Ghana National Gas Company (GNGC) has commenced the supply of adequate gas to the Volta River Authority (VRA) to curb the current power outages in Country. This is as because the tie- in of its 11-km gas pipeline from Atuabo to the West African Gas Pipeline at the  Aboadze power enclave in the Shama districts … The post Ghana Gas commences supply of gas to VRA appeared

Ghana Cocoa Board has reviewed upwards the initial treatment grant, which is part of the compensation package, for landowners and cocoa farmers who agree to cut and replant their Cocoa Swollen Shoot Virus (CSSV) affected cocoa farms. The exercise is under the on-going National Cocoa Rehabilitation Programme. The initial treatment grant, which was pegged at … The post COCOBOD

Mr Kwame Kessie, Energy Consultant on Friday averred that the local downstream oil marketing sector is choked as about 90 officially registered companies with the Association of Oil Marketing Companies (AOMCs) with scores of them as non-members. Mr Kessie who is the Managing Director of Mocoh Ghana Limited called for amalgamation of Oil Marketing Companies … The post Ghanaian

Residents of Kpone, capital of Kpone –Katamanso Municipality in the Greater Accra Region, are calling for the closure of the Kpone Land Fill site due to health concerns. Presenting a petition to authorities at a town hall meeting organized by the Municipal Assembly in Kpone, Mr. Joseph Tetteh, lead speaker of the Concerned Citizens of … The post Close down Kpone landfill

The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) in the Savelugu Municipality in the Northern Region has undertaken a public sensitization exercise on the fight against corruption to promote development. The one-month exercise forms part of the Accountability, Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption Programme II (ARAP 2) to promote good governance to end corruption, improve accountability … The post Savelugu

The Centre for Development and Policy Advocacy (CEDEPA) an NGO with funding support from Adamfo Ghana, a charity organization has organized a stake-holders’ forum in Tamale to mark the celebration of the International Day for Street Children. The day, which was set aside every April 12, globally to highlight the situations of street children and … The post International

The Royal family of Nandom, following the demise of late Nandom Naa Dr Charles Puobe Imoru in accordance with their customary practice, on Thursday installed Professor Edmund Nminyem Chiir Delle as the new chief. The Convention People’s Party national chairman’s installation follows the successful funeral and burial of the late paramount chief last week Saturday. … The post Professor

Some contractors and district assemblies in the Northern, North East and Savannah Regions have described the Ghana Building Code (GhBC) as an important document that will help streamline the development of infrastructure in the country for public safety. They said the GhBC would help promote quality work to ensure that various infrastructure in the country … The post GhBC

Remittances to Sub-Saharan African countries in 2018 contributed substantially to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of these nations, as transfers grew almost 10 per cent to US$46 billion, according to the World Bank’s latest Migration and Development Brief. The top 10 beneficiaries in Africa were Comoros US$14 million, forming 19.1 per cent of GDP; Gambia … The post Remittances

Parliament on Thursday approved an EPC/Turnkey contract of € 58.9 million between the Government of Ghana and Contracta Construction UK Limited for the execution of the development of phase three of the Kumasi Airport. The scope of works for the development of the Kumasi International Airport Phase III are the development of a 2, 5522 … The post Parliament

President Akufo Addo, on Wednesday inspected the 2.9-million-cedi lecture hall and office project for the Bibiani Health College. He also inspected hectares of farms under the National Cocoa rehabilitation Programme, undertaken by the Cocoa Health and Extension Division of COCOBOD at Sefwi-Bekwai in the Western North Region. The Heath college projects funded by the Ghana … The post President

Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, Minister of Communication has announced government intention to setup the Cyber Security Authority (CSA) to deal with all matters related cyber-crime and security in the digital ecosystem. According to her the new Authority would have direct reporting responsibility to the Office of the President with more secure sources of funding. Mrs Owusu-Ekuful … The post Government

The Ghana Education Service (GES) on Thursday said it will in September this year introduce new uniforms for Junior High School (JHS) pupils. Professor Kwasi Opoku Amankwa, GES Director General said the uniform is to be used in addition to the existing School ones, from next academic year to prepare the pupils to appreciate the … The post GES introduces new JHS uniforms

Professor William Baah-Boateng, Head, Department of Economics, University of Ghana, has called for a paradigm shift from the orthodox school examination to training students to think and solve problems. Prof Baah-Boateng said the country has placed more emphasis on examination and certification to the neglect of the ability of students to be innovative and productive … The post Ghana’s

An Accra Circuit Court on Thursday sentenced Billy Kwasi, 25 and Yaw Joseph, 18 to a total of 38 years imprisonment in hard labour for robbing a lady of her Infinix Hot 5 mobile phone valued  GH? 500.00. The two pleaded guilty to all the charges of conspiracy to commit crime to wit robbery and … The post Court sentences two to 38 years for robbery appeared first

The Ghana Education Service (GES) would from 2020-2021 roll-out a new curriculum for Primary School pupils to enable them compete with their compatriots worldwide. Under the new curriculum, the Kindergarten (KG) would have its learning areas reduced from seven to four which would be integrated into themes but would be treated in-depth. Professor Kwasi Opoku … The post GES

Concerned citizens of Tarkwa-Nsuaem have staged a demonstration over the deplorable state of their roads. The aggrieved citizens, who were dressed in red and black attire with red armbands and head gears, burned car tyres on the road and matched through some principal streets in Tarkwa to register their displeasure. According to them, despite several … The post Concerned

The Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) has  identified and validated over 900 streets and 12,600  properties to be named and numbered under the street naming exercise. The Assembly has held a number of consultations at various levels with stakeholders including Tema Traditional Council and the TDC Development Company to solicit for names to be assigned to … The post TMA

The Crops Research Institute (CRI) at Fumesua is stepping up efforts to encourage increased cultivation and consumption of nutritious and indigenous root food staples in the country. In line with that, the Institute has through research and innovation, developed and released four new tasty taro (“brobey”/ “kooko”), scientifically known as (colocasia esculenta) and four new … The post CRI

The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has distributed copies of maiden Ghana Building Code to Municipal and District Assemblies (MDAs) in Upper West Region to begin implementation and enforcement of essential requirement for building and structural regulations. Presentation of the Code to the local assemblies seeks to mark the beginning of halting emerging bad public buildings … The post GSA