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Nigeria Union of Traders Association, Ghana (NUTAG) has criticized and chastised the leadership of Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) for unlawfully closing down shops belonging to Nigerians in Accra and some parts of the country. President of NUTAG Chief Chukwuemeka Levi Nnagi disclosed this when speaking on The Yensempa morning show on Onua FM on Thursday, August 20, describing the move by GUTA as “dishonest” and “needless”. The NUTAG president called on GUTA to close shops belonging to Ghanaians because he believes most Ghanaian traders have not registered as GUTA members and do not qualify to sell. Chief Nnagi…

The Chief of Adjumanko in James Town, Nii Attoh Otokunor Adjumanku, has advised the Ga state to celebrate this year’s Homowo in peace and observe all the safety protocols to curb Coronavirus. The Chief said the virus has disrupted everything globally and as such residents must celebrate the festival in decorum and in their homes. Nii Otokunor Adjumanku made the call in an interview with Onua TV after he and his elders had poured libation for the commencement of the Homowo. Accompanied by his subjects, they visited the family house in James Town and poured the libation. He explained that…

The Vice Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has pledged that the next NDC administration will phase out all witch camps, particularly the Gambaga Witch Camp, to make the practice a thing of the past. According to John Mahama’s running mate, the presence of witch camps is a dent on the country’s image and democracy, stressing that the practice of tagging people, especially the elderly, as witches and relegating them to camps, would no longer be tolerated. Professor Opoku-Agyemang made this known in an address to community members and inmates of the Gambaga Witches…

After a public appeal for funds for Emmanuel Aparaku to undergo an emergency liver surgery, over $55,000 has been raised. The GoFundMe fundraiser targeted $55,000 or £40,000 for the surgery. But after barely 20 hours, a total of $60,492 has been raised. https://twitter.com/WeCareFoundat10/status/1296439217254551552?s=20 Among the donors is the First Lady of Ghana, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, who donated $20,000 to the campaign. https://twitter.com/Amgsarkcess/status/1296416433031778304?s=20 Source: 3news.com|Ghana

The Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, is proposing a debate of track record of delivery with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Addressing the chiefs and elders of  Dzolokpuita in the Ho West Constituency as part of his four-day tour of the Volta Region on Wednesday, Mr Mahama sad the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in 2016 did not appreciate the value of his government’s investments in critical infrastructure. “In 2016 when I was talking about value of infrastructure, my friends on the other side said, we don’t eat infrastructure, we don’t eat roads, that was…

Boabab Market, a group of Civil Society Organizations in Northern Region, has called on the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources to classify rosewood, Shea, dawadawa and cashew trees under the economic tree protection Act of 1979. The act has only cocoa as an economic tree. According to the group, enforcing the ban will strengthen the hands of local authorities and security agencies to fight the menace. The Boabab Market since its formation in 2017 has given significant amount of time and attention to the issue of rosewood depletion in the country. It will be recalled that in February 2020,…

The Ghana Association of Elected Assembly Members is seeking for a constitutional amendment for the welfare of all elected assembly members. Members argue the role of an assembly member is as crucial as that of a parliamentarian. Addressing a press conference in Damongo, the Vice Chairman of the Association in the Savannah Region, Sumani Thompson Abu, defused the impression that the association has a political connotation. He noted assembly members are the pivot of participatory democracy at the grassroots level. He called for the amendment of the constitution to consider remuneration of assembly members through the Consolidated Fund. “Our work…

Aviation Minister Joseph Kofi Adda says the slow pace at which Phase 2 of the Tamale Airport project is moving  has to do with the novel coronavirus disease. He revealed the situation is affecting the importation of most of the materials needed for the work. The Minister made these remarks when he inspected work on the project on Wednesday, August 20. The Minister upon arrival had a closed-door meeting with the contractors working on the second phase of the project. The contractors, QGMI, took the minister through the architectural drawings of the project. The team then moved to the project…

Rapper Sarkodie has finally broken his silence on the scuffle that ensued between his manager Angel Town and fellow rapper Stonebwoy.  On Monday, August 10, Stonebwoy was taken out of the Black Love virtual concert organized by Sarkodie due to his inability to record his part of the show after a confrontation between himself and the manager of Sarkodie. Sarkodie, who refused to speak on the issue until the show was done, opened up on the issue through a press conference on Wednesday, August 19. He stated: “Everyone has the right to be angry but no one has the right to assault.”…

The Minister of Education Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has set up a 10-member committee to advise on modalities for the reopening of schools in the pre-tertiary sector in Ghana. Schools were shut down in March as a result of the coronavirus pandemic but has since been reopened for final year students to compete their exit examinations. Final year tertiary students returned to school on Monday, June 15 to complete their academic work while final year senior high school (SHS) students returned on Monday, June 22 to prepare for the West Africa Senior Schools Certificate Examinations (WASSCE). They were joined by…