Author: Krobea

Former President John Dramani Mahama says the Free Senior High School Policy will not be scrapped by his administration if he returns to power in 2020. “Free SHS is here to stay,” he stressed. “Indeed, it is underpinned and guaranteed by the 1992 Constitution of Ghana and it cannot be reversed by any government.” Mr Mahama made this known on Wednesday, August 14 while addressing delegates at the 27th Annual Residential Delegates’ Congress of the Ghana National Union of Technical Students (GNUTS) held in Kumasi, Ashanti Region. This comes in the wake of assertions by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo…

US The Minority in Parliament has written to the US Ambassador to Ghana for an investigation into government’s suspension of the concession agreement with Power Distribution Services Ghana Limited (PDS). The petition was personally delivered on Wednesday, August 14 by the Ranking Member on the Committee of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa. According to the petition, the Akufo-Addo-led government cannot be trusted to conduct “thorough and independent” investigations into the agreement because it “stands complicit with top functionaries and cronies”. Therefore, Ambassador Stephanie S. Sullivan can help enforce the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of the US in bringing closure to…

Ghanaian coach Sellas Tetteh’s appointment as Sierra Leone head coach has been rejected by the government of the West African country. He was on Tuesday named the coach of the Leone Stars with a statement by the country’s football association saying, “After a thorough interview process by the Sierra Leone FA (SLFA,) head coach Recruitment Committee and based on scores earned by the various candidates, the executive committee of the Football Association wishes to announce to the general public and the football family the appointment of Mr. Sellas Tetteh Teivi as the head coach of the national senior team Leone…

Ghana captain Andre Ayew hit a brace for Swansea City as they eliminated Northampton Town from the ongoing Carabao Cup on Tuesday night at the Liberty Stadium. Ayew came on as a substitute and struck two goals 8 minutes apart to salvage his side’s chances of staying in the competition after they had gone down by a goal. “That’s exactly what we know he can do. He has come back into the club after the international break in very good condition,” Swansea coach Steve Cooper said after the game. “He looks extremely motivated in training and tonight was about giving…

Minister for Education Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh says the decision by the Akufo-Addo-led government to spend the country’s oil revenues on “Free Senior High School education is a better investment than anything the country can dream of”. Speaking at the Bolgatanga Senior High School on Tuesday, August 13 as part of President Akufo-Addo’s two-day tour of the Upper East Region, Dr Opoku Prempeh noted that even before the implementation of the Free SHS policy, the President ensured that the capitation grant for basic schools was increased from GH¢4.50 that had existed in 2009 to GH¢9 in 2017. “In 2018, (President…

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for La Nkwantanang-Madina Assembly, Jenifer Dede Afagbedzi, has reiterated the assembly’s commitment to fight against indiscriminate dumping of waste at unauthorized places and along ceremonial streets. This move, according to her, falls in line with President Nana Akufo-Addo’s vision and declaration to make Accra the cleanest city in Africa. She says a lot has been done by MMDCEs in Accra in achieving the President’s dream but attitudinal change has been the hindrance. Madam Dede Afagbedzi disclosed this on Onua FM’s Mantam Mpuntuo in an interview with Nana Yaw Opare (Wofa). She appealed to the general…

The Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Emmanuel Kofi Nti, has clarified comments attributed to him about future taxes to be paid by beneficiaries of the Free SHS programme. Mr Nti is said to have made these comments at a capacity building workshop for members of the Private Newspaper Publishers Association of Ghana (PRINPAG) in Koforidua, the capital of the Eastern Region. “The Ghana Revenue Authority wishes to clarify an attribution to the Commissioner-General by a section of the media on whether beneficiaries of the Free SHS Policy will pay more taxes than non-beneficiaries in future,” a statement issued…

Kotoko striker Abdul Fatawu Safiu has signed for Swedish side Trelleborgs FF on a season-long loan with an option to stay on permanently. Safiu joined from Eleven Wonders Football Club in Techiman last year and became a huge figure in the Porcupine Warriors. He grew in the side to become the top scorer of the Special Competition – scoring 10 goals. He also scored thrice and assisted twice in last year’s CAF Confederation Cup campaign, where the Reds reached the money zone. On Trelleborgs FF’s website, they stated: “We continue to strengthen on the attack side. Now through 25-year-old forward Fatawu…

The much-awaited Extraordinary Congress of the Ghana Football Association to be held under the auspices of the Normalisation Committee has been postponed to Thursday, September 5. The Congress was initially scheduled to be held on Monday, August 19 but there was ambiguity over the number of days required for such a key constitutional provision to be triggered. “The rescheduling clears any ambiguity over interpretation of relevant provisions of the GFA Statutes by stakeholders, regarding the number of days required for Extra Ordinary Congress as well as the agenda for the Extraordinary Congress as earlier communicated,” the Committee said in a…

Former Managing Director of Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) Alfred Obeng Boateng has donated ceiling fans to the Muslim fraternity of Bibiani market to enable them furnish their newly constructed ultra-modern mosque. The donation came as a result of a request which was made through the Electoral Area Coordinator of  Bibiani Newtown, Mary Darko, barely two months ago. As usual of him, Mr Obeng Boateng decided to honour the request during their Eid-Adha celebration. Donating the items on behalf of the philanthropist, who also doubles as the CEO of Approachers Group of Companies, Halifax Amande, the Secretary of Friends…