Articles from the ‘Local’ category
Posted by Contributor on May 12, 2009 at 3:43 pm in Local, Politics
Some supporters of the National Democratic Congress of the wards in Gomoa East (NDC) and the Assembly Members of Gomoa has called on the President, Professor John Atta Mills to nominate Mr Jonamoah Moses Jehu-Appiah, as the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Gomoa East. According to them Mr Jehu-Appiah had been a true [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 8:15 am in Local, Politics
Mr Alban Bagbin, Majority Leader of Parliament has announced that plans are far advanced to broadcast parliamentary proceedings live both on radio and television nation-wide. The move, he said is part of plans to enhance the workings of the Ghanaian Parliament which is now in the process of evolving from just a law-making body to [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 8:14 am in Local, Politics
A suggestion has been made for District Assemblies to have appointment committees just like Parliament for the vetting of Ministers, to vet District Chief Executives (DCEs), who would be nominated in future. Mr. Cletus Avoka, Minister of Interior, made the proposal when he addressed the Bawku West District Assembly at Zebilla at the Weekend, [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 8:10 am in Local, Politics
Mr. Mahama Ayariga, Presidential Press Secretary, has defended the size of delegation that accompanied President John Evans Atta Mills to Britain last week, insisting that, “there has been a conscious cut and reduction in numbers†compared to similar trips embarked upon by officials of the previous regime. Addressing a news conference at the Castle, Osu, [...]
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Posted by Contributor on May 11, 2009 at 2:36 pm in Local, Politics
Mr Joseph Kwadjo Ofori, Member of Parliament for Akan Constituency, has said successes achieved during the first 100 days of the National Democratic Congress-led government attested to a promising future. He said the passage of some important bills in Parliament including the approval of 75 Ministers and their deputies in record time gave [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 2:33 pm in Local, Politics
The Forum for Positive Agenda (FROPAG) on Monday appealed to the public especially members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to desist from verbally attacking the personality of Togbe Afede XIV, Agbogbomefia of Asogli. The group said a statement made by Togbe Afede during President John Evans Atta Mills’ visit to the Volta Region [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 11:44 am in Local, Politics
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has extended the gratitude of the entire rank and file of the party to mothers across the country for their support, commitment and contribution to society at large and the health of the nation. “We as a party recognise the role of the mother in an African setting [...]
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Posted by Contributor on May 10, 2009 at 7:45 pm in Feature Articles, Local, Politics
Sheikh Saeed Abubakari Zakaria, head of the Ambariya Muslim Community in Tamale, has advised Alhaji Abdulai Haruna Friday, Tamale Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE), to work hard to change the sinking image of the area. He said “You have the glorious opportunity to unite the people in the metropolis irrespective of their political and religious backgrounds, [...]
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