The office of the Vice President of Ghana has described the decision of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) to go on a demonstration if government fails to introduce the fuel subsidies as premature. According to an aide to the Vice President, John Jinapor, so far as negotiations are ongoing, the TUC’s five-day ultimatum given to [...]
Read the rest of this story »Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) on Monday commended government for showing commitment in the passage of the Right to Information bill. “MFWA is happy that after a long delay in the passage of the Right to Information (RTI) Bill, there appears to be hope on the horizon as the Bill is being considered by [...]
Read the rest of this story »Professor Kingsley Larbi, Chief Executive Officer, Regent University College of Science and Technology, expressed surprise at how a continent which could boost of enormous human and material resources still wallowed in poverty. Speaking at the second graduation ceremony of the Ghana Telecom University College (GTUC) on the need for transformational leaders, he noted: “Africa is [...]
Read the rest of this story »The Central Region representative in the National Association of Local Authorities of Ghana (NALAG), Mr. Kwesi Esseku, has appealed to Metropolitan, Municipal and District assemblies (MMDAS) to empower their sub-structures to enable them to function more effectively. Mr. Esseku, who is also the Presiding Member of the Awutu-Senya District Assembly, expressed concern about the slow [...]
Read the rest of this story »The exhibition of the Voters Register ended Saturday with many exhibition centres across the country recording average patronage. The weeklong exhibition of the Voter’s Register commenced throughout the country on Sunday October 5 2008 with voters generally showing apathy towards the exercise. The seven-day event, which formed part of the Electoral Commission’s (EC) efforts to [...]
Read the rest of this story »Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama, leaves Ghana for Quebec, Canada, on Saturday, to attend the 12th Summit of the Organisation Internationale La Francophonie. A source at the Osu Castle, told the Ghana News Agency that Alhaji Mahama leads a six-member delegation to the two-day summit, which include Mr Akwasi Osei Adjei, Minister of Foreign Affairs, [...]
Read the rest of this story »Reverenced Emmanuel Brenya Amoah, Vice Chairman of the Accra Baptist Association on Saturday advised politicians to shun deceit, threats, casting of insinuations and verbal attacks on innocent persons during their political campaigns. He said the society was moved by what politicians said and so they must go about their campaigns with decorum as such negative [...]
Read the rest of this story »Superintendent Charles Botwe, Sunyani District Police Commander, on Friday said the police would not countenance political activities that had the potential to cause mayhem in the municipality before, during and after the December polls. He said; “politics of acrimony, rancour and intimidation,†was a thing of the past and that the country’s democratic dispensation had [...]
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