Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh, the Minister of Education, has announced that Cabinet has approved proposals for a review of academic user fees of students. He said this was done last month and have been forwarded to Parliament for ratification. Dr Prempeh said this in a speech read on his behalf at the 11th Congregation of the University of Mines and …
The Member of Parliament for Tarkwa Nsuaem, Goerge Mireku Duker, has assured residents that measures are underway to fix the deplorable Tarkwa to Takoradi road. According to him, the Finance Ministry and other stakeholders have been meeting to set out modalities for the use of mining revenue from companies to develop road infrastructure there. The people of Tarkwa-Nsuem in April …
The Tarkwa Association of North America (TANA) has donated a TV set and DVD player to the Tarkwa Special School. TANA’s representative, Samuel Dadzie of Aktion Store, and Mr. Fynn, a member of the association made the presentation on behalf of TANA. Anna Mensah-Nti, President of TANA, said the association, which is just a year old is committed to helping …
Four pregnant girls are taking part in this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the Tarkwa-Nsueam Municipality of the Western Region as against thirteen in 2018. Seventeen candidates, made up of ten girls and seven boys did not show up for the examination. On the issue of absenteeism, 16 out of the total figure recorded were dropouts while one …
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Tarkwa-Nsuaem in the Western Region has donated 3,250 mathematical sets to Basic Education Certificate Examination candidates in the Municipality. The donation forms part of his well-wishes to the candidates to motivate them ahead of their final exams. The donation also comes just a fortnight he donated 250 furniture set to the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Education Directorate. …
A Tarkwa circuit court has sentenced two teenagers to a total of 14 years imprisonment in hard labour for defiling and impregnating a 15 year old school pupil. They are Daniel Adarkwa, an employee of the Forestry Services Department and Gideon Amissah Arthur, a rickshaw rider all in Asankragwa. The convicts who are both 18 years-old pleaded guilty to the …
The Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal Assembly has contracted Greenfield Ghana Limited, a revenue mobilisation company to help them generate revenue for the assembly. The company would use paperless means to collect revenue for the assembly. Mr Gilbert Kennedy Asmah, Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), for Tarkwa-Nsuaem, announced this at the first ordinary meeting of the assembly in Tarkwa and hoped the intervention would …
The Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal Chief Executive, Hon Gilbert Ken Asmah has called on people in leadership positions to be transparent in the discharge of their duties in order to sustain the confidence and credibility reposed in them by the people they serve. He explained that anything action clouded in secrecy especially issues bothering labour casts doubt on the integrity of the …
