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The National Peace Council has told the Military that they should have allowed the Police to handle the situation where a soldier, Imoro Sheriff, was killed at Ashaiman in the Greater Accra region, instead of taking the law into their own hands to brutalize the residents. Speaking on the mid-day news on TV3 Monday, March 13, Executive Secretary of the Peace Council, George Amoh said that the Police have the expertise to deal with situations of this kind hence, the military should have exercised restraints. He told Martin Asiedu Dartey in the interview when asked whether the Peace Council has…

A number of minority political parties including the National Democratic Party (NDP) and the People’s National Convention (PNC) are in support of the proposed Constitutional Instrument (CI) being championed by the Electoral Commission for the continuous registration of voters. Under the new CI, the Ghana Card will be the sole identification document for voter registration – a move the National Democratic Congress (NDC) together with its Members of Parliament have opposed stating that it will disenfranchise Ghanaians. Addressing a press conference on Monday, General Secretary of the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP), Citizen Ato Dadzie argued that the new CI…

The National Identification Authority (NIA) has given a Political Science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Professor Ransford Gyampo, a 24-hour ultimatum to publish details of his supposed research on registration equipment. This is in wake of a Facebook post made by Prof. Gyampo, alleging that the distribution of equipment for the production of the Ghana Cards is skewed to favour the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and to the disadvantage of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). Responding to the claim made by the lecturer, the NIA in a statement issued on March 10, 2023 accused Prof. Gyampo of…

Mr Mark Baah, the Director, Southern Sector Grid, at the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) has charged women to ensure that their boy-child participates in the doing of house chores to prepare them for the future. He said women must encourage their sons and let them know that they were in a new world in which washing dishes and other house chores should be done by all. “These small things snowball into the big inequalities we see, boys should be told to do any chores the girls partake in, with that they will take care of the home in the future,”…

The Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD), has launched three new documents to improve its work culture and strengthen its corporate character to enable the department to deliver on its mandate in an efficient and effective manner. The documents are a bank account management operational manual for covered entities, an operational manual and a welfare health scheme fund. The three documents were launched at the end of the two-day annual conference of the CAGD in Abetifi in the Kwahu East District in the Eastern Region last Friday. The Controller and Accountant General, Kwasi Kwaning Bosompem, said under the bank account…

Former Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has stated that when offered the needed impetus, agriculture has the biggest potential than any other resource to turn around the fortunes of the country. He explained that when given the nod to be the country’s President, he would provide the required resources and tap the willingness of the ever-ready and hardworking Ghanaian farmer to ensure that the potential of the sector was reaped for the socio-economic development of the nation. Dr Akoto, who recently resigned as the Minister of Food and Agriculture, stated this when he interacted with editors…

The Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council has directed all commercial vehicles loading on the newly constructed lake road to move to the New Terminal at Dompoase in the Ashanti Region. The Regional Coordinating Council also announced that any driver who flouts this directive will be prosecuted. A statement issued by the Regional Coordinating Council, signed by the regional minister, Simon Osei-Mensah, said it had noticed that “following the completion of the Atonsu Kyirapatre Road and the Terminal at the Dompoase Junction, commercial vehicles unfortunately, refused to patronise the Terminal and continue to load their vehicles on the newly-constructed Lake Road from…

A planned fact-finding mission by the Parliamentary Committee on Defence and Interior in Bawku has been cancelled. The cancellation of the trip followed security concerns on the ground. This is the third time the committee has had to cancel a fact-finding mission in Bawku to obtain primary information from the grounds. The Bawku Municipal Security Council (MUSEC) and the Upper East Regional Regional Security Council (REGSEC) had prepared to receive the committee but the trip was cancelled at the last minute. The fact-finding mission is part of moves to help restore a lasting solution to the Bawku chieftaincy conflict, which…

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has assured of Ghana’s commitment to collaborate with the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) to fight intolerance and promote peaceful co-existence in societies. According to him, this is the only sure way for the world to know true peace and prosperity. In a speech at the 146th IPU Assembly in Manama, Bahrain, the Speaker touted the values of good democratic governance which the Ghanaian parliament is translating for the utmost benefit of its people. Addressing participants at the conference, Speaker Bagbin said this is evident in the large gender parity delegation the Ghanaian parliament sent…

AngloGold Ashanti (AGA) has announced the payment a dividend of 257.60 South African cents for the financial year ended December 31, 2022. The dividend, according to the company, will be converted on Tuesday, March 14, 2023. The final dividend is however expected to be paid on Friday March 31, 2023. To this end, all shareholders registered in the books of AGA at the close of business on Friday, March 17, 2023, will qualify for the final dividend. In view of the foregoing, the mining giant stated in a circular that the ex-dividend date has been set as Wednesday, March 15,…