The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) has attributed Monday night’s power outage in some parts of the Greater Accra Region to a shortage in gas supply. According to a statement issued by GRIDCo, “a reported leakage by Ghana Gas on its processing plant at Takoradi, curtailed gas supply to a number of thermal generating plants in the country”, thus, causing some of its customers to sleep in darkness. Some consumers of electricity in parts of the capital had to go through early parts of the evening without power after the light went off at about 7 pm on Monday. Shortage…
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COVID-9 frontline health workers at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital (CCTH) in the Central Region, have threatened to withdraw their services if the government does not pay them their share of the allowances promised them. In April 2020, President Akufo-Addo announced that all frontline health workers helping in the fight against COVID-19 would receive an additional allowance of 50 percent of their basic salary per month. But according to frontline workers at CCTH, all efforts to get their outstanding allowances paid have proven futile. They have given the government until June 14, 2021, to pay all their allowance arrears, which…
The Supreme Court has nullified the police injunction on the #FixTheCountry demonstration. The ruling was delivered today, Tuesday, June 8, 2021. The police filed an ex-parte motion at the High Court against the planned protest and got a ruling in its favour on May 6, 2021. The High Court ruled that the planned protest is prohibited until the restriction on public gatherings is lifted. “It is hereby ordered that the organizers/conveners of FixTheCountry protest march, their associates, officers, agents, assigns, and workmen are prohibited from embarking on any demonstration on Sunday, 9th May 2021, or any other date until the…
A retired teacher, Mr Emmanuel Abrokwa, popularly known as Teacher Mensah Monday morning killed himself at Ekumfi Aburam in the Ekumfi District of the Central Region. It was revealed that the teacher shot himself to death after he returned from the bush. According to an eyewitness, he saw the deceased returning from the farm, and later heard gunshots from the room of the deceased. Upon rushing to the room, they saw him lying in a pool of blood with the gun he usually takes to the farm, also lying beside him. He reportedly shot himself in the stomach. The deceased…
A former Deputy Minister for Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has condemned the blatant disregard for COVID-19 safety protocols during the funeral of the late CEO of the Forestry Commission and one-time NPP General Secretary, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, also known as Sir John. The funeral had high-profiled state authorities including President Akufo-Addo, the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the Chief Justice, the Attorney General, Godfred Dame, and other ministers of state in attendance. Viral videos from the funeral showed many people crowded at the venue with a handful of them wearing facemasks. The number of people seen at the funeral were…
The President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged the Minister of Youth and Sports to commence the process for the Chelsea star to switch nationality to represent the West African nation at the senior level. English-born of Ghanaian descent Callum Hudson-Odoi paid a courtesy call to the President of Ghana on Monday at his residence, according to the statement from the Jubilee House. The 20-year-old arrived in his native country on Wednesday and was welcomed at by Ghanaian musician King Promise and some of his family members residing in Ghana. Nana Addo’s statement reads “on Monday, 7th June…
The Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Ghana in the Bono, Bono East and Ahafo region has honoured the Bono Regional Minister Justina Owusu-Banahene for her contribution towards the development of Sunyani and the entire region especially the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking at a short ceremony in Sunyani on Monday, the Synod Moderator for the Evangelical Presbyterian Church Rev Emmanuel Elisha Attu said her contribution and commitment towards development has been recognised by the church and hence the honour. Speaking at the event, Justina Owusu-Banahene expressed delight on the decision by the church to recognize her works and also commending…
The Bono Regional Minister Justina Owusu-Banahene has called on the youth to embrace government programmes aimed at empowering them through wealth creation by engaging in productive economic sectors. Speaking at a Youth Dialogue organised in Sunyani by Springboard Road Show for the youth in the middle zone on Monday she said, government had registered tremendous achievements in the economic, social and political spheres and urged the youth to take advantage of the various programmes including the Youth in Agriculture, NEIP, Rural Enterprise Programme, Green Business Initiative, Incubation and Support Program, Nabco among others. Present at the function were the Minister…
Parliament’s Appointments Committee has put on hold the approval of Andrew Egyapa Mercer as Deputy Minister for Energy. The Committee’s action follows Mr. Mercer’s strong disapproval with former Minister for Energy, Peter Amewu’s comment that the PDS-ECG deal was fraudulent. Speaking on Newsnight, JoyNews’ Parliamentary correspondent, Joseph Opoku Gakpo, said that the Committee had decided at the end of the exercise to take time to review Mr. Mercer’s vetting footage before giving a final verdict. He explained that the Deputy Minister-designate had strongly opposed Mr. Amewu’s use of the word “fraudulent” to describe the transaction earlier, only to retract at…
The 2020 Running mate of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer, has condemned what she believes is the government’s defensive attitude towards issues concerning the implementation of the Free SHS policy. Prof Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang in an interview on JoyNews’ The Probe Sunday, advised the Akufo-Addo-led government to admit that the education system is riddled with issues, thus, needs help in addressing them. According to her, the indifference being exhibited by the incumbent government towards the dire issues being raised by the populace will be detrimental to the future generation and Ghana as a whole. “If the people in…