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One person has been confirmed dead and five houses burnt in Friday’s chieftaincy clash at Portor near Kintampo in the Brong Ahafo Region, an attack that has rendered the small community a ghost town. According to the Police, sophisticated weapons including AK47 and G3 guns were used in the attack. Some live ammunition and used rounds of cartridges have meanwhile been retrieved from the community. Most residents have deserted the area for fear of reprisal attack. Not even the heavy security presence in the community could assure them of their safety as they were seen carrying their belongings out of…

Poultry Farmers Association of Ghana has lauded government’s quest to address challenges faced by maize farmers in the country as outlined by the Finance Minister in the 2017 judgment statement. National president of the Association, Victor Oppong Adjei, told TV3 substantial increase in maize production will lead to a reduction in the cost of poultry feed which would ultimately help in the revival of the sector which has slumped in the last years. The poultry industry contributes significantly to the world economy in various ways and developed economies, it enhances GDP profiles and provides high revenue from exports, whereas in…

Each of the metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies has received an amount of GHC10,000 as support from government to support their activities in marking Ghana’s 60th independence. The transfer of the amount to the assemblies followed a request made by the Finance Ministry on Thursday, March 2, 2017. “The Controller and Accountant General wishes to inform all metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies that an amount of GHC10,000.00 each has been transferred into the Sub Consolidated Fund account of the assemblies” the Controller and Accountant General announced on Thursday. A memo signed by the Controller, Seidu Tokomah to heads of the…

Contrary to views that the national capital, Accra has been without a plan, veteran politician, Enock Tei Mensah has traced back to a document revealing that the capital city has had a development plan since 1958. “Accra was a council and they put in place the first interim Management Committee. Wing Commander Osabokle of Airforce, C.S. Botwe who was in charge of the Accra Community Center and myself were selected to constitute the Interim Management Committee. They agreed to make me chair of the committee “On a visit to the now AMA, the building was shaky and in a complete…

The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has applauded the government for its decision to establish a Fiscal Council which will spearhead the adoption and implementation of the country’s fiscal policy. Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Attah announced Thursday in his budget presentation to parliament that the government will initiate processes towards the establishment of the Council that will be responsible for ensuring accountability in implementing optimal fiscal policies. “Ghana has been faced with significant, long-term fiscal slippages and an escalating public debt stock leading to a high risk of debt distress, due to the fact that the implementation fiscal policy lacks a…

A group of youth belonging to the New Patriotic Party in Kpando in the Volta Region is protesting against the selection and possible nomination of one Ernest Quist as the Chief Executive for the Kpando Municipal Assembly. With support from elders of the party in the area, the group accused the NPP National Executives of not consulting constituency stakeholders in the appointment of assembly members to the Kpando Municipal Assembly. At a demonstration staged on Thursday to register their displeasure, the group blamed the Minister for Lands and Forestry, Peter Amewu, for the interference, claiming that he is doing so…

One of Ghana’s labour unions, the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU), has expressed satisfaction with the government’s 2017 budget statement presented to parliament on Thursday. The Union explains that its expectations were met by the government, particularly in the area of reduction in taxes and the abolishment of some nuisance taxes. General Secretary of the ICU, Solomon Kotei, who said this on Onua FM Friday while commenting on the budget stated: “It met our expectations far beyond, especially the abolishing and reduction in taxes in the budget.” He added: “it has brought the antidote to our challenges because people…

Ghana’s National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has been adjudged the Downstream Regulator of the Year 2016 in Africa for sanitizing the country’s petroleum downstream industry to bring about fairness in the sector. The award, given by the Oil Trading and Logistics (OTL), was presented to the  Chief Executive Officer of the NPA, Hassan Tampuli in London on the sidelines of the International Petroleum (IP) Week. It was also in recognition of NPA’s robust regulatory environment and remarkable navigation of total deregulation of its petroleum industry. A statement issued by the NPA a confirmation of its resilient efforts aimed at sanitizing the…

A number of people are said to have been shot dead and houses burnt in a renewed chieftaincy violence that is ongoing at Portor, a small community near Kintampo in the Brong Ahafo Region. A self-imposed curfew is currently in force as some residents have locked themselves up in their rooms for fear of being shot while others  have fled the community, which is about an hour drive from Kintampo on the kintampo-Tamale road. The clash, which has been confirmed by the Kintampo Divisional Police, was said to have started at about 3:30pm Friday but it is not clear what…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says he will govern the country in a manner devoid of malice and without favour to anyone or group of persons whatsoever, but will draw wisdom from God to succeed in that regard. “To those of us who he has appointed to guide the affairs of our country I seek from Him the almighty wisdom, strength, compassion and courage to do the right thing to all manner of peoples in Ghana without ill-will or malice and without favour to anyone,” he said Friday. Addressing a group of Muslims and their clergy after  Muslim prayers Friday…