Congress of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) on Saturday formed a 3-member Election Commission to conduct the next Elective Congress of the Committee scheduled for March 2017. Members of the commission includes Mr. Ken Ashigbey, Vice President of the Ghana Table Tennis Federation (GTTF) and Managing Director of the Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL), Mr. Peter Zwennes, President, Ghana Boxing [...] The post GOC forms 3-member Election Commission appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
The Black Stars will head to Dubai for their preparations ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations to be staged in Gabon next year. The Stars finished second in Equatorial Guinea and will land in Gabon seeking to end a 35-year-old wait for the trophy they won on four occasions. “The team will hold a residential camping in Ghana before [...] The post Stars to camp in Dubai appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
Liberty Professionals’ striker, Latif Blessing won the flagship Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the Season and Goal King awards at the 2015/16 Premier League Board (PLB) awards ceremony held at the Banquet Hall on Friday. Blessing scored 17 goals for his club to emerge the best from a group that had Dreams FC captain, Abdul Bashiru and Medeama’s Kwesi Donsu [...] The post Blessing, Wa All Stars sweep PLB awards appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
About 18 of the country’s banks are now able to offer the Instant Pay (GIP) service to their customers, and double the number that could do so in August this year. This implies that more customers can send money from their bank account to the account of the recipient instantly. Archie Hesse, Chief Executive, Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems [...] The post More banks now offer Instant Pay appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
Access Bank says its Initial Public Offer of its shares to raise additional capital for its operations has been successful. A total of 1,820 applications were received from qualifying applicants subscribing for a total of 7,404,575 shares to raise GH?29.62 million compared with the minimum subscription of GH? 21 million to declare the offer successful. The bank sought to raise [...] The post Access Bank Initial Public Offer successful – Head Financial Control &Strategy appeared first
Staff of the Food and Drug Authority (FDA) have donated blood to help stock the Blood Bank in Accra. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of FDA, Mr. Hudu Mogtari, speaking at the function, said “blood is a life-saving therapy for trauma cases such as accidents, burns, surgery and haemorrhage during labour, delivery and treatment of cancers and certain diseases.” He [...] The post FDA staff donate blood appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
The Embassy of China has donated anti-riot equipment valued at GH¢100,000 to the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) to boost its operations. They included 50 sets of personal protective equipment, bullet proof vests, helmets, goggles, jungle boots and raincoats. The Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, Madam Su Baohong, presented the equipment to the acting Comptroller-General of the GIS, Felix Yaw Sarpong, in [...] The post Chinese Embassy assists GIS with anti-riot equipment appeared first on The Ghanaian
The Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations (MELR) has reacted to some official documents, publications and correspondence between it and the Youth Employment Agency (YEA), regarding financial demands made on the agency by the ministry. A statement from the ministry signed by the sector minister Haruna Iddrisu, copied to The Ghanaian Times, said that it was normal practice within the [...] The post Employment ministry justifies financial demands on YEA appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
The government has been urged to improve resource allocation to the agricultural sector to enhance food production. Mr. Festus Kwadjokpo, the capacity building co-ordinator for the Agriculture Policy Support programme of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) said that would enable rural farmers increase productivity. He said this at a validation workshop to signify the end of the [...] The post Govt asked to increase funding for agric sector appeared first on The Ghanaian
Meanwhile, the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) acting General Secretary, John Boadu, explained that there is no due pressure on the President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to name his ministers. He said in an interview that the President-elect is a seasoned politician and has an “exceptional” way to run his administration. “Nana Addo has been in politics for so many years [...] The post No pressure on Akufo-Addo appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
President John Dramani Mahama has been assigned to co-chair the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) mediation committee tasked to solve the political deadlock in The Gambia. President Mahama and Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will be hoping to convince Yahya Jammeh to accept defeat in presidential elections held in early December. The mediation committee formed at the 50th ordinary [...] The post Pres Mahama co-chairs Gambia mediation c’ttee appeared first on The Ghanaian T
A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Hackman Owusu Agyeman, has advised members of the party to desist from putting undue pressure on the President-elect, Nana Akufo-Addo, ahead of his ministerial appointments. Mr. Owusu Agyeman, who is a former Minister for Water Resources, Works and Housing, said Nana Akufo-Addo should be allowed to name his own ministers at [...] The post Don’t pressurise President-elect for appointment – Hackman appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
The National Democratic Institute’s (NDI) International, an election observer mission to Ghana’s 2016 elections, has tasked the Police to investigate all election–related offences and work with the office of the Attorney General to prosecute offenders. It explained that the prosecution of such wrongdoers would serve as deterrence to those who would want to act in future with impunity. This was [...] The post Investigate election-related offences – NDI appeared first on The Ghanaian T
Ghanaians have elected a new government and President who will take office from January 7, 2017. The President-elect, is in the process of forming a government and rolling out his programme for the four-year term that will end in 2020. While on the campaign trail, the then candidate of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), now President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa [...] The post THE UNJUSTIFIED CAMPAIGN PROMISE DEMANDS appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
The President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has appealed to all Ghanaians across the political divide to leave the bitterness that characterised the campaign season behind and support his government to improve the economic conditions in the country. “I call on all Ghanaians, everyone, to act with kindness, generosity and magnanimity towards one another, and to forgive anyone who might have [...] The post Let’s unite for progress – Nana appeared first on The Ghanaian Times.
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