Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, has defended her decision to discipline several passport employees. For assisting intermediaries (Goro guys) to charge between GHS2000 and GHS3000 for passports, she fired the policemen. This is true despite the fact that getting a passport normally costs GHS100, and …
Read More »Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council bans tricycle operations in CBD of Accra
The Central Business District (CBD) and some major streets in Accra have been the subject of complaints from the Greater Accra Regional Co-ordinating Council (GARCC) regarding the unregulated activities and operations of freight tricycles (aboboyaa) and rickshaws (pragyia). According to the GARCC, this has led to severe traffic congestion, chaotic …
Read More »Kumasi Technical University recinds decision to defer 648 students promises special exams
The Kumasi Technical University’s non-registered students who were ordered by the authorities to defer their schooling will get the opportunity to write their end-of-second-semester exams for the 2022–2023 academic year. This comes after the university decided to require the students to take a special exam. According to a statement made by …
Read More »Atwima Akyeremade Assemblyman loses properties to fire
Hon Justice Baffour Awuah, also known as “Hon Bompin,” is an assembly member for the Akyeremade Kwanwoma and Behenase electoral area in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of Ashanti. On Sunday, August 13, 2023, after attending a funeral, he moved into a new home in Akyeremade. Around 11:45 p.m., the tragic …
Read More »Atebubu-Amantin MCE eulogises officials of World Vision Ghana
The municipal chief executive of the Atebubu-Amantin Municipal Assembly has praised World Vision Ghana staff for their 23 years of excellent and exceptional program delivery in the region. Despite the fact that the Atebubu area program was formally terminated on Monday, August 14, 2023, MCE Hon. Edward Owusu declared that …
Read More »Ghanaians have 483 days to peacefully change leaders – John Mahama
John Dramani Mahama, a former president of Ghana, has emphasized that the country’s citizens still have 483 days to pick a new government. He remarked this while pointing out that, despite some drawbacks, democratic governance is still the greatest choice for African nations. According to him, constitutional government enables the …
Read More »NDC declares John Dumelo as Ayawaso West Wuogon parliamentary candidate
The Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has released a statement to the press to “officially announce” Mr. John Dumelo as the party’s parliamentary candidate for the district in the general elections of 2024. This comes after the party described that event as a “significant development …
Read More »“BoG Governor does not directly report to Parliament” – Majority Leader schools Minority
According to Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, the leader of the Majority in Parliament, either the Minority Caucus in Parliament is exaggerating the problems with the Bank of Ghana (BoG) or it lacks the time to investigate the details of the Central Bank. The Minority in Parliament charged that the Bank’s printing of …
Read More »648 Kumasi Technical University students face deferment over non-payment of fees
The second semester exams for around 600 Kumasi Technical University students could not be written. Due to missing the registration deadline, almost 600 Kumasi Technical University students were unable to take their second semester exam. Although the university has given them a delay opportunity, these students are currently stranded and …
Read More »Alan touts his vision, experience and contribution to NPP and Ghana
Hon. John Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, the front-runner in the race for the NPP flagbearership, has reaffirmed his candidacy for the position with assertions that he has more experience, more vision, and has contributed more to the party since 1992 than any of the other nine candidates. He said that he …
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