Ahead of Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s infrastructure presentation this evening, scores of Ghanaians have taken to social media to commend the Nana Akufo-Addo government for its infrastructure delivery in three and half years in its first term of office. Riding on the viral hashtag #NPPInfrastructureRecord on social media platforms Facebook and Twitter, beneficiaries of […]
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President Akufo-Addo commissions & hands-over AfCFTA Secretariat to AU Commission
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has commissioned and handed over the Secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area to the African Union (AU) Commission, at a brief ceremony, at the Africa Trade House, on Monday, 17th August 2020. Delivering a speech at the ceremony, President Akufo-Addo stated that Ghana had […]
President Akufo-Addo embarks on 5-day tour of Western and Central Regions
The President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, will from Tuesday, 18th August 2020, embark on a five-day working visit to the Western and Central Regions, where he is expected to commission projects, cut the sod for the construction of projects, and pay courtesy calls on traditional rulers. On Tuesday, 17th August, […]
‘Professional Jeremiahs’ had their pessimistic visions regarding voters registration dashed – Akufo-Addo
President Akufo-Addo has taken a jibe at the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and others who opposed the compilation of a new voters registration. Describing the opponents of the exercise as “Professional Jeremiahs” considering their lamentations about how things will spiral out of control in the country’s attempts to control the Covid-19 cases, he said […]
COVID-19 restrictions: Normal life in sight-President Akufo-Addo declares
Ghana is getting closer to full normal life, as President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced the easing of more coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions. In the latest streak of easing, the President lifted the cap on the number of people who can attend conferences, workshops and award events, subject to the maintenance of social distancing […]
Akufo-Addo to hand over AfCFTA secretariat building in Accra to AU Commission Monday
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will on Monday, August 17, 2020 commission and hand over the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat Building to the African Union Commission (AUC) in Accra. It will be recalled that at the 12th African Union (AU) Extraordinary Summit held in Niamey, Niger in July 2019, Ghana was selected […]
President Akufo-Addo cuts sod for new 400-bed Maternity block; 101-bed Urology Centre at Korle-Bu
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday, 11th August 2020, cut the sod for the construction and equipping of a twelve (12) storey four hundred (400) bed Maternity and Gynaecological Centre, and a two (2) storey one hundred and one (101) bed Urology and Nephrology Centre at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. […]
WASSCE: President Akufo-Addo directs Education Minister to reconsider ban of 14 students
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has directed the Minister for Education, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, to engage the Ghana Education Service (GES) to reconsider its decision to ban some fourteen (14) dismissed final year senior high school students from taking the ongoing West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). A statement signed by the […]
President Akufo-Addo swears in six new Justices of the Court of Appeal
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Friday, 7th August 2020, swore into office six (6) Justices of the Court of Appeal, at a ceremony at Jubilee House, the seat of the nation’s presidency. The newly appointed Justices, comprising four men and two women, are Justice George Koomson, Justice Edward Amoako Asante, […]
President Akufo-Addo cuts sod for Nsukwao basin drainage project; visits 1D1F facility in Akropong
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has cut the sod for the commencement of construction of the Nsukwao Basin Drainage Project, in Koforidua, in the Eastern Region, under the Ghana Secondary Cities Support Programme (GSCSP). It will be recalled that the Ghana Secondary Cities Support Programme was launched on 7th May 2019, […]
President Akufo-Addo commissions University of Environment and Sustainable Development
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has commissioned the University of Environment and Sustainable Development, in Somanya, in the Eastern Region, and cut the sod for the commencement of construction of Phase Two of the University. At the ceremony, on Wednesday, 5th August 2020, at Somanya, President Akufo-Addo stated that the University […]
President Akufo-Addo orders public agencies to purchase locally produced garments, textiles and vehicles
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has directed all public agencies to source garments, textiles and vehicles from domestic producers in the country. Speaking at the unveiling of the first Volkswagen assembled vehicles on Monday, 3rd August 2020, President Akufo-Addo explained that when COVID-19 reared its head in Ghana, one of the […]