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Some youth of the New Patriotic Party in Bawku Central in the Upper East Region say they are unhappy that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo did not appoint any of his ministers from the constituency. At a news conference on Saturday, the group numbering about 200, said despite the constituency’s loyalty to the Busia-Dombo tradition, none of the active and competent members of the party in the constituency was appointed a minister or deputy minister. Bawku Central is one of the strongholds of the NPP in the Upper East and the party receives big endorsement every election year. The constituency has been…

Rice farmers in the Volta Region who complained of losses in the past are now heaving a sigh of relief as their situation has been turned around with recent bumper harvest. The farmers are attributing the success story to financial, technical and continuous capacity building courses from some agricultural oriented nongovernmental organisations in the region. Despite the bumper harvest, the farmers are now faced with lack of ready market for their produce, and have thus appealed to government to enter into contract farming with them to ensure further increase in production in the region. Rice farmers, particularly the peasant farmers…

One of the pioneers of gender equality in the country, Professor Akua Kuenyehia  has lamented what she describes as the slow pace of Ghana’s achievement with respect to gender parity. “Personally, I think [the] progress is very slow and sometimes frustrating. I mean we are in the 21st century and we’re still talking about empowering women” she told 3FM in New York on the sidelines of the ongoing Commission on the Status of Women. Professor Kuenyehia who was one of three judges on the ICC chaired Ghana’s side of the CSW on the Theme “The Economic Empowerment of Women n…

A man has been shot dead after trying to seize a soldier’s weapon at Paris’s Orly airport, French officials say. The man, named as Ziyed B, was killed by security forces after attacking a patrol in the airport’s south terminal. Earlier on Saturday he had been involved in a shooting north of Paris and a carjacking in the south. Prosecutors have opened an anti-terror investigation. Ziyed B had been reported as radicalised in the past, and was on a police watch-list. He had a long criminal record including convictions for armed robbery, French media report. The sequence of events Early…

Any man who impregnates a teenage girl in any basic school at Gnani, a community in the Yendi Municipality of the Northern Region, will be fined GHC250 while male teachers will pay GHC300. In addition to the fine, the culprit be required to pay for antenatal expenses to be determined by the victim’s parents before the culprit is arrested and handed over to the police. For teachers found guilty of impregnating school girls, they will be withdrawn from their school immediately while members of school management committees will also have their membership revoked. These were contained in a new set…

A reverend minister-cum-Member of Parliament for Assin South , Ntim Fordjour, is leading a crusade against people who have taken advantage of the loopholes in the system to establish unlicensed gambling in the country. He observed that the Gaming Act of 2005 [Act 721] needs some strengthening in a form of amendment to check the proliferation of unlicensed gambling spots across the country Making a statement in Parliament Mr Fordjour said though Ghana between 2011 and 2014 got GHC7 million in revenue through gaming licencing, the damage and negative impact it has on society cannot be quantified in monetary terms…

The increasing spate of young people committing suicide has compelled the Ashanti Regional Mental Health Directorate to intensify public education to support individuals opting for suicide as to end their challenges in life. Available statistics show 68 persons, comprising 28 males and 40 females, attempted suicide in Ashanti region in 2016. The directorate describes as unacceptable, the tendency for people to end their lives instead of confronting their challenges and seeking help. Regional Coordinator of Mental Health, Faustina Nyarko, said 14 suicide cases have been recorded in Ghana since the beginning of the year. She is particularly worried that at…

Residents of four communities in the Wassa Amenfi East District of the Western Region are demanding immediate action from government to halt the takeover of their lands by some foreign nationals for mining activities. The residents who are from Adiembra, Japa, Gyaaman and one other claim some Chinese and Indian nationals as well as an Australian mining company are intimidating and extorting money from some small scale miners in the areas. According to the group, which organised a news conference to register their protest, these foreign nationals have invaded their lands under the pretence of prospecting for gold but end…

The Ghana Education Service will join the security services and the Banda traditional authorities on March 20, to decide on the appropriate time for teachers and other workers who fled the town due to threats of xenophobic attack,  to return. Officials of the Ministry of Education and the Ghana National Association of Teachers are expected to take part in the meeting that is scheduled to take place in Sunyani in the Brong Ahafo Region. Teachers and other workers including government staff have deserted their posts after a group calling itself Concern Members of Banda Ahenkro issued public notices that it…

Some have called it ‘bloated,’ others, ‘ineffective,’ some ‘senseless act’ and even some have tried to turn the popular phrase ‘incompetence’ back to the NPP. Why? For the fact that President Akufo-Addo has appointed 110 ministers and deputies. The argument has been tensed and skewed laced with insults and denigration. The NDC has taken a field day of the situation and are seriously exploiting it; some academicians are not happy and have come hard on the government, some think-tanks are up on the beat and even some NPP members are not happy with the development. In all these, people have…