Новости за 21.09.2019

Member of Parliament (MP) for Ningo Prampram Hon. Sam George says his slapper and his perpetrators who are made to walk free will pay the prize for their action. In an interview monitored by modernghana, the MP feels saddened by the conduct of the President in refusing to execute the recommendations of the Emile Short Commission of prosecuting his attacker. He said the principle of law is been infringed upon by the president. ldquo;The wheel of justice may grind slowly ...

The West Gonja Catholic Hospital in Damongo, the Savannah Regional is likely to be closed down today following an industrial strike by staff nurses. This was after scores of patients were stranded at the hospital in the course of a sit-down strike embarked by nurses yesterday Friday 20th September 2019. The industrial strike was to cause the administrator and the matron of the hospital to step down immediately before the committee of enquiry into the West Gonja Impasse commenc ...

As the Ministry for Sanitation and Water Resources joins the rest of the world to mark lsquo;World Clean-Up Day rsquo; today, the sector has called on all Ghanaians to show their commitment towards the vision of President Nana Addo to making Accra the cleanest city in Africa. The day has been set aside by the global community for social action to be observed by the international community to address the threat of global solid waste management problems across the world. While ...

The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Cynthia Mamle Morrison has kick-started a new campaign to promote the consumption of lsquo;gari rsquo; and lsquo;konkonte rsquo;, local foods made from processed cassava. The Minister rsquo;s campaign started at Asiakwa in the Abuakwa South Municipality of the Eastern Region where she joined caterers of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) in a cooking demonstration using lsquo;gari rsquo; to prepare nutritious lsqu ...

Deputy Minister for Information Hon. Pius Enam Hadzide says government rsquo;s decision to reject recommendations of assault meted out to Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram Hon. Sam George was based on equity. According to him, per the commission rsquo;s report, describing the behaviour of the MP ldquo;inappropriate rdquo; forms basis for the rejection of its report. He stated that government is unable to accept the recommendation in view that Sam George earlier assaulte ...

The National Peace Council (NPC) has called on Ghanaians to buckle up in protecting the country rsquo;s peace in the face of increasing threats to undermine it. It said a conflict-mapping exercise carried out by the National Peace Council in collaboration with the University of Cape Coast, showed that every region in the country had a lingering conflict. ldquo;The need for peace in this country has never been more apparent than this present time when our elections are more fiercely ...

The author of the book Envision Ghana from Third World to the Best, Mr William Kofi Dowokpor, has made a call on the national leadership, particularly the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to call for a national transformational development conference with all stakeholders to validate the 40-year national development framework drawn by the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC). That meeting, he said, should also find space for the Ghana Beyond Aid agenda and together wit ...

The National Ambulance Service (NAS) has taken delivery of 45 new ambulances out of the 275 expected to be procured by the government. A second batch of 90 have also been dispatched to Ghana from Turkey where they are being manufactured. The Chief Executive Officer of the NAS, Professor Ahmed Nuhu Zakariah, made this known in Accra during a special training workshop organised for key operatives of the service. The NAS, in partnership with the Kansas University Medical Centre from ...

President Akufo-Addo says the government rsquo;s decision to deport Chinese national, Aisha Huang for engaging in illegal mining was a mistake. ldquo;I think the decision to deport Aisha Huang in hindsight was a mistake and that is why that process and procedure is being stopped, rdquo; he said at a forum at Princeton University in the United States during his visit to the United States of America. Aisha Huang gained some notoriety after her arrest and was tagged as the Galam ...

General secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has described the just ended voter exhibition exercise as 8220;Shambolic 8221;. The last day of the exhibition was generally met with a low turnout across the various polling centres, much like the previous days of the exercise. After being scheduled to end on September 17, the deadline was extended to September 20. The extension of the voters register exhibition by the Electoral Commission (EC) was not enough to improve the ...

President Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo has asked African countries to set their own priorities in the fight to educate their citizens. Speaking to students and staff at the Princeton University in the United States at the start of his one week visit to the United States and Canada, President Akufo-Addo issued a strong message to African leaders. The provision of education for our young people should not become an ideological issue. We should never have to make a choice between bas ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama has debunked assertions that a statement from his former Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah on recent pronouncements by Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II was to undermine the authority of the Ashanti King. According to Mahama, the statement was to clarify issues and not to 8220;disparage Otumfuo 8217;s efforts at promoting national peace and unity. 8221; 8220;Clearly, Mr. Julius Debrah 8217;s statement was intended to simply clarify that I never ...

Vice-President of the Republic, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has cut sod for the construction of a 600 bed capacity girls 39; dormitory and an attached housemistress 39; bungalow for Tamale Senior High School (Tamasco) in the Northern Region. This is the largest single investment in infrastructure since the school was established. The project is financed by MTN Ghana as part of its corporate social responsibility. According to the Vice President, in tandem with the vision of the governmen ...

GHOne News rsquo; award-winning journalist, Alice Aryeetey, has been nominated to receive the award for Best Media Advocate for Disability for the year. Her station GHOne TV has been shortlisted for the Best Disability Reporting Station of the year at the Ghana Disability Excellence Awards. The event would he held annually to recognize the outstanding achievements and works of individuals, organizations, services, initiatives of disability and disability support workers who have over ...

The Senior Minister, Mr. Yaw Osafo Maafo has pleaded with the chiefs and people of Evalue-Ajomoro Gwira Constituency in the Western Region to retain President Akufo-Addo in the upcoming 2020 general elections. He also appealed to them to vote massively for the sitting Member of Parliament for the area, Catherine Afeku to bring more developmental projects to the area. Mr. Osafo Maafo made this appeal on Saturday, September 14, 2019, when he delivered a speech as a special guest of hon ...

The Chiefs and people of Nkroful, the hometown of the first President of the Republic of Ghana, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah in Ellembelle District of Western Region are celebrating the birthday of their great son with very deplorable road network in the town. This was made known after a surprised visit to the town by this reporter on Thursday, September 19, 2019 ahead of preparations towards this year 39;s celebration of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah 39;s birthday slated for September 21, 2019. Kwame Nk ...