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The Concerned Youth of Okuapeman has urged Okyehene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin to refrain from meddling in the processes leading to the nomination, acceptance, confinement and eventual installation of the next Okuapehene. According to the youth, as the President of the Regional House of chiefs, the Okyehene attended the Odwira festival marked by one of the faction chiefs of the ...

The approval of the Special Prosecutor Act by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo shows that not all politicians are liars, Professor Ransford Gyampo, a senior Political Science lecturer at the University of Ghana, has said. According to him, Mr Akufo-Addo must be commended for fulfilling a promise he made during the 2016 election campaign. On Tuesday, 2 January 2018, the ...

Founder of Glorious Word Ministry, Rev. Isaac Owusu Bempah has predicted the untimely death of another popular ace journalist at a known radio station if prayers are not offered to cancel any such incident. Delivering his usual plethora of controversial prophecies on the 31st Watch Night service on the eve of New Year, the prophet indicated that the said there ...

Member of Parliamentary Select Committee on Communications, Hon. Samuel George Nartey has hinted that Parliament will summon Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) and the Minister of Information before the House to give an explanation on the television license fee. He said the move by government to prosecute TV license defaulters is not clear because not anybody who owns a television set ...

The General Secretary of the Ghana Federation of Labour(GFL) Abraham Koomson has said some ministers of the Akufo-Addo government are oblivious of the President’s agenda and aspirations. According to him, several of the ministers don’t act in sync with the president’s objectives. “Whereas he’s heading towards Takoradi, some of his ministers are reversing to Ashiaman and Adjei Kojo. They’ve lost ...

A leading New Patriotic Party (NPP) member Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko has kicked against moves to set up Special Courts to prosecute TV license defaulters. The TV licensing Act 1966 (NLCD 89) of Ghana mandates the collection of license fees from persons or households owning TV sets. The collection of the fee was reintroduced in 2015. Domestic TV users are to ...

Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, Sam Nartey George, has said the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) cannot impose a levy on Ghanaians because it is now a commercial media organisation competing with private media houses for sponsorship. According to him, to the extent that the GBC has veered off its public service mandate, and become a commercial broadcaster, it cannot continue ...

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Tarkwa-Nsuaem, George Mireku Duker has said that the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo deserves commendation for performing well in the first year of his administration. According to the Legislator, Nana Addo has demonstrated his willingness to truly transform the country through the introduction of various innovative policies. One of these policies, ...

The Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa, Sulemana Braimah, believes the ongoing digital migration justifies the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation’s (GBC) intent to extend TV license fees from consumers of traditional TV sets to mobile consumers. The Director-General of the GBC, Dr. Akuffo Annor-Ntow earlier noted to Citi News that collection of TV licenses will extend to persons ...

The three teacher unions have told the government to brace itself for a strike during the second term of the 2017/2018 academic year. Although a specific date for the strike has not been given, the second term begins next week. The intended strike is in connection with the non-payment of arrears amounting to over GHc 50 million. According to them, ...