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A nongovernmental organization, NORSAAC, says it would not be acceptable, if less than seven females are appointed as Metropolitan, Municipal, District Chief Executives in the Northern region. NORSAAC says it will hold the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo-led government to its 2016 campaign promise to appoint thirty per cent women as MMDCEs. The Ghana Statistical Service in its population census since 1960 has always purged female within 15-54 years exceeding males within the same years at an average of 1.56%, however, history is yet to be made where there has been 20% women representation in decision making process. A maximum of…

New government appointees to the various metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies in the Central Region are to be sworn in on Friday. A statement from the Central Regional Coordinating Council signed by the Chief Director, Kwame Oppong, directed all the assemblies within the region to liaise with the various district magistrates to facilitate the swearing in of the appointees. It said following the revocation of all appointees of the previous administration, a list of new appointees nominated by the current government, was submitted to the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development for consideration. Under the current Local Government Act,…

Former Ghana international and Black Stars scout Ibrahim Tanko says he has given Coach Avram Grant all he needs to enable the Black Stars beat Cameroon when the two nations face off in Thursday’s semi final clash. Tanko, since June 2013, was an assistant to German Volker Finke at the helm of the Indomitable Lions and also guided the team to the 2014 World Cup in Germany. The last time these two sides met was at the Africa Cup of Nations in 2008 hosted in Ghana but the Black Stars were 1-0 losers on the day. Speaking on Metro TV’s…

Ghana’s Vice President, Dr. Mahmudu Bawumia has given the strongest indication yet that NPP government would pass the Rights to Information Act this year as part of efforts to effectively fight corruption. The Vice President further indicated that plans are in place to make corruption a felony instead of a misdemeanor which it currently is. Dr. Bawumia said “President Nana Akufo Addo has reiterated his commitment to fight corruption. Our government has already made it clear that we will be passing the Right to Information Act, we will make sure that a special prosecutor’s office is set up to prosecute…

Some of the cars taken away by the security operatives[/caption] The Majority Member of Parliament for Nhyiaeso in the Ashanti Region, Kennedy Kankam has condemned the conduct of the security personnel who went to the residence of NDC National Organizer Kofi Adams in a bid to retrieve vehicles suspected to belong to the state. According to former Ashanti Regional organizer of the NPP, who described the actions of the security men who undertook the exercise as ‘Rambo Style’, there are other civil ways of approaching the situation without necessarily invading the house in his absence. He made these comments when…

There is high risk of corruption in the country’s basic education sector, which threatens to lower the standard of teaching and learning, research by Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), an anticorruption agency, has found. The risk factors identified include the payment of bribes by parents to gain favours for their children; illegal charging of fees by school authorities; selling of books meant for pupils; and teacher absenteeism. Others include cumbersome bureaucratic processes that breed poor supervision; and ignorance on the part of community members and local institutions (Parent Teachers Association and School Management Committees). Most of these risks were more widespread…

The Premier League Board (PLB) has set a new date for the 2016/2017 Ghana Premier league which was earlier scheduled to start on Saturday the 4th of February. Confirming the date change at the media launch of the 2016/2017 league season, the vice chairman of the PLB, George Amoako gave Saturday, February 11 as the new date for start of the league. He explained that the decision was informed by concerns raised by the various premier league clubs on the possible clash of the league with the Black Stars campaign at the ongoing African Cup of Nations (CAN2017) in Gabon.…

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The Pharaohs of Egypt reached the finals of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations after beating Burkina Faso 4-3 on penalties in the first semi-final match on Wednesday. The match at the Stade de l’Amitie had ended 1-1 after extra time and the winner had to be decided in the shootouts. Egypt had reached the semi-finals after beating North African rivals Morocco by a lone goal in the quarter-finals. Record title holders in the tournament, the Pharaohs kept the pace with the Stallions, who were seeking to reach a second final in four years. It was Egypt’s star player Mohamed…

Over the last few days, a bribery allegation has shaken the Appointment Committee of Parliament. The MP who made this allegation, Mahama Ayariga, (NDC-Bawku Central) has accused the Minister-designate for Energy, Boakye Agyarko, of passing a bribe of GHS 3000 each through the First Deputy Speaker, Mr. Joseph Osei-Owusu (NPP-Bekwai) to lure the minority side of the committee to approve him after they initially withheld his approval based on certain grounds. According to Mr Ayariga, the said money was given to them during a closed-door evaluation meeting on his candidature in the guise of sitting allowance. Speaker Professor Mike Oquaye’s…