Voter Registration: EC deploys logistics
The Electoral Commission (EC) has deployed Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) kits and other logistics to its regional and district offices ahead of the voter registration scheduled to begin May 7, 2024. Other logistics deployed for the exercise include Turbonet devices, Registration Forms 1A and 1C, and laminators. The Chairperson of the EC, Jean Mensa, who […]
NPP Volta cautions against importation of foreigners in limited voter exercise
The Volta Regional Secretariat of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is cautioning any political party with plans to import foreigners to participate in the upcoming limited voter registration exercise to revise their strategy. Mr Pope Yao Yevoo, Regional Secretary of NPP, in an interview with the Ghana News Agency, said the party was collaborating with […]
Upper West Region: EC to conduct limited registration in 11 offices, 32 mobile teams
The Electoral Commission (EC) says it is set to conduct the upcoming limited voter registration in the Upper West Region with all the necessary materials and equipment in place for the successful conduct of the exercise. The exercise is expected to be conducted in all the 11 districts and municipal offices of the EC in […]
Ayorkor Botchwey lauds EU for being Ghana’s largest multilateral development partner
Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, has lauded the European Union (EU) for being Ghana’s largest multilateral development and trade partner. The Minister made the commendation on Monday in her opening remarks during the Ghana-EU Partnership Dialogue Meeting in Accra. The annual dialogue was held within the framework of […]
Prune trees to prevent accidents —Parks and Gardens
Dr. Daniel Kingsford Adams, Director of the Department of Parks and Gardens, has advised Ghanaians to prune their trees in time to prevent accidents, particularly during the rainy season. “We are in the rainy season and this time we’ve been told that it will come with a great storm. If you have trees in your […]
GMet warns of increased rainstorms with thunder and destructive winds
The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMET) has encouraged Ghanaians to brace themselves for heavy rains possibly from now till the end of July. This follows reports of flooding after major parts of the nation’s capital, Accra experienced a heavy downpour during the early hours of Monday, May 6, 2024. The Head of Central Analysis and forecast […]
Prioritise sustainable policies beyond IMF programme- Prof Bokpin to BoG
Professor Godfred Alufar Bokpin, an Economist, has urged the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to implement medium-to-long-term strategies that will sustain Ghana’s macroeconomic stability and inspire market confidence. The measures, the professor of finance at the University of Ghana, said, should transcend the implementation of the current US$3 billion loan-support programme with the International Monetary Fund […]
Kulkpong women hopeful of economic turn-over through shea project
Some women at Kulkpong, a community in the Wa East District, have expressed the hope of gaining improved economic fortunes through a shea project being implemented by the Ghana Chamber of Shea. The Chamber is piloting the shea project in the Kulkpong community to train women on improved processing of the commodity and link them […]
GRA destroys millions of tobacco products in Tamale
By Joyce Kantam kolamong The Custom Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority, GRA, has destroyed millions of illicit tobacco at a landfill at Gbalahi in the Tamale metropolis. The contraband goods were seized from a warehouse at Pulmakom in the Bawku West district of the Upper East Region through an Intelligence that led to the […]
Bawumia takes campaign to Bono, Ahafo and Bono East Regions on May 8
Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), is scheduled to visit the Ahafo, Bono, and Bono East Regions on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, as part of his ongoing campaign tour. In the past, Dr. Bawumia traveled to Ghana’s Eastern, Western, and Western North regions to speak to the people and ask […]
