Author Archives: edwardkanawu

Run away from corrupt deeds or face severe sanctions – SDA Church warns Sir John, GOIL boss

The Seventh-Day Adventist Church (SDA Church) in Ghana has announced its intentions to sanction church members holding positions in government, if corruption charges are leveled against them. The proposed sanctions are beside criminal charges the state might bring against them during prosecution. Dr. Kwabena Annor-Boafo, a former President of the South Central Ghana Conference of the SDA Church, said this ...

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Don’t price goods and services in dollars – BoG

The Bank of Ghana has warned against the pricing, advertising and receipt or payment for goods and services in foreign currencies. This is the third time this year the BoG has issued the notice prohibiting the act after similar calls in April and May. Some institutions and individuals trade in foreign currencies which are without authorisation according to the BoG. ...

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PPA boss case not ‘too big’ – Martin Kpebu

Legal practitioner Martin Kpebu says the corruption case against the Chief Executive Officer of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) seemed to have been blown beyond proportion. To him, he wants to know whether the actions of suspended Adjenim Boateng Adjei affected the public purse or not. “That was what I am looking at and I haven’t found it [yet],” he ...

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Made in Ghana Toyota in 2020

Toyota Tsusho Corporation of Japan has pledged that it will introduce its first assembled vehicle in Ghana by August next year. Ichiro Kashitani, President and Chief Executive Officer of Toyota Tsusho Corporation, made this known when his outfit signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Government of Ghana in Tokyo. It was for the establishment of a Toyota and ...

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Mahama paid Nalerigu nursing students to chant ‘we are sorry’

The videos and photos in which some students of the Nalerigu Nursing and Midwifery Training College are seen chanting “JM we’re are sorry” were apparently staged, MyNewsGh.com reports. The students stormed the rally grounds at Nalerigu on Day two of former President John Dramani Mahama’s ‘Thank You Tour’ of the Northeast region, clad in their school uniforms and NDC paraphernalia ...

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Edmund Kyei descends on Mahama

Edmund Kyei, Asokwa Constituency 1st Vice Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, has taken former President John Mahama to the cleaners, describing him as a pathological lair. According to Edmund Kyei, claims by Mr Mahama that his administration started the One Village One Dam (1V1D) initiative that is being pursued by the current NPP government, are unfounded and unwarranted. The ...

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Somanya to get fertilizer factory under 1D1F

The construction of a fertiliser production factory under the one district one factory has commenced in Somanya in the Yilo Krobo Municipality, to process both faecal and bio-degradable waste. The construction of the factory is part of the “Creating and Capturing Value” (Capval) project launched in 2015 by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and Jekora Ventures Limited with support ...

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