Utility service providers on Monday reaffirmed their commitment to provide efficient and reliable power supply before during and after the December 7 elections. The service providers namely, the Volta River Authority the Ghana Grid Company Limited and the Electricity Company of Ghana, made this known at a dialogue unity the Public Utility Regulatory Commission (PURC) in Accra in preparation towards the forth coming elections The service providers said they had put in place adequate ... Read More

The headmistress of the Talimul Islam (T.I) Ahmadiyya Girls Senior High School, Asokore- Ashanti, Madam Ayesha Nyantakyiwaa Boakye, has appealed to the government and benevolent organisations, to assist the school with more infrastructure, to enable it admit more students and expand education delivery in the area. She stressed that with a population of about 1,021 students, ?we need spacious assembly and dining halls, a fence wall, and staff bungalows?. Madam Boakye made the appeal at the ... Read More

A 20 member Council of the Ghana Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has being inaugurated at a ceremony in Accra. Members who consist of 19 men and a lady would be responsible for steering the affairs of the chamber and would be the highest decision making entity following the dissolution of the former council. Inaugurating the members the Deputy Minister of Finance, Mr Seth Terkper said government?s policy to make private sector active was still on cause since the sector was a bench ... Read More

The Northern Regional chapter of the Civic Forum Initiative (CFI), says it will dispatch 100 local observers to some flashpoints in 10 constituencies in the region during the upcoming general elections on Friday, December 7. Mr. Cajetan Kassieh, Northern Regional Co-ordinator of the Civic Forum Initiative who disclosed this to the media yesterday in Tamale listed constituencies such as Tamale South, Tamale North, Chereponi, Salaga, Damongo, Wulensi, Gushegu, Zabzugu and Tatale where local ... Read More

Participants of a two-day workshop have stressed the need for a comprehensive strategy to address the effects of climate change on the agric sector. According to them, the country might lose its Millennium Development Goals (MDG) target on food security if climate change issues were not addressed. The workshop, which was organised by the Community Life Improvement Programme (CLIP) in collaboration with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, the Environmental Protection Agency, was on the ... Read More

The 3,000 eligible voters in the Kasena-Nankana East District of the Upper East Region, being registered by the Electoral Commission cannot vote in Friday?s general elections, a Supreme Court judge has said. Quoting from the Public Elections (Registration of Voters) Regulations 2012 (C.I.72), Justice Sule Gbadegbe said anybody who registers within 60 days to the elections is not permitted under the law to vote. Regulation 9 (5) of C.I. 72 prohibits the EC from including in the register of ... Read More

The Minister for Environment, Science and Technology, Ms. Sherry Ayitey, has charged local Businesses engaged in the manufacturing of cement, to pay serious attention to maintaining biodiversity. She said they could emulate the example of GHACEM Ltd, which has set up the Quarry Life National Award (QLA) to source ideas towards the effective management of biodiversity in all its mining sites. Ms. Ayitey said the example by GHACEM signified the importance that the company attached to its ... Read More

The chairman of the National Communications Authority Board, Mr. Kofi Totobi Quakyi, has said no person or groups of persons will be allowed to cause panic or spread fear in the country during and after Friday?s general elections. He warned that mobile network operators would be held liable for any threats to national security and stability emanating from communication generated from unregistered SIM cards. Mr. Totobi Quakyi made the assertions in an interview with ?The Ghanaian Times? ... Read More

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mr. Paul Tawiah Quaye has assured that adequate measures have been put in place to ensure a successful and peaceful election. He gave the assurance when the National Elections Security Task Force (NESFF) on Monday, briefed the Minister of Interior Mr. William Kwesi Aboah, on security preparations for the December 7 elections. ?The measures, Mr. Tawiah explained included, personnel strength and training, equipment and logistics, and accommodation as ... Read More

An 18-member team of eminent persons from the Commonwealth Secretariat has arrived in the country to monitor the December, 7, polls. The Observer Group is under the leadership of its chairman, Dr. Bethuel Pakalitha Mosisili, former Prime Minister of Lesotho, South Africa. Announcing the presence of the team and its mandate at a news conference in Accra yesterday, Dr. Mosisili said that the Commonwealth had a long tradition of supporting elections in Ghana as its contribution towards ... Read More

Reverend George Opare Kwapong, the Frafraha District Minister and Minister in charge of the Victory Congregation have been elected the new chairperson of the Akwapim Presbytery here in the Eastern region. The 49-year-old Reverend Minister who was ordained in 1997 at the Akropong Christ Presbyterian Church and is married with three children polled 90 votes out of the 166 votes cast by delegates of the Presbytery, thereby winning over his opponent Reverend Adjei Mantey who polled 26 ... Read More

President John Mahama has appealed to the people of Komenda-Edina-Equafo-Abrem (KEEA) to vote for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) during the general elections to ensure continued progress. He made the appeal at a massive rally at Komenda, during which he introduced Dr. J.S. Annan as the party?s parliamentary candidate for the area. The president said there could only be development if they retained the government in power, as well as Dr. Annan who is the only candidate recognized by ... Read More

Nima Old Stars last Sunday beat Kotobabi Old All Stars 2-1 in a peace match played at the Kotobabi SWAG Park. The game which was organized to send a strong message of peace to members of both sides as well as the whole country as the nation heads into the general elections in a matter of hours saw the visitors drawing first blood early in the game through Abu Naawu formerly of Accra Great Olympics. Kotobabi accepted the challenged and raised their game getting the deserved equalizer ... Read More

Bernard Benghan About 9,000 journalists have applied for accreditation from the Electoral Commission (EC) to cover Friday?s general elections. They are made up of 6,000 foreign and 3,000 local journalists, respectively who would observe and report on the election. The Director of Logistics of the Commission, Emmanuel Asante Kissi, who disclosed this in an interview with the Ghanaian Times, said in view of the huge numbers, the ... Read More

Mr. Charles Kofi Wayo, the flag bearer of the United Front Party (UFP) has declared his support and predicted a first round win for President John Dramani Mahama in Friday?s general elections. He has also impressed upon his party?s supporters to vote massively for the National Democratic Congress in the presidential election but vote UFP in the parliamentary election. Speaking at a press conference in Accra, Mr. Wayo urged Ghanaians to vote for President Mahama because he is competent, ... Read More

The National Media Commission (NMC) and National Communications Authority (NCA), regulators of the media and broadcasting frequency, have said they will not hesitate to close down any electronic media which incite violence and preach hate speech during and after the general elections. This is by virtue of the reach of the electronic media and their potential to incite one group against the other during elections as has happened in other parts of Africa. The Chairman of the NMC, ... Read More

The Minister of Health, Mr. Alban S.K Bagbin has called on staff of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) to reflect on the long journey the have travelled and paths they want to chart in order to ensure sustainable service and patients satisfaction. That he said would ensure some Ghanaians who are feigning ignorance would know the significance of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in the health care management. The Minister said this in speech read on behalf at the launch of the ... Read More

The Monday Civic Campaigns Report Council ( MCC Report Council), an initiative of Northern Ghana Aid, a civil society organisation in Tamale has toured some selected electoral flashpoints in the Northern region with a call on the youth to desist from actions likely to heighten security problems in the area. Sheikh Bayan Alhaji Ibrahim Basha, a Sunni Leader and Member of the Report Council gave the advice during the Council's tour of selected hotspots in the region to dialogue with leaders ... Read More