Author: Krobea

The Salaga North constituency in the East Gonja District of the Northern Region perhaps is the most deprived constituency among the 275 constituencies in Ghana. The constituency, one of the infant ones in Ghana, was carved out of the Salaga Constituency in 2012. Eight years on, the constituency is far from being called a developing area. Though some constituencies in Ghana also lack some basic amenities, about 95 per cent of communities in the Salaga North Constituency lack almost all the basic amenities for human development. With an estimated population of about 35,000 in 65 communities, the Salaga North constituency…

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia and Former Vice President Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur have been listed among the 2017 Chartered Bankers who are in good standing. The Ghana Institute of Bankers (CIB-GH) was registered in 1978 under the professional bodies decree of 1973(NRCD 143) with 30 professional members and 11 corporate members. Having successfully carried a diligent expansion programme, the Institute now boasts of 36 corporate members and over 860 members in good standing. The Institute serves as a professional body for banks and financial institutions with an aim to provide stimulus for the development of competent and more qualified human…

A Post-UK election analysis by the Financial Times suggests that better educated people tend to vote for leftwing or centrist causes, while those who never went to university are more likely to vote for rightwing or populist parties. It concludes that Tories made heavy forays into working class territories previously considered the exclusive domain of the Labour Party, even though, overall, the Conservatives’ showing at last week’s poll was poorer. An analysis of the trends in the recent elections in France reveals similar results. Emmanuel Macron for instance won his highest votes in Paris, home to France’ most literate population.…

A leading rights group has condemned the imprisonment of a man in Tunisia for smoking a cigarette in public during the dawn-to-dusk Muslim fast. A court in north-western Bizerte town sentenced the man to one month in jail for “public indecency”. The ruling was an “absurd violation” of personal freedoms, Amnesty International said. Dozens protested on Sunday in the capital, Tunis, for the right to eat and drink in public during Ramadan. About a fortnight ago, four men were sentenced to one month in prison after eating in public. There are no laws in mainly Muslim Tunisia requiring individuals to…

Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Member of Parliament for Suame Constituency Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has proposed the creation of a platform which will allow Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to first scrutinize bills before they are brought to Parliament. According to him, contributions from the CSOs to the bills before they are brought to Parliament for further deliberation will not only enhance quality of the bills passed but also strengthen the work of Parliament. Last year, a number of civil society groups expressed their opposition to the passage of the Plant Breeders Bill into law. The groups, which included the Peasant Farmers…

The Former UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, has shared his opinion on the way forward in peace building and providing effective mediation for conflicts in the world. He tweeted on Wednesday to express his appreciation to be part of the discussion on the Oslo Forum, which opened on Tuesday. At the #OsloForum, I was delighted to join colleagues and friends in a discussion on mediation and peacebuilding in today’s changing world. — Kofi Annan (@KofiAnnan) June 14, 2017 Third party countries have a key role in #mediation provided they remain neutral…You must talk to everyone if you want to save…

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has responded to recent claims in the media by one Kwodwo Asare Baffour Acheampong, also known as KABA, that the top hierarchy of the military knew about tension in Denkyira-Obuasi before the lynching of Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama. GAF says the claims are “false” and “misleading” and the interdiction of the four warrant officers is not related to the unfortunate death of the army captain, who was posthumously promoted to Major. “GAF wishes to advise media personnel to be mindful of their sources of information especially during this period in order not to misinform the…

About 78 Ghanaians have arrived at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra from the United States of America as the second batch of deportees following Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal migrants. Most of the deportees were handcuffed as they disembarked from the chartered flight, Onua FM’s Kweku Antwi-Otoo reported on Wednesday. All of them are males. Officers of the National Disaster Management Organisation (Nadmo), the Ghana Immigration Service and the Ghana Police Service were on stand-by to assist the deportees go through screening. Onua FM’s reporter said after the deported were screened and cleared, each was given a GH¢100 to…

Several people have died and more than 50 are in hospital after a huge fire raged through the night at a west London tower block, a fire chief says. Eyewitnesses said they saw people trapped inside the burning Grenfell Tower, in north Kensington, screaming for help, and shouting for their children to be saved. Firefighters, still at the scene, rescued “large numbers” of residents. The 24-storey block, now smoking ruins, looks at risk of collapsing. Eyewitnesses said they saw lights – thought to be mobile phones or torches – flashing at the top of the block of flats, and trapped…

An elder of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) says the party is not perturbed about the 2020 elections if the former President, John Mahama, will contest. Dr. Kwame Amoako Tuffour said the NPP will ‘beat’ him if he comes because with all the alleged stealing during the 2016 elections, the NPP won with over one million votes. The former President Mahama reportedly gave indication to lead the NDC in the 2020 polls when he used scenarios to declare his intent to the party members at a rally to mark the Silver anniversary celebration at Ashaiman in the Greater Accra…