The Alliance for Development and Industrialization (ADI) has taken a swipe at IMANI’s recent comment that the government’s flagship development agenda- 1D1F should be scrapped, describing it as baseless and reckless. According to the ADI, the president of IMANI, Franklin Cudjoe’s take on the 1D1F was not base on any research findings and should be treated with all the contempt ...
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Some media houses turning girls into prostitutes – GJA
The President of Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) Roland Affail Monney has accused some media houses in the country for contributing to high phenomenon of sexual immorality among children. According to him “many children have become wayward, have become prostitutes not because their Parents are irresponsible but because of what they consume in the media.” The GJA President made the comments ...
Read More »Stop campaign of insults; disband vigilante groups – House of Chiefs
The National House of Chiefs has described as worrying, the use of insulting language among political leaders in the country. They fear the growing trend if not checked, may impact negatively on the peace the nation enjoys currently. The House of Chiefs also expressed concern over the increasing activities of political vigilante groups and called on the authorities to disband ...
Read More »$1m per constituency being used for special projects – Hawa Koomson
The Minister of Special Development Initiative, Madam Mavis Hawa Koomson, has debunked assertions that the government has not fulfilled its promise of allocating every constituency with one million dollars for its development. According to the minister, a lot of projects earmarked to be constructed with the fund were ongoing at the various districts with some even near completion. The minister, ...
Read More »Bawumia’s 2017 UNCTAD delegation was 16, not 21 – Spokesperson
A list which captures the names of a 21-member Ghanaian delegation to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) 2017, has caused mixed reactions on social media with some citizens trolling the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia for leading such a huge entourage to Geneva at the expense of the state. Those trolling the Vice President say they ...
Read More »Rawlings angry over judges murder report
Former President Jerry John Rawlings has apparently become incensed by the ongoing documentary by Multimedia News Channel, Joy News, on the killing of the three High Court judges and a retired army officer in the heat of the revolution in 1982. Last week, he promised to drop a ‘bombshell’ about the killings in the coming days, but it seems he ...
Read More »Prosecution witness in Opuni trial admits to ‘liquid fertilizer’ caution statement
The Attorney General’s first witness in the ongoing criminal trial of Dr. Stephen Kwabena Opuni and businessman Seidu Agongo and Agricut Company Limited last Monday admitted writing a caution statement to the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) upon his arrest in 2017 in which he had claimed the Lithovit fertilizer which is a subject of the trial, was in ...
Read More »Mahama cries over incompetent tag
Former President John Dramani Mahama is sulking over the apparent jab aimed at him on Monday by Vice President Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. His office released a statement yesterday complaining bitterly about why the Vice President called him ‘incompetent one’ and said any attack will not go unanswered. Bizarrely, it was Mr. Mahama who started it all when he ridiculed ...
Read More »Parliament to verify 116 dams
Parliament’s Committee on Food, Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs is expected to visit various sites in the Northern Region where the government says it has built or is building dams as part of the One village-One dam policy. The move, according to the Vice Chairman of the committee, Abraham Odoom, will enable the members to verify the claims and counter-claims. The ...
Read More »1D1F: 18 accredited; 50 more soon; 10 banks give GHc 4.5 billion
Some 18 factories have been accredited under the Akufo-Addo government’s One District-One Factory policy with 50 more to receive accreditation by the end of 2018, Information Minister-designate Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, has said. “As I speak to you this morning, 18 factories have been accredited so far and a good number of them have been visited by President Akufo-Addo”, Mr Oppong-Nkrumah told ...
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