Новости за 08.06.2019

Government commitment to decentralisation continues to be a major priority of the Akufo-Addo led government, according to the Eastern Regional Minister during a presentation. Presenting 1,238 motorbikes to Assembly members at the Regional Coordinating Council, the Minister, Eric Kwakye Darfour insisted that government is determined to ensure all citizens partake in the development processes of the country hence the need to strengthen the local governance system. He added, contributi ...

Cocoa farmers have called on government to increase producer prices of cocoa by October 2019 arguing that the producer price of cocoa was inadequate and had worsened their economic welfare. This was contained in a research report: lsquo;Assessing Farm Gate Pricing and Income of Cocoa Farmers, rsquo; launched in Accra yesterday and is aimed at identifying key players in the cocoa industry who are involved in the determination and setting of cocoa producer prices. Findings in t ...

A Ghanaian has been sentenced to 40 months in prison for not cooperating with the US authorities in his deportation from the country. The Ghanaian, Patrick Owusu, aged 42, was sentenced by a District Court in the Middle District of Pennsylvania. He was said to be ldquo;hindering his removal from the United States. rdquo; According to United States Department of Justice, in 2012, an Immigration Judge ordered Owusu to return to Ghana after he was ldquo;convicted of several ...

The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa requested that the Interior Minister be summoned to answer questions on the recent kidnappings of the two Canadian women, the Takoradi girls and an Estonian Diplomat. The Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Mike Aaron Ocquaye has subsequently directed the leadership of the house to consider inviting Ambrose Dery to brief members on the state of insecurity in the country. Speaking to the press, Mr. Ablakwa said it has b ...

An estimated 5.6 billion dollars is needed to permanently deal with the perennial flooding in Accra and other parts of the country, The Works and Housing Minister, Samuel Atta Akyea said this in Parliament while responding to questions on the government 39;s plan to deal with the perennial flooding problem in the country. He says to achieve this, the cabinet is set to consider a financial engineering mechanism. ldquo;A permanent fix to the rainfall in due flooding by reason of Ghan ...

The Akufo-Addo government on Friday commissioned an ultra-modern polyclinic for the Oduman community of the Ga West Municipal Assembly to offer comprehensive and better healthcare services for members. The 30-bed capacity facility has an operating theatre, laboratory, maternity department, Out Patient Department, Ear, Nose and Throat Department, Ultra Sound Facilities, Obstetric and Pediatric wards, corpse storage room, and accommodation facility for the Heads of the Medical team. ...

Information reaching DAILY GUIDE indicates that Gladys Tsotsoo Mann-Dedey, Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for La Dade Kotopon, has died. Sources close to the family, which confirmed the news, said the MCE died on Thursday after a short illness. Ms Mann-Dedey, who died on her birthday, was appointed by President Akufo-Addo in 2017 as the MCE to head the district. She worked tirelessly to stop corruption among revenue collectors in her jurisdiction, discouraged the p ...

According to a Member of the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs committee in Parliament, Rockson Dafeamekpor, when MP for Mfantseman, Ekow Hayford, suggested a bi-partisan committee to investigate excesses of some churches, he was merely re-echoing the views of the majority of Ghanaians. In the view of Dafeamekpor, it was the interest generated by the subject, which informed the speaker rsquo;s decision to refer the matter to House rsquo;s constitutional committee. He wa ...