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The Nana Akufo-Addo government has maintained its determination to continue infrastructure projects began by previous administrations to ensure Ghanaians enjoy the full benefits of such expenditure. Government says it will also revive projects began by the Kufuor administration but were abandoned by the Mills and Mahama governments, especially housing projects, in order to address the country’s housing deficit which is in excess of 1.7 million units and is expected to rise to 2 million by 2020 if swift measures are not taken. The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, made the declaration when he commissioned Phase II of the Security Services…

File: Ghanaian police personnel on a UN mission[/caption] A fraudster on the loose is using the name of the Inspector General of Police, David Asante-Appeatu to defraud senior police officers, the Ghana Police Service has revealed. The fraudster promises his victims the chance of being selected to serve in a UN peacekeeping mission, ACP David Eklu, Director General of Police Public Affairs said in a statement on Monday. “The Public Affairs Directorate of the Ghana Police Service wishes to alert the public about a fraudster who has been misrepresenting the office of the Inspector-General of Police to make calls to…

Aps. Emmanuel Achim Gyimah[/caption] The former Kaneshie Area Head of the Church of Pentecost, Apostle (retd) Emmanuel Achim Gyimah has urged the Church to reconsider how members are selected to become officers of the Church. He noted that the early church did not rely solely on baptism in the holy spirit in the selection of church leaders – elders, deacons and deaconesses – as it is done predominantly now. Aps Achim Gyimah made the above comments in reference to the 2018 theme of The Church of Pentecost, ‘Remain in Christ and His Basic Message’ at the Church’s Officers Apostolization Retreat…

The Second Lady, Mrs Samira Bawumia, has pointed out that the struggle for gender equality will be meaningless, unless the girl child is empowered through education. She said access to education plays a crucial role in women empowerment and has therefore bemoaned the alarming figures of girls of school going age who are out of school, which could adversely impact on their future as adults. “While we fight for greater rights and equality for women in all spheres of life, let us not forget that educating the girl child remains the bedrock of women empowerment. Every woman was once a…

The Chief Revenue Officer of Ghana Revenue Authority Welbeck Asare Asamoah has maintained that the GRA is the only authorized government establishment mandated to issue Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), without which one cannot do business with some listed government agencies. The Taxpayer Identification Number is an eleven digit number which came into force through the Revenue Administration Act 2016 (Act 915).  It gives all taxpayers and persons who transact official business with some listed organizations that require a TIN the opportunity to carry out such transactions seamlessly. Asare Asamoah speaking on Yensempa, a morning show on Onua FM hosted by…

Mrs. Samira Bawumia[/caption] The Second Lady, Mrs. Samira Bawumia, has lauded the global movement for women empowerment, but has kicked against fighting men to attain such goal. She said men must be seen as partners instead of competitors “in the struggle” to give women an equal opportunity. Speaking at the Global Women’s Empowerment event in Philadelphia, US on Saturday, March 10, 2018, Mrs. Bawumia called on women to stay united with a common front in the fight for gender parity. However, she warned against the approach since that can make or unmake the struggle a reality. “In all of this,…

Kweku Baako[/caption] Government must create the enabling environment to make indigenous banks more competitive and to survive in the face of stiff competition from foreign banks, veteran journalist Kweku Baako Jnr has stated. The editor in chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper said it will be out of place to allow such banks to collapse hence the relevant regulatory bodies must fashion out measures to keep the indigenous banks afloat. His comments follow recent news surrounding a leading wholly-owned Ghanaian bank uniBank, when a consortium of financial institutions that control majority shares in the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB), pledged…

President Akufo-Addo delivering his remarks at the conference[/caption] The President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has pledged the commitment of his government to increasing the contribution of the solar energy to the country’s energy-mix. Despite an abundance of sunshine in Ghana, with many parts of the country enjoying high levels of solar irradiation (5.524 kwh/m2/day), all year round, President Akufo-Addo noted that solar energy only contributes 1% to the energy mix, as opposed to 59% from fossil fuels, and 40% from hydro. “On the basis of my country’s specific needs, Government is keen on developing utility-scale solar energy projects, as well…

Mr Putin is expected to win re-election later this month[/caption] Russia’s President Putin ordered the shooting down of a passenger plane that was reportedly carrying a bomb and targeting the opening of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, he says in a new film. In the two-hour film, posted online, Mr Putin says he was told a plane from Ukraine to Turkey had been hijacked as the Games were about to start. It was found to be a false alarm, he says. The plane was not shot down. The film comes ahead of an election he is expected to win on…

The Paramount Chiefs of Kumbungu, Dalung, and Kasul-yili traditional areas, Na Alhaji Abu Iddrisu II, Dalung-Lana Mahama, and Kasul-Lana Yakubu have respectively expressed their disappointment over the burning of some trucks and other equipment of sand winners in the Northern region by soldiers. The chiefs are not happy that they were not consulted before the action was taken, even though the sand winning activities are within their respective jurisdictions. The Paramount Chief of Kumbungu Na Alhaji Abu Iddrisu for instance complained: “I was never consulted by the Minister Salifu Saeed and the Kumbungu District Assembly even when they wanted to…