The coming on stream of the 380,000 metric tonne sugar factory at Komenda in the Western Region will reduce Ghana’s import bill on Sugar by more than 60%, official sources at the Ministry of Trade and Industry(MOTI) say. Ghana currently imports US$300million worth of sugar each year, but the Ministry is confident it can limit […]
Former Information Minister, Fritz Baffour has called on the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) to seek the welfare of its members instead of organizing annual awards for journalists in the country. The Member of Parliament for Ablekuma South Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, said the GJA must ensure that its members are insured. “They should
Hailing the aging revolutionary icon’s continued work in actively promoting “African peace”, the African Union chairman was selected to win the Confucius Peace Prize. Mugabe was said to have been chosen for “serving as the Zimbabwe president from the 1980s.” “Overcoming a number of difficulties. Contributing to building the government, economy, and order in the
The Ashanti Regional Chief Imam, Abdul Mumin Haroun, has described Alhaji Dr.Mahamudu Bawumia as a gift from God who should be protected and supported in order for the nation to reap the full benefits from such a unique gift. The Regional Chief Imam made these profound comments on Friday, October 16 when Alhaji Bawumia joined
President John Dramani Mahama has challenged his critics to prove where he called for a new register prior to the Togo elections while he was Chairman of Ecowas. “You can go back to the records and find out whether I called for a new register for Togo,” he said in Twi. According to President Mahama,
President Mahama will on Monday break ground for work to start on the Kejetia-Central Market redevelopment project in Kumasi. The KMA recently moved to cordon off the Kejetia Terminal under tight security after series of demonstrations and verbal war by traders there. The KMA is still in talks with traders to fully settle traders and
A Member of Ghana Anti-Corruption Campaign Mohammed Jalilu has tagged all Ghanaians as corrupt noting that the issue of corruption is not only limited to persons who have been cited for corruption in the country. Speaking on the ultimate breakfast show dubbed Citizens Debate, he revealed that his engagements with the citizenry over critical national issues
The Ashanti Regional Youth Organizer of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Brogya Genfi has been cleared by the party to contest as an aspirant for the Suame parliamentary primaries. This was revealed by NDC General Secretary Johnson Asiedu Nketia in an interaction with the press at the party’s headquarters in Accra yesterday. He explains
The Deputy General Secretary of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) Koku Anyidoho has described the Flagbearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Addo Dankwa-Akuffo Addo as unappealing to Ghanaian voters for which reason he has lost twice in his bid to become president of Ghana. According to him, the NPP’s Flagbearer is
NDC members within the Ahafo Ano North constituency have began to bare their teeth at the Ashanti regional minister; Mr. Peter Anarfi Mensah following his bid to contest the Ahafo Ano North parliamentary seat on the ticket of the NDC against all odds. The honorable regional minister was forced to run away after party delegates
