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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Saturday reiterated government’s commitment of delivering quality education to Ghanaians by ensuring that teachers’ professional development and conditions of service were enhanced to enable the nation achieve that vision. He said a well-trained, confident and contented teacher was at the heart of his government’s objective to deliver quality education and that the views of teachers would be sought on education policy, innovation and implementation. “Their professional development and needs will be treated with respect and we shall ensure that teachers’ salaries and allowances are paid regularly and on time,” President Akufo-Addo said when he…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated that government was committed to reviving the fortunes of Anglogold Ashanti to enable the gold mining company contribute to the country’s economic prospects. He said owing to the current challenges facing the company, it was important that government took the necessary steps to place Anglogold Ashanti on a firmer footing in order to make it viable and successful. President Akufo-Addo made the pledge when the Adansihene, Opagyakotwere Bonsra Afriyie II called on him at the Flagstaff House in Accra to congratulate him on his electoral victory in the December 7, 2016 polls and…

The Korle-Bu Senior Staff Association (KOSSA) has petitioned the Minister of Health Kwaku Agyemang-Manu to probe financial mismanagement at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. The call comes on the back of 3FM’s news investigations that revealed the unilateral payment of about 306,000 cedis allowance by management of the hospital. The petition which is dated the 2nd of February but submitted on the 6th of February, 2017 is captioned “call for probe into unilateral payment of about 306,000.00 allowance by the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital management to itself and allied matters”. It was signed by the general secretary of the association James Clifford…

North Korea has fired a ballistic missile in the first such test since Donald Trump took office as US president. Mr Trump assured Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that “America stands behind Japan, its great ally, 100%”. The missile flew east towards the Sea of Japan for about 500km (300 miles), South Korean officials say. Mr Abe said the test was “absolutely intolerable”. Japanese officials say the missile did not reach its waters. Speaking at a joint conference during a visit to the US, Mr Abe added that Mr Trump had also assured him that he was committed to “further…

The Vice Chairman of the 30-member committee that would oversee the celebrations of Ghana’s 60th anniversary has assuaged perception that the 20 million earmarked for the event would be expended of triviality. “I am unable now to tell you specifically now what the amount would be used for,” Mr. Samuel Abu Jinapor conceded, but was emphatic the amount would not be spent on food, drinks, and merrymaking. Mr. Jinapor who is also the Deputy Chief of Staff was shedding light on the activities of the anniversary committee on TV3 current affairs programme, New Day, on Saturday. It was also carried…

File photo[/caption] The government and stakeholders in education have been called upon to focus more on technical and vocational education. A senior lecturer at Kumasi Technical University and economist, Kusi  Boafo, noted that technical education, when given the needed attention would be the only avenue to train the teeming youth to create jobs for themselves and not wait on government for white-colour jobs. Interacting with TV3 during a symposium on Wealth Creation, and a graduation ceremony at the Wealth Creation and Social Development Training Centre at Old Tafo in Kumasi, Mr Kusi Boafo, said technical education was established to provide skilled human…

Nunoo Mensah[/caption] Former national security coordinator Brigadier-General Joseph Nunoo-Mensah (retd) has raised concerns over claims that some cars at the presidency have not been unaccounted for. According to him, there is no justification for ex-public servants to keep government property. The presidency has revealed that there are 208 cars unaccounted for after they took inventory of state vehicles at the presidency since the New Patriotic Party government assumed office on January 7, 2017. Some officials in the former National Democratic Congress (NDC) government say they purchased some of the state vehicles listed as missing by the new government. In the…

Baffour Osei Hyiaman Bretuo VI[/caption] Otumfuo’s Manwerehene, Baffour Osei Hyiaman Bretuo VI, has put himself forward to compete in the council of state election in the Ashanti Region. He is among the over 20 people in the Region who have filed to contest in the election which comes off on February 16 in Kumasi, the regional capital. Other renowned personalities contesting to represent the Ashanti region on the council of state include chiefs and political figures. The bid of Baffour Osei Hyiaman Bretuo VI, Otumfuo’s Manwerehene, to represent the Ashanti Region on the council of state has received massive boost few days…

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has assured that his government “will fund the cost of public Senior High Schools for all those who qualify for entry from the 2017/2018 academic year onwards.” Spelling out the details of policy, “so that no one in Ghana is left in any doubts”, President Akufo-Addo explained that “by free SHS, we mean that, in addition to tuition which is already free, there will be no admission fees, no library fees, no science centre fees, no computer lab fees, no examination fees, no utility fees; there will be free textbooks, free boarding and free…