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The Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) will soon recommend to the Food and Drugs Authority to revoke the licenses of some sachet water producers. The research institute says it has identified some dangerous substances in 60 per cent of sachet water sampled in the greater Accra region. The council is worried that most sachet water producers do not come to CSIR to undertake testing of their product with the council. New director of the water research institute of CSIR, Dr. Ansah Asare has therefore threatened to ask the FDA to shut down those sachet water companies immediately. “If you…

After the issues regarding the plagiarism has been debated and pushed out of public discourse, a couple of issues that will continue to find its way back into the Ghanaian public sphere are the policy and legislation reforms President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Prof Michael Aaron Oquaye, Speaker of Parliament disclosed in their respective inaugural speeches. The reforms announced by the Speaker of Parliament and His Excellency had been raised several times by civil society organizations at various forums with the hope that successive governments will pick them up and work on implementing them. The four main reforms announced…

Executive Director for the Ghana Anti Corruption Coalition, Beauty Emefa Narteh has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to declare his assets. Governance in Ghana is usually associated with corrupt practices and one of the major ways anti corruption activists have advocated for is the enforcement of the law for public office holders to declare their assets when they assume office. President Nana Akufo-Addo whilst campaigning for office pledged to obey this law. Beauty says she is reminding the President that the time is now. “I want to call on the President, especially on his commitment that he would…

Seat of government, the Flagstaff House[/caption] Information gathered by 3news.com has confirmed that the office of the president, Nana Akufo-Addo, has received a letter indicating that former president Mahama is no longer interested in staying in his cantonments bungalow. The former president had requested that he was allowed to keep the house at the No. 3. Prestige Link, Cantonments as part of his retirement package. He has lived in the house since 2009: as a vice president and president. The request generated a great hue and cry across the country with some groups revealing their determination to eject him with…

Former president John Mahama has officially written to President Akufo-Addo, stating his decision to withdraw a request to keep the bungalow that served as his official residence as part of his retirement package. A copy of the letter sighted by 3news.com and dated January 10, 2017 made reference to the confusion created by Mr. Mahama’s earlier request to reside in the house at Cantonments in Accra. “It would appear that these requests threaten to mar the spirit of cooperation with which we as co-chairs of the Joint Transition Team have managed the smooth transfer of power from my administration to…

The Committee of Selection of the Seventh Parliament under the Fourth Republic on Tuesday presented to the House of Representatives members of the Business and Appointments Committee.  The Business Committee includes the Majority Leader as Chairman, and the Chief Whips of the Parliamentary Groups. This Committee proposes for the approval of the House, the business of each sitting and the order in which it should be taken. The members are:  Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu – Chairman Sara Adwoa Safo – Vice Chair Kwasi Ameyaw Cheremeh – Member Matthew Nyindam – Member Moses Anim- Member Derek Yaw Oduro, Major (RTD)- Member Kwabena Okyere…

The Bank of Ghana has intensified measures to tackle fraud associated with electronic payment systems. Reports from the central bank indicate that the country loses over 900 million dollars through fraudulent payment every year. A 10 member council has therefore been inaugurated to tackle the canker. Speaking at the ceremony, 2nd deputy governor of the central bank, Dr. Johnson Asiamah stressed the importance of the council in tackling e-crimes. He says the activities of the council, will reduce fraud in the e-payment systems in the country. “Payment systems bring insecurity and deficiency to the collection and distribution of government revenue.…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has named the first batch of Ministers to prosecute campaign promises contained in the 2016 manifesto of the New Patriotic Party. Thirteen (13) persons have so far been named as ministers-designate.  They will face the Appointments Committee of Parliament to be vetted and approved for the various portfolios. The Ministers-designate are: Yaw Osafo Maafo – Senior Minister Albert Kan Dapaah – Minister for National Security Alan Kyerematen – Minister Trades and Industry Ken Ofori Atta – Minister of Finance Afriyie Akoto – Minister of Agriculture Boakye Agyarko – Minister of Energy Dominic Nitiwul – Minister…

QG Africa Hotel LP, a Mauritius based investment fund managed by Quantum Global Investments Africa Management Ltd., today announced the acquisition of the Mövenpick Ambassador Hotel Accra from Kingdom Holding Company (KHC). The transaction which closed on 28 December 2016 marks the most sizable open-market hotel transaction in sub-Saharan Africa to date. Complementing Quantum Global’s already significant African investment portfolio the value proposition of this transaction is underpinned by its status as one of the largest hotel and mixed use properties in West Africa occupying an exceptional position in both business and touristic segments of the African hospitality market. Quantum…

Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu[/caption] The majority in parliament have described moves by their minority counterparts, to get the inaugural speech delivered by President Akufo-Addo withdrawn from the house as trivial. Parts of the speech delivered by president Akufo-Addo on January 7, were later found to have been plagiarized from a speech delivered by former US presidents, Bill Clinton and George Walker Bush. This revelation has generated huge national and international interest. The minority NDC has called on the president to apologize and withdraw that speech from parliamentary records. This, the majority believes, is unnecessary to spend time on. The Majority Leader in…