President Akufo-Addo, on Sunday, 18th August 2019, day 2 of his 2-day tour of the Upper West Region, commissioned the $52 million 160-bed Upper West Regional Hospital. The Upper West Regional Hospital is part of the “Ghana Hospital Project” awarded by the Government of Ghana, in 2008, and executed by Euroget De-Invest s.a of Egypt. The Project involves the design, ...

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has presented agricultural equipment to the Agricultural Mechanisation Centre at Wulensi, in the Northern Region. The equipment, comprising tractors, power tillers, harvesters, ploughs, amongst others, were presented by the President on Friday, 16th August 2019, as part his 2-day tour of the Northern Region. The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr. ...

The Chiefs and people of Kpandai, in the Northern Region, have expressed their appreciation to President Akufo-Addo, for the construction of Kpandai-Ekumdipe-Salaga road, and the implementation of a raft of policies which is improving their living standards. The Chiefs made this known on Friday, 16th August 2019, when President Akufo-Addo cut the sod for the construction of the Kpandai-Ekumdipe-Salaga Road ...

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has revoked the licences of twenty-three insolvent savings and loans companies and finance house companies. The Bank of Ghana has also appointed Eric Nipah as a Receiver for the specified institutions in line with section 123 (2) of Act 930. According to a statement from BoG, “The revocation of the licences of these institutions has ...

Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has charged the Ministry of Agric and Cocobod, the two state agencies largely responsible for the importation of huge portions of the 600,000 metric tonnes of fertilizers Ghana needs annually, to stop all forms of external sourcing for fertilizer with the coming on board of the new fertilizer processing company located at Asuboi in the ...

President Akufo-Addo has been assured of the completion of the Tono Water Project by August 2021 and the rehabilitation and modernization of the Tono Irrigation Scheme by July 2020. This was disclosed when President Akufo-Addo paid a visit to the site of the project on Wednesday, 14th August 2019, as part of his 2-day tour of the Upper East Region. ...

The Chiefs and people of the Builsa South, in the Upper East Region, have conferred the title Aniwoba Nab, meaning Chief for the Poor and Vulnerable, on the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. According to the Paramount Chief of Fumbisi, Nab Clement Akanko Anyatiuk, the decision taken to confer the title on President Akufo-Addo is in recognition ...

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Atebubu Amantin Constituency branch in the Bono East Region has described as unjustified the ban placed on the former MP for the area, Sanja Nanja by the Atebubu Amantin Traditional Council. The Council on Wednesday August 14, 2019 placed a ban on Sanja Nanja who’s the NDC Parliamentary Aspirant Mr. Sanja Nanja from campaigning ...

A Local Government expert, George Kyei Baffuor has slammed Ex-President John Mahama and the NDC National Executive for failing to come to the aid of ex-MP for Atebubu Amantin, Sanja Nanja, when he had issues with the Atebubu Traditional Council ahead of the 2016 election. According to him, the NDC national executives left their MP to handle that difficult situation ...

The Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has described as regrettable the Minority’s petition to the United States Ambassador to Ghana, Stephanie S. Sullivan, demanding investigations by the US Government into the PDS debacle. The Minority in Parliament has petitioned the United States Ambassador to Ghana, Her Excellency Stephanie S. Sullivan demanding formal investigations by the United States government into ...