Новости за 10.01.2020

The National Identification Authority (NIA) says the failure of some of its staff to return double salaries they mistakenly received in September last year caused the delay in paying their subsequent salaries. According to the Head of Public Affairs of the NIA, Francis Palmdeti, some persons who suffered the glitch returned the money but some are yet to do so. Mr. Palmdeti in explaining the situation to Citi News said: ldquo;We had some issues in September. The directive to t ...

The Resident Engineer of the Pokuase Interchange and Local Roads Project, Kwabena Bempong says works on the project is 57% complete. According to him, all the necessary foundations have been constructed remaining the decks for the overhead roads and flyovers. ldquo;We have finished with all the foundation works and done quite over 50 per cent of the pile caps and the piers. ldquo;We are now concentrating on the deck, of which we currently have done 135 metres. By the end of thi ...

The Ministry of Education has directed graduate trainee teachers who have not applied for postings to do so before they are posted. This comes after some of the teachers picketed at the premises of the Ghana Education Service (GES) on Wednesday. Public Relations Officer for the Education Ministry, Vincent Assafuah told Citi News that trainee teachers, who undergo due process will be engaged in due time. ldquo;The problem for them is that they feel some of their friends, b ...

A woman who has been rendered physically disabled after a soldier run into her car, has described the incident as the most trying moments of her life. According to her, while she does not hate the officer for his role, she wishes he had shown more empathy towards her. Clara Akpo, a nurse at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital was knocked down by Warrant Officer Ralph Gokah while fixing her car by the roadside. The accident led to a permanent pain in her leg and the subsequent loss of ...

In 2003, most Ghanaians were astonishingly happy when it was announced that Madam Theresah Ameyo Adotey who hailed from Mepe in the Volta Region District of North Tongu was adjudged the second national best fisherman. At the time she won the awards, the late Madam Ameyo Adotey was 72 years and she was a resident of Kotoso in the Kwahu East District of the Eastern Region. In recognition of Madam Theresah Ameyo Adotey rsquo;s fishing efforts to feed the nation from her small corner at Ko ...

A Gender Equality Advocate, Comfort Benon has urged for more education on Goal 6 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in communities. This comes as a result of the negative consequences it has on people, specifically, women and girls. Her view is that unlimited access to safe water and sanitation are undoubtedly human rights for people everywhere across the globe, especially for women and girls, as recognized in 2010 by the United Nations General Assembly. For these ri ...

The Vice President of the Republic, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, left Accra, Ghana for Texas, United States of America, on Thursday, 9th January 2020 to undertake a number of official engagements. Amongst others, Vice President Bawumia is scheduled to meet with a number of business leaders, investors, and the Ghanaian diaspora. Vice President Bawumia returns to Accra on Monday, 13th January 2020. Signed: Frank Agyei-Twum Director of Communications Office of the Vice President ...

The delay in fixing collapsed roofs at the nurses 39; quarters of Nabuli Clinic in Gushiegu in the Northern Region following a storm in May 2019, is badly affecting healthcare delivery. According to a Senior Nurse (SN) at the facility, Ebenezer Macbrown, this has created a human resource deficit at the institution since five nurses attend to over 100 patients. ldquo;We are taking care of a population of about 26,000 people and we are also handling over 100 communities, rdquo ...