A total of 76 factory projects executed, over the last three years, under the ‘One District, One Factory’ initiative have been completed and are working. Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, Minister of Information, said an additional 232 of those projects were at various stages of completion. One of the projects, the Amantin Agro-Processing Factory in the Bono-East Region, which is under construction, would ...
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‘Continue to educate your children despite coronavirus threat’ – Right To Play Ghana
Right To Play Ghana has marked the International Literacy Day (ILD) with an urgent call on parents and caregivers to ensure the continuous education of their children at home despite the threat posed by the Coronavirus. The organisation said the school closures across Ghana since March 2020, should not put on hold the education of primary school children. International Literacy Day ...
Read More »Be careful of unlicensed, mouth-watering schemes next time – Akufo-Addo to DKM customers
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has cautioned the general public against investing in financial institutions that are not licensed by the Bank of Ghana (BoG) or the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) which “will put us in a difficult position.” Speaking on Techiman-based Classic FM, Nana Akufo-Addo advised Ghanaians that “it is important to find out whether a scheme is licensed by Bank of Ghana, ...
Read More »70% of Manifesto promises of NDC were copied from our manifesto – NPP
A communication member of the ruling new patriotic party (NPP), Oliver Ofori Baah is claiming that 70% of the promises in the manifesto of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is a copy and paste from the New Patriotic Party (NPP) manifesto. He argues the NDC is bereft of ideas hence they have stolen from the manifesto of the NPP ...
Read More »Eastern corridor road: Work steadily progresses on Hohoe-Jasikan stretch
Work is steadily progressing on the thirty-two (32) kilometre Hohoe-Jasikan portion of the much-talked-about Eastern Corridor road part of which passes through the Volta and Oti Regions. The project which is currently more than forty-five (45) percent complete, is expected to be fully handed over by January, 2021. The Eastern Corridor road has not only become a death trap for ...
Read More »FULL DOCUMENT: NDC’s 2020 manifesto dubbed ‘The People’s Manifesto’
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Monday, September 7, launched its manifesto ahead of the December 7 elections at the University of Professional Studies (UPSA), Accra. A statement signed by James Agyenim-Boateng, the Campaign Spokesperson, said the National Executive Committee (NEC) unanimously approved the manifesto following a presentation to them by the manifesto committee. “The manifesto, which addresses the ...
Read More »Prof. Naana Opoku-Agyemang lacks the integrity to be a sincere leader of Ghana – Amidu
Martin Amidu says Prof Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, the NDC’s vice presidential nominee, together with Prof. Kwamena Ahwoi, who recently published a book on former President Jerry John Rawlings, lack the ethics and integrity “to be sincere leaders of Ghana”. According to him, the two elders of the opposition party which is seeking to lead the country if they win the ...
Read More »We’re leaving ‘SADA, bus branding’ for ‘Free SHS – 120 NDC members defect to NPP
Some 120 members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have defected to join the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Kwesimintsim Constituency in the Western Region. At a press conference to announce their defection, the spokesperson of the defectors, Mr Theophilus Kwame Fiagbe, said both former President John Mahama, flagbearer of the NDC and the party’s parliamentary candidate for ...
Read More »NDC once lied to IMF and Ghana was fined US$36 million – Kufuor
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration under former President Jerry John Rawlings once lied to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), leading to Ghana being fined US$36 million. He said this was part of the monumental economic challenges that the NDC administration left for him to come and deal with after the 2000 elections. ...
Read More »I need your votes to correct my previous government’s mistakes – Mahama to Ghanaians
Former President, John Dramani Mahama, has asked electorates to vote him back to power to enable him to correct the mistakes of his previous administration. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer believes that although he bettered the lives of Ghanaians during his reign, there were steps he wrongly took in his first term in office. Addressing the chiefs and people of Ullo in ...
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