Новости за 27.11.2019

Commercial vehicle drivers ( 39;trotro 39; drivers) who experience police corruption are more likely to break traffic laws, according to the finding of a new study by the Africa Institute for Crime, Policy and Governance Research. Led by three members of the Institute, Dr Justice Tankebe, Dr Kofi Boakye, and Mr Amagnya, the study also found that the drivers were more inclined to assist the police maintain law on the roads if they were treated fairly by the police. The study, ...

The African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) has launched its report on the capacity imperatives necessary for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in relation to countries on the continent. The launch was done with support from the African Union rsquo;s (AU) specialized agency for capacity building in partnership with the SDGs Advisory Unit in the Office of the Ghana President, His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in Accra. The SDGs are a collection of ...

Former Central Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Bernard Allotey Jacobs, has chided the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) for poor job in educating the public on the upcoming December 17 referendum. He said the NCCE has failed woefully in holding fora in community centres, community radio stations and aggressive social media campaigns to educate the public on the essence of the referendum. The NCCE must up their game in ensuring they educate ...

President of the Importers and Exporters Association of Ghana, Sampson Asaki Awingobit is warning government rsquo;s plan of banning the importation of rice could cause more harm than good in the short to medium term. He said, the solution to boost production and consumption of local rice lies in holistic support to local farmers in terms of cultivation and marketing of the produce. Making his claims on Eyewitness News, Mr. Awingobit expressed fears that the country risk facin ...

Two more persons have been confirmed dead, bringing the number to five in last Saturday 39;s shooting incident at Pai Katanga in the Krachi East District of the Oti Region. The only survivor, John Amu, has been transferred from the Worawora Government Hospital in the Oti Region to the Volta Regional Teaching Hospital in Ho. The dead have been named as Raphael Odum (Pai Katango Linguist), Moses Odum, Nana Akwesi Baafi (Gyaasehene), Kwame Tumfuor and one Gin, who are all member ...

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has expressed government rsquo;s commitment to bridging the development gap between northern and southern sectors of the country through the implementation of cutting edge policies and programmes. The introduction of the Planting for Food and Jobs, Rearing for Food and Jobs and the Planting for Export and Rural Development programmes among other initiatives, according to Dr. Bawumia, are geared towards facilitating Ghana 39;s inclusive developme ...

The family which owns vast tracts of land behind the La Trade Fair in Accra is jubilating as gratifying, a Supreme Court judgment last week which lawyers say adds to a chain of judgments establishing emphatically their legal title and right to the land. The judgment of the five-member Supreme Court panel, presided over by Justice Jones Dotse, followed a motion filed by claimants to the land, the East Dadekotopon Development Trust. The Trust was seeking to set aside an earlier judg ...

The National Service Scheme (NSS) has announced it will repost personnel who were deployed to some financial institutions which had their licenses revoked recently. Speaking to Citi News, the Executive Director of the National Service Scheme, Mustapha Ussif called on personnel who used to work with these affected institutions to contact the Scheme to be reposted. ldquo;This has come up and we know some of them were posted to the microfinances. We didn 39;t predict th ...

The Coalition of Aggrieved Customers of Gold Coast Fund Management (GCFM ) is asking the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta and Director General of Securities and Exchanges (SEC), Rev. Ogbamae Tetteh to immediately retract their disgusting comments made on air about them and apologise. The group is questioning the due diligence of the regulators and government before issuing the license to these fund management Institutions to operate. Addressing the media in Accra, the Public R ...

Founder of SOFTtribe is demanding the immediate return of mobile phones seized by National Security operatives after they stormed the office of the company on Monday afternoon. Calling out the armed National Security personnel for their heavy-handedness at the Airport Residential office of the software company, Herman Chinery-Hesse said Wednesday that he suspects that the operation was not approved by the appropriate authorities. ldquo;Even the National Security , ...