On July 24, 2022, former President John Evans Atta-Mills’ birthday was honored by John Mahama. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) stalwarts and supporters joined the late president’s family to pay tribute to Mills at the Asomdwee Park with Mahama. At the remembrance occasion, Mahama stated that it would be impossible …
Read More »NABCo programme to end on September 1 – Ken-Ofori Atta
On September 1, 2022, the National Builder’s Corps (NaBCo) program, the government’s flagship initiative, will terminate. During his presentation of the 2022 Mid-Year Budget Review speech on Monday, July 25, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta confirmed this. According to him, NABCO’s four-year operation, which saw it help 100,000 recent graduates, would …
Read More »Free SHS and TVET are not being reviewed-Ken Ofori Atta
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has stressed that the government has no plans to revisit the Free Senior High School program in response to rumors that it may. On July 25, 2022, Mr. Ofori-Atta underlined the government’s interest in human capital development when delivering the Mid-Year Review of the Budget Statement …
Read More »All extra-curricular activities, including NSMQ, are suspended by CHASS
All co-curricular activities that senior high schools engage in outside of their campuses are to be temporarily suspended, according to a directive from the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS). Due to insufficient funding, the decision was made at the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting for the third …
Read More »Roads Minister hauled to Parliament over Wassa Amenfi East Bridge construction
On Friday, July 22, Hon. Nicholas Amankwah, the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Western Region’s Wassa Amenfi East Constituency, called the Minister of Roads and Highways to account for the lack of bridge development projects in his district. He claims that the circumstances for traveling across rivers have gotten …
Read More »John Boadu promises to support Ntim-Kodua administration to break the 8
John Boadu, the former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has vowed to assist the recently chosen national executives in order to make sure the party “breaks the 8.” In a statement released over the weekend in Accra, “General,” as he is called in the elephant party, claimed …
Read More »VP Bawumia cuts sod for first Inland Marine Port in Northern Ghana as part of the Trans-Volta Logistics Corridor
Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, vice president, has officially broke the ground for the development of Ghana’s first inland marine port and an associated industrial park at Debre in the Savannah Region. LMI Holdings is developing the Trans-Volta Logistics Corridor, a multimodal transportation route that will use the Volta Lake to convey …
Read More »Free SHS not under review – Education Ministry
The Ministry of Education has denied reports that the Free Senior High School initiative, the Akufo-Addo administration’s signature program, is being reviewed. In an interview with Joy News, the Director General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Prof. Kwabena Opoku Amankwah, stated that a review is happening to determine which …
Read More »Wassa Amenfi East MP commissions new Police Station to beef up security
To tackle crime, the newly constructed police station in the Wassa Afransie community has received considerable donations from Hon. Nicholas Amankwah, the Member of Parliament for the Western Region’s Wassa Amenfi East Constituency. On Thursday, July 21, 2022, the presentation was made during a brief ceremony to commission a new …
Read More »Ghanaians are losing confidence in our Judiciary-NDC
The Supreme Court’s errors in the 2020 Presidential Election Petition and other issues, the Chief Justice’s behaviour, and the current practice of not providing justification for decisions and judgements have all been points of contention for the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). According to the NDC, if the judiciary, …
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