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Neho! Ever since I came of age, one thing has always rubbed me the wrong way. The fact that Government forms ask for us to fill in “our hometown”. Every institution asks it. Even primary schools and universities. I have asked many Ghanaians what they think about it. Not many …

Tamale, Ghana – 560 constituents from all 6 traditional areas in the North Tongu District in the Volta Region would receive specialized training in the weeks ahead from master craftsmen in ICT, fashion design and hair dressing. The package includes startup funds to establish new businesses in North Tongu. In …

Bole, Ghana – As part of their contribution towards reducing maternal and infant mortalities, former president John Dramani Mahama and his wife Mrs Lordina Mahama have inaugurated a new maternity and children’s ward for the Bole District Hospital. The 865 square metres Lordina Foundation Maternity and Children’s Ward was built …

Karaga, Ghana-  Ghana National Gas Company Limited has conducted a sod cutting ceremony for the construction of a girls’ dormitory at Pishigu Senior High School in the Karaga District of the Northern Region. The girls’ dormitory when completed will help alleviate the school’s accommodation challenges. Ghana Gas has also constructed a …

Lawra, Ghana – The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Lawra in the Upper West Region, Jacob Dery has added his voice to the call on government and management of the Ghana School Feeding Programme to consider paying caterers on time to reduce the pressure and embarrassment they receive from suppliers. …

Damongo, Ghana – Member of Parliament for the Damongo Constituency in the Savannah Region, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has made a huge donation of assorted food items to some three senior high schools in the constituency. This follows recent outcry by many headmasters and headmistresses of various schools across Northern Ghana …

Accra, Ghana – Delegates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) from the Savannah Region displayed their rich cultural heritage which excited the crowd that witnessed the party’s just ended national delegates conference at the Accra Sports Stadium. In their quest to increase the national agenda of promoting tourism, all of …

My selection of urgent expenditure cuts and concrete actions required in the face of an IMF bailout and crippling labour agitations: 1) Suspend the unconstitutional public funding of the US$400million National Cathedral project which government has so far diverted over GHS200million without parliamentary approval; 2) Renegotiate with owners of demolished …

Prof Gyampo writes: Salaries and Conditions of Service of Teachers: A Historical Note 1. I have searched archived documents and held discussions with some surviving retired teachers, Members of Parliament and seasoned academics who experienced the regime of Kwame Nkrumah, such as Prof Ivan Addae Mensah, former politician and former …

I’M HURT! Dear Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, my name is Don Francis, a basic school teacher at the Gomoa Afransi SDA School. I’ve been so hurt this week that keeping it to myself is working no more. Each day out of this week, some of my learners …