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The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) says it has spent GH¢1 million creating awareness and educating the public on the upcoming December 17 district-level elections as well as the aborted referendum. According to the Chairperson of the Commission, Madam Josephine Nkrumah, the money was made available by the Ministry of Local Government to raise awareness and educate people on the referendum as well as the district level elections. “We were kindly sponsored by the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development. We didn’t have direct funding from government of Ghana to carry out the district level elections and referendum…

The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) says it has spent GH¢1 million creating awareness and educating the public on the upcoming December 17 district-level elections as well as the aborted referendum. According to the Chairperson of the Commission, Madam Josephine Nkrumah, the money was made available by the Ministry of Local Government to raise awareness and educate people on the referendum as well as the district level elections. “We were kindly sponsored by the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development. We didn’t have direct funding from government of Ghana to carry out the district level elections and referendum…

Managing Director of Unilever Ghana Limited, Mrs Gladys Amoah, has resigned her position from the consumer goods company. A non-executive Director of the Company, Mr Yaw Nsarkoh, has also resigned his post, a statement issued by the company on December 4 announced. In effect, the two have also resigned from the board of Unilever Ghana Limited. No reasons were assigned for their resignation which took effect from November 30, 2019. “The resignations have been duly communicated to the Ghana Stock Exchange,” the statement said, and explained that is in accordance with Regulation 40(i) of the Ghana Stock Exchange Listing Rules,…

Managing Director of Unilever Ghana Limited, Mrs Gladys Amoah, has resigned her position from the consumer goods company. A non-executive Director of the Company, Mr Yaw Nsarkoh, has also resigned his post, a statement issued by the company on December 4 announced. In effect, the two have also resigned from the board of Unilever Ghana Limited. No reasons were assigned for their resignation which took effect from November 30, 2019. “The resignations have been duly communicated to the Ghana Stock Exchange,” the statement said, and explained that is in accordance with Regulation 40(i) of the Ghana Stock Exchange Listing Rules,…

Managing Director of Unilever Ghana Limited, Mrs Gladys Amoah, has resigned her position from the consumer goods company. A non-executive Director of the Company, Mr Yaw Nsarkoh, has also resigned his post, a statement issued by the company on December 4 announced. In effect, the two have also resigned from the board of Unilever Ghana Limited. No reasons were assigned for their resignation which took effect from November 30, 2019. “The resignations have been duly communicated to the Ghana Stock Exchange,” the statement said, and explained that is in accordance with Regulation 40(i) of the Ghana Stock Exchange Listing Rules,…

Some women farmers within the ECOWAS sub region have decried the non-prioritization and low investments in the agriculture sector despite its potential to end poverty and malnutrition. Although the 2014 Malabo Declaration calls for at least 10 per cent of national budget allocation to the agriculture sector, not many ECOWAS countries have adhere to this commitment. Countries like Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, and Senegal have been singled out to have made significant strides in complying with the commitment. The five countries have exceeded the minimum 10 per cent target. Others like Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, and…

Some women farmers within the ECOWAS sub region have decried the non-prioritization and low investments in the agriculture sector despite its potential to end poverty and malnutrition. Although the 2014 Malabo Declaration calls for at least 10 per cent of national budget allocation to the agriculture sector, not many ECOWAS countries have adhere to this commitment. Countries like Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, and Senegal have been singled out to have made significant strides in complying with the commitment. The five countries have exceeded the minimum 10 per cent target. Others like Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, and…

Some women farmers within the ECOWAS sub region have decried the non-prioritization and low investments in the agriculture sector despite its potential to end poverty and malnutrition. Although the 2014 Malabo Declaration calls for at least 10 per cent of national budget allocation to the agriculture sector, not many ECOWAS countries have adhere to this commitment. Countries like Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, and Senegal have been singled out to have made significant strides in complying with the commitment. The five countries have exceeded the minimum 10 per cent target. Others like Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, and…

The National Identification Authority (NIA) is targeting to register 2.8 million Ghanaian residents in Ashanti Region for the Ghana Card. It will from December 11 deploy 15,000 staff to man 833 centres to be created for the registration exercise which will run until to January 8, 2020 Executive Secretary of the NIA, Prof Ken Agyemang Attafuah announced this at a press briefing at Ejisu ahead of the exercise. He said the Authority has since its mass registration exercise registered 4,857,845 Ghanaians in the 11 regions it has undertaken the exercise. Out of the figure, the NIA has printed 4,291,840 cards…

Members of Parliament are rallying support to get world-class Astro Turf park in every constituency to promote the quality of football being played at district level up to the national level. Making a statement in Parliament on Wednesday, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, was confident such projects would enhance the discovery of football talents in Ghana. He recalled the unfavourable conditions, in terms of infrastructure and government support, football talents like Abedi Pele, Michael Essien and Asamoah had to endure to become great players. Mr. Annoh-Dompreh, who is also the Member of Parliament of Nsawam Adoagyir, noted…