Новости за 20.10.2019

The Chief Executive Officer of InstinctWave, Mr. Akin Naphtal has emphasized that the key actors of the Financial Sector which is a major player in the economy should be given recognition and rewarded for their continuous efforts in achieving economic growth in the country. He made this known during the 5th Ghana Finance Innovation Awards (GFIA) 2019 at the M ouml;venpick Ambassador Hotel, Accra on October 19, 2019. He noted that, ldquo;The idea of the award scheme is to celebrate ...

The Deputy Upper East Regional Minister, Hon. Frank Fuseini Adongo has hinted that going forward; the National Builders Crops (NABCO) would place greater emphasis on career fairs and mentorship clinics to give beneficiaries a head-start for the world of work. He said the programme would also look at building entrepreneurial skills in the various modules to enable personnel transit as job creators instead of job seekers. Hon. Adongo gave the hint at the maiden anniversary cele ...

The College of Health and Well-being at Kintampo in the Bono East region has marked its 50th anniversary and the 7th graduation for 2016, 2017 and 2018 graduating students at a colourful durbar at Kintampo. The college, which used to be known as Kintampo Rural Health Training School, was fully established in 1969 with the mandate to train middle-level health professionals to provide quality and comprehensive health care to people, especially those living in deprived communities. It h ...

Government is collaborating with the Ghana Health Service and other stakeholders to improve health systems in Ghana rsquo;s prisons, the Vice President of the Republic, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has disclosed. In line with this programme, over forty (40) medical personnel have been seconded from the Ghana Health Service and posted to various prison establishments, while a national policy has also been launched to register all inmates onto the National Health Insurance Scheme. Vice President Baw ...

The government has indicated that it will select a new partner for the power concession agreement through a restrictive tendering process. This is contained in its statement announcing and justifying the decision to terminate the power concession agreement with Power Distribution Services (PDS). With nearly two years for the expiration of Ghana 8217;s Millenium Company II Program with the US, the government recommended that the Millenium Challenge Corporation (MCC)/Millenium Development A ...

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has dismissed claims that the controversial Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) program seeks to promote same sex relationships as well as introduce explicit sexual practices to school children. His comment comes in the wake of the fierce resistance that greeted the CSE document with many calling for a complete withdrawal of the programme from the Ghana Education Service (GES) curriculum for basic schools. Speaking to students and staff of ANJEF In ...

Government's ambitious plan of making Accra the cleanest city in Africa by the year 2020 is 8220;progressing significantly, 8221; Chief Executive of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly, Mohammed Adjei Sowah has said. According to him, a careful review of the key performance indicators in that regard shows that, the President's vision is being actualized despite the low level of technological advancement to collect and manage waste generated in the capital. Generally, you will look ...

The Chief Executive of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly, Mohammed Nii Adjei Sowah says the Greater Accra Resilience and Integrated Development Project which was launched earlier this year will help deal with the problem of flooding in the capital when fully implemented. He said the project will improve flood risk management and solid waste management in the Odaw River Basin of the Greater Accra Region, and improve access to basic infrastructure and services in the targeted communities. One ...

A group calling itself the Voice of Nzema (VON), a socio-political pressure group, has hailed Member of Parliament (MP) for Evalue-Ajomoro Gwira constituency in the Western Region, Catherine Ablema Afeku for chalking successes in government. This was disclosed to the general public at a press briefing at Half Assini on Friday, October 18, 2019. Addressing the media, the leadership of the group indicated that despite some few challenges the Akufo-Addo-led government has encountered, t ...

The immediate past Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts Minister, now a Minister of State at the Office of Senior Minister, Catherine Afeku, has been adjudged second best performing Minister in Akufo-Addo-government for the year 2019. A survey conducted by the Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA) and released on Wednesday, said Catherine Afeku had the second marks in its 2019 Ministerial Performance Tracking Report. Speaking to the media, the Executive Director ...

The Caucus of Democratic Governance-Ghana (CDG-GH), a civil society group has opined that Ghanaians are crying for change. In a statement issued and signed by the Chief Convener of CDG-GH, Dr. E.K Hayfod, the group expressed their utmost dissatisfaction and utter disappointment at how President Akufo-Addo is governing this country. This was observed during a research conducted by the group. According to the group, the hard won democratic credentials was being diluted with conserv ...