Author Archives: larryehu

“Sit up or we’ll withdraw our support” – Otumfuo warns KMA

The Otumfuo Asantehene Osei Tutu II has sent the strongest signal to the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly that his stool will not hesitate to withdraw its financial support to the assembly if it continues performing abysmally in the delivery of its mandate. This was contained in a fiery address delivered by the Bantamahene Baffour Amankwatia VI at the swearing-in ceremony of ...

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Alfred Kumi picks forms to contest Adenta NPP primaries

A young, humble, accessible, dynamic and highly-spirited politician, Alfred Kumi on Thursday picked his parliamentary nomination forms at the Adenta Constituency Office of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP). Alfred Kumi by this bold step has launched the strongest contention against the incumbent Hon. Lawyer Yaw Buaben Asamoah in the impending NPP parliamentary primaries. Alfred Kumi is seeking to snatch ...

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Ofori-Atta picks form for Okaikoi South

The Board Chairman of the National Theatre, Nana Fredua Agyeman Ofori-Atta, has picked nomination forms to contest on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for Okaikoi South. He was accompanied by some party supporters while others waited for him at the party’s constituency office at Bubuashie in Accra last Wednesday. Rationale He said he had served the party ...

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Detained pregnant Ghanaian will be deported soon – Israeli Amb.

The Israel Embassy in Accra has defended the detention of a pregnant Ghanaian woman in Israel. There has been an outcry over the isolation of the 33-year-old woman for allegedly refusing to take a TB test. Israel has been accused of violating both the United Nations and the World Medical Association’s directives on holding pregnant women in isolation. But Israeli ...

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Media Foundation boss mocks Akufo-Addo in latest CPI report

Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Sulemana Braimah has mocked the Akufo-Addo led government for failing to ‘pass’ the Corruption Perception Index, MyNewsGh.com reports. Ghana scored 41 points out of 100 on the 2019 Corruption Perceptions Index reported by Transparency International in its latest rankings Corruption Index in Ghana averaged 38.95 Points from 1998 until 2019, ...

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Coconut farmers in Western, Central sign pact with processing company

Coconut farmers in Western and Central regions have signed an agreement with GKV Investment, a private coconut processor, for technical support to increase production and supply to feed the company. The coconut processing company based in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis has also inaugurated “GKV-SNV Hortifresh Coconut Innovation Platform” for Coconut farmers in the two regions to churn out quality yields and ...

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Kroll case: Domelevo seeks more time to file defence

Auditor-General (A-G) Daniel Yao Domelovo is asking Senior Minister Yaw Osafo-Maafo for more time to access, collate and file evidence and documents based on which his disallowance and surcharge decision was taken against Osafo-Maafo and four other public officers. Mr Domelovo failed to file the said documents in the high court 14 days after service of the appeal filed by ...

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Auditor-General begs Senior Minister for more time

Auditor-General(A-G) Daniel Yao Domelovo is pleading with the Senior Minister Yaw Osafo-Maafo for more time to access, collate and file evidence and documents he claims to have based his purported disallowance and surcharge decision on against Osafo-Maafo and four other eminent public officers. Mr. Domelovo has refused to file the said documents in the high court 14 days after service ...

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Assemblies should adopt local languages – Professor Yankah

Professor Kwesi Yankah, a minister of state in charge of Tertiary Education, has advocated that local languages be made to be used in all the district assemblies of Ghana. According to him, that would enable all assembly members (both formally educated and non formally educated) to express themselves at the floor of the assemblies during sittings. “What I’m saying is ...

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