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The First Lady Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo has encouraged young women undergoing training in electronics under the “Female Professionals in Electronics” project, not to waver in their quest to acquire skills in an area largely dominated by men. Delivering the keynote address at the open-day activity of the “Female Professionals in Electronics (FPE)” at the Pentecost Vocational Institute, she asked them to be mindful of the importance of electronics in Ghana’s development and the positive influence they will have on other women with similar ambitions. According to her, the project will enable them to fully participate in the labour market and…

Deputy Central Regional Minister, Thomas Agyei Baffour, says he will complement the work of the Regional Minister to among other things, reverse the region’s negative outlook as the fourth poorest region in the country. He said solving the issue of teeming unemployment among the youth in the region is something that they would give priority to. He said there is already a proposal to the Regional Minister, Kwame Duncan, to hold a stakeholder meeting to design a blueprint for the development of the region, which he observed, has a lot of tourism and natural mineral potential as well as the…

The Acting Director of Public Affairs in Parliament, Kate Addo has refuted reports that all Closed-Circuit Television cameras (CCTV) in the legislature are not working. Kate Addo insisted that there is nothing wrong with the cameras in Parliament and wondered why someone will peddle such falsehood. The Eastern Regional Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mark-Oliver Kevor has alleged that the cameras in Parliament are not working. He said the committee that investigated parliamentary bribery allegation could not make the video evidence public because they know the CCTV cameras are faulty and can’t capture anything meaningful. The committee…

Government has given the green light to all health training institutions across the country to begin admission of persons wishing to pursue nursing and its related courses. A statement issued by the Ministry of Health to all principals of the various institutions read in part: “…applications into Health Training Institutions commences from April 3, to 29th May 2017”. Cost of the application form, which is now strictly online, has been reduced from the previous GHC160 to GHC100. The government through the Ministry had earlier in January this year ordered the health training institutions to cease the sale of admission forms…

The First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has reiterated government’s commitment to solving the challenge of unemployment and increasing the avenues for female employment and economic wellbeing. “I am therefore glad to note that the Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is vigorously pursuing strategies to provide industry demand driven skills to our youth. This will make them participate meaningfully in the labour market; making them locally productive and globally competitive,” Mrs Akufo-Addo said. Addressing an open-day activity of the “Female Professionals in Electronics (FPE)” in Accra on Monday, Mrs Akufo-Addo said females’ full participation in the labour…

The shooting of a teacher in Wa in the Upper West Region last Saturday has triggered protest against the Police in the regional capital, whose action the youth have condemned. The 24-year-old teacher, Ali Rashid, was shot at by a police officer who was stationed at the Wa main traffic light after he resisted arrest for ridding unregistered motorbike. Rashid was said to have been pulled over by the officer who tried to remove the ignition key to the motorbike, but the teacher resisted and decided to speed off causing the police officer to shoot at him. But the action of…

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The speaker of Nigeria’s northern state of Kano has said that the public will be consulted on a bill that aims to ban poor men from marrying more than one wife. Alhassan Rurum told BBC Hausa that Muslim religious leaders and scholars will also be consulted on defining who can be considered to be poor. The controversial proposal was made by Muhammad Sanusi II, the Emir of Kano, to ensure that men have families that they are able to take care of. Source BBC

The leader of the United Front Party (UFP), Nana Agyenim Boateng, has described the Lands and Natural Resources Minister’s three-week ultimatum to illegal miners to halt their activities as government steps up the fight against illegal mining popularly called ‘galamsey’ as “a joke”. Nana Agyenim Boateng said “it is a joke and lack of good leadership on the part of the government. They must meet the people and solve it amicably”. The Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu last week issued a three-week ultimatum to illegal miners to halt their activities, saying, all illegal miners who fail to…

The Minority in Parliament has accused the Ministry of Energy’s committee which reviewed the deal between the Government of Ghana and the Ameri group of politicizing the agreement, adding that it was not fraudulent. At a press conference organised by the minority and chaired by the Former Minister of Power, Dr. Kwabena Donkor, they raised concerns about the alleged document making rounds in the media which is purported to have been released by the Addison committee They said the report had not been signed, making it a doubtful document indicating that they had not even been served copies. Dr. Donkor…