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The Parliamentary Affairs Ministry has presented a report on a meeting held with the leadership of Parliament on enhancing the effectiveness of Parliament in Ghana’s democracy to the House. Below is the full report: REPORT ON THE MEETING HELD WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF PARLIAMENT ON THE THEME: “ENHANCING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PARLIAMENT IN GHANA’S DEMOCRACY” THE ROLE OF THE MINISTRY ...

Land owners at Zenga a community in Paga who had not been compensated after their plots of land got affect in traversed communities by GRIDCO in the ongoing 225 kV Bolgatanga – Ouagadougou interconnection construction project have been paid full compensations after reports by Atinka News. Disclosing the information to Atinka News amidst joy, one of the compensated land owners, ...

A bakery in Mankessim in the Central region has been ravaged by fire after a gas explosion Wednesday dawn. No injuries or deaths have been recorded. The timely intervention of personnel of the Ghana National Fires Service averted what could have been another carnage caused by gas explosion in the country, according to an eyewitness. The inferno, according to the ...

The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has said the Mahama administration’s cancellation of trainee allowances for nurses and midwives was a senseless and irrational decision. The allowance regime was just restored by the Akufo-Addo government. It will see over 58,000 trainee nurses and midwives in various public nursing and midwifery training colleges (NMTC’s) and a little over 45,000 ...

The Ashanti regional minister, Simon Osei Mensah says Ghana is only good at making laws but lacks the zeal at effectively implementing them . Speaking on Hello FMm in Kumasi on Monday, the minister accused most leaders and law enforcement agencies of not firmly implementing laws of the land that will ensure that the system and structures work. According to ...

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Mfantseman, Kenneth Kelly Essuman has ordered the closure of some fuel stations in his municipality. The stations were closed for failing to produce certificates authenticating their operations within the area. Some could not produce, on demand, their fire certificates, certificate to operate and certificates from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The affected stations include ...

The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture is proposing the setting-up of “Akwaaba Hotels,” through a partnership with the private sector at various tourist sites in the country to boost domestic tourism. Tours Facility Manager of the Ghana Tourist Development Company (GTDC), George Adje Kwei Mensah, who disclosed this said the hotels which would be set-up between two to three ...

After a number of threats, the embattled mining company, Exton Cubic Group Limited, has sued the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources over the Ministry’s revocation of their mining permits. The Minister, John Peter Amewu, revoked the company’s leases and licenses to prospect in the Nyinahini bauxite concession of the Tano Offin Forest Reserve, describing the company’s operations there as ...

To a Ghanaian King, handing someone a holdall stuffed with more than £350,000 to deposit in a bank might seem nothing out of the ordinary. Indeed, when Osei Tutu II, traditional ruler of the Kingdom of Ashanti, summoned Mark Arthur to his multimillion-pound residence in Henley-on-Thames and handed him a bag containing almost £200,000 in sterling as well as $200,000 ...

The Minority in parliament has called on government to treat as urgent a Libyan report which cites some Ghanaians were reported to be members of the terrorist group, Islamic State. To this end, they are making a number of demands including “government must publicly react to this inquiry by the Libyan Attorney General’s Office due to its grave ramifications to ...