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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the ministers he has nominated so far are the “type of human beings” needed to turn the fortunes of the country around. The president today named 12 ministers-designate for various portfolios including MP for Okere Dan Botwe, National Women’s Organiser of the NPP Otiko Afisah Djaba and the MP for Abukwa South, Samuel Atta Akyea. This is in addition to 13 others he recommended to Parliament for approval on Tuesday. Nana Akufo-Addo rode on the back of what his campaign team termed “incompetent administration” under  John Mahama to power. The New Patriotic Party consistently accused…

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has said he will not step down before a Supreme Court decision on disputed elections, a ruling now not expected until May. In a nationwide TV broadcast, the longstanding ruler also reiterated his concern at “foreign interference”. Regional mediators, led by Nigeria’s president, are expected in The Gambia on Friday to urge him to accept defeat following December’s election. President-elect Adama Barrow says he will be inaugurated next week. Mr Jammeh, who initially accepted defeat in the 1 December poll, lodged a case before the Supreme Court after the electoral commission changed some results. But the…

Budding Afro Soul singer Nana Frema (NFK) has described musician Stephanie Benson as a woman with ‘soul’ and believes she is the only successful female soul singer in Ghana The sexy mother of 5 began studying the piano at the tender age of 3 and her desire was as a direct result of her father playing the piano in the evenings before bedtime. At the age of 8, she was sent to the National Academy of Music, where she also learned to play the violin and cello. Stephanie later started developing her writing skills and began writing and collaborating with…

The Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) will soon recommend to the Food and Drugs Authority to revoke the licenses of some sachet water producers. The research institute says it has identified some dangerous substances in 60 per cent of sachet water sampled in the greater Accra region. The council is worried that most sachet water producers do not come to CSIR to undertake testing of their product with the council. New director of the water research institute of CSIR, Dr. Ansah Asare has therefore threatened to ask the FDA to shut down those sachet water companies immediately. “If you…

After the issues regarding the plagiarism has been debated and pushed out of public discourse, a couple of issues that will continue to find its way back into the Ghanaian public sphere are the policy and legislation reforms President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Prof Michael Aaron Oquaye, Speaker of Parliament disclosed in their respective inaugural speeches. The reforms announced by the Speaker of Parliament and His Excellency had been raised several times by civil society organizations at various forums with the hope that successive governments will pick them up and work on implementing them. The four main reforms announced…

Yam farmers in parts of Ghana have been exposed to smart technologies required to build a resilient cropping system in order to increase yields to at least 30 per cent. With climate change thwarting efforts of yam farmers, researchers have underscored the need to have a technology packaged with fertilization, seed treatment, minimum staking and ridging to make farmers competitive to meet yam export standards and reduces production cost. Ghana’s Crops Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-CRI), in collaboration with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Nigeria,…

Executive Director for the Ghana Anti Corruption Coalition, Beauty Emefa Narteh has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to declare his assets. Governance in Ghana is usually associated with corrupt practices and one of the major ways anti corruption activists have advocated for is the enforcement of the law for public office holders to declare their assets when they assume office. President Nana Akufo-Addo whilst campaigning for office pledged to obey this law. Beauty says she is reminding the President that the time is now. “I want to call on the President, especially on his commitment that he would…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has through parliament, named his second batch of ministerial nominees bringing to about 30, persons who would be working in his administration. Announcing the names in parliament, the Speaker, Prof. Mike Ocquaye, indicated that the list had been submitted to the house for vetting and subsequent approval. A 26-member vetting committee was Tuesday constituted by the House to vet the nominees for subsequent approval or otherwise, as ministers for the various portfolios they have been designated for. The Committee is expected to begin work from January 16, 2017. Below is the new list announced in parliament Dr…

Executives of the New Patriotic Party in the North Dayi constituency of the Volta Region have ‘terminated’ the appointments of caterers under the Ghana School Feeding Programme in the area effective January 10. A letter dated January 9, 2017 and signed by the party’s constituency organiser, Emmanuel Amefianuame, directed the North Dayi District Director of Education to inform all the caterers under the programme to cease cooking for the pupils in the various basic schools. “This is to enable the government re-organise the programme in order ensure and greater efficiency in its administration,” letter which was copied to heads of…