President Akufo-Addo says work on more than 100 road projects ongoing in Upper West
President Akufo-Addo says the declaration of 2022 as a Year of Roads, is not rhetoric but a reality. He said in the Upper West Region 18 road projects have been completed, while 110 others are ongoing. President Akufo-Addo was speaking on GBC’s Radio Upper West as part of his two-day working visit to the region. […]
3 injured in 2 separate accidents on Suhum Interchange
Two separate accidents occurred on the Suhum Interchange section of the Accra-Kumasi highway on Monday, 22nd August 2022. The first involved a DAF Trailer with registration number, AE 1526-12, heading towards Accra from Kumasi. The driver of the trailer which was loaded with two containers of plywood was alleged to have lost control of his […]
Special Prosecutor to investigate auction of vehicles since 2016
The Special Prosecutor has commenced a full-scale investigation into suspected corruption and corruption-related offences in respect of auction sales of vehicles and goods by the customs divisions of the Ghana Revenue Authority between July 1, 2017, to August 15, 2022. The special prosecutor has therefore directed the commissioner of the customs divisions to immediately halt […]
Ghana to host one of UNDP’s Pan-African Timbuktoo Hubs
Story: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH The Timbuktoo Project Head and Chief Innovation Officer of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Regional Bureau for Africa, Dr. Eleni Gabre-Madhin, has announced that Ghana has been selected as one of the African countries to host one of the eight Timbuktoo Hubs. The eight Timbuktoo Hubs to be established in some […]
GUTA to close shops on August 29 to demonstrate against cedi depreciation
Story: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH The leadership of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA), has refuted claims that members of the umbrella body are the cause of the recent price hikes in goods and services. According to GUTA, they have no hand in the country’s current economic challenges, thus calling on government and New Patriotic Party […]
Halt plans to increase duties on importing Second-hand clothing – GUTA warns gov’t
Story: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH The leadership of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA), an umbrella body of over 68 trade unions and associations, has cautioned the Nana Addo-Bawumia-led government to halt any plans it is harbouring to increase duties on importing second-hand clothing at a time when cedi is chasing the wind. According to them, […]
Clashes in Universities are retrogressive – Elder Kevin-Annan
A Life Coach and Healthy Homes Advocate, Elder Amos Kevin-Annan, has called for workable measures that will reduce clashes at the university campuses. Such clashes, he added, were retrogressive and could mar the future of students and society. Ghana, within the past two weeks, witnessed two separate violent clashes by students of the University of […]
Let’s work closely to fast-track criminal investigations – Immigration tells hoteliers
The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), has urged the Ghana Hotels Association (GHA) to work closely with security agencies in fast-tracking criminal investigations. The service says this would sustain and promote the peace of the nation. It said the association could do this by constantly keeping track of the identities of lodgers to ensure their premises […]
Ghana Link to improve ICUMS processes
Ghana Link Network Services Limited, operators of the Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS), has stated that it is committed to improving the processes of the System after winning five awards at the Fifth Ghana Shippers Awards ceremony. Mr Raymond Amaglo, the Director of Operations at Ghana Link, speaking to the GNA in Tema, after winning […]
Men and boys have roles in achieving gender equality – Director
The Volta Regional Director of Department of Gender, Mrs. Thywill Eyra Kpe, says that men and boys have major roles to play in achieving gender equality and elimination of sexual and gender-based violence and child marriage. She said gender equality was a societal issue and that women alone could not achieve it without the express […]
