic problems will be addressed by the next NDC government. …
Read More »VP Bawumia cuts sod for construction of 200-bed hostel for Trinity Theological Seminary
Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the Vice President and New Patriotic Party (NPP) Flagbearer, has cut the first sod on the four-story, 200-bed dormitory facility for the Trinity Theological Seminary in Accra. The Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFUND) is financing the multipurpose dorm, which is a fulfillment of a promise Dr. Bawumia …
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