EDUCATION

No gov’t done as much for TVET as NPP – Bawumia

June 7, 2022

The commitment of the Akufo-Addo administration to the revamping and expansion of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is unmatched, Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has declared. This commitment has been manifested in various forms, from the enactment of appropriate legislation, through the massive investments in the rehabilitation, refurbishment and Continue Reading

POLITICS

NPP polls: CARE-Ghana petitions OSP to probe vote-buying claims

June 7, 2022

Care for Free and Fair Elections Ghana (CARE-Ghana), a non-aligned and non-partisan civil society organisation, has petitioned the Office of the Special Prosecutor to probe alleged bribery allegations in the just-ended Greater Accra and Ashanti regional executive elections of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP). The petition is based on the confession of one candidate Continue Reading

POLITICS

NPP polls ‘competitive tendering process’ to select highest bidders – Odike

June 7, 2022

The founder of the United Progressive Party (UPP), Mr Akwasi Addai, otherwise known as Odike, has said corruption has festered in the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) under the leadership of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. In his view, under Mr Akufo-Addo, the NPP’s primaries have become a competitive tendering process through which the highest […]Continue Reading

EDUCATION

TTU Council Chair outdoors vision, commits his allowances to scholarship scheme

June 7, 2022

Council Chairman of the Takoradi Technical University, Dr Samuel Amo Tobbin, as part of his three-year vision to transform TTU into a world-class technology centre, has launched his vision and a scholarship scheme to drive home the vision. While challenging other council chairpersons of state institutions to outdoor their vision, he said it is to […]Continue Reading

Business

GA/R: Onion sellers in open defecation at Adjen Kotoku

June 7, 2022

Scores of onion sellers relocated from the Agbogbogloshie area in the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) to Adjen Kotoku in the Ga West municipality of the Greater Accra Region are seething with anger over the lack of toilet facilities in the area. According to onion sellers, the lack of toilet facilities has pushed many of them to […]Continue Reading

Business

Republic Bank wins two international awards

June 7, 2022

Republic Bank has received two prestigious international awards at the just ended International Banker Awards 2022. The Bank was honoured as the Best Innovation in Retail Banking Ghana and Best Private Bank in Ghana. The awards which were published on May 30, 2022 are in recognition of the outstanding performances and exceptional commitment Republic Bank […]Continue Reading

NEWS

National Cathedral could’ve been sited at AICC to save money – Ablakwa

June 7, 2022

The Member of Parliamet for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, believes money could have been saved on the National Cathedral if it had just replaced the Accra International Conference Centre. Amid plans to rebuild the conference centre, which is in the same enclave as the National Cathedral, Mr. Ablakwa felt this oversight was yet another […]Continue Reading

NEWS

National Cathedral: GH¢32m payment to Adjaye legal – John Kumah

June 7, 2022

A Deputy Finance Minister, John Kumah, believes the government has not erred in not detailing the GH¢32 million to Sir David Adjaye and Associates for consultancy on the National Cathedral in the budget. Speaking on The Point of View on Citi TV, Mr. Kumah said the government had given enough clarity on state funding of the cathedral. “Even […]Continue Reading

HEALTH

Intensify COVID-19 vaccination again – GMA urges amidst surge in cases

June 7, 2022

he Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has urged government to re-ignite and intensify education on vaccination against COVID-19. His comment follows a revelation by the Ghana Health Service indicating that COVID-19 cases are on the rise again. There are over 300 active cases currently being handled by health authorities. General Secretary of the Ghana Medical Association, Continue Reading

HEALTH

Akandoh defends second push for parliamentary probe into COVID-19 expenditure

June 7, 2022

Minority Spokesperson on Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has defended his side’s insistence on a parliamentary probe of COVID-19 expenditure. Speaking after Chairman of the Finance Committee of Parliament, Kwaku Kwarteng said such calls were an attempt to impugn the government, Mr. Akandoh retorted that “if you have nothing to hide; you have absolutely nothing to […]Continue Reading