Author: Krobea

The Ministry of Roads and Highways has reopened the Buipe and Yapei bridges in the Northern Region to vehicular traffic. The two bridges were closed down to motorists last month for repair works. This resulted in congestion at the Yeji ferry station as most commuters resorted to travelling across the Volta Lake by ferries. The inadequacy of ferries led to most passengers getting stranded at the ferry station. This led to widespread criticism of the Ministry of Roads and Highways as well as the Ghana Highway Authority, especially for the timing of the repair works. Parliament even summoned the sector…

The Trades Union Congress of Ghana (TUC) is accusing Gold Fields Ghana Limited of demonstrating bad faith in breaching the development agreement it signed with government in 2016. The TUC said despite getting the huge fiscal incentives from the March 11, 2016 agreement, Gold Fields is adducing arguments to “justify what is basically an unjustifiable action”. The gold-mining company had served notice of laying off about 1,500 of its employees due to a new business model it wants to run. According to reports, it intends to run a contract mining model at its Tarkwa and Damang mines. The decision was…

Minister of Trades and Industry Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen has shot down claims that monies were extorted from expatriate business executives during a recently held Ghana Expatriates Business Awards (GEBA). He said most of the business executives who were seated on the Presidential High Table for the event “already have direct access to the President and do not need to pay monies to interact with him”. There has been widespread controversy over a certain demand for the payment of monies between $25,000 and $100,000 for expatriate business executives to sit near President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at the event. It is…

The Ghana Health Service has started vaccinating students and staff of Kumasi Academy Senior High School to prevent the spread of the H1N1 virus. The Service has also hinted of tracing absentee students to their various homes to vaccinate them. Over 2,000 students of KUMACA have so far received their vaccination since the beginning of the exercise on Thursday. Some parents and media personnel were also part of the exercise due to their frequent visits to the school. Ashanti Region Deputy Director of Public Health Dr Yeboah Awudzi says the students have turned out in their numbers to be vaccinated…

The Center for Democratic Development (CDD) is advising the three commissioners of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) to take a decision in their best interest as their impeachment proceeding begins. The piece of advice comes on the back of fears that the commission is likely to be distracted, following the setting up of a committee to investigate allegations of corruption against the three main commissioners as part of the impeachment process. The Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo, has set up a five-member committee to probe the claims against Chair Charlotte Osei, Dr Ahmadu Sulley and Georgina Opoku Amankwa. But Head of…

As part of a programme to improve the competitiveness of local businesses, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the government of Ghana held a conference in the Western Region on December 14 for stakeholders in the oil and gas sector. At the conference, participants shared lessons learned and best practices and highlighted the achievements of local businesses in the industry. USAID/Ghana Mission Director Sharon L. Cromer, Project Coordinator (Local Content in Petroleum Activities) for the Ministry of Energy Afua Amissah, Programme Director of USAID Ghana Supply Chain Development Programme KB Wilson, business service providers, small and medium…

The Minister of Trades and Industry, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, did not do any wrong in charging expatriates to sit near President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at an awards ceremony, a statement has indicated. Neither did a government official commit any wrongdoing in the deal, the statement said. This comes as part of a response to a query by President Akufo-Addo. The President – through the Chief of Staff – had written to Mr Kyerematen on Wednesday to explain the circumstances that led to the charging of expatriates between $25,000 and $100,000 to sit near him at the recently held Ghana…

Anti-government pressure group, the Coalition of Democratic Governance (CDG), says the ongoing process seeking the impeachment of the Chair of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) must be challenged. According to the group, it is more of a political witch hunt than a legal adventure. In a press release dated December 18, 2017, CDG said there were three petitions submitted to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo but he chose to follow up on the first two, glossing over the one against the Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo. “Certainly the President could have ignored the first two petitions as he did to the…