It has been confirmed that Gregory Afoko and another suspect, Asabke Alangdi who is on the run indeed poured acid on the late Upper East Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Adams Mahama, which led to his death. The late NPP official, according prosecution witnesses, mentioned the names of the two as the ones who poured the acid ...
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Shippers will not bear cost of CTN policy – Commissioner of Customs
The Commissioner of the Customs Division of GRA, Isaac Crentsil has disclosed that no importer will bear the cost of the Cargo Tracking Note policy to be implemented on the 15th October, 2018. Contrary to media reports, he said the GRA will instead shoulder all the CTN charges. “Ghana Revenue Authority is going to take all charges pertaining CTN. Nobody ...
Read More »Akufo-Addo’s free SHS, double track is Ghana’s major blessing – Mike Hammah
Hon. Mike Hammah, a former Transport Minister under the erstwhile [late] John Evans Atta-Mills administration has lauded the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government led by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on its implementation of the Free SHS policy describing it as one of Ghana’s best policies the country has witnessed. Speaking on Kumasi based Angel FM with Kwame Tanko (KT) ...
Read More »I have no interest in new regions — Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated that he has no personal interest in the creation of the new regions. He stated that there was no tribal or political plan to execute the process and said although he and former President John Mahama did not agree on many issues, there was unanimity and consensus on the creation of the new ...
Read More »New Regions: Agitations needless – Akufo-Addo to Ketu Chiefs
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has described as unfounded and needless, the agitations generated over who should vote and should not vote in the Volta region in the upcoming referendum to divide the Volta Region into two separate regions. Addressing the chiefs and leaders of the Ketu South Traditional Council at the Jubilee House, the President said throughout the history ...
Read More »Districts with raw materials to have factories by 2020 – 1D1F Coordinator
The National Coordinator of the One-district, One-factory (1D1F) policy initiative, Ms Gifty Ohene Konadu, has given an assurance that every district with raw material will have its own factory by the end of 2020. In an interview with the Daily Graphic in Accra last Monday, she said some districts which had multiple raw materials would even have more than one ...
Read More »PIAC chases MoF for GHS403m oil money
The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) is demanding that the Ministry of Finance account for the whereabouts of some GHS403. 74 million of oil revenue. At a press conference on Monday, 15 October 2018, PIAC Chairman Dr. Steve Manteaw, said: “A number of options are opened to us including referring for audit investigations”, adding: “Of course we can also ...
Read More »Surinamers eisen reparatie van hun aow-gat
Duizenden Surinaamse ouderen in Nederland willen reparatie van hun aow-gat. Doordat ze geen volle 50 jaar in Nederland hebben gewoond, ontvangen ze een lager basispensioen. Sommige claimen daardoor in ‘bittere armoede’ te leven. Iedereen in Nederland bouwt in vijftig jaar aow op, elk jaar 2 procent. Elk jaar dat iemand niet in Nederland woont, telt niet mee in de opbouw. Wie ...
Read More »I can vouch for the innocence of Rawlings in Judges’ murder – NPP’s Obiri Boahen
The Deputy General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Obiri Boahen has cautioned Ghanaians to stop accusing former President Jerry John Rawlings and his wife having any hand in the murder of judges and an army Major, MyNewsGH.com has filed. Nana Obiri Boahen who was in the news recently for loose talk has advised the Rawlings’ to ...
Read More »73% Ghanaians okay Free SHS – Survey
There is an overwhelming support from Ghanaians for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government’s flagship Free Senior High School (SHS) policy, a research has revealed. According to the report of the poll titled ‘Eyes On The Big Issues,’ about 72.59 percent of Ghanaians were in full support of the Free SHS as against 27.41 percent who opposed the policy. “We ...
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