As part of the efforts to ensure healthy lives for all, the government has invested heavily in the health sector in the Ashanti Region. Currently, six health facilities are under construction, some of which have been completed, with the others at various stages of completion. They are the over 40-year-old Maternity Block of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), the Afari Military Hospital, the 250-bed Regional Hospital at Sewuah in the Bosomtwe District, the Bekwai Municipal Hospital, the Kumawu District Hospital and the Konongo District Hospital. This came to light during a recent tour of the facilities by the National...
We are not compiling new register for 2024 but… – Electoral Commission
The Electoral Commission (EC) has dismissed reports that it will compile a new register for the 2024 Elections. Maintaining that the register which was compiled for the 2020 Election was still credible, the Commission says it was instead putting in place measures to ensure the continuous registration of persons onto the register. The Director of Electoral Services at the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr Serebour Quaicoe said the new registration process would rely on the Ghana card as a base document to register new persons. “We are not compiling a new voters’ register. The one we compiled in 2020 is a...
NPP Delegates Conference: Workers’ demand for better salaries will intensify if contestants display cash – Prof Gyampo
A political scientist, Professor Ransford Gyampo has stated that the current agitations on the labour front may intensify if the contestants display cash at the NPP’s upcoming National Delegates Conference. The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) is set to organise its National Delegates Conference this weekend, to elect new national executives for the party. Over the years, such conferences by political parties in Ghana have been characterised by vote-buying; with aspirants splashing monies to win the sympathy of delegates. According to Professor Gyampo, if this happens at the NPP’s national executive elections on Saturday, it will cause stakeholders on the...
Oil & Gas Service providers call for enforcement of regular fuel storage tank cleaning rule
To ensure the quality of petroleum products sold at the pumps is not compromised, players in the oil and gas services sector are demanding the strict enforcement of standards and protocols across the value chain. The National Petroleum Authority was established by law to regulate the petroleum downstream industry in Ghana and Benjamin Armstrong, the Managing Director at Bidi Group Ghana, believes the Authority ought to ensure the compliance of businesses in space to the regular mandatory cleaning of their storage tanks for instance. Mr Armstrong stated that this would ensure residue accumulated in the tanks over the period...
Stakeholders call for increased transparency in how E-Levy funds are used
The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications, Dr. Ing. Kenneth Ashigbey, has backed calls for transparency in the manner in which funds accrued from the Electronic Transfer Levy (E-Levy) are used. One of the sources the government was hoping would help it raise much-needed revenue is the E-Levy, but information from government’s quarters indicates that it is underperforming woefully. A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko recently noted that the tax measure since its implementation has generated only 10% of estimated revenue, causing some to call for it to be scrapped. Others...
Bibiani-Anhwiaso Bekwai DCE, driver die after crash on Accra-Kumasi highway
Police in the Eastern Region have commenced investigations into the cause of an accident which claimed the life of the District Chief Executive for Bibiani-Anhwiaso Bekwai, Alfred Amoah and his driver. The fatal accident involving three vehicles, a fuel tanker with registration number GN- 8549-X, a trailer, AS- 4229- X and the DCE’s official vehicle, a Nissan Patrol with registration number GN-2060-18, occurred at Akim Fisher on the N6 highway at about 6:30 pm on Tuesday night. Personnel from the Ghana Police, National Fire Service and the Ambulance service who rushed to the scene managed to convey some injured victims...
Using Ghana card to compile new voters’ register will destabilise the country – Minority
The Minority in Parliament has warned against the Electoral Commission’s plan to compile a new voters’ register using only the Ghana card. According to the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, such a move will threaten the stability of the country as the inalienable rights of legal-age Ghanaians to vote and to exercise that right to vote will be infringed upon. “Our understanding as we pick it up is that the Electoral Commission of Ghana is desperately planning to discard the 2020 Voter Register and replace it with a new voter register – which register has caused the taxpayer and the people...
Veteran musician A.B. Crentsil reported dead
Legendary highlife musician, Alfred Benjamin Crentsil, known in showbiz as A.B. Crentsil has reportedly died at age 79. This was announced in a Facebook post by sound engineer, Fred Kyei Mensah on Wednesday. According to Fredyma, the veteran musician has been unwell for some time. “Farewell A. B. Crenstil. The original composer and singer of the famous and controversial songs, ‘Moses and Aba AB Crenstil, has died! “He had a stint with a lot of bands before joining the Sweet Talks Band with Smart Nkansah and then his own band, Ahenfo. His hit songs, ‘Juliana and Obi ba wiase cannot...
Public Services Workers issue strike notice starting Tuesday
Public Services Workers have declared they will embark on an indefinite strike come Tuesday, July 19, 2022 to demand improvement in their emoluments and resolution of outstanding issues bordering on workers compensation. According to the Public Services Workers Union, with the frequent price increases and a constant erosion of the real value of the relatively low wages of public sector workers, resulting from an 18-year high inflation rate of 27.6 per cent, coupled with a number of outstanding issues, its members are left with no choice than to embark on the strike action until their concerns are addressed. The decision...
GRIDCo demolishes structures under high-tension lines in Accra
A task force, made up of officials of the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo), the police and the military yesterday demolished structures under some high-tension lines in the Ayawaso West Wuogon Municipality in the Greater Accra Region. The exercise, which started around 5 a.m, affected wooden structures serving as makeshift homes for squatters, kiosks and other structures used by mechanics and other artisans for their business operations. At one of the demolition spots near the Bawaleshie Basic School, scores of squatters frantically scrambled to salvage what was possible amid wailing as they counted their losses. Rationale GRIDCo, in a press statement...