On Saturday, October 29, 2022, in Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria, the Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei-Mensah, will receive the Most Effective Regional Minister Award-Africa category. On the same evening, Mr. Osei-Mensah will be inducted, along with other well-known figures from the continent, into the Ghana-Nigeria Achievers Award Hall of Fame. The …
Read More »UTAG, SSA-UoG, GAUA and TEWU continue strike
Four employee unions in Ghana’s public universities have stated that they will not end the current sit-down strike they started on Monday, October 17, 2022, to demand better working conditions. The unions made this disclosure in a statement that was released on October 25, 2022, and was co-signed by the …
Read More »Automobile Dealers Union vows to stage demo against Ken Ofori-Atta
The Ghanaian Automobile Dealers Union has made suggestions about organizing protests against the administration. Dealers are clamoring for the Finance Minister’s resignation after blaming him for the weakening cedi. They assert that they will take their demand to the streets if the President doesn’t fire his Finance Minister. The President …
Read More »Ghana is number 1 in access to financial inclusion in Africa
Ghana has been acknowledged as the only nation in Africa to attain complete financial inclusion. This year’s State of Inclusive Instant Payment in Africa Report, which was produced by AfricaNenda and released during the ongoing Mobile World Congress Africa 2022 in Kigali, Rwanda, detailed the honor. This achievement was made …
Read More »The world economic order has changed and requires bold decisions – VP Bawumia
According to Vice President Bawumia, the global economic system has undergone significant upheaval in recent years. As a result, Africa, particularly Ghana, must make courageous, challenging, and resolute decisions in order to weather the global economic storm. On Wednesday, October 26, 2022, Dr. Bawumia said, “The combined effects of Covid, …
Read More »We need to restore fiscal discipline, debt sustainability and we should be bold, deliberate about that – Bawumia
Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the vice president, has hinted that the government plans to make “bold, difficult but firm decisions” in the coming days to ensure debt sustainability and budgetary restraint. On Wednesday, October 26, 2022, Dr. Bawumia said in Accra that countries like Ghana could no longer operate in a …
Read More »Absenteeism in Parliament: Speaker delivers ruling on Adwoa Safo and two other MPs
The expulsion of Dome Kwabenya Member of Parliament Sarah Adowa Safo will be discussed in Parliament, according to Speaker of the House Alban Bagbin. On Wednesday, October 26, Speaker Bagbin announced his decision in Parliament. He stated, “The house is well within its jurisdiction to hear and examine the findings …
Read More »If you can’t fire Ofori-Atta and Adu Boahen, reassign them – AFAG to Nana Addo
President Akufo-Addo has been urged by the Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG) to reassign Finance Ministers Ken Ofori-Atta and Charles Adu Boahen if he is unable to dismiss them. The Alliance claims that the two ministers have failed to stop the Cedi’s ongoing depreciation. In a press released on Monday, …
Read More »We have not left Ashanti Region out in development – NPP
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has stated that they have made immense contribution to the development of Ashanti Region on health, Education and infrastructure not like what the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is saying. Under health, the government has been able to construct 32 hospitals of which 16 of them …
Read More »We have constructed more roads in Ashanti than any other government – NPP
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has disclosed that they have done many projects under the Nana Addo led administration in the Ashanti Region on roads. The NPP says they have completed more roads projects than the National Democratic Congress (NDC). This was said during a press conference held in Kumasi …
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