By Isaac Nsiah Foster Chieftaincy is one of Ghana’s oldest traditional institutions. It has remained resilient despite attempts by both colonial and post-independent governments to control and undermine it. According to Article 270 of Ghana’s 1992 constitution, the chieftaincy institution is recognized as part of the country’s governance system. Chiefs settle disputes and govern community lands. They are custodians of customs and tradition, and are advocates for development in their areas. The chieftaincy institution is still largely supported by many Ghanaians and modern governments. The importance of chiefs to the government is clearly seen in the work of the…
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By Alex Ababio The Member of Parliament for Asawase Constituency in the Ashanti region Alhaji Mohammed-Mubarak Muntaka has expressed his dissatisfaction with the national executives of the National Democratic Congress, NDC, about how they always fail to adequately resource the party in the region, especially during the electioneering campaign time . Alhaji Mohammed-Mubarak Muntaka who is the current Minority Chief Whip in Ghana’s Parliament noted that by their actions regarding how they resource the party in the region, the national executive have considerably failed to appreciate gigantic contributions of Ashanti NDC to the success of the party in general…
The Ghana Police Administration has interdicted Sergeant Isaac Nii Sowah, No. 42681 G/positioned at the Accra Regional Police Command who was caught in uniform, smoking. The Sergeant was found in a video film that has circulated around the web, smoking a substance believed to be narcotic drug. The Police on their twitter handle expressed that “investigation is progressing and the Sergeant will be taken through the important disciplinary and legal action.” The Police added that Sergeant Isaac Nii Sowah “would be given the essential psycho-social help in accordance with the new strategic Police welfare policy .”
Information reaching our news desk indicates that the project contractors of the National Cathedral, RIBADE Company LTD, have purportedly sacked over 200 of its workers over financial constraints. In a letter dated March 14, 2022, circulating via social media, the company requested that the workers return every property in their possession to the Human Resource office. The letter, endorsed by the company’s project manager, Grant Ramsay, added that it was just consenting to segments in the contract which orders them to alleviate costs since they were not getting funds for the project. “Because of the financial constraints on the…
The Center for Democratic Development (CDD) – Ghana has stated that the only means Ghanaians can stop the payment of huge ex-gratia to politicians is resorting to staging demonstration and petitions to relevant authorities. This comes on the heels of remark made by the Paramount Chief and the Agbogbomefia of the Asogli State, Togbe Afede XIV in a statement he issued on June 6, 2022 indicating that he has returned GHS365,392.67 paid to him as ex-gratia by the state for serving on the Council of State somewhere 2017 and 2020. As indicated by him, he doesn’t think it is…
By Isaac Nsiah Foster The Vice president Dr. Alhaji Mahamadu Bawumia has cut sod for the commencement of work for 32 state of the Art TVET Centres across the country at Abrankese near Kuntanase in the Ashanti region . The Government has created innovative programmes and projects in education sector that proactively contribute to government ‘s policy of “Reforming and Strengthening the Education system and institutions to provide education for all Ghanaians”. Against this backdrop the the Ministry of Education and the Commission for TVET have taken a step to ensure the establishment of 32 state of the art…
Islamic University College, Ghana (IUCG) has chosen interestingly, a female as leader of the Students Representative Council (SRC). Asiya Rufai, a Level 300 Communications student having some expertise in Public Relations, won the election with 52.67% votes to beat the Vice President Ibrahim Jaiden Zakari. Asiya Rufai is the second female to challenge the SRC administration however the first to win the space. The portal , thezongomail.com which reported her election , cited her as saying it is time ladies took up positions of authority both in school and in the general public and she attributed her victory as…
A former board chairman of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, Ato Ahwoi, has revealed conditions under which the United States consulate in Accra denied him a visa years ago. He connected the incident to his refusal alongside two others to permit Kosmos Energy to continue with a US$4 billion offer of a stake in the Jubilee Oil Fields in an arrangement with American oil monster, Exxon Mobil. He linked up the story of how himself, then Energy Minister, Oteng-Adjei and Charles Wereko Brobbey had fought off pressure from the Americans to sell the stake during a meeting in the…
The Finance Ministry has been positioned by Imani Ghana as the most reckless financially institution in the country. That is as indicated by the most recent fiscal reckless index launched by IMANI Ghana on Tuesday. Officlas of the strategy Think Tank made sense of that the Ministry has kept in excess of 11 billion cedis in losses to the state. The losses depended on abnormalities followed in the Auditor-General’s reports somewhere in the range of 2015 and 2020. Speaking at the forum in Accra , Research Consultant for the IMANI Ghana, Dennis Asare explained, “over the 6-year time span,…
Roman Abramovich is formally as of now not the owner of Chelsea FC after the deal finished on Monday. Roman Abramovich no longer claims Chelsea FC. My LA Dodgers co-proprietor Todd Boehly and trading company Clearlake Capital Group are presently in control. Chelsea FC expressed sanctions on Abramovich “introduced exceptional and unanticipated difficulties” to the deal. Roman Abramovich has completed the $5.3 billion sale of Chelsea Football Club almost three months after the Russian oligarch was hit by Western approvals. The club said in an statement on Monday that the group drove by LA Dodgers co-proprietor Todd Boehly and…