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Economist-cum-industrialist, Dr Tony Oteng-Gyasi, says although there is nothing wrong for business owners to have political opinion, he has advised them against mixing their businesses with politics. He argued mixing business with politics can be “a heady and risky mix” hence “for anybody who aspires to be a business person, it is advisable that you don’t mix the two”. Appearing on ‘Time With The Captains’ on TV3 Monday, the businessman who owns a thriving local cable manufacturing company said its unnecessary to belong to a political party as a businessman. “There is nothing wrong with being politically aligned, there is…

Tony Oteng-Gyasi[/caption] Former President of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) Dr Tony Oteng-Gyasi has lauded government’s flagship industrialization policy, One-District One-Factory Programme. The economist-cum-lawyer maintains that the concept “makes a lot of sense”. Speaking on TV3’s Time With The Captains on Monday, September 30, the Chief Executive Officer of Tropical Cable and Conductor Limited said he is for any government that makes industrialization a part and parcel of policy making. He said he had started a similar concept way before the government launched the programme in 2017. For him, he said policies like that offer employment to many young…

Six more soldiers have been arraigned at the Kaneshie District Court over an alleged plot to destabilise the country and overthrow the government. They were charged with possession of explosives, arms and ammunitions without lawful excuse when they appeared before the court. Last Friday, a soldier and a civilian employee of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) were also arraigned over an alleged plot to destabilise the country and overthrow the government Colonel Samuel Kojo Gameli and Gershon Akpa were charged with possession of explosives, arms and ammunitions without lawful excuse when they appeared before the Kaneshie District Court Friday morning.…

Three traders’ associations in Kumasi are demanding the immediate occupation of the completed new Kejetia market. The groups have questioned delays by the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) in opening up the market for trading activities. The aggrieved traders from the three associations closed their shops temporarily, Monday morning, to protest the delay in going to the new market. They include the Kejetia Traders Association, Concerned Market Traders Association and the Steering Committee of the Kumasi Central Market. The KMA started allocation of shops to the traders about three months ago with the assurance the market would be opened for business. Over…

Three traders’ associations in Kumasi are demanding the immediate occupation of the completed new Kejetia market. The groups have questioned delays by the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) in opening up the market for trading activities. The aggrieved traders from the three associations closed their shops temporarily, Monday morning, to protest the delay in going to the new market. They include the Kejetia Traders Association, Concerned Market Traders Association and the Steering Committee of the Kumasi Central Market. The KMA started allocation of shops to the traders about three months ago with the assurance the market would be opened for business. Over…

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has stated it is yet to finally approve the Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) guidelines for schools. This comes on the back of discussions on various media platforms with regard to the inclusion of the CSE into the new curriculum, which many believe will expose pupils to homosexuality. While some Ghanaians both on social and traditional media platforms believe the introduction of the CSE will expose children to homosexuality, which they say is against the country’s cultural norms, others are of the view that the education is good for growing kids. In a press statement, the…

A 25-year-old motor rider has been shot dead by a police officer at Atimpoku in the Asuogyaman District of the Eastern Region, triggering tension in the area. The man, identified as Nyable Mordzifa, from South Senchi, was allegedly hit Sunday night by a stray bullet from a warning shot fired by a police officer whose name is yet to be given. According to eyewitnesses, three police officer on duty at a check-point close to the Atimpoku Police Station, seized the motorbike of a rider for not wearing helmet as required by law. This created misunderstanding between the officers and the rider.…

United Bank for Africa has launched its annual UBA Foundation National Essay Competition. The competition is aimed at promoting a reading culture and encouraging healthy and intellectual competition among secondary school students. The National Essay Competition, which is a corporate social responsibility initiative of UBA Ghana, has for the past few years provided a competitive platform to develop the intellectual and writing abilities for students in Ghana. Similar competition is also organized in some other African countries including Nigeria, Senegal, Mozambique and Kenya. Speaking at the launch of this year’s competition, Regional Chief Executive Officer for UBA Abiola Bawuah noted…

African governments are increasingly committing domestic resources to social protection and delivering more social assistance programmes to their poor and vulnerable citizens. This is revealed by the findings of a new report on “The State of Social Assistance in Africa”, released on September 26 by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the African Union (AU), in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO), the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and UNICEF. The report, which was launched with an accompanying online data platform, at the sideline of the 74th United Nations General Assembly, provides insights on the recent growth across…

The Australian High Commission of Ghana is set to organize an education exhibition for Ghanaian students on Tuesday, October 1. Dubbed the ‘Australian Future Unlimited Education Exhibition’ and put together with support from the Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade), the exhibition will have some 18 Australian universities present to provide an opportunity for Ghanaian students to get acquainted with what studying in Australia entails. Some of the participating Australian Universities include the Monash University, Australia National University, University of Tasmania, University of Technology Sydney, University of Western Australia, Victoria University and Western Sydney University. Australia’s High Commissioner to Ghana,…