Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said told members states in relation to the coup in Guinea that the regional body is required to take informed decisions on these matters that would have long term consequences to the stability and the defence of democratic values of the region. He said ...
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I don’t support coup makers, neither do I admire those who undermine democracy – Prof Agyeman-Duah
A Former United Nation Senior Advisor, Professor Baffour Agyeman-Duah, has said that although he is not in support of coup d’ etats, he also does not support people who undermine democracy. The Chief Executive Officer of the John A. Kufuor Foundation made this comment in an interview with TV3’s Johnnie Hughes on Thursday September 16 while throwing more lights on ...
Read More »WRCC Denies Money For Funeral Letter
The Western Regional Coordinating Council (WRCC) has denied ever directing all the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in the region to contribute some amount of money to support the final funeral rites of the late father of the Western Regional Minister, Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah. A letter purported to have been issued by the WRCC and signed by its Coordinating ...
Read More »Women’s voices, expertise not acknowledged in the media – GWE survey
Male experts outnumber their female counterparts by eleven to one on radio and television programmes in Ghana, a study conducted by the Ghanaian Women Experts project between February and June 2021 has revealed. The survey found that politicians, lawyers, doctors, university teachers, and other men who called themselves experts and analysts, dominated the platforms and programmes monitored. Out of the ...
Read More »Ken Agyapong to consider running for president if. . .
Assin Central Member of Parliament Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has disclosed that he will consider becoming a president if Ghanaians clamour for it. He, however, indicated that he is content with what he is doing as a lawmaker because one does not have to be a president to help people. “I have a personal belief that you don’t have to be ...
Read More »Mobile phone data subscriptions hit 23m
With an estimated population of 31,358,190, the total subscriptions of data in the country at the end of July 2021 were 23,052,260. The penetration rate for the period stood at 73.97%. 4.1. MTN ended the month of July with 15,572,977 mobile data subscriptions. Their market share for the month under review was 67.56%. The total number of subscriptions for Vodafone’s ...
Read More »Rev Owusu Bempah’s church apologises to attacked journalists
The Glorious Word Power Ministries International (GWPMI) has rendered an unqualified apology to journalists attacked at the Accra Circuit Court on Monday by persons believed to be its members. “We humbly wish to indicate that as a church, we do not support any form of violence,” it said on Wednesday, September 15. “We reiterate that this act was not sanctioned ...
Read More »Tamne irrigation dam: Gov’t constructs 32 houses for affected persons
The Government of Ghana acting through the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) and its Agency Ghana Irrigation Development Authority, have constructed 32 houses for affected persons within the reservoir area of the Tamne Irrigation Dam in the Upper East Region. The objective of the Tamne Irrigation Project is to provide water for all-year-round agriculture in order to transform lives ...
Read More »We’ll scale-up renewable energy penetration by 10% by 2030 – Prempeh
Energy Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh says the Government has demonstrated its commitment and support for industries with respect to providing and maintaining stable and cost effective energy through policies and strategies that promote the industrialisation drive of the Akufo-Addo government. Speaking at the inaugural Presidential Business Summit to dialogue on the role of the private sector in Ghana’s Post ...
Read More »Your hypocrisy over economic statistics annoying – Mahama to economic experts
Former President John Mahama says Ghanaians are incensed by what he describes as the shifting positions of economic experts in government over economic statistics between 2016 and 2021. According to him, while these experts downplayed positive data during his tenure, they seek to make them a point of achievement under the Akufo-Addo government. “Our people are galled by the hypocrisy ...
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