President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged the newly-launched Development Bank Ghana (DBG) to partner with the private sector, and work with them to provide access to long term funds, access to markets both domestic and foreign, and skills developments. Speaking during the launch of the bank on Tuesday June 14 the Bank will support all banks in the economy to have access to long term funds, including the National Investment Bank, the Agricultural Development Bank and the Ghana Exim Bank. “It will also support private equity funds, and other capital market firms to have access to our bond market, and facilitate equity financing...
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TEMA MOTORWAY OPENS TO TRAFFIC ON FRIDAY- ROADS MINISTER
The Ministry of Roads and Highways says the Accra-Tema motorway will open to traffic on Friday, June 17 at 6:00 am . In a press statement issued on Tuesday, June 14, said the Ghana Highway Authority is working day and night to ensure that the work will be completed on time. The Ministry also explained that the ongoing work is necessary to protect lives and property as the bridge on the Lakplakpa river, which was last repaired in 2014, had become defective. The ongoing repair works which started about two weeks ago have led to heavy vehicular traffic on the...
IGP Dr. George Akuffo Dampare has deployed two psychologists to the Islamic Senior High School in the Ashanti Region
The Inspector-General of Police, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare has deployed two psychologists to the Islamic Senior High School in the Ashanti Region to psyche the learners after colliding with the police during their display over perpetual knockdowns as a result of the lack of Zebra crossing and traffic light along the newly built Abrepo junction road. The psychologists include ACP Dr. Phyllis Osei and DSP Dr. Foster Nanewortor from the National Headquarters. The psychologists are to counsel the students for the next two days due to the laceration they endured during the battle with the police that left 38 students...
National Cathedral CEO Apologise To Muslims Over Claims State Facilitated National Mosque Construction
Dr. Paul Opoku-Mensah, Executive Director for the National Cathedral project has rendered an unqualified apology to the Muslim community for his claims that the government facilitated the construction of a National Mosque located at Kanda, Accra. Dr. Opoku-Mensah said he regrets the pain his comments might have caused the Muslim community. This follows as a result of the press release issued by the Coalition of Muslims Organisations, Ghana (COMOG) challenging the claims he made on GTV’s Talking Point programme. Dr. Opoku-Mensah made the statement on Sunday, June 12, 2022, on GTV’s Talking Point programme saying that, “the government of Ghana...
Police Officer Busted with 84 Parcels of Indian Hemp
A Police officer stationed at the Formed Police Unit (FPU) in Tesano-Accra has been arrested for possessing 84 parcels of Indian Hemp. The suspect, 36-year-old G/Sergeant Lotsu Agbeko with service number 45638 was arrested around Along the Bame-Kpeve Mountains in the South Dayi District of the Volta Region after a hot chase from his colleagues. The suspect had refused to stop at a Police checkpoint at Have, near Kpeve leading to the chase and eventual arrest. A Police wireless message sighted by Daily Guide indicates that on Saturday, June 11, 2022, the G/Sgt Lotsu at about 12:30 pm was driving...
Residents protest over bad New-Dormaa-Chiraa road
Hundreds of residents at Kotokrom, New-Dormaa and Yawhima communities in the Sunyani municipality, last Monday staged a peaceful demonstration in the area to protest the deplorable state of the 17-kilometre New-Dormaa-Chiraa Highway. The demonstrators included members of the concerned Tipper Truck Drivers Association (TTDA) and other transport unions and some residents living along the Sunyani-Chiraa road. During the protest march meant to draw the attention of the government and city authorities to the deplorable and dusty nature of the road, the demonstrators held placards with inscriptions such as “we need roads not COVID-19 drugs”, “Yawhima, Kotokrom deserve better”, “fix the...
Adwoa Safo fails to appear before Privileges Committee
The Privileges Committee of Parliament will publish in the dailies, an invitation letter it extended to the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dome-Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo. The decision follows the failure of Ms Safo, who is also the Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection to appear before the committee today, Tuesday, June 14, to explain what might have accounted for her 15 days continuous absence from Parliamentary sittings without permission, as spelt out by Ghana’s constitution. The invitation was extended to Ms Safo by the committee and two others, but she failed to honour it today, Tuesday, June 14,...
Islamic SHS chaos: Parliament, Police can’t investigate brutalities at the same time – Majority Chief Whip
The Majority Chief Whip, Frank Annoh-Dompreh has told Parliament that the legislature and the Ghana Police Service cannot at the same time investigate the alleged police brutalities meted out to some students of the Islamic Senior High School in Kumasi on Monday, June 13, 2022. He says such concurrent investigations by two public institutions is never done anywhere in the world. At best, he said Parliament could wait for the Police to conclude its investigations and if their findings are not convincing enough, they could then launch their own inquiries into the matter. “Mr. Speaker, the IGP has issued some...
Reg’l Education Dir. expresses shock over police shooting at Islamic SHS
Over thirty students of the Islamic Senior High School have been rushed to the hospital after the police allegedly fired tear gas and live bullets to disperse students who were demonstrating over incessant vehicular knockdown. Worried parents stormed the school to demand for the release of their wards on Monday June 13. The affected students were conveyed to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) and other hospitals in Kumasi. “I should be worried but some of them have been resituated . we will follow to the hospital and see how they are doing,” Madam Mary Owusu Afriyie, the Regional Education Director told...
One shot dead, another injured at Kutula over stray goat
One person has been shot dead while another has been injured in northern Gonja of Savannah Region in a scuffle between traditional warriors and an owner of a stray goat. One person has been shot dead while another has been injured in northern Gonja of Savannah Region in a scuffle between traditional warriors and an owner of a stray goat. The goat owner, who was shot dead, and the warrior are all in the Damongo Government Hospital for autopsy and treatment respectively. The scuffle ensued when two chiefs, one from Daboya in the Savannah Region and the other from Janga...