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Accra, Ghana – Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has called for restructuring of the country’s democracy to decentralise power in order to give the needed authority to other arms of government.“If you want democracy to work, there are two personalities that you have given your power and authority …

Accra, Ghana – Some leading members of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) have been accused of indulging in illegal small-scale mining popularly known as galamsey despite a ban by President Nana Akufo-Addo.According to the Ranking Member of Parliament’s Mines and Energy Committee, Adam Mutawakilu, incontrovertible evidence available to the …

Accra, Ghana – The Ministry of Education (MoE) has expressed optimism that the double-track (semester/sandwich) system which is meant to cater for the spike in enrolment into Senior High Schools (SHSs) in Ghana due to the free SHS policy, will be beneficial.Ekow Vincent Assafuah, Public Relations Officer of the MoE, …

Tamale, Buipe – Ghana – President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Monday, 23 July 2018, ended his 3-day tour of the Northern Region, with visits to Tamale, Buipe, and Damongo.As part of activities climaxing the President’s visit, he visited the newly-refurbished Motorking Assembly Plant in Tamale, where he, among others, …

Abuja, Nigeria – The World Habitat Ambassadors Foundation (WHAF), has named Ghana’s Mrs Samira Bawumia as the World Habitat Humanitarian Ambassador. The wife of Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawwumia was also awarded for Global Excellence in Leadership, Humanitarian and Philanthropic activities in Africa and Investiture.She took to Facebook to express her …

Nalerigu, Ghana- President Nana Akufo-Addo has condemned the conduct of the policeman who assaulted a woman at a branch of Midland Savings and Loans in Accra adding he supports any punitive measures by Inspector General of Police (IGP), David Asante-Apeatu, against the culprit.The victim, Patience Safo, was ruthlessly assaulted by …

Dungu, Ghana – The Pro-Chancellor for the University for Development Studies, (UDS) Professor Seidu Alhassan has called for a national policy directive on Ghana’s shea nut industry.According to him, there is the need for the government to ensure clear and adequate policy and institutional support for the industry.Just like the …

Shiashie, Ghana – Patience Osafo, the woman who was assaulted by a police officer at the Shiashie branch of Midland Savings and Loans, has spoken about the incident and said it happened on Thursday, July 19, 2018.According to her, she started going to the Midland branch to withdraw her savings …

Sandema, Ghana – President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has revealed that a total of five hundred and seventy dams (570), and fifteen (15) warehouses are being constructed in the Upper East, Upper West and Northern Regions.According to President Akufo-Addo, Government is undertaking the construction of these critical infrastructure, especially the …

Sawla, Ghana – In connection with the creation of the Savannah Region the Kongwura Seidu Jinkurge invited all political party Executives and opinion leaders for an inter-party dialogue. The meeting discussed how the people of Sawla-Tuna-Kalba will organise and meet President Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo at Damongo on Monday …