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The Association of Graduates in Skilled Development has urged the President Akufo-Addo to call the Labour Relations minister, Ignatius Baffour-Awuah, to order, accusing him of spreading falsehood about the unemployment situation in Ghana. The minister in an interview on Joy FM claimed the national unemployment situation which stood at 11.5% in 2015 has fallen between 3.6% and 7.1% adding that government’s efforts to reduce unemployment was promising as the statistics keeps declining. But a statement signed by Desmond Bress-Biney, president of the Association formerly known as Unemployed Graduates Association, said the minister’s comments were “misleading”. “It is entirely false as…

The Jackson College of Education has produced a total of 11,384 professional teachers since its establishment in 2009. Mrs. Theodosia Wilhelmina Jackson, the Principal of the College who disclosed this said, the college would continue to contribute to the country’s human resource development effort by continuously training more teachers. Speaking at the 7th congregation of the college in Kumasi, Mrs. Jackson said the institution would not relent in its quest to produce teachers to serve in various parts of the country, especially the hinterlands. A total of 1,084 graduated with diploma in Basic and French Education after successfully completing the…

President Nana Akufo-Addo has been asked to immediately dismiss the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Kwaku Asomah Cheremeh and the Chief Executive officer of the Forestry Commission, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, over the increasing exportation of rosewood trees. The Member of Parliament for Builsa South, Dr. Clement Apaak made the call relying heavily on a report by a US-based organization, Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) that despite the ban on rosewood in the country, a total of 6 million rosewood trees have been exported to China while government claim the ban is in place. The report titled “Ban-Boozled: How corruption and…

The University of Mines and Technology (UMaT) Tarkwa is collaborating with the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) to use mobile technology to help combat diseases and pests that affect cocoa production in Ghana. The mobile application dubbed COCOANET was developed by a group of students of UMaT to, among others, help farmers and field staff identify (diagnose) various diseases and pests which attack cocoa plants. This will facilitate the application of the appropriate remedy to the affected cocoa and reduce costs incurred in the treatment of cocoa farms. A delegation from UMaT, led by Professor Jerry S.Y. Kuma, Vice Chancellor, was…

Highlife legend, Kwame Boa-Amponsem, known popularly as ‘Agya Koo Nimo’, has interceded for the current leadership of Musician Union of Ghana (MUSIGA), urging Ghanaians, especially those in the music industry, to forgive their wrongdoing. The former MUSIGA President observed that the union is riddled with corruption and greediness. “I am sad because morality and corruption are deeps in MUSIGA,” the celebrated King of Palm Wine music asserted. The music professor made the appeal in an interview with Paa Kofi Abronomah on Onua TV at his residence in Kumasi in the Ashanti region. He was commenting on the recent impasses in…

The family of Ruthlove Quayson, one of the three Takoradi kidnapped girls, are confident the new Inspector General of Police James Oppong Boanuh will work to get to the bottom of the kidnap cases in the Western Region. According to the family, their renewed confidence is based on a demonstration of goodwill from the IGP including a personal visit to them. “For now, where we are going to, we think we are in the right direction because for the IGP to move all the way from Accra to Takoradi to encourage us is refreshing,” spokesperson to the family Michael Hayford…

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has discredited reports suggesting that it is undertaking a recruitment exercise. The attention of Ghana Immigration Service, a news release on Tuesday, was drawn to the publications “on unauthorized websites and on social media” announcing ongoing recruitment of personnel by the GIS. “The GIS wishes to inform the general public that it has not embarked on any recruitment exercise. Accordingly, the said publications are false and should be disregarded and be treated with contempt,” it stated. The general public has therefore been reminded that the GIS does not embark on recruitment or enlistment exercises through…

The Upper West Region has consistently maintained below 50 per cent performance in the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for the past six years. This poor performance at the BECE level, which served as the foundation for the secondary and tertiary levels is attracting lots of dissatisfied concerns among stakeholders in the region. Addressing the Upper West Region Youth Parliament during the International Youth Day celebration in Wa, Mr Justine Kpan, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) for the Ghana Education Service (GES) presented statistics on the abysmal BECE performance in the region for the past six years. He said in…

Businessman and President of the Ghana Rugby Football Union, Herbert Mensah, with support from Sunda International, has donated several products and two bullocks to the Muslim community in Kumasi to coincide with the celebration of Eid ul-Adha the holiest festival of feast on the Islamic calendar.  Eid ul-Adha or the Festival of Sacrifice is celebrated to commemorate the obedience of Ibrahim to Allah in a four day festival across the globe in every Islamic community. The Festival of Sacrifice also marks the end of the yearly Hajj pilgrimage to the holy land of Mecca. The yearly sacrificial ritual is considered…

Portions of a two-storey building housing over 30 shops at Makola were on Sunday torn down under the supervision of the police amidst protest. The Angelina House Shopping Center is situated near the Accra Shopping Mall all within the central business district. In an interview with Mr. Kwame Agyekum Siaw, one of the children of the late J.K Siaw, a business tycoon who owned Tata Brewery and other properties, said a private developer is influencing some of his siblings to sell the property they all inherited. His claim that the property has been sold to a developer was flatly denied…