The Ghana Water Company Limited says over 140,000 people in Odaso and Obuasi in the Ashanti Region have limited access to water on a daily basis due to the negative effects of illegal mining activities. According to GWCL, it has drastically reduced the volumes of water supplied to households in these areas as illegal mining activities directly affect its production and general operations. Citing the current situation in Odaso and Obuasi, the company said it has reduced its output from four million gallons of water a day to just a million gallons. Speaking at a forum on water under the…
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Ranking Member on Parliament’s Energy Committee, John Jinapor, has blamed former Minister of Energy, under President Akufo-Addo’s first term, for causing a loss of $170million to the state. Mr Jinapor was speaking in an interview with JoyNews’ Joseph Opoku Gakpo on the award of US$170 million in damages to Ghana Power Generation Company (GPGC) by a Commercial Court in London. The Court in London instructed government of Ghana to pay the whopping US$170 million in damages to the claimants for failing to meet set deadlines in contesting alleged unlawful termination of contract between the two parties. According to Mr John…
The Wenchi High Court at the case management sitting on Tuesday, partially granted the petitioner’s motions to amend the title of his suit to state that “no proper collation” was done in the 2020 Techiman South Parliamentary Elections, among one other relief. The NDC Techiman South Parliamentary Candidate, Christopher Beyere Baasongti, who sued the Member of Parliament for the area, Martin Adjei-Mensah Korsah, and the Electoral Commission, is praying the court to quash the declaration of Mr. Adjei-Mensah Korsah of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) as the winner of the Techiman South parliamentary elections. The petitioner was however slapped with…
A Former Member of Parliament for the Nhyiaeso Constituency in the Ashanti Region has categorically denied making any statement in support of the candidature of Dr Bawumia as the next NPP flagbearer for the 2024 General Election. Dr Richard Winfred Anane, who has been a minister for Roads and Highways, and minister for Health under the Kufour administration issued out a rejoinder to clarify this erroneous news which has been in circulation on the social media space. Dr Richard Winfred Anane was one of the key personalities in the Kufour administration who has been a close associate of Mr Alan…
Drama unfolded at the Criminal Court 5 Division of the High Court on Tuesday, June 22, 2021, in a case where four persons are standing trial for allegedly kidnapping some three Canadian girls in Ghana. When the case was called at 10am, Oliver Twum Abada, the lawyer for the first defendant, was absent. For over 30 minutes, the court had to wait for him to begin proceedings. He was scheduled to continue with cross-examination of prosecution Witness (PW) 10 today. Not impressed by the turn of events, trial judge, Justice Lydia Osei Marfo, directed the first accused person, Sampson Agharlor…
Member of Parliament for Madina and renowned human rights lawyer, Francis Xavier-Sosu, has initiated moves for the passage of a law that will ensure the payment of the right compensation to persons who are unlawfully arrested, detained, or convicted. The MP’s move, initiated under the Private Member’s Bill, is to among other things give effect to clauses (5) and (7) of Article 14 of the 1992 Constitution. In the proposal sighted by Citi News, the legislator expressed concern about the fact that there are no laid down rules that cater for people who have been wrongfully arrested, detained, and or…
President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed Dr. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid as the Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA). He takes over from Hassan Tampoli, who is now MP for Gushiega and a Deputy Transport Minister-designate. The appointment takes effect from July 1, 2021. A letter from the President to Dr. Hamid dated June 17th said the appointment has come at a time when the petroleum sector is faced with challenges amidst the coronavirus pandemic. Dr. Hamid, 50, previously served in the first-term government of President Akufo-Addo as the Minister of Information, and subsequently as the Minister for Inner-City and…
The Member of Parliament for the Tamale North Constituency, Alhassan Suhuyini, has said the Chief Justice, Kwasi Anin-Yeboah, must guard against actions that drag the name of the judiciary into the area of politics. The MP’s comments follow the Chief Justice’s petition to the General Legal Council (GLC) against the NDC’s Dr. Dominic Ayine. A displeased Anin-Yeboah wrote to the Judicial Secretary to the General Legal Council to complain about some comments made by Dr. Dominic Ayine on a CDD-Ghana platform on the judgment of the 2020 election petition. The letter addressed to the Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee of…
Private road transport operators have announced that they will be adjusting transport fares in a few days. According to the Ghana Committed Drivers Association, Concern Drivers Association and True Drivers Union, the decision is because of the 3% increase in fuel prices on Sunday. “As a result of the 3% increase in fuel price, a gallon of fuel which was sold for ¢27.22 is now being sold for ¢28.35,” parts of the statement read. The groups stated that the resolve to adjust the fares is in fulfilment of their statement issued on May 16, in which they decided that “any…
Government has raised Gh¢1.86 billion from the sale of a seven-year bond to tackle the country’s debt burden. Proceeds from the bond, which drew near-record demand, would help refinance the debt of a five-year bond which is due to mature. The long term bond, expected to offer both safety and liquidity, was snapped up by investors who oversubscribed it by 3.3 per cent with the interest cost of the debt instrument going down by 6.4 per cent from 24.5 per cent to 18.10 per cent. This means significant savings for government on its interest payment aimed at restructuring its debt.…