Articles from the ‘Local’ category
Posted by Daily Graphic on June 10, 2009 at 1:34 pm in Local, Politics
The Executive Director of Media in Partnership For Development (MIPD), has advocated a non-partisan formulation of a vision for national development. Mr Ben Imoro said a national vision document which was non-partisan would be the yardstick to measure the manifestos of the various political parties. Interacting with the media in Accra, Mr Imoro said a [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 12:56 pm in Local, Politics
Political Pressure Group, Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG) has issued a two week ultimatum to government to drastically reduce the prices of fuel and increase workers’ salaries or it will avail itself “to all constitutional remedies including nationwide mass protestâ€. In a Press Statement issued by the group on Tuesday June 9, in Accra, AFAG [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 10:53 am in Local, Politics
The Bongo District Assembly has commended the Bongo District Civic Union (BODCU) for the implementation of Civic Rights and Responsibility Education Project in the area. The Presiding Member and the District Planning Officer of the Assembly respectively Mr Emmanuel Nsoh Atindana and Mr Mumuni Damma said the presence of BODCU had increased people’s awareness about [...]
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Posted by GNA on at 10:53 am in Local, Politics
Ibis West Africa, a Danish non-governmental organization (NGO) working to promote good governance, is supporting all the nine districts assemblies in the Upper East Region to implement the local government system. Speaking to the GNA the Programme Facilitator of Ibis West Africa in-charge of Upper East Region, Mr. Alexis Adugdaa Ayamdor, said the project was [...]
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Posted by GNA on June 9, 2009 at 10:05 am in Local, Other Top Stories, Politics
President John Evans Atta on Monday used the platform for the orientation of newly appointed District chief Executives (DCEs) to warn that he would not hesitate to fire any of them who misconduct him or her self in office. This was the first time the president officially met them after their appointments and confirmation. The [...]
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Posted by GNA on at 9:56 am in Local, Politics
President John Evans Atta Mills, has warned newly appointed Metropolitan, Municipal ad District Chief Executives (MMDCEs), that they had no monopoly over their positions and he would not hesitate to remove them from office if they abused it. He said their appointments were neither a reward nor a compensation from the National Democratic Congress (NDC), [...]
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Posted by Contributor on June 8, 2009 at 3:33 pm in Local, Politics
The Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) has recomposed its sub-committees with a call on assembly members not to take decisions based on their political affiliations. The committees have not been functioning for the whole of this year as they were dissolved after the 2008 general elections. The sub-committees which are made up of either seven [...]
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Posted by Stephen Darko on at 11:44 am in Local, Other Top Stories, Politics
The embattled Youth and Sports Minister, Alhiaji Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak has told Joy Fm that he applied to take a leave to allow smooth investigations into the allegations made against him by his principal accountant, Mr. Adim Odoom contrary to media reports that he was compelled by President Mills to proceed on leave. According to [...]
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