Author: Krobea

Barely eight days into the ultimatum given to the president by the Minority in Parliament to sack the Finance Minister for his involvement in the infamous ‘$2.25 billion Kenbond saga’, the president has expressed satisfaction with the work of the beleaguered minister so far. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in his second State of the Nation address delivered Thursday, February 8 described the minister as a “national asset” through whose contribution “the world is taking notice of Ghana’s economic strides”. According to the president, the economy of Ghana has started showing good results, a feat he attributed to the Economic…

Thirty-eight years old man Andy Abraham has gone missing since Tuesday and the family is in desperate distress. The man, who works with AVIANS in Airport Accra, left home for work and never returned. In an interview on Onua FM’s morning show Yensempa, a brother of Andy’s said when the wife of the missing man called AVIANS, she was told by some of his colleagues that he has been picked up by the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) for taking pictures of government vehicles, which arrived at the Kotoka International Airport and sent to it to a radio station. According…

A Nigerian airline has blamed a passenger after one of its aircraft doors fell off shortly after landing. The flight from Lagos to Abuja was taxiing on the runway when the emergency exit door came away. Dana Air denied that it was caused by a mechanical fault, and said the door could not fall off “without a conscious effort by a passenger to open it”. But one passenger told the BBC that everyone on board had denied tampering with the door. Dapo Sanwo, from Lagos, said: “The flight was noisy with vibrations from the floor panel. I noticed the emergency…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed sadness over the sudden death of multiple award-winning songstress Ebony Reigns. Ebony, as she was popularly known, died on Thursday in a motor accident on the Accra-Sunyani highway. READ: Ebony gone! Many celebrities have already paid tribute to the 20-year-old artiste. President Akufo-Addo also took to Twitter on Friday to pay his tribute. Saddened by the news of the death of the young, but extremely talented female artiste, Priscilla Opoku-Kwarteng, aka Ebony Reigns. — Nana Akufo-Addo (@NAkufoAddo) February 9, 2018 By all accounts, she had a very promising music career. My deepest condolences…

Popular songstress Ebony Reigns is dead. She died in a motor accident at Nyame Bekyere near Abesewa in the Brong Ahafo Region Thursday night, 3news.com has gathered. The accident involved a jeep in which the Maame Hwe hitmaker was travelling. The jeep with registration number AS 497-16 is said to have rammed into a VIP bus. There were two other passengers including a uniformed military officer on board the jeep. The driver is, however, said to be receiving treatment at the Bechem Government Hospital. A nurse at that hospital told 3news.com that the bodies of the deceased are being transferred…

The State of the Nation’s address has in many years shed very little light on sports development in the country and the president’s address on Thursday was no different. He outlined the need to renovate the Accra Sports Stadium, which has been beaten badly after several years of neglect and a proper maintenance culture. The Stadium was redone ahead of the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations but the constant neglect meant that several parts of the facility have been left to rot. The scoreboard is dysfunctional, the washrooms are deplorable and the VIP sitting area looks almost like a death…

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) with support from the Government of Switzerland through the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) officially commissioned an ultra-modern Wood and Furniture Testing Centre at Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) – Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG), Fumesua in the Ashanti Region on Tuesday. The Centre established with funds from the Government of Switzerland through the Trade Capacity Building (TCB) Programme for Ghana will ensure trade facilitation and support the Government’s effort in promoting industrialisation across all sectors. Wood and furniture products from Ghana and those imported can now be tested…

Reactions are sharply divided between the Majority and Minority on the president’s State of the Nation address. Key amongst the issues is operation of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). Member of Parliament for Damongo Constituency Adam Mutawakilu said since November last year, the Scheme has been unable to renew the registration of applicants. A former Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Sylvester Mensah, claimed the Ministry of Finance was not adequately funding the Scheme. The Minority claims GH¢800 million has been cut from the health budget. But Minister for Health Kwaku Agyemen Manu said the…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is expected to meet his ministers one-on-one from Monday, the Minister of State in charge Monitoring and Evaluation has revealed, in an exercise to assess their performances. This is also to review the overall performance of the government after a year in office. Speaking on TV3 during discussions on Thursday’s state-of-the-nation address, Dr Anthony Osei Akoto said he has already prepared his evaluation assessment of the ministers for consideration by the president. He said he did that in October, 2017. From Monday, President Akufo-Addo will take the ministers through the assessment report. It is highly…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed worry over the housing situation in the country. “The concept of affordable housing is still out of the reach of most Ghanaians.” Delivering only his 2nd State of the Nation address to Parliament, the President noted that the concept of affordable housing has not been realized. According to him, as many Ghanaians cannot afford quality homes especially in the capital, Accra. Presenting the 2017 budget to Parliament last year, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta announced that government had abolished a number of taxes including the 5 per cent VAT on real estate cost. That…