Mr Samuel Atta Akyea, Minister of Works and Housing on Wednesday said the Saglemi housing project in the Ningo-Prampram District in the Greater Accra Region has serious challenges resulting in the halt of the project. He said the necessary information including measurement and financials issues have been referred to the Attorney’s General Department for advice as it bordered on contractual ...
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inside story of Aisha Huang: ‘I watched her shoot a Ghanaian dead’ – Former associate
A former associate of deported Chinese illegal miner has opened the lid on ‘galamsey queen’ who, puffed up by a colluding horde of security officials, unleashed a reign of terror. The eye-opener, Christian Addo Kuffuor told Joy FM’s Super Morning Show Thursday, he witnessed Aisha Huang pull out a gun and without flinching, load bullets into a Ghanaian, killing him ...
Read More »Saglemi housing project was $200m; not $280m – Sampson Ahi
The Minister for Works and Housing under the erstwhile Mahama administration, Sampson Ahi has refuted a publication suggesting that his government was involved in a shady deal which resulted in a reduction of housing units that were supposed to be built for an a mount of two hundred and eighty million dollars ($280m). A report by Daily Guide said the ...
Read More »GPHA staff go red to protest MPS concession deal
Staff of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) on Tuesday started a week long red attire protest against some unfavourable clauses in the Authority’s port expansion agreement with Meridian Ports and Services (MPS). The staff are to wear red attires for a week to drum home their displeasure at the MPS concession which the Ghana News Agency learnt would ...
Read More »It is extremely unfair to compare Mills/Mahama’s 96 months to Akufo-Addo’s 27 months
The successive NDC governments have dishonoured numerous Manifesto promises, but the one that has ineffaceably stencilled on discerning Ghanaians mental sheets, is the one-time NHIS premium. That Manifesto promise, so to speak, was destitute of honesty and integrity. Given their lackadaisical approach to governance, it would be wholly unreasonable for anybody to suggest that to err is human and therefore ...
Read More »I’m not a liar – Sammy Gyamfi hits back on NHIS collapse claims
National Communications Officer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi has dismissed suggestions that he is lacking credibility on claims that the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is collapsing under the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government. “I have seen NPP social media commentators calling me a liar. Calling someone a lair does not mean I am a liar”, ...
Read More »Ofori-Atta steers World Bank/IMF Development Committee on global dev’t issues
Ghana, represented by Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, chaired the World Bank Development Committee meetings in Washington DC, where implicit concerns over employment amid unprecedented demographics, and several crucial developmental issues, were discussed. Ken Ofori-Atta assumed his role as Chairman of the World Bank’s Development Committee at this year’s International Monetary Fund/World Bank Spring Meetings. This is a first for ...
Read More »1 million cubic meters of silt removed from Odaw river
Work is on-going on the Odaw river to remove silt from it to ensure the smooth flow of rainwater to prevent the perennial flooding in the capital city, Accra. The 80-meter-deep storm drain has been heavily choked by sand, debris and largely plastic waste blocking the flow of rainwater which causes floods in Accra. Dredge Masters, a leading provider of ...
Read More »Otumfuo is a pillar of development – Akufo-Addo says at 20th anniversary Akwasidae Kesie
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has paid glowing tribute to the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, describing him as a pillar behind Ghana’s development agenda. He said the Asantehene’s contribution to national development through education and other initiatives had not been limited to his traditional authority but the entire country. At the Akwasidae Kesie grand durbar last Sunday to mark ...
Read More »How Asantehene’s phone call saved Ghana after failed attempts by Kufuor, others
His Royal Majesty, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the King of the Asante Kingdom heavily influenced the World Bank’s decision to allow Ghana gain Highly Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) status with just a phone call after President John Agyekum Kufuor and his entire government machinery exhausted all avenues available to them at the time. A communications team member from the Manhyia ...
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