Новости за 17.05.2019

Information reaching Modernghana.com indicated that, the National Security made up of the Military, the Police and operatives of Bureaus of National Investigation (BNI ) have taken steps to counter and contained any form of terror attack. Sources closed to the Security desk of the country pointed that, heads of the various security services that formed the National Security had a crunch meeting with religious bodies yesterday, which includes the Muslems Council, the Ghana Catholic Bishop ...

Management of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has condemned the attacks being meted out on firefighters in the country. A statement signed and issued by the Head of Public Relations at GNFS, Ellis Robinson Okoe on Friday, described the treatment as unfair adding that it prevents personnel from conducting their legal mandate as Fire Officers. This was after some members of the GNFS were attacked in Asamankese a town in the Eastern Region, and Dawhenya in the Greater Accra Regio ...

Five persons including a former Deputy General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho, have picked nomination forms to contest for the vacant post of the Volta Regional Chairmanship. This is to replac Mr John Kwadzo Gyapong, who has been moved to Oti region where he lives and has a vote. The Volta Regional Chairmanship became vacant following the creation of the new six Regions by government early this year. A statement issued by Volta Regio ...

Players in the downstream petroleum sector would find total relief in the yet to be introduced Credit Practice in Trade (CREPT) and Oil FX market in the fourth quarter of this year, the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors (CBOD) has said. He noted that the CREPT and OFM which are waiting for regulatory clearance will cure the financial headache of players in the downstream petroleum sector when approved. According to him, the CREPT, aimed at c ...

The leadership of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association (CLOGSAG) has expressed their displeasure over the preponderance by the NPP government to replace its members with political appointees. The leadership explained that it rsquo;s obvious the government is working so hard to dismiss and usurp the powers of civil servants, which they won rsquo;t agree. The Association has directed civil servants at the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MMDAs) in the Greater Ac ...

Residents of Samreboi and its environs in the western region are calling on the government to fix their poor roads which has greatly affected the education of their children. During a visit to the area, the residents diclosed to Modernghana that good roads has eluded them for years even though the area is been considered as the country rsquo;s largest cocoa production hub. They bemoaned that their road networks are poor to the extent that their children no longer have a ...

President Akufo-Addo has called on the Chiefs and people of Chereponi to bring an end to the protracted conflict in the area. Addressing a durbar of the Chiefs and people of Chereponi as part of his 2 day tour in the newly created North East Region, President Akufo-Addo said his government which is trying to build peace has no space for conflicts and violence and further called on the people to the peace prevail. The seizure of lands by Konkombas and Anufors, we should try an ...

The Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration(GIMPA) branch of the Graduate Students 39; Association of Ghana (GRASAG) has inducted into office eight new executives to steer the affairs of the newly inaugurated association for the 2019/2020 academic session. The officers include Mr Raphael Apetorgbor; President, Mr Adam Mohammed Iddrissu; Vice President, Mr Christopher Flomo; General Secretary, Mrs Fuseina Issah; Women 39;s Commissioner took oaths of allegiance from GRA ...

The Registrar of Ghana rsquo;s Scholarship secretariat, Mr Kingsley Agyemang has donated assorted food items including bags of rice, sugar, cooking oil and cartons of Milo to Muslim brothers and sisters in five communities in the Abuakwa South Constituency in the Eastern Region. The beneficiary Communities include; Kyebi, Asiakwa, Maase, Asafo and Apedwa. Speaking to the people, Mr Agyemang urged them to use the period of fasting and prayers to help bring peace, unity and prog ...

A pro-NPP group, Let My Vote Count Alliance (LMVCA) together with some members of the party have commiserated with the family of the late Justice Adzakuma, the activist who suffered police brutality in the famous LMVCA demonstration in 2016. The delegation was led by Henry Nana Boakye popularly known as Nana B, the NPP National Youth Organiser. Nana B was joined by Mr. David Asante, Dr. Agnes Adu among other members of LMVCA. Speaking to the media, Nana B noted that Justi ...

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Communications Officer, Sammy Gyamfi has rubbished the latest report by the Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU) that President Akufo-Addo and his NPP is likely to win the 2020 general elections. The EIU said in a report released on 13 May 2019 that Nana Akufo-Addo will beat NDC rsquo;s candidate Mr John Mahama at the next general polls. ldquo;The Economist Intelligence Unit believes that it will be difficult for the NDC under Mr ...

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Evalue-Ajomoro Gwira Constituency in the Western Region, Hon. Catherine Afeku has commended President Akufo-Addo for showing commitment towards the establishment of a fishing harbour at Axim to improve the fishing industry. The project, which is one of the ten major Coastal Fishing Ports/Landing Sites to be constructed in the country, was contracted between Ghana Ports and Habours Authority and China Habours as well as Engineering Company Limited. Ho ...

Okogyeaman Duodu Ampem II, the Omanhene of Nsawkaw Traditional Council in the Tain District of Bono region have made a passionate appeal government to provide the necessary infrastructure to Nsawkaw State Senior High school to enhance teaching and learning in the school. According to the chief, students are now using Teachers bungalows as dormitories a situation which has forced the Teachers to rent rooms in town which is a hindrance to effective monitoring and supervision in the ...

The security agencies engage the leadership of the Christian community to discuss ways to enhance security at the various churches in the wake of the terrorist threat alert on the country. Ahead of the meeting, some churches have begun the process to improve security on their church premises, as well as arm their members with personal security tips. In an interview with the Daily Graphic, the General Secretary of the Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC), Rev Emmanu ...

President Akufo-Addo has vowed to keep a keen eye on the newly created Regional Coordinating Councils (RCCs) to ensure that the desired development which formed the basis for the creation of the 6 new regions is realized. The president who was addressing a durbar of chiefs and people of the Oti region in Dambai as part of his two-day working visit to the region, indicated that the creation of the new regions will mean nothing if the men and women who are managing the new regions d ...

ldquo;Our key strategy to achieve financial access to healthcare is our NHIS. As a result of the efficiency gains, the Authority is in the position to increase service tariffs by 20 percent this year. The new tariffs came into effect on 1st April 2019. Providers were complaining about what they pay them for seeing our registered patients. By the close of June 2019, sub-district facilities and below would be able to enhance our achievement of Universal Health Care. rdquo; The Health Mini ...

A group calling itself East and North Ayawaso Youth for Development has vowed to resist any attempt by government to transform Nima and Maamobi into supposed modern urban communities. The youth said they will not back down on their plan until government properly engages stakeholders in the communities on the project. According to the group, key stakeholders, including their Members of Parliament and Imams have not been informed or engaged in meetings concerning the project tha ...

The Operation Vanguard together with the police, have arrested 39 suspected illegal miners in the Atiwa West District of the Eastern Region. The suspected illegal miners, including 33 Ghanaians, are currently in the custody of the Anyinam, Osino and Kwaabeng District Police. Six other suspects believed to be nationals of Niger are also in the custody of the Inter-Ministerial Committee against Illegal Mining (IMCIM). During a swoop, the team managed to seize three Minelab G ...

A group calling itself Concerned Mother Association of Ghana (CoMaG) is the latest to ask Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), COP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, to show remorse by apologising for claiming she knows the location of the three girls kidnapped in the Western Region. The group wants the CID boss to retract and apologize for the supposed deception. ldquo;Our attention has been drawn to a statement made by the CID boss, Maame Tiwaa that ...