Folks, we are currently witnessing a story of two fathers, father A and B who took turns to cater for a sick mal-nourished child.Father A who first took care of the baby out of fear for the baby’s life, entered into several arrangements with a food distributor to supply the baby with constant supply of food items.After a while, when the child was recovering he felt that not all the food distribution arrangements he made earlier were needed due to an improvement in the baby’s health so he decided to review some of the arrangements.In the process of reviewing those…
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The Chief Communications Director at the Ghana Water Company Limited has attributed the shortage of water supply to parts of the Greater Accra Region to the recent intermittent power supply, known as dumsor. Mr Stanley Martey revealed this on Thursday, June 24, 2021 during a brief interview session with Bernard Avle on the Citi Fm Breakfast Show. According to Mr Stanley Martey, the recently intermittent power outages has resulted in causing damage to three of their four pumps. ”Three of our four pumps have been damaged as a result of the recent intermittent power supply. We are now left with…
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), has announced that parts of Accra will experience scheduled power outages for 22-days starting from Monday, June 28, 2021. The outages, according to the power distributor, would allow the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) to complete the last phase of repair works on some bulk supply points and transmission cables in Accra. The last phase of the repair and upgrade works, which begins on Monday, June 28, 2021, will see an upgrade in the Volta-Achimota-Mallam transmission lines. The exercise will cause an interruption in power supply to some 71 communities within Accra. The communities have…
National Security Minister, Albert Kan Dapaah has explained why the former Ashanti Regional Security Liaison Officer, DCOP (rtd) Ayensu Opare Addo, was removed from office. Responding to questions in Parliament, Mr. Kan Dapaah explained that DCOP Opare Addo was removed from office by men from the headquarters because he was obstructing the work of his successor. Mr Dapaah added that DCOP Opare Addo’s two-year contract was cancelled mid-way by the National Security Coordinator but he refused to leave office. “He was given a two-year contract to serve as Ashanti Regional Security Liaison Officer after the expiration of an initial two-year…
Ranking Member on Parliament’s Energy Committee, John Jinapor has stated that threats by the Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Godfred Yeboah Dame, on signatories to the terminated agreement between the Government of Ghana (GoG) and Ghana Power Generation Company (GPGC) will not help in resolving the issue. “You can choose to threaten us. You can choose to behave anyway you want because you’re the Attorney General. But let me put this on record to you. You will not be Attorney General forever. “So please, these issues of John Jinapor, John Jinapor would not help your matter. You advised the…
The Western North Region as known is one of the newly created regions which has an estimated population of about nine hundred and fifty thousand (950,000) people. The region is noted to be one of the leading regions in producing cocoa in Ghana. In fact, it produces one third of the total cocoa production in the country. Based on the afore fact, the region has most of it working population to being cocoa farmers. This means that, chunk of the population is highly dependent on cocoa proceeds. It is however, disheartening and disturbing to know that the government of Nana…
The Upper East Regional Police Command has commenced investigations into the alleged burning to death of three persons suspected to have stolen cattle at Biu, a suburb of Navrongo. According to the police, residents of the community apprehended the suspected thieves and set them ablaze. The bodies of the deceased have been identified by the police as 40-year-old Peter Ayeleguni and 28-year-old Emmanuel Kofi Sewor; with the third person yet to be identified. In an interview with Citi News, the Upper East Regional Police Public Relations Officer, ASP David Fianko-Okyere, urged the public to desist from lynching suspected thieves. “The…
A 23-year-old man has been electrocuted to death at Taifa Burkina, a community in Accra. According to the family, the electricity pole that caused his death had been insulated and left unattended until a recent repair work by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) which left the pole exposed. The family alleges that until the incident, no warning sign had been erected to warn residents of the dangers of the high voltage pole. The family has thus vowed to take legal action against ECG. “They said because of the muddy area, he slipped, and he decided to hold the metal…
So far, 35 of the deputy ministers and one Minister of State have been approved, with four more yet to be approved. Members of the Appointments Committee of Parliament had initially disagreed over the approval of Gifty Twum-Ampofo. After the Abuakwa North MP’s vetting on Thursday, June 10, 2021, the Member of Parliament for the Tamale North Constituency, Alhassan Suhuyini, announced his decision to kick against the approval of Gifty Twum-Ampofo. However, she was on Tuesday, June 22, 2021, approved by consensus after the initial hesitation. Masemtvgh.com sources say Gifty Twum Ampofo attended a minority caucus meeting earlier with members…
The Minority in Parliament is demanding that four Deputy ministerial nominees appear before the Appointments Committee to be vetted again before they are approved for their various portfolios. The four nominees are Martin Adjei Mensah Korsah, Deputy Minister for Local Government, Decentralization, and Lariba Zuewira Abudu, a Deputy Minister-Designate for Gender, Children, and Social Protection. The two others are Amidu Issahaku Chinnia and Diana Asonaba Dapaah who have been nominated as Deputy Ministers-Designate for Sanitation and Water Resources and Office of the Attorney-General and Justice respectively. According to Citi News sources, the Minority is making the demand over concerns that…