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The Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin, is pushing for mandatory abdication of chiefs on attainment of the ripe age of 75 years. He said such chiefs would have passed their productive period of life and must have no difficulty letting go their hold of the stool. He added any traditional ruler after about 35 years reign should have achieved anything they might have set for themselves to bring progress to the people they were leading. Addressing a meeting of the Akyem-Abuakwa State Council at Akwatia, he rallied the chiefs to give serious consideration to the proposal and to endorse it.…

The former Deputy Minister of Education in charge of Tertiary, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has expressed fears about the sustainability of the free Senior High School policy. He observed that the lack of dedicated source of funding could be the greatest threat to the implementation of the policy. Speaking on Yensempa morning show on Onua FM hosted by Bright Akwasi Asempa, the former Deputy Minister who is also the MP for North Tongu prayed quality and standards of education would not be compromised. Even though President Akufo-Addo said the policy would be funded with revenues from oil and other natural resources,…

Headmasters facing various sanctions for charging unapproved fees were given lesser punishments than they deserved, the Ghana Education Service assesses its decision. Two senior high schools headmasters have been demoted by the GES and are to go back to the classroom to teach. Seven others have been interdicted. The Ghana Education Service meted out the sanctions after a committee had met the affected heads of schools accused of going contrary to the code of conducts guiding the rollout of the Free SHS Policy. Government absorbed all fees at the secondary school level under the policy for first year students, but…

Is your last post on Facebook going to land you in jail? It might do if it ruins a criminal trial. And the government is now looking for evidence of whether new laws are needed to stop it happening. The Attorney General, the government’s top law officer, is asking judges, police and victims’ groups for examples of where posts, chat and tweets have compromised a trial. So how can a post on social media cause such damage? And what can you do to protect yourself? Well, it’s all down to whether you say something that would influence a jury. Seven…

Is your last post on Facebook going to land you in jail? It might do if it ruins a criminal trial. And the government is now looking for evidence of whether new laws are needed to stop it happening. The Attorney General, the government’s top law officer, is asking judges, police and victims’ groups for examples of where posts, chat and tweets have compromised a trial. So how can a post on social media cause such damage? And what can you do to protect yourself? Well, it’s all down to whether you say something that would influence a jury. Seven…

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says the Government would launch an Agricultural Marshall Plan in November to enhance food production. He said the Plan would focus on the use of scientific skills and knowledge approaches, provision of fertilizers to farmers and requisite storage and irrigation facilities to ensure high productivity. The Vice President said the nation had sufficient arable lands, water resources and space to increase production and that she would tap the experiences of other countries that had implemented similar plans in the past. He said there were available road networks that would facilitate the process to leverage on…

The Central Bank has said it will welcome mergers among banks that may not individually meet its new capital requirement but cautioned against what it called “disorderly consolidation”. The First Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Maxwell Opoku Afari, responding to a question at Parliament’s recent Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting noted that the BoG will be meeting with the banks to begin talks on how to best go about such mergers if the need arises. “Our expectation is that businesses that have been licensed as banks in the country would meet the minimum capital requirement. If by doing…

The Ghana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) and the Panafrican Equipment Group (Panafrican), have announced a kit sponsorship for Ghana Rugby in Accra-Ghana on 14 September 2017. The announcement was made at the GRFU Secretariat in Osu-Accra and was attended by Mr Tim Callaghan, Group Head of the Panafrican Equipment Group, and Mr Herbert Mensah, President of Ghana Rugby. The sponsorship includes an undisclosed cash amount, kit for the Ghana National Rugby Team (the Ghana Eagles) and sports bags, and will be valid for a twelve month period. According to the agreement, the Panafrican logo will be prominently displayed on all…

Tunisia has overturned a law that banned women from marrying non-Muslims. A spokeswoman for President Beji Caid Essebsi made the announcement and congratulated women on gaining “the freedom to choose one’s spouse”. Until now, a non-Muslim man who wished to marry a Tunisian woman had to convert to Islam and submit a certificate of his conversion as proof. Tunisia is viewed as one of the most progressive Arab countries in terms of women’s rights. The new law comes after President Essebsi pushed for the lifting of the marriage restriction law that was in place in 1973. He argued that it…

The two demoted headmasters and their colleagues who were interdicted after charging unapproved fees following government roll out of the free Senior  High School policy have brought disgrace to themselves and their families. That is the verdict of Ekow Vincent Assafuah, a member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) communications team.  “The head teachers have brought disgrace to themselves and their families because there is guidelines…don’t charge…simplicity” he stated. The Ghana Education Service (GES) on Thursday announced that the Headmaster of Pentecost SHS in the Eastern Region, Wisdom Blasu and Assistant headmaster of Daffour Senior High School, Rev S.P Eleworkor have been…