Ghana on Thursday tasked the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to apply peer pressure to encourage all member states of the sub-regional body to sign-up to the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) process.
President J…
President John Evans Atta Mills on behalf of the Government and people of Ghana, congratulated India on the occasion of the country's 62nd Independence day.
This was contained in a statement signed by Mrs Georgina Djameh, Deputy Dire…
Members of the Wa East District Assembly have approved 20,000 Ghana Cedis from its share of the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) for the renovation of their District Chief Executive's Bungalow,
The members complained that sinc…
Members of the Wa East District Assembly have approved 1,321,094.84 Ghana cedis for development projects this year.
The money would be used to provide school infrastructure, health facilities, potable water, police stations, residen…
President John Evans Atta Mills on Friday tasked Regional Ministers to establish an effective monitoring and accounting system to ensure that funds are managed in an acceptable manner.
"If we do not do things right and in the proper …
A constitutional review committee to collate views on possible amendments of some provisions in the 1992 constitution, identified as hindrance to accountable and good governance is to be established before the end of the year, Vice Preside…
The Christian Council of Ghana on Friday expressed regret about recent events surrounding the former Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mr Stephen Asamoah Boateng and the Bureau of National Investigations and called for peac…
Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, Eastern Regional Minister, on Thursday reiterated the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government's commitment to the development of democratic traditions.
He, therefore, appealed to supporters of the party…
Alhaji Mohammad Mumuni, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, on Wednesday conveyed in no uncertain terms the government's protest and strong indignation at the treatment meted out to the Ghana's Ambassador to Guinea, Mr Do…
Government is to devise a new multi-partisan youth policy which has as its object the making of the youth as meaningful participants in the decision-making and economic development of the country, Vice President John Mahama said in Accra o…
The Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) on Wednesday launched a book titled, "Nation States and the Challenges of Integration in West Africa: The Case…
Government would review the 1998 Children's Act (Act 560) to assess the extent of its implementation and effectiveness in order to chart a new course for the country's children, Mr Stephen Amoanor Kwao Minister of Employment and Social Wel…
Mr Isaac Asirifi-Kudom, Presiding Member of the Nkoranza South District Assembly in Brong Ahafo has called for effective collaboration among assembly members to initiate development programmes to help improve the living conditions of the p…
Mr Victor Amponsah, Offinso South Municipal Assembly Chief Executive (MCE), has called on Assembly, Town/Area Council and Unit Committee members as well as Heads of Department of the Assembly to commit themselves to the development of the …
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Subin, Mr Isaac Osei, has called on all Ghanaians to join hands to save the local Textile Industry from collapse by shunning cheap imported ones.
He noted that the Akosombo Textiles Limited (ATL) for…
The Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Mr Joseph Yieleh-Chireh, on Thursday addressed the Obuasi Municipal Assembly (OMA) with a call on Assemblies to help eliminate corruption in revenue generation.
"Even though you…
The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) on the Harare Declaration has held an extraordinary meeting in London at which it directed the interim government of Fiji to protect and promote the fundamental values and principles of the …
Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Friday asked utility service providers to urgently improve on their performances, as Ghanaians could no longer accept the reasons offered for the plethora of poor services.
He said the management…
Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is to begin a public hearing on the Auditor General's report on some key institutions and sectors from August 19 to 24, this year.
The public hearing would focus on reports on business regi…
The youth of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), have been asked to refrain from acts that could bring the party's name into disrepute.
Alhaji Gado Sulemana, a leading member of the NDC, who gave the advised, asked the youth to resp…
President John Evans Atta Mills, on Sunday abhorred politicians, who line their pockets and those of their families and relatives with state resources to the detriment of the people.
He said he was made President at the will of God …
The Deputy Minister of Education, Dr Joseph Annan, said on Saturday that the current economic hardships facing Ghanaians is the making of the previous regime and not the NDC Government.
He therefore asked the people to give the neces…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Thursday observed that Ghana's diverse ethnic, religious and political mix must serve as a melting pot to wield the nation in unison and not a route to discord, strife and anarchy.
He said Ghana coul…
The Northern Regional Co-ordinating Council (RCC) cannot trace the Managing Director of KLASS Ghana Limited, a construction firm that was awarded the contract to construct the Tamale Jubilee Park two years ago.
As a result, the Regio…
Mr. Mahmud Khalid, Upper West Regional Minister, has appealed to members of the Wa Municipal and Wa East District assemblies to bury their political differences and elect presiding members.
He said it had come to the notice of the Re…
Mr. Vincent Komla Adzato-Ntem, Volta Regional Coordinating Director, on Wednesday told the Presidential Commission probing the activities of Ghana@50 that the region spent 22,000.00 Ghana Cedis more than the 720,000.00 Ghana Cedis allocate…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is most likely to win the August 18 re-run of elections in six polling stations in the Akwatia constituency, political analysts said.
But the victory would not assure the party the Akwatia seat …
Mr Stephen Sumani Nayina, Northern Regional Minister, has called on the Northern Regional House of Chiefs to resolve all outstanding chieftaincy disputes pending before it within two months.
He noted that the judicial committee of th…
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets Somalia's president on Thursday, showing U.S. support for a fragile government which is battling against militants including al Shabaab insurgents.
Australian police said this week they had un…
Mr Joseph Amenowode, the Volta Regional Minister, has said the government was aware of the high expectations of Ghanaians and was poised to demonstrate its fullest commitment towards fulfilling its promises by the end of its tenure.
…
Mr Felix Jacob Obeng-Forson, Agona West Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), has advised Ghanaians to discard the politics of disunity and stay focused on building a sound economy to alleviate poverty in the country.
"The 2008 Presidential …
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Tuesday formally announced the death of Ms Doris Asibi Seidu, Member of Parliament (MP) for Chereponi in the Northern Region, describing it as "a great loss" to the Party.
Ms Seidu died on August 1 at…
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Accra, Aug. 4, GNA - Mr Joe Ofori, Managing Director of Larguss Fort Hotel Limited in Accra, on Tuesday stated that the Ghana@50 Secretariat owed him 240,000 Dollars for renting …
Mr Francis Bedzo, Assembly Member for Denu in the Ketu-South District is torn between two bickering chieftaincy litigants in the area, with each side demanding he shunned the other or remain redundant.
Mr Bedzo by letters from both s…
Alhaji Muhammad Mumuni, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, on Tuesday said the Government has resumed work on the implementation of the biometric passport system to bring it into effect by the close of this year.
T…
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was sworn in Wednesday for a second term amid prolonged controversy over his landslide victory in the presidential election, the state TV reported.
Ahmadinejad, accompanied by judiciary chief Ayat…
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton left Pyongyang Wednesday morning aboard a chartered plane along with two American journalists released by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), after a 20-hour visit there largely aimed at bri…
By Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Paul Kagame, Seretse Khama Ian Khama and Abdoulaye Wade. Just three weeks after President Barack Obama's triumphant return from Africa, the real challenge to achieving strategic change lies in Secretary of State …
Mr Seth Frank Alifui, Kadjebi District Chief Executive (DCE), has cautioned Heads of Departments to be non-partisan in the discharge of their duties.
He also appealed to public servants in the district to show commitment to their job…
Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, the Eastern Regional Minster, has said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) would leave no stone unturned to ensure that it captured the Akwatia seat.
He said although the election was to be run in only six c…
The Manya Krobo District Assembly is to organize clean-up exercises every six weeks on Fridays to help keep the environment clean, Mr Isaac Agbo-Tetteh, the District Chief Executive, has said.
Addressing the first meeting of the third…
Mr Prince Bagnaba Mba, President of Forum for National Equity, a non-governmental organization, has appealed to managements of the electronic medium to stop inviting politicians to serve as panel members on their programmes.
"Such a …
The Agona West Constituency Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Adofo Dwamena, has appealed to senior stalwarts of the party to intervene and stop the call to amend the party's constitution.
Mr Dwamena told reporters at Agona…
Speakers at a forum by Media Foundation for West Africa, on Monday predicted a bleak future for Niger, should the country's President go ahead with a referendum to amend the constitution.
They said Niger risked being isolated from th…
In a rebuttal to critics that the ruling government has let down the electorate, Vice President John Mahama on Saturday assured Ghanaians that the Mills' administration would not disappoint, more so when the populace holds it as a higher s…
The Government is seeking to refinance nearly one billion dollars of public debt and liabilities in order to reduce the strain imposed on the national economy as a result of these obligation with a plan that spread the credit over a longer…
President John Evans Atta Mills has directed the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development to have all metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies audited to know the extent of their indebtedness.
He stressed that the in…
Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, Eastern Regional Minister, on Thursday expressed worry about the misuse of funds in the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDA's).
He said; "Funds meant for development with the intention of all…
President John Evans Atta Mills on Thursday reiterated the government's determination to resuscitate the nation's economy and move it in a direction that would justify the people's confidence and trust.
He explained that the NDC gove…
The Cairo-based Arab League (AL) on Tuesday welcomed the decision of the U.S. Obama administration to lift part of the sanctions imposed on Syria.
"The U.S. decision is a step in the right direction," said Amr Moussa, Secretary Gener…
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