The Majority Leader, Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has said the resumption of illegal mining activities at the headwaters of the Pra River is not only polluting the river but it is undermining efforts to ensure the supply of quality water to the residents of Sekondi-Takoradi and surrounding towns and villages. In a submission on the floor of Parliament yesterday, he said ...

For some strange reasons, many Ghanaians are behaving as though the coronavirus pandemic has vanished. A vast majority of Ghanaians continue to defy the COVID-19 protocols, including wearing nose masks, social distancing and washing of hands frequently under running water. It is commonplace today to see a mass gathering of people of all ages at political campaigns, market places, and lorry parks ...

The Minister of Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has today, Wednesday, October 21, 2020, handed over 16 Toyota Landcruiser Prado 4 x 4 vehicles to all Regional Directors of Education on behalf of President Akufo-Addo. The short ceremony was held at the Ministry of Education in Accra. It will be recalled that in March 2020, the Vice President, on behalf ...

A total of 14 people have been confirmed dead in the church collapse disaster at Akyem Batabi in the Asene Manso Akroso District, Eastern Regional Minister Eric Kwakye Darfour has said. Rescue efforts are still continuing with the help of five excavators and sniffer dogs. Meanwhile, the District Chief Executive of Asene Manso Akroso, Mr Alex Inkoom, has said his ...

The Paramount Chief of Afife and President of the Afife Traditional Council, Torgbui Adrakpanya VI, has described the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, as a competent, compassionate, great and visionary leader who is deserving of a second term in office. According to Torgbui Adrakpanya VI, “We have been keenly monitoring your development focus and agenda for the ...

The National Sports Authority (NSA) has announced rates to be charged for teams that will use the Accra Sports Stadium in the 2020/21 football season. A statement signed by Professor Peter Twumasi, Director General of NSA said matches scheduled at the stadium had been categorised into three groups. “Management would like to bring to your notice and attention of fees ...

Mr Clifford Ashun, the Central Regional Head of the Museums and Monuments Board (MMB) has commended government for its resolve to establish an airport in the historic and academic city of Cape Coast. Speaking in an interview with the GNA in Cape Coast, Mr Ashun said international tourists land in Accra before travelling to the tourism hub in Cape Coast. ...

EgyptAir has been chosen as the preferred strategic partner in the establishment of a new viable home-based carrier for Ghana, AviationGhana can exclusively reveal. According to AviationGhana, the Cairo-based airline’s proposal, after careful scrutiny by the committee of aviation experts constituted by the Aviation Ministry, was ‘much better’ than what was proposed by Africa’s biggest airline, Ethiopian Airlines. A Memorandum ...

The Vice President Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to ensure that brilliant but needy students would access university education in the next New Patriotic Party (NPP) government. This would make the government’s flagship Free Senior High School (SHS) programme to achieve significant and desirable outcomes. Vice President Alhaji Dr Bawumia said this when he addressed separate ...

LET THE CITIZEN KNOW 19TH OCTOBER 2020 ADDRESS DELEIVERED BY MRS. JEAN MENSA, CHAIRPERSON OF THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION, ON DECLARATION OF RESULTS FROM THE FILING OF NOMINATIONS BY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES FOR THE 2020 ELECTIONS ON MONDAY THE 19TH OF OCTOBER, 2020 AT 4:00 PM Good afternoon citizens of Ghana and our friends from the media. We thank the good Lord ...