WHO and Unicef urge reopening of schools in Africa
The World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations children’s agency have urged African governments to promote the safe reopening of schools during the coronavirus pandemic. They say prolonged closure of schools is harmful to students and want governments to invest in sanitation facilities to prevent the spread of coronavirus in learning institutions. The two organisations […]
Rwanda’s top hospital bans visits as doctors get Covid-19
Rwanda’s top referral hospital has banned visits amid coronavirus cases among doctors and nurses, officials say. Dr Edgar Kalimba, an official at King Faisal hospital, told state television that five doctors and “some” nurses have recently contracted the virus. The hospital receives between 600 and 1,000 patients per day and has around 500 workers. In […]
Couple jailed 34 years for child trafficking
The Anti-Human Trafficking Unit of the Ghana Police Service has commended the traditional authority and people of Akpoklikope, an Island on the Volta Lake for their vigilance which contributed to the rescuing of nine children from child trafficking on the Volta Lake. It also led to the arrest of perpetrators of the crime, Aku Kedevi, […]
NDC will strengthen Technical and Vocational Education to create jobs – Naana Opoku-Agyemang
The Vice-Presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, says the next NDC-led government would strengthen Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) to create job opportunities for the unemployed youth. Prof. Opoku-Agyemang said the NDC government would complete abandoned educational projects to create a conducive environment to promote TVET education. […]
GNAT demands independent investigation into leaked WASSCE papers
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), has called for an independent committee to investigate the leaked WASSCE papers, instead of its cancellation. Speaking on GBC’s ‘Behind the News’, General Secretary of the Association, Thomas Musah said WAEC has lost its credibility and supports calls for a new body to break the monopoly of WAEC. […]
Let’s cherish national peace and unity – Prof. Naana Opoku-Agyemang
Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyeman, the Vice-Presidential aspirant of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has called on Ghanaians to cherish and uphold the prevailing peace. She said absolute peace and social cohesion remained pre-requisite to facilitate sustainable development, and advised Ghanaians to guard against tendencies that could disturb the peace in the electioneering. Prof. Opoku-Agyemang was […]
Government’s sudden interest in infrastructure surprising and deceptive – Mahama
The presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr John Dramani Mahama, says the sudden interest of president Akufo-Addo to project infrastructure as part of his government’s achievements is both surprising and deceptive. Addressing the chiefs and elders of Tsito, Mr Mahama said the government failed the infrastructure test right from the beginning when […]
Tackle energy sector debts to enhance operations – PIAC
Government and players in the energy sector have been urged to take steps to comprehensively tackle energy sector debts to enhance operations and sustenance of the sector. In its 2019 report, the Public Interest And Accountability Committee (PIAC), observed that the Ghana National Gas Corporation (GNGC) was unable to pay for raw gas it received […]
Nuclear power able to supply uninterrupted power at affordable price – Rosatom
Stakeholders in the nuclear industry in Ghana have held an online seminar with their counterparts on the continent to dialogue on alternatives to energy generation among African countries. Speakers at the online seminar agreed that energy sustainability in Ghana and the rest of Africa, is not merely an opportunity to transform societies and grow economies, […]
NPP unveils 45-member Bono Regional campaign team
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has inaugurated its Bono Regional campaign team for Election 2020. Chaired by Kwame Baffoe Abronye, the Regional Chairman of the Party, the 45-member team would spearhead and coordinate all the Party’s electoral affairs, ahead of the December 7, Presidential and Parliamentary elections. A statement signed and issued in Sunyani by […]
