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Togbe Afede XIV[/caption] The President of the National House of Chiefs, Togbe Afede XIV has debunked claims by some chiefs that the house’s decision to strongly reject multi-party participation at the local governance level was unilateral. According to him, chiefs who criticized Thursday statement by him and his Vice asking Ghanaians to vote NO in the December 17 referendum are “dishonest” and exhibited “wanton mischief”. Read Referendum: House of Chiefs backs proponents of NO vote “The proposed referendum to allow partisan politics in our local elections was thoroughly discussed at the National House of Chiefs, both by the Standing Committee…

Dean of the School of Graduate Studies at the University of Professional Studies, Dr. Kwaku Mensah has advised government to focus on establishing mortgage institutions to help make housing affordable instead of establishing the National Development Bank. According to Dr. Mensah, who was speaking on The Key Points program on TV3 Saturday, the establishment of mortgage institutions will help address Ghana’s housing deficit. Finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta announced that funding has been secured for the establishment of the National Development Bank in 2020 to refinance credit to industry and agriculture as a wholesale bank. The minister said this while presenting…

Dean of the School of Graduate Studies at the University of Professional Studies, Dr. Kwaku Mensah has advised government to focus on establishing mortgage institutions to help make housing affordable instead of establishing the National Development Bank. According to Dr. Mensah, who was speaking on The Key Points program on TV3 Saturday, the establishment of mortgage institutions will help address Ghana’s housing deficit. Finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta announced that funding has been secured for the establishment of the National Development Bank in 2020 to refinance credit to industry and agriculture as a wholesale bank. The minister said this while presenting…

Iran’s Interior Minister has warned security officials will step up action against protesters taking to the streets over a new petrol policy. Protests have erupted across Iran after the government unexpectedly announced it was rationing petrol and increasing its price. At least one person has been killed and others injured in the violence. Officials say the changes, which have seen prices rise by at least 50%, will free up money to help the poor. Iran is already suffering economically due to stiff sanctions imposed by the US after Washington decided to pull out of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. Protests…

Nigerian star and film director Genevieve Nnaji has already shown that she is a force to be reckoned with, so the disqualification of her Netflix film from the Oscars is unlikely to frustrate her ambitions. In fact the rejection of Lionheart earlier this month from the Academy’s best international feature film category may well act as a springboard for her future success. The 40-year-old has starred in more than 80 films over the last two decades and her rise to prominence coincided with the exponential growth of Nollywood, as the Nigerian film industry is called, across Africa. Yet she suffered…

Ghana and Barbados have signed an international sister port agreement. The two nations have also signed a health agreement for the recruitment of Ghanaian Registered Nurses for Barbados. About 120 nurses are expected to be recruited following the desire of both countries to enhance cooperation in the field of health and wellness and to further promote the friendly relationship between their people. Objective The objective of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is to develop a framework for an effective and efficient voluntary recruitment of various categories of Ghanaian registered nurses to work in the health sector of Barbados. The MoU…

President Akufo-Addo has tasked the seven-member board of the newly established Ghana Deposit Protection Corporation (GDPC) to work within their mandate to protect deposits of Ghanaians. The President was speaking after swearing in members of the board of the Deposit Protection Scheme at the Jubilee House. The board which is chaired by Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Ernest Addison has others such as Pearl Esua-Mensah as its Chief Executive Officer, a representative from the finance ministry, Sampson Akligoh as well as four others who represent other stakeholders in the financial sector. President Akufo-Addo urged the board members to…

President Akufo-Addo has tasked the seven-member board of the newly established Ghana Deposit Protection Corporation (GDPC) to work within their mandate to protect deposits of Ghanaians. The President was speaking after swearing in members of the board of the Deposit Protection Scheme at the Jubilee House. The board which is chaired by Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Ernest Addison has others such as Pearl Esua-Mensah as its Chief Executive Officer, a representative from the finance ministry, Sampson Akligoh as well as four others who represent other stakeholders in the financial sector. President Akufo-Addo urged the board members to…

Women being in the workplace en masse is such a recent phenomenon that phrases like “women in the workplace” are sadly still relevant. Of course, feminists have made huge advances when it comes to overturning sexist laws in the fight for civil rights, but there is still much further to go before everything from the pay gap to sexual harassment is obliterated from the workplace and the glass ceiling is smashed. Take the fact that 4 November is the day women theoretically stop being paid due to the gender pay gap. And that recent research by the global management consulting firm McKinsey and LeanIn.org shows that women…

Madagascar beat Ethiopia 1-0 in Antananarivo on Saturday to get their 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign off to a solid start. In the first match of Group K, the contest was settled by a solitary goal from Rayan Raveleson in the 19th minute. Madagascar made their debut at the 2019 Nations Cup finals in Egypt. They famously beat Nigeria on their way to reaching the quarter-finals before losing to Tunisia. The win over Ethiopia on Saturday was particularly poignant for Madagascar striker Faneva Andriatsima who had already confirmed that he would retire from international football after the qualifier.…