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Minister for Informaton Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has disclosed that the Accra Sky Train project, which was scheduled to start operating this August, has not started. The government of Ghana signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in November, 2019 with South African firm Africa Investment (AI) to construct the Accra Sky Train project. Railways Development Minister Joe Ghartey said then that the Sky Train Project was the solution to the increasing traffic congestion in Accra and that the first sky train station would start operations in August, 2020. With the timelines having elapsed and no evidence of a sky train station…

Private legal practitioner, Serwaa Sarfo Mensah, has reminded the public that releasing the nude pictures of anyone on social media or any other public platform is an illegal action that puts culprits at the risk of being jailed. She explained on TV3’s New Day Wednesday August 19 that Ghana’s Criminal Code 1960, Act 29 Section 151 frowns upon such acts. A threat to releasing the nude pictures of another, according to her, is also against the law. “Whoever extorts any property from any person by means of threat shall be guilty of second degree felony”she said. When asked what she…

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has appointed a three-man ad-hoc committee to work with two consultants in putting together a strategic business plan for the federation and also a document on the contribution of football to Ghana’s GDP. The committee is chaired by Ransford Abbey with George Amoakoh and Frederick Acheampong to serve as members. The three, who are members of the Executive Council, will work closely with the two consultants to ensure the completion of the projects and advise the Council on an execution plan. The first consultant, Ben Gustave Barth, has experience in management consulting, investment banking and…

Civil Society Organizations including Action Aid Ghana, Centre for Local Government Advocacy, and Syria Development Organisation are partnering the Ministry of Food and Agriculture to embark on a sustainable agriculture programme. The European Union-project dubbed ‘Civil Society Organization Sustainable Development Rise Programme’ is expected to help provide food for the people of Ghana. Speaking on TV3’s New Day Wednesday, August 19, the Technical Assistant to the team, Mary Tobin, said the EU is interested in providing sustainable way of agriculture and not the usual hoe and cutlass farming. She explained that the project is to provide a decent employment within…

The People’s National Convention (PNC) have opened nomination for presidential candidates and national executive officers. The party has called on all interested and qualified members to pick up nominations from Wednesday, August 19 to Tuesday, August 25. In a statement signed by the National Chairman of the party, Bernard Mornah, the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party has slated its National Congress for Saturday, September 19. The NEC also set up a Congress Committee to “fashion all modalities for the smooth preparation and conduct of the impending National Congress”. The statement urged “parent regions of newly-created regions to organize…

Traders in parts of the central region believe Coronavirus (COVID-19) is not a serious infectious disease as it is being portrayed, a survey has found. According to the health authorities in area who conducted the survey, most of the traders in almost all the big markets believe coronavirus is like malaria. Deputy central regional health director, Dr. Kwabena Sarpong, disclosed this on Onua TV’s COVID-19 NKOMO on Wednesday August 19. “We did survey in some markets in the Region and most people said it’s just like malaria… Most people think the disease is not risky. Most people think the number…

Executive Director of the Danquah Institute Richard Ahiagba has accused the National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration of not providing value for money on some of the infrastructural projects including interchanges that were undertaken during their term in office. Mr Ahiagba said on TV3’s New Day Wednesday, August 19 that an interchange was constructed to the tune of $260 million, an amount he said was way above the right amount. This, he said, smacks of “tragedy”, and “crime of historic proportion”. Mr Ahiabga was contributing to a discussion on the virtual Town Hall meeting that was addressed by Vice President Dr…

Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo-Maafo, has revealed that the Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has provided total support to ensuring that the government of resident Nana Addo Danwa Akufo-Addo succeeds. Mr Osafo-Maafo said when he was the Finance Minister during the Kufuor administration, he worked with Dr Bawumia who was then the Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana and can therefore, attest to his competence, credibility and work ethics. He made this known at the government’s Town Hall Meeting at the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences in Accra on Tuesday, August 18. The Senior Minister said “ I have…

Member of Parliament for Tamale North Constituency Alhassan Suhuyini has said the record of former President John Mahama in the area of infrastructure scares the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP). He said the NPP are aware of the disappointment of Ghanaians in the current government following, in his view, the low levels of infrastructural development they have seen over the past three-and-a-half years. Therefore, he said, the government is making every attempt to discredit Mr Mahama and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) ahead of this year’s polls. Alhassan Suhuyini was speaking in reaction to the virtual Town Hall Meeting addressed…

Head of Research at Imani Ghana, Patrick Stephenson has said there is a more practical way the government of Ghana can account to citizens rather than doing so through an online portal,  www.deliverytracker.gov.gh, that Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia relaunched on Tuesday. During a Town Hall Meeting at the Ghana Academy of Arts and Science in Accra, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia after recounting the successes of the Akufo-Addo administration in the area of infrastructure launched a portal to assist the general public get information on those projects. Although, Patrick Stephenson believed that the creation of the website was a step in…