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Though Ghana did very well in winning gold medals and taking spots in the semi-finals, USA and Ireland were adjudged the best in Socially Responsible Business (SRB) and Best Social Enterprising Business (SEB) respectively. Coordinator for SAGE Ghana Jonathan Nsebo expressed enormous gratitude to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for the support he has given to the group both this year and last year and to the former president Jerry John Rawlings for the personal support he gives to the project. Mr Nsebo also expressed his gratitude to Benjamin Sedem Afetornu’s Techbooth, an IT firm, and Nana Appiah Mensah’s Zylofon…

President Akufo-Addo with the leadership of the Church[/caption] “And, let me assure that this Government has no plans to change the law on same-sex marriage. We have no authority, and we will not seek any authority to do so.” These were the words of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Thursday, 9th August, 2018, at the 2018 Synod of the Global Evangelical Church, in response to an appeal made by Rev. Dr. S.K. Ofori, Moderator of the Church, for Government not to bow to pressure, internal or external, to legalise same-sex marriage. Speaking on the theme of this year’s Synod,…

Abdul-Kadir Ameyaw with mates holding his Red Diploma (1st Class)[/caption] An alumnus of Dormaa Senior High School, Abdul-Kadir Ameyaw made history in Russia after graduating as the overall best student with a 5.00/5.00 GPA at Russian State Hydrometeorological University. This means Mr. Ameyaw had a perfect GPA, getting an A in every subject for 4 years straight, a first in the history of his faculty. It is also the first time in four years that a student has scored 5.00 GPA at his university. To obtain a First Class, one needs GPA 4.85 to 5. Over 800 students graduated with Abdul-Kadir,…

President Nana Akufo-Addo[/caption] The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has made his first reshuffle with a number of ministers being reassigned but maintaining the 110 ministerial appointees.  John Peter Amewu, former Minister for Lands and Natural Resources and acting Minister for Energy, is now Minister for Energy; Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh, former Brong Ahafo Regional Minister, is now Minister for Lands and Natural Resources; Kofi Adda, Member of Parliament for Navrongo constituency and former Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, is now Minister for Aviation; Cecilia Abena Dapaah, former Minister for Aviation, is now Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources; Mustapha Abdul-Hamid,…

Members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) from the Central Region, holding government appointments, have been warned against taking advantage of their appointments to miss party meetings. Mr. Robert Kutin Jnr, chairman of the Central Regional branch of the governing NPP who gave the warning was emphatic that the regional executives will not tolerate absenteeism, henceforth, from government appointees. The regional chairman said when addressed party functionaries including district chief executives, Members of Parliament and government appointees at the Regional Coordinating Council in Cape Coast on the theme, “The Power of Thankfulness”. Speaking to 3news.com’s Central regional correspondent Kwame Kakraba, Mr.…

The policies and programmes being implemented by the Nana Akufo-Addo government are meant to address the age-long issues of geographical exclusion from national development, the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has indicated. According to Vice President Bawumia, these policies, such as the Free Senior High School, national roll-out of the Ghana Card, Digital Property Addressing System and the establishment of the three Development Authorities are designed to ensure that the challenges militating against nationwide access to development opportunities are addressed in a holistic manner and benefit all. Dr Mahamudu Bawumia outlined the rationale behind the policies of the Nana Akufo-Addo…

Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery may be reassigned[/caption] Impeccable information picked up by 3news.com from the presidency, points to an impending jaw-dropping reshuffle that could see high profile cabinet ministers being shown the exit by the Akufo-Addo-led government. The government was ridiculed by many after dropping a tall list of names, as many as 110, for ministerial appointments, months after taking over power from the National Democratic Congress administration in 2017. It is however not clear if President Akufo-Addo will touch the number in his first reshuffle after one and half years in office. He once defended the widely criticised number…

Professor Kwamena Kwansah-Aidoo[/caption] The Governing Council of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) has appointed Professor Kwamena Kwansah-Aidoo as the new Rector of the Institute. Until his appointment, he was professor of Public Relations (PR) and Marketing at Swinburne University of Technology in Australia. A statement signed by Mrs Patience Sowah, the Acting Registrar of the Institute and copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra on Wednesday said. A brief of Prof. Kwansah-Aidoo indicates that he was a communication scholar with extensive research interests in media and communication studies. Prof Kwansah-Aidoo, established Monash University’s Public Relations programme in the…

President Akufo-Addo exchanging pleasantries at the event[/caption] President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Wednesday, 8th August, 2018, launched the National Public Sector Reform Strategy (NPSRS), 2018-2023. The Strategy, according to President Akufo-Addo, “will lead to the creation of a new public service that is fit-for-purpose, which will help guarantee the delivery of high quality services for the Ghanaian people and the private sector.” Speaking at the launch of the Strategy at the Accra International Conference Centre, the President indicated that when Ghana attained independence in 1957, an efficient public service, the envy of many in the Region, was bequeathed to…

Eleven municipal and district chief executives out of 13 for the newly created districts in the Ashanti region have been sworn into office. They took the oaths of office, secrecy and allegiance on 5th August 2018, to officially begin work at their respective assemblies. The ceremony, which took place at the Regional Coordinating Council, was well attended by municipal and district coordinating directors, traditional rulers, executives of the ruling part, Members of Parliament led by the Regional Minister Simon Osei Mensah. The new chief executives are Fred Owusu Obeng, Tafo Municipal; Andrew Adu Boahene, Adansi Asokwa; Akwanuash Gyimah, Asokwa Municipal;…