Government assures Youth in Afforestation personnel of arrears payment
Government has assured personnel under the Youth in Afforestation programme of the YEA whose allowance has been in arrears that, it will be paid before the end of January 2020. Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh, who assured the personnel, apologised to them for the delay in payment. Some personnel have their allowance […]
GJA releases guides for election coverage
The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has released guidelines for the coverage of the District level elections. According to the GJA the guidelines are meant to provide a common schedule for its members ‘to observe the upcoming and subsequent national elections across the country. “ Below are the guidelines: GHANA JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION ELECTIONS OBSERVATION GUIDELINES Introduction […]
The District level elections
NEWS COMMENTARY ON THE DISTRICT LEVEL ELECTIONS. Tuesday, December 17 will witness yet another historic event in the history of Ghana’s local governance system when the citizenry are expected to turn out in our numbers to vote for our Assembly members and unit committee members. The day should have also featured the much talked about […]
Energy sector annual ball scheduled for December 20
The organizing committee of the Ghana Energy Sector Annual Ball (GESAB) wishes to inform all stakeholders in the energy sector that, the 2nd edition of the official end-of- year gala for Ghana’s energy sector is scheduled to take place on Friday, December 20, 2019, at the Fiesta Royale Hotel in Accra. The event this year, […]
Give preferential treatment to vulnerable- EC tells Electoral officers
The Electoral Commission has directed its officers not to allow the aged, pregnant women, lactating mothers and Persons with Disability(PWD’s) to join long queues when they come to vote. Under ‘Preferential Treatment’, the Commission is reminding election officials that all vulnerable persons must be given preferential treatment at the polling centre when they are dully […]
149,100 voters to elect 39 Assembly members in Ketu South
A total of one hundred and fifty nine ((159) candidates are seeking to be elected as Assembly Members in the Ketu South Municipal Assembly slated for tomorrow, Tuesday, December 17, 2019. This number includes one hundred and fifty four male candidates (154), five (5) female candidates and one (1) person with disability.. A total number […]
President Akufo-Addo cuts sod for ‘forward operating base’ to protect oil & gas infrastructure
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has cut the sod for the construction of a Forward Operating Base in Ezilinbo, in Jomoro, in the Western Region, to protect the country’s oil and gas infrastructure At the sod cutting ceremony on Monday, December 16 President Akufo-Addo revealed that the ceremony is in fulfilment of a pledge […]
‘People think District Level Elections have been cancelled’- aspirant
An aspirant in the upcoming District Level Elections says most electorates in the Kpone-Katamanso Municipality think the elections have been cancelled alongside the abortive referendum. An aspirant for the Saki-Nmlitsakpo Electoral Area,Mr Isaac Newton Tetteh, blamed the situation on the lack of intensive sensitisation programmes on the assembly members and unit committees election on the […]
EC set for District Assembly Elections December 17
Over 57,000 candidates are contesting the nationwide District Assembly and Unit Committee elections scheduled for December 17. More than 18,000 are vying to become assembly members, while more than 38,000 want to be in the Unit Committees. There are a total of 6,700 electoral areas and each electoral area would be represented by one assembly […]
Wife charged with attempted murder of Zimbabwe vice-president
The estranged wife of Zimbabwe’s vice-president has been charged with attempting to murder him. Marry Mubaiwa – already facing corruption charges – has been denied bail in Harare. It is alleged that she tried to kill General Constantino Chiwenga while he was receiving medical treatment in South Africa. The estranged wife of Zimbabwe’s vice-president was […]
