Two legal practitioners have backed a move by Bawku Central Legislator, Mahama Ayariga, to seek clarity on the extent of some the privileges granted Parliamentarians. Inusah Fuseini, also a Legislator and Martin Kpebu, a private legal practitioner, have said an ongoing tension between the Judiciary and the Legislator on whether a sitting Parliamentarian can be made to stand trial in …
In September 2017, when the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s government began the Free Senior High School (SHS) programm with only first-year students, some political analysts questioned the essence of ‘Free SHS’ as it only benefitted first-year students and not all SHS students. Prior to the 2016 election, when then-candidate Nana Akufo-Addo promised the Free SHS policy, it was believed …
Nestle, a Nutrition Health and Wellness Company, through its Research and Development Centre hopes to come up with packages that are 100 per cent recyclable as part of solution plastic menace. This move is a long-term goal of the company, but currently, it has succeeded in eliminating single-use plastics at its offices by prohibiting the use of plastic cutlery, straws, …
Dr Hafiz Bin-Salih, the Upper West Regional Minister, has said government supplied 1.5 million bags of fertilizer to farmers in the Region for the 2019 farming season to boost production and guarantee food security. The fertilizer forms part of government’s commitment to its pro-poor policy, Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ). The Minister said this when the General Manager of …
Mrs. Gertrude Quashigah, the Acting National Coordinator of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP), has said that plans are far advanced to provide cocoa drink to all the beneficiary pupils under the GSFP programme. She said, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo would launch the introduction of cocoa drink in August this year. According to her, the cocoa drink will be …
The private hostel hostel where the two kidnapped Canadian women were lodging prior to their abduction has been closed down for operating illegally. Officials of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) in the Ashanti Region, assisted by police, yesterday locked up the hostel, which has not registered to provide accommodation in accordance with the law. The Ashanti Regional Manager of the …
The Black Stars resumed training in Dubai on Wednesday morning after the final squad for the 2019 AFCON was revealed on Monday. The team is expected to intensify preparations and focus on building strong chemistry among the 23 that have been picked for the final tournament in Egypt. The team will train again in the evening on Wednesday to complete …
MTN Ghana in partnership with the National Youth Authority (NYA) is to train over 40 young people as part of this year’s MTN 21 days Y’ello Care in the Eastern Region. The two weeks training programme which has commenced, will see beneficiaries receive training in beads making, cosmetology, which includes makeup, manicure and pedicure and online digital marketing in web …
A unique mapping approach that will give smallholder farmers a ‘best fit’ for what to grow, where and how, has been awarded the 2019 Olam Prize for Innovation in Food Security thanks to its potential to improve productivity in food insecure areas and countries. The approach, called Innovation Mapping for Food Security (IM4FS), is being developed by a team coordinated …
Officials of Ghana Tourism Authority(GTA) backed by armed police officers have stormed and closed down a hotel in Kumasi where the two kidnapped Canadian volunteers lodged before their abduction. According to the GTA officials, the hotel which has no name situated at Ahodwo near the Golf Park operated without a license and lacked standard security system including CCTV cameras a …
