Author: Krobea

Ghanaian Charles Owusu Boamah is leaving the African Development Bank after 23 years of serving the institution. “Twenty-three years is not a trivial number of years to spend in an institution. You’ve been a pillar of this institution. You’ve done very well.” It is with those words that the Executive Director for Nigeria and São Tomé and Príncipe, Bright Okogu, also Dean of the Board of directors of the African Development Bank, commended the outgoing Senior Vice President, Charles Boamah. “You are going to leave large pair of shoes to be filled… On behalf of the Bank, I wish to say that…

The Western Region Dispatch Center of the Ghana Ambulance Service has, so far, recorded 40 calls since the arrival of the constituency ambulances. Out of the number, five of them were prank calls. According to the regional Administrator of the Ghana Ambulance Service, Frank Manu, majority of the emergency calls came from the district hospitals. “In actual sense because of the five prank calls, we have been able to effectively respond to 35 cases. They included inter-hospital transfers which are in the majority, domestic and Road Traffic Accidents,” Mr Manu explained. “Three are Road Traffic Accidents and about five from…

Government has assured the police and other security agencies that their pension scheme, CAP 30, has and will not been withdrawn. This comes in the wake of a publication making rounds that the president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has directed the withdrawal of the scheme. A release issued on Wednesday, February 26 by a Deputy Minister of Information, Pius Enam Hadzide, said the “false” and “maliciously fabricated” story was aimed at courting disaffection for the government. “Government by this release, reiterates its position that it has not and does not intend to withdraw CAP 30 Pension Scheme or any Pension…

Ghana’s senior national female team, the Black Queens, has been invited to play in the Turkish Women’s Cup tournament in Turkey next month. As part of the preparation, the Black Queens management team has decided to camp the players a day before the tournament. The Turkish Women’s Cup is a yearly tournament which invites other countries to participate for the ultimate winner. This year’s edition will be the fourth time in a row. This year’s edition will include the senior women’s team as invited guests to grace the competition. The tournament which begins 2nd March will end on the 11th…

The Shama District Assembly in the Western Region has placed a temporary ban on clay mining in the district to check the activities of individuals and companies undertaking them illegally. District Chief Executive Joseph Amoah said the measure has become necessary following the emergence of some unscrupulous individuals who have entered the district and mining clay without the express approval of the assembly and the relevant regulatory bodies. “The Assembly is also losing revenue due to the activities of the illegal clay miners. But ultimately, the ban we have imposed is to help protect the environment from wanton destruction.” At…

The Minister of Railways Development, Joe Ghartey, is leading a technical team from the Ghana Railways Development Authority, the Ghana Railways Company Limited and other officials from his ministry to meet the technical team of South Africa rail company TRANSNET. The meeting comes on the heels of the conclusion of a technical due diligence exercise carried out by TRANSNET on the Western Rail lines. Early this month, a technical team from TRANSNET with assistance from their counterparts at the Ghana Railways Company Limited carried out a technical due diligence on the Kojokrom-Tarkwa narrow gauge. The exercise was further extended to…

For sure, no attempt by some members of the Ghanaian media and some Ghanaian celebrities to pressure the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) to lift the ban preventing celebrities from alcohol advertisement in Ghana should be entertained, especially because the motive for the ban is in the best interest of public health and the protection of our children. Speaking for a large number of concerned Ghanaians, we are devastated by the insistence of some of the celebrities to be permitted to endorse alcohol beverages despite all the clarifications and reasons that have been given in support of the public health…

The University of Cape Coast (UCC) has temporarily banned the celebration of hall weeks on campus. The decision was taken as a result of last Saturday dawn’s clashes between students of Atlantic Hall and Oguaa Hall. The violence, which aborted Oguaa Hall Week celebrations, led to some students sustaining various degree of injury and the vandalism of property. Casely-Hayford Hall was scheduled to mark its celebrations next. The decision to suspend hall week celebrations takes immediate effect, according to the Registrar of the University, John Kofi Nyan. In a notice to the university community, Mr Nyan indicated that the Students…

The Rubber Outgrowers and Agents Association (ROAA) has accused the Ghana Rubber Estate Limited (GREL) of deliberate attempts to collapse the rubber industry. The Association claims management of GREL has in recent times taken several decisions, without their involvement, and fears the effect of the decision will be inimical to the survival of the “white gold” industry. At a press conference at Agona Nkwanta in the Ahanta West District of the Western Region, National President of the ROAA Isaac Catro Bosomtwi explained that even though the association is an essential stakeholder in the rubber industry, GREL as the sole buyer…

Member of Parliament for Sekondi in the Western Region Andrew Egyapa Mercer has expressed his unwavering commitment to creating a conducive environment for pupils in his constituency for them to be able to enjoy the full benefits of the education policies introduced by the Nana Addo administration. He explained that there has been a significant increase in enrollment since the president introduced the Free Senior High School programme and therefore there should be a corresponding response in terms of infrastructure and the provision of educational materials. “This government has started building school blocks across the country. Even in Sekondi-Takoradi, if…