The Office of the Vice President stands ready to assist the National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) to digitalize its operations and to roll out attractive, credible pension schemes, especially for persons in the informal sector, the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has assured. Dr Bawumia gave the assurance when the management and senior staff of the NPRA led by the Board Chairman, Mr Simon Koranteng, the Chief Executive Officer, Mr Hayford Attah Krufi, accompanied by the Minister for Employment and Labour Relations, Hon Ignatius Baffour-Awuah called on him at the Jubilee House on Monday, 16th May 2022. The National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) was...
Universities, hotels, markets must also be wary of possible terrorist attacks, not only churches – Bonaa May 16, 2022
A Security Analyst, Dr Adam Bonaa has said the caution issued against possible terrorist attacks in Ghana by the Ministry of National Security should not be limited to only religious gatherings. In his view, all other places where people gather must be also be wary of the possible attacks. Following the activities of terrorist groups in neighbouring West African countries, Ghana’s National Security cautioned churches against possible similar attacks. The National Security assured that measures have been instituted in order to forestall these attacks however, the churches must also be on alert. The measures instituted include installation of Closed-Circuit Televisions (CCTVs) in...
UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan dies aged 73
The United Arab Emirates president dies at age 73, Emirati state news agency WAM reports. United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has died, Emirati state news agency WAM reported. He was 73. The Ministry of Presidential Affairs announced that ”There will be 40 days of official mourning with flags at half mast and three days closure of ministries and official entities at the federal and local levels and the private sector,” the agency wrote on Twitter on Friday. Sheikh Khalifa had rarely been seen in public since suffering a stroke in 2014, with his brother, Abu...
Parliament approves GETFund infrastructure completion plan
The Administrator of the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund), Dr. Richard Boadu, has said the Fund has received Parliamentary approval to bring to completion all awarded projects prior to 2017 (legacy projects) and projects post-2017 to date, over the next three years. Giving the background to this approval, Dr. Boadu stated that on March 17, 2022, the management of the Fund sought approval from the Board of Trustees for a three-year project completion plan in phases, and that this was granted. This, he said, was part of a wider plan that included bringing to completion by the end of 2022, all pre-2017...
PL Player of the Season nominees named; Ronaldo, Chelsea players miss out
Eight players have been nominated for the EA SPORTS Player of the Season award for 2021/22. The fans have until 18:00 BST on Monday 16 May to vote for their favourite below. The votes of the public will be combined with those of the 20 club captains and a panel of football experts to decide the winner. EA SPORTS Player shortlist Trent Alexander-Arnold (LIV) P31 W22 D7 L2 G2 A12 CS17 The Liverpool right-back has contributed at both ends of the pitch, dominating the right flank for the second-best defence in 2021/22, as well as scoring two goals and setting up 12 more, the second-most of...
Bawku: 5 persons nabbed over renewed disturbances, deaths remanded
The Bolgatanga Circuit court has remanded into police custody five persons suspected of murder and discharging of firearms without authority at Bawku in the Upper East Region. They were arrested in Bawku in connection with renewed ethnic disturbances that recorded four deaths. The presiding judge of the Bolga circuit court, His Honour Alexander Graham, remanded the suspects to allow the prosecution to complete their investigation. They will be re-arraigned on May 27, 2022. “If investigations show that any of the five persons has a direct involvement in the killing of these people, then they will be charged,” the Upper East...
Police arrest driver who run over seven kids at Ankaase
The driver who hit and killed seven children at Ankaase in the Krachi West District of the Oti Region has been arrested. The driver is now in police custody for further investigations to be carried out,” the Municipal Chief Executive for Krachi West, Emmanuel Jalula Kajal, said to Citi News. Six of the students died on the spot after the incident on Thursday, while the seventh child died at the Krachi West Government Hospital from injuries. Five of the victims, two of whom were twins, were related. Mr. Kajal said a mass burial for the 7 girls will take place this...
You can’t tax the people when you haven’t increased salaries – Jantuah tells gov’t
The government cannot continue to tax the people when salaries have not been increased, a private legal practitioner, Kwame Jantuah has said. He believes that taxing the people without increasing salaries will create fertile grounds for corruption to take place among workers. “You can’t continue taxing the people when you don’t increase salaries. What then happens corruption,” he said on the New Day show on TV3 with Berla Mundi. Workers have been appealing to the government to increase salaries due to the hardships they are saddled with currently. Secretary-General of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), Dr Yaw Baah asked the...
Marwako La, East Legon branches do not have food hygiene permit –FDA
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has said that the La branch of Marwako restaurant did not have food hygiene permit to operate. The FDA says even the East Legon branch which the suspected food poisoning occurred had its permit expired at the time of the suspected food poison. The Director for Legal and Corporate Affairs at the FDA, Joseph Bennie, made the revelations in an interview with 3FM’s Sunrise hosted by Alfred Ocansey on Friday. The Lawyer was reacting to the findings of the FDA on the suspected food poison at the East Legon branch of Marwako restaurant. “The La branch...
Don’t leave Ghana; stay and help the people – Gov’t appeals to nurses
The Government of Ghana has appealed to nurses and other health professionals not to leave Ghana to other countries to seek greener pastures. Presidential Advisor on Health, Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare has told the nurses that Ghanaians are looking up to them to meet their health needs in the country hence they should stay. His comments come at a time the General Secretary of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA), Dr Titus Beyuo earlier revealed that medical doctors and nurses are leaving the country in droves. Dr Beyuo said brain drain has returned to the medical profession in Ghana. Speaking on the New Day...