Author: Krobea

On July 6, 2020, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) announced that its National Executive Council (NEC) had unanimously approved former Minister for Education, Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang as running mate for the December 2020 polls in stark contrast to 2008 when the New Patriotic Party (NPP) had had a chance to give us similar and failed at it. In every movement there comes a turning point that moves a push from talk to commitment and sets the wheels of change on course. That is what the appointment of Professor Opoku-Agyemang has done for the women’s movement in Ghana and particularly…

It is one day that will not be forgotten. It should never be forgotten. It is the day Asante Kotoko bus with 18 players and about 12 officials on board, was involved in a fatal accident on the Accra-Kumasi Highway. The tragic incident occurred after a Ghana Premier League match away to Inter Allies at the El Wak Stadium, Accra. The Porcupines lost the game 1-0 through disgraceful officiating by Referee Prince Amoah. The Nkwakaw dual carriage was the exact location of the accident. Today, the pain that tragedy wreaked in our hearts may have naturally subsided with time but…

The African Development Bank Group has announced the appointment of Dr Rabah Arezki as Chief Economist and Vice President, Economic Governance and Knowledge Management, effective 1st October 2020. Dr Rabah Arezki, a citizen of Algeria, is currently the Chief Economist for Middle East and North Africa Region at the World Bank, a role he has held since 2017. At the World Bank, he led the development of the Bank’s “moonshot approach” for the Middle East and Africa which aims to achieve full internet and digital payment connectivity. He championed the agenda on fair competition, data and transparency to empower and unlock…

Immigration officials deployed to border towns in the North East Region have called for the cooperation of residents to help identify foreigners who may enter the country illegally to register. They have also described both Phase One and Phase Two of the voter registration exercise in the area as peaceful and smooth. Sambruk, Kambatiak, Gbadoug and Mambagan are some of the communities along the Ghana-Togo border. These frontiers have a lot of unapproved routes. The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) deployed more personnel to these areas with the mandate of ensuring no foreigner from neighbouring Togo participates in the ongoing voter…

The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu, on Sunday, July 12 took his tour of registration centres to the Ashanti Region to monitor the ongoing nationwide exercise. The tour took him to the Kwamo Chief Palace registration centre, Roman Catholic Church registration centre, Municipal Assembly registration centre, and LA upper primary registration centre in the Ejisu Constituency. He also toured some registration centres in the Asante Akim Central Constituency including the Agric Quarters registration centre as well as Day Care Centre 1 and 2 registration centres in Odumasi. At each of the registration centres he visited,…

Chairperson of the CAF Organizing Committee for women’s football, Isha Johanssen, has said a lot of consideration was made before the cancellation of the 2020 Women’s AFCON. It was announced in June by CAF that the 2020 AWCON has been cancelled due to Covid-19. However, the inaugural Women’s Champions League will take place in 2021. Johanssen said it was not just the coronavirus that led to the scrapping of the tournament. “For the 2020 AWCON, there were certain circumstances beyond our control which made it difficult to organize,” she said. “All options were explored but to no avail. Let’s take…

Leading pan-African banking group Ecobank, has announced the appointment of Alain Nkontchou, a Cameroonian and Independent Non-Executive Director since 2015, as Board Chairman of its holding company, Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), with effect from 30 June 2020. In accordance with ETI’s Articles of Association, Mr Emmanuel Ikazoboh, a Nigerian, ended his six-year tenure as Chairman on 30 June 2020 having reached the retirement age of 70. Alain Nkontchou said: “I am honoured to be appointed as Chairman of Ecobank Transnational Incorporated. Having served on its Board since 2015, I have seen Ecobank’s resilience and its proud history, built on strong…

The National Council of Parent-Teacher Associations (NCPTAs) has asked government to send all school children awaiting to write their final examinations home. “In the current circumstances, the children are psychologically unstable and would therefore, not be of sound mind to write the WASSCE and BECE examinations and come out successfully,” a decision taken at a National Executive Consultative Meeting indicated. “We, therefore, suggest that these examinations be postponed till the situation is brought under control.”, a statement by the association issued Monday, July 13 said. The association cited among other things the inadequacy of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and the…

The Western Region branch of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has strongly condemned the manhandling of the regional cameraman for Metro TV, Alhaji Mustapha Ashley, by a bodyguard of Member of Parliament for Evalue-Jomoro-Gwira Constituency and Minister State at the Presidency Catherine Afeku at the premises of the Axim Court House. The GJA is also bemused that video footages, of the court premises, were deleted from Mustapha Ashley’s camera “under supervision of the police” at his blind side. A statement issued by the Association’s Western Region Secretary, Zambaga Rufai Saminu, recounting events leading to the assault and subsequent deletion of…

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is demanding the closure of all schools opened for the resumption of academic work for final-year students. The schools were reopened upon a May 31 directive of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. In his Update Number 10 to the nation on his government’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic, President Akufo-Addo announced that night that measures have been taken for schools to reopen for final year students from junior high schools to tertiary institutions. The tertiary institutions had students reporting on Monday, June 15 while senior high schools had their students next, on Monday, June…