Author: Krobea

The Committee on Employment, Social Welfare and State Enterprises of Parliament has recommended to government to take over both assets and liabilities of the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA). Speaking on the floor of Parliament at the second reading of the Northern Development Authority (NDA) Bill 2017, the Chairman of the Committee,  Kwame Anyimadu Antwi, indicated that Clause 34 of the Bill provides that assets, rights and liabilities of SADA established under the SADA Act 805 be transferred to the Northern Development Authority upon its establishment. However, the Committee says it noted that the operations of SADA cover some parts…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will on Tuesday, October 10 launch the restoration of monthly allowances for trainee nurses and midwives. A ceremony has been scheduled to take place at the Sunyani Nursing and Midwifery Training School to mark the launch. About 68,000 trainee nurses and midwives from public health training institutions are expected to benefit from the programme. The gesture is to mark the fulfillment of a manifesto promise by the president. During the 2016 electioneering campaign, then candidate Akufo-Addo promised to restore the allowances, which were scrapped by the John Mahama-led government. That government also scrapped teacher trainee…

Deputy Chief of Staff Samuel Abu Jinapor has asked all and sundry to disregard reports that he is building a “magnificent villa” in Damongo. According to the reports that made rounds on social media, he is putting up the “mansion” as part of his plans to “annex” the Damongo seat in the Northern Region. But in a statement on Thursday, the legal practitioner insists: “For the records, I do not own any land property in Damongo”. “These widely circulating claims, yet again, fit into the grand scheme by full-time detractors to soil my reputation,” he stated. “I, therefore, entreat all…

Former President John Dramani Mahama is leaving Accra Thursday for Liberia’s capital of Monrovia as leader of the elections Observer Mission of sub-regional bloc Economic community of West African States (Ecowas). The Mission will be in Liberia to observe next Tuesday’s polls, which appears to be between Vice President Joseph Boakai and former footballer George Oppon Weah. There are nine other presidential candidates. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is ineligible to stand after being in office for two terms. A statement issued by Mr Mahama’s Special Aide, Joyce Bawa Mogtari, on Thursday said as a former Chair of the Ecowas Authority…

The National Insurance Commission (NIC) has cautioned the public to be wary of a new insurance firm by name International Insurance (Ghana) Company (IIC). According to a public notice issued by NIC on Thursday, the new insurance firm is operating without license. “The NIC wishes to inform the public that it has not licensed any company by name International Insurance (Ghana) Company.” IIC is said to be operating within the Suhum and Koforidua environs of the Eastern Region. The firm is reported by NIC to have issued fake insurance policies including cover notes, insurance certificates and insurance motor stickers…

English Premier League giants Chelsea have entered into a partnership with Rexona that both parties hope will have significant impact on the lives of footballers in Ghana and across the continent. The agreement, formalized last Saturday at Chelsea’s Cobham training grounds, has grassroots development at its core and will make training and development opportunities available to young African players in areas. “Chelsea is considered one of the most successful football club, representing some of the top athletes in this game and that is why Chelsea is the perfect partner for Rexona,” Umar Alam, Director of Deodorants at Rexona, Unilever’s Deodorants Category Director…

The Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) has hinted of embarking on strike from Thursday, October 19 if government fails to meet their “legitimate demand”. According to the workers, their rent allowance has been outstanding since January though it is “explicitly stated in our Conditions of Service”. In a statement dated Wednesday, October 4 and signed by Derrick Annan, the General Secretary of JUSAG, all efforts to receive payment of the outstanding allowance has not yielded the needed response. “Upon failure to address the above on or before 19th October, 2017, we are enjoined to embark on an industrial…

The Minister of State in charge of Public Procurement, Sarah Adwoa Safo, has issued a warning to all public and civil servants involved in procurement processes to be wary of the Public Procurement Act since any breach of that law will attract severe sanctions. With particular reference to sole sourcing, she said under the leadership of President Nana Addo Akufo-Addo, the era where state looting through the abuse of such method is “now a thing of the past as all efforts are being made to investigate and bring closure to some of these issues.” “I must sternly warn that whoever…

Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay are to make a joint bid to host the 2030 World Cup. The three countries’ presidents announced the plan in Buenos Aires on Wednesday, although the bidding process will not begin for several more years. The 2030 World Cup will mark the centenary of the tournament, which first was held in Uruguay in 1930. In June, Uefa said it would “strongly support” either a pan-British or an English bid to host in 2030. “The first meeting [for the bid preparation] will be organised in the first week of November,” Paraguay’s president Horacio Cartes said. “Other countries…