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The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has urged the government to stop plans for the establishment of five new universities and instead direct resources to improve the existing ones. While UTAG acknowledged the importance of increasing access to higher education, it emphasized that the current public universities are severely …

My visit here today is a very simple one. It is to come and commiserate with you about the tragedy that has occurred. When it happened, I was in America, on official business, when the Chief of Staff called me in America, about what had happened, and we discussed what …

Hon. Michael Amoah Awuku of the Atwima Nwanbiagya Municipal Assembly in the Ashanti Region, has professed everlasting solutions to the perennial dam spillage and flooding in Ghana. The government appointee is of a strong view that, these disasters could be curtailed on two conditions; evacuation and resettlement of the affected …

If the government does not resolve the University Teachers Association of Ghana’s (UTAG) concerns surrounding the payment of its Book and Research Allowance (BRA), the union has warned to sabotage labor peace. In a statement posted on Monday, October 16, 2023, UTAG issued the warning. The Book and Research Allowance, …

Kennedy Agyapong, a candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer position, claims that the failure of the campaign against galamsey illegal small-scale mining is attributable to the conflicted interests of those in positions of authority who ought to be overseeing and controlling it. He drew attention to the fact …

ADAM-GH, a civil society organization that advocates for proper democratic principles, the rule of law, fundamental human rights, and good governance, has postponed its planned protest against the Ghana Police Service in response to Ahmed Suale’s murder of 8 civilians, the unauthorized hiring of party hoodlums into the Police force, …

Residents of the North Tongu District in the Volta Region, who were severely affected by flooding as a result of the Akosombo Dam spillage, have been visited by independent presidential candidate Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, who also consoled them. In addition to being a show of sympathy, Mr. Kyerematen’s visit was …

Percival Kofi Akpaloo, the founder and leader of the Liberal Party of Ghana, has stated that he would be willing to initiate negotiations with Mr. Alan Kyeremateng, the leader of the Movement for Change, for the purpose of forming a potential coalition in which he would be considered for the …

The Ministry of Local Government’s investigation report into the cause of the fire that broke out in the Kejetia market in Kumasi on March 15, 2023 is being withheld, according to the Combine Traders Associations in that market. The organization is interested in learning the reason behind the Kejetia Market …

In response to the spillover from the Akosombo Dam, the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has welcomed the creation of an Inter-ministerial Committee to aid in addressing the flooding and related challenges. The GMA has also begun mobilizing physicians from around the world to assist flood victims. The GMA released a …