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Government has set up a special task force with a mandate to locate and retrieve all state assets which are in the hands of individuals, including former government officials. A statement signed and issued by the Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Osei-Opare, said the presidency is informed of various state assets, including landed properties and vehicles, which are yet to be handed over to the government. That, the statement explained, is in contravention of law, hence the setting up of the taskforce to “coordinate the location and retrieval of all such assets in the national interests” The task force is…

Barely a week after six pupils were killed in the Central Region by a collapse of  school building, another disaster looms in the Eastern Region where pupils are now studying in a near collapsed school building. READ: Kindergarten building collapses, killing six kids Pupils of Akyem Agyapomaa Methodist Primary School in the East Akim Municipality, particularly those in primary one to three, are risking their lives in pursuit of education as they study in a dilapidated school structure that has not seen renovation for over five decades. The dwarf-like classroom walls of the school have developed serious cracks leaving the…

Renovation work has commenced on the large portion of the roof of Ghana’s Parliament building, which was ripped off by a heavy rainstorm in Accra Tuesday night. A tarpaulin has meanwhile been fixed on the affected part of the roof as a temporary measure to prevent water leakages in the event of another rain, while actual work is expected to start Friday after the House rises. Members of parliament were forced to leave the main chamber of the House Tuesday due to a roof leakage caused by the disaster; thus ending proceedings on a bill to amend portions of the…

The residents holding placards to sum up their demands[/caption] Ghana’s 40-year development programme may be in jeopardy if the new government does not do due diligence to the processes of marrying the two entities – government and the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) – to ensure Ghana’s vision of haven a long term development planning is on course. The development plan may be a waste of time, energy and resources because the two bodies have separate direction for the development of the nation. Unlike the United States of America (USA) which has its development plan for every government to strictly…

The Chiropractic and Wellness Centre is dedicating the last Saturday of every month as a National Chiropractic Day as it commemorates the Centre’s 16th anniversary. In observing the day, celebrities will be invited to interact with patients and recovered persons on the need to be mindful of daily activities that damage the spine which is a key part of the Central Nervous System. According to the health facility, it receives about 1,600 patients each month with most suffering from spine related complications. Of the total number of cases attended to, arthritis, heart failure and infertility feature prominently. Other cases often…

Bill Gates is well on his way to becoming the world’s first ever trillionaire. According to a report from Oxfam, we could get our first trillionaire in the next 25 years thanks to the exponential growth of existing wealth. By that time, the 61-year-old Microsoft founder will be the spritely young age of 86. And ‘despite his commendable attempts to give [his money] away through his foundation’, Gates’s net worth increased by $25billion (£20billion) in the decade after he left the company. So in 2016, his net worth stood at $75billion (£60billion). So, in order to estimate how much he’ll…

China’s tourism industry saw revenues of 423.3 billion yuan ($61.55 billion) during the recent Lunar New Year festival, up 15.9 percent against last year, the China National Tourism Administration (CNTA) said late on Thursday. The rate of growth, driven by 344 million domestic tourist trips, was, however, slightly slower than the 16.3 percent rise seen in the corresponding year-ago period. Trips abroad over the period increased more moderately with around 6.15 million outbound Chinese tourists, up around 7 percent, CNTA said. China’s tourism industry is key to the country’s shift towards a more services-driven economy and is a useful indicator…

China’s tourism industry saw revenues of 423.3 billion yuan ($61.55 billion) during the recent Lunar New Year festival, up 15.9 percent against last year, the China National Tourism Administration (CNTA) said late on Thursday. The rate of growth, driven by 344 million domestic tourist trips, was, however, slightly slower than the 16.3 percent rise seen in the corresponding year-ago period. Trips abroad over the period increased more moderately with around 6.15 million outbound Chinese tourists, up around 7 percent, CNTA said. China’s tourism industry is key to the country’s shift towards a more services-driven economy and is a useful indicator…

The First Lady, Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo, Friday launched the Floating Production and-Storage Offloading (FPSO) vessel, John Agyekum Kufuor, at the Keppel shipyard in Singapore. The vessel named after Former President John Agyekum Kufuor will operate in the Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) oilfields in the Western Region. It is the largest of the three FPSOs in Ghana and the first equipped to convert both gas and oil on the same platform. Mrs. Akufo-Addo who was the special guest of honour, commended the former President for his foresight in restructuring the oil sector during his administration which led to the finding…

The Minister nominee for Transport, Kwaku Ofori-Asiamah is likely to start work on Monday February 6, 2017, when transport fares are expected to be increased. Information available to Onua News from the Ghana Road Transport Coordinating Council (GRTCC) indicates that transport fares will at all cost go up on Monday. Onua News’ sources say stakeholders are currently consulting because transport fares are not determined by the increment of prices of fuel alone. The source at the GRTCC was not emphatic about the percentage increment but was emphatic new fares will be announced on Monday. Stakeholders in the transport sector had earlier hinted that they…