Tag: May 17
Calls for fixing the country should be devoid of partisan politics – Josephine Nkrumah
Madam Josephine Nkrumah, Chairperson, National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), says Ghanaians must avoid the politicisation of issues of national importance for proper reflection...
Queenmother partners Gold Fields to train women
The Queenmother of Wassa Fiase in the Western Region, through her Foundation, Nana Abena Kunadjoa II Foundation, has partnered Gold Fields Ghana to train...
El-Chris the Truth Academy faces eviction
The El-Chris the Truth Academy, a school for under-privileged children near New Dawhenya in the Ningo Prampram District, faces eviction as the landowner has...
Stakeholders recommend varied sources of funding for Free SHS, pre-tertiary education
Dr Steve Manteaw, the Co-Chair of the Ghana Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative, has asked the government not to overly depend on natural resource revenue...
26-year old MUSICIAN wins COVID-19 music competition
Mr Samuel Nii Tackie, a 26-year old musician, has won the COVID-19 Music Competition organised by the National Commission on Culture (NCC) to intensify...
Chief commends Dormaa Central MCE for fight against illegal-logging
Barimah Efirititi Sampon-Siaw, the Mawirehene of Dormaa Traditional Area, has commended Mr Drissa Ouattara, the Caretaker Dormaa Central Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), for the...
Tano South requires waste processing company under 1D1F – NGO
The Save our Environment Foundation (SEF), an environmentally-inclined non-governmental organization, has called for a waste processing factory in the Tano South Municipality, under the...
‘Muslim leaders must encourage youth to acquire skills’
Mr Isaac Kwadwo Boateng, the Nsawam Adoagyiri Municipal Chief Executive, has called on Muslim leaders to encourage the youth to acquire skills to create...
Deployment of TPRS software led to increased business activities-CAGD
The Controller and Accountant-Generals Department (CAGD) says the deployment of the Third-Party Reference System (TPRS) led to increasing business activities by third party institutions...
Disregard fake social media information – MMDCEs told
The Ministry of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development, has advised Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) to disregard information making rounds on...
Court remands fashion designer for attempting to sacrifice nephew
The Sunyani District Court 'A' on Monday remanded into police custody Benjamin Adjei, a-23-year-old fashion designer, who attempted to sacrifice his nephew for money...
NCCE engages Ningo-Prampram residents on Constitution
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has embarked on community sensitization on the 1992 Constitution in the Ningo-Prampram District to inculcate in the...
Let’s put Ghana first – NCCE
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has called on Ghanaians to display acts of nationalism by putting the country first in all endeavours...
Juaben NCCE marks Constitution Week with public education
The Juaben Municipal Directorate of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has rolled out public education on the 1992 Constitution to mark this...
Australian High Commission supports training of women in dairy processing
The Australian High Commission is funding the training of 25 underserved women engaged in manual and mechanical production of dairy-based beverages like yoghurt and...
ACET launches call for SMEs into Business Transformation Programme
The African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) has launched a call for companies to its new business transformation accelerator programme, targeting early to growth...
Murder suspect weeps as he awaits committal proceedings
Samuel Ayigba, a man believed to be in his mid-60s, wept uncontrollably when he appeared before the Madina District Court following delays in the...
COVID-19: All set for second dose vaccination in Ashanti
The Ashanti Regional Health Directorate has taken delivery of 153,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccines ahead of the second covid-19 vaccination exercise scheduled to...
GCTU Lecturer donates to Orphans in Tongo
Dr Ethel Yiranbon, a lecturer at the Ghana Communication Technology University (GCTU), has donated assorted items worth GHC4,000.00 to the Timataaba Orphanage in Tongo...
NCCE urges youth to imbibe spirit of nationalism and patriotism
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has called on the youth to imbibe the spirit of nationalism and patriotism to promote national cohesion...
Form committees to elect leaders for Zongo communities
Stakeholders in Zongo communities have been urged to form committees to vet and appoint capable people as community and tribal leaders.
This is because Zongo...
NRSA rolls out vehicle pre-departure checks to control accidents
The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) has rolled-out vehicle pre-departure checks at bus terminals to ensure their road-worthiness before embarking on the journey.
Mr Kwasi...
Weygeyhey Saga: Peace Council confers with National Chief Imam
Reverend Dr Ernest Adu-Gyamfi, Chairman, National Peace Council (NPC), on Monday conferred with Dr Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu, National Chief Imam, in Accra on...
COVID-19: Women in informal sector recount their losses
A GNA feature by Bertha Badu-Agyei
The impact of crisis are never gender-neutral and COVID-19 is no exception, for the single mother in Ghana.
For the...
Lack of health facility at Zingu impeding access to healthcare
Mr Nuhu Abdul-Wahab, the Assembly Member for the Zingu Electoral Area, has lamented the lack of health facility at Zingu in the Wa Municipality...
SSCIS and partners to sponsor Ghana and Nigeria girls to pursue STEM courses
Settlement Support Community Interest Company (SSCIS), a community interest company in the United Kingdom, in partnership with SheCreatesAfrica, a global women empowerment initiative, have...
Compassion International Ghana trains students in entrepreneurial skills
Compassion International Ghana (CIG), an NGO, in collaboration Junior Achievement Ghana, on Monday trained tertiary students in entrepreneurial skills to start their own businesses...
CEOs urged to adopt digital technology to build resilient businesses
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia Monday urged business leaders to enhance their operations by integrating digital technology to drive business evolution and resilience.
He said...
Northern Region CNC intensifies COVID-19 education through drama
The Northern Regional Directorate of the Centre for National Culture (CNC) has intensified public education on COVID-19 and its preventive measures through drama, beginning...
Hypertension Day: PATH Ghana supports GHS to improve health outcomes
As the world marks the Hypertension Day, PATH Ghana is collaborating with the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to improve health outcomes for people living...