The National Communications Officer of the biggest opposition party in Ghana, has given out a number of interventions that were taken by the erstwhile Mahama administration in the health sector, to debunk the erroneous impression created by the General Managress of GhOne Tv. A 12 year old boy, who lost his life at North Tongu constituency as a result of difficulty in getting a bed for him at a tertiary hospital facility has led to the Member of Parliament for North Tongu and the Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram to advocate for reforms in our health system in order to…
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The Member of Parliament for Atebubu Amantin Constituency, Hon Sanja Nanja, man of the grassroot as he is affectionately referred to by his constituents, has provided a potable water for two farming communities in the Atebubu district. On Sunday, May 16, 2021, the Member of Parliament commissioned two mechanized borehole facilities in two farming communities in the Atebubu-Amantin constituency to provide potable water for the people of these communities. With barely five months in office as a Member of Parliament, Hon Sanja Nanja proved to his supporters and the good people of the constituency of his readiness to competently execute…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revealed Ghana’s public debt as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for 2020 was 78 percent. According to the IMF, the rise in the debt stock can be attributed to the inclusion of some GH¢7.63 billion costs incurred in the energy sector which was somewhat excluded by government in its calculation of the total debt stock. This however, paints a different picture of the public debt figure as quoted by government institutions such as the Bank of Ghana and the Ministry of Finance, who put the figure at 76.1 percent for the period.…
The Member of Parliament for the North Tongu Constituency, Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, is advocating for a policy that will ban government appointees from travelling outside Ghana to seek medical care. This, he believes, will lead the government to focus more on fixing the numerous challenges in the country’s healthcare system. Mr Ablakwa made this statement after a 12-year old boy passed away in his constituency due to difficulty in transferring him to a tertiary hospital for urgent medical care. “With the continuous no bed syndrome, why are there so many abandoned hospital projects all over the country? And why…
A number of driver unions have collectively announced a 20 percent fare increment effective Monday, May 17, 2021. On Saturday, May 1, 2021, the Akufo-Addo government introduced a number of taxes on goods and services to raise money for the 2021 national budget. Subsequent to the implementation of these taxes, the prices of petroleum products have seen a higher hike and commercial drivers have since agitated for increment in fares. Majority of ghanaians have rejected against these new taxes and complained that they are already suffering from the effect of COVID-19 pandemic for which many have lost their jobs and…
A member of the National Communication Team of the opposition National Democratic Congress has expressed his disappointment in the president of the Ghana Journalists Association, GJA for his comment on the arrest of two journalists of Citi Fm and Citi Tv. Mr Eric Adjei, who is also the Deputy Regional Communications Officer of the NDC in the Bono Region, made this comment on Adom Tv during a panel discussion on the topic ”unpacking National Security handling of Citi Fm’s reporters”. The GJA president, Mr Affail Monney, has come under a deluge of public backlash for his earlier comment that Mr…
The Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association (GIBA), the Private Newspaper Printers Association of Ghana (PRINPAG), and the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), have called on government to take urgent steps to remove persons with brutish tendencies from the country’s National Security setup. The three Associations said this in a joint statement while demanding that government restructures the National Security Ministry in the wake of growing incidents of abuse and torture of journalists by some of its officers. They said the restructuring must involve reorienting the minds of the operatives and putting in place proper mechanisms for recruitment of qualified persons into the…
Today, Sunday, May 16, 2021 marks exactly six years since one of Ghana’s largest apolitical protests in recent history was held. The peaceful #DumsorMustStop vigil was spearheaded by Ghanaian actress, Yvonne Nelson and a host of other public figures to protest against frequent power outages in the country. Protesters from all walks of life, most of whom were clad in black, gathered at Legon near the University of Ghana to commence the march that was expected to impress upon the John Mahama-led government to urgently act. Artistes Efya, DKB, Sydney, D-Black, Van Vicker, David Oscar, Wanlov da Kubolor and a…
The biggest opposition party in Ghana, the National Democratic Congress, has waded into the recent brutish attack by the National Security Operatives on two journalists, describing it as unlawful. In a Press statement issued by its General Secretary, Hon Johnson Asiedu Nketiah on Sunday, May 16, 2021, the Party recounted on a number of similar awkward incidents of brutalities by same Security Operatives under the Akufo-Addo government that continues to thrive without impunity. According to the NDC, this unprecedented attack on the people of Ghana and the apparent helplessness or connivance of the President and Commander in Chief of Ghana…
A former headteacher of the Bantama SDA Primary School in the Sene West District in the Bono East Region has been shot and killed by suspected armed robbers on the Bantama Kwame Danso road. The teacher, Elijah Asante, who was one of the enumerators for the 2021 Population and Housing Census met his untimely death on his way home from an ongoing workshop for field officers in the District capital. The incident occurred on Thursday evening at about 7:00pm. Speaking to JoyNews’ Anass Sabit, brother of the deceased, Enoch Asante, said that at the time his brother was stopped, the…