The management of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has announced a planned spillage of excess water from the Weija Dam on Tuesday, March 30, 2021, at 6 am. Areas to be affected are Tetegu, Oblogo, Pambros Salt, Lower McCarthy Hill, Lower Weija, Bojo Beach, Ada Kopey and surrounding communities. The GWCL in a press statement issued […]
Parliament on Monday 29 March 2021 unanimously approved Ken Ofori-Atta as Finance Minister without any controversy. The House approved him after a voice vote based on a report submitted to it by the appointments committee asking for his approval by consensus. Ofori-Atta becomes the first minister-nominee under Akufo-Addo’s second-term administration to have been vetted over a two-day period spanning […]
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr James Oppong-Boanuh, has called on religious bodies, especially churches, to hold services within two hours during the Easter festivities. He noted that during Easter, religious activities across the country were always on the increase and it was, therefore, important to reduce the numbers and strictly observe all the […]
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has scheduled the 2021 Population and Housing Census for Sunday, June 27, 2021. The census was expected to take place in 2020 but had to be rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ahead of the exercise, the Vice-President, Dr Mahamadu Bawumia, will today launch the countdown, dubbed “100 days to […]
A Public Relations Practitioner, Mr Razak Kojo Opoku, has described the Agyapa Royalties deal as a better way of leveraging the country’s mineral resources for the benefit of all. He said the deal has the potential for advancing the socio-economic and infrastructural needs of the country. The decision of the government to list the Agyapa […]
More than 100 category ‘A’ and ‘B’ senior high schools (SHSs) will run the double-track system for their first-year students. The decision was informed by the second wave of COVID-19, which has necessitated the observance of social-distancing protocols by students. Highly placed sources at the Ministry of Education and the GES hinted the Daily Graphic yesterday […]
The University of Cape Coast (UCC) has engaged three inmates of the Nsawam Medium Security Prison as facilitators for the university’s Distance Learning Programme at the prison. The inmates include Dr Sulley Ali-Gabass, a medical doctor. As facilitators, Dr Ali-Gabass, who, before his sentence, was a medical practitioner at the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital in […]
The University of Education, Winneba (UEW) will today March 15, 2021 elect a substantive Pro Vice Chancellor for the university after the previous election was nullified by the Winneba High Court. Since July 2020, the university has been without a substantive Pro Vice Chancellor after the court presided over by Justice Aboagye Tandoh ruled that […]
God created everything that exists through WORDS and NUMBERS. Every knowledge acquired is through WORDS and NUMBERS. Our everyday transactions, trading and communications are based on WORDS and NUMBERS. Lotteries and sports betting deal with NUMBERS aspect of creation aimed at generating revenue for national development, and for human empowerment financially. There is absolutely nothing […]
The Presidency has directed the Director-General of the National Lottery Authority (NLA), Kofi Osei Ameyaw to hand over to the Finance Director of the Authority, Mr Ernest Mortey after his one-year contract elapsed in February this year. The directive was contained in a letter dated March 10 and signed by the Secretary to the President, […]
The immediate past Auditor-General, Mr Daniel Yaw Domelevo has revealed that it was the then President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo who encouraged him to accept the position of Auditor-General in December 2016. Mr Domelevo was appointed as Auditor-General by former President John Dramani Mahama in December 2016 during the transition period when Mr Mahama was […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says starting April 1, 2021, all national identification numbers will become Tax Identification Numbers (TIN). He said when his government first assumed office in 2017, it was faced with largely an informal economy. He explained that the government decided to formalise the country’s economy by embarking on a digitisation exercise. […]
