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  • 53 more Ghanaian referees banned after bribery probe

    The Referees’ Association of Ghana (RAG) has handed life-time bans to six more referees in the wake of an investigation into bribery.

    It also banned 47 match officials for 10 years each, while another 14 were exonerated.

    RAG also confirmed the sanctions handed down by the Confederation of African Football (Caf) last month – two for life and six others for 10 years.

    It brings the total with life bans to eight and those with 10-year bans to 53.

    Read: 14 referees in Anas exposé cleared by Referees Association of Ghana

    Those on the list released by RAG have until 1 October to appeal against the rulings.

    The investigation was launched after the officials were secretly filmed accepting money by investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas.

    n a statement RAG said those facing lifetime bans “were found culpable for seriously breaching various portions of Disciplinary Code, Code of the Ethics and Regulations of the football controlling bodies by their actions and inactions.”

    David Laryea and Reginald Lathbridge had already been banned for life by Caf, they have been joined by Safo Adade, Samuel Sukah, Dally Gagba, Furella Barnie, Charles Duwona and Umar Teni.

    Read: Police open criminal investigations into referees captured in Anas Number 12 exposé

    This is the latest fallout from Anas’ film that has seen the Ghana Football Association president Kwesi Nyantakyi resign from his post, as well as from positions he held with Caf and Fifa.

    He has also been suspended for 135 days by football’s world governing body, Fifa, as it investigates corruption allegations, Nyantakyi has denied any wrongdoing.

    On Thursday Fifa and Caf announced a 4 member normalisation committee to take charge of the football affairs in Ghana for the next six months.

    Read: Two Rwandan football officials arrested for allegedly bribing referee

    Former football association board member Dr Kofi Amoah will head up the committee, he was in charge of the organising committee when Ghana hosted the 2008 Nations Cup.

    The other members are Lucy Quist, a former chief executive of a telecoms company, Dua Adonten, a former Asante Kotoko board member and director general of Ghana Post as well as lawyer Naa Odofoley Nortey.

    Source: bbc.com

  • 53 more Ghanaian referees banned after bribery probe

    The Referees’ Association of Ghana (RAG) has handed life-time bans to six more referees in the wake of an investigation into bribery.

    It also banned 47 match officials for 10 years each, while another 14 were exonerated.

    RAG also confirmed the sanctions handed down by the Confederation of African Football (Caf) last month – two for life and six others for 10 years.

    It brings the total with life bans to eight and those with 10-year bans to 53.

    Read: 14 referees in Anas exposé cleared by Referees Association of Ghana

    Those on the list released by RAG have until 1 October to appeal against the rulings.

    The investigation was launched after the officials were secretly filmed accepting money by investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas.

    n a statement RAG said those facing lifetime bans “were found culpable for seriously breaching various portions of Disciplinary Code, Code of the Ethics and Regulations of the football controlling bodies by their actions and inactions.”

    David Laryea and Reginald Lathbridge had already been banned for life by Caf, they have been joined by Safo Adade, Samuel Sukah, Dally Gagba, Furella Barnie, Charles Duwona and Umar Teni.

    Read: Police open criminal investigations into referees captured in Anas Number 12 exposé

    This is the latest fallout from Anas’ film that has seen the Ghana Football Association president Kwesi Nyantakyi resign from his post, as well as from positions he held with Caf and Fifa.

    He has also been suspended for 135 days by football’s world governing body, Fifa, as it investigates corruption allegations, Nyantakyi has denied any wrongdoing.

    On Thursday Fifa and Caf announced a 4 member normalisation committee to take charge of the football affairs in Ghana for the next six months.

    Read: Two Rwandan football officials arrested for allegedly bribing referee

    Former football association board member Dr Kofi Amoah will head up the committee, he was in charge of the organising committee when Ghana hosted the 2008 Nations Cup.

    The other members are Lucy Quist, a former chief executive of a telecoms company, Dua Adonten, a former Asante Kotoko board member and director general of Ghana Post as well as lawyer Naa Odofoley Nortey.

    Source: bbc.com

  • Accept licensure exam Akufo-Addo to teachers

    President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has urged all newly-trained teachers and trainee teachers to accept the licensure examination due to its importance.

    The National Teaching Council (NTC) introduced the licensure examination, as a way of ensuring that quality teachers are produced.

    However, some of the teachers are kicking against it.

    Read: Licensure exams: Wa teachers stranded after exam materials delay

    Some of them embarked on a nation-wide demonstration against the examination.

    Mr Akufo-Addo explained that the new policy of teacher licensing must be embraced by all “if education is important to us”.

    Speaking at the investiture and induction of the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba, the president said: “This policy is not intended to put any impediment in the way of our teachers from our colleges of education and other tertiary institutions,” he said.

    Read: Extra fees charged for Licensure exams to be refunded NTC

    “On the contrary, it is meant to enhance professionalism in teaching and guarantee that our teachers meet a minimum standard of qualification through an independent examination so as to be able to teach in our classrooms.

    “If education is important to us, then it requires that we maintain best standards.”

    Source: classfmonline.com

  • Accept licensure exam Akufo-Addo to teachers

    President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has urged all newly-trained teachers and trainee teachers to accept the licensure examination due to its importance.

    The National Teaching Council (NTC) introduced the licensure examination, as a way of ensuring that quality teachers are produced.

    However, some of the teachers are kicking against it.

    Read: Licensure exams: Wa teachers stranded after exam materials delay

    Some of them embarked on a nation-wide demonstration against the examination.

    Mr Akufo-Addo explained that the new policy of teacher licensing must be embraced by all “if education is important to us”.

    Speaking at the investiture and induction of the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba, the president said: “This policy is not intended to put any impediment in the way of our teachers from our colleges of education and other tertiary institutions,” he said.

    Read: Extra fees charged for Licensure exams to be refunded NTC

    “On the contrary, it is meant to enhance professionalism in teaching and guarantee that our teachers meet a minimum standard of qualification through an independent examination so as to be able to teach in our classrooms.

    “If education is important to us, then it requires that we maintain best standards.”

    Source: classfmonline.com

  • Five dead after flooding in Sissala East

    At least five persons are reported dead in the Sissala East municipality of the Upper West Region after a week of heavy rains.

    The five died in separate flood incidents recorded in the area.

    Read: Man, 58 and 22-year-old son drown in River Offin

    About 34 farming communities have been hit hard by the flooding with over 5,600 residents displaced as a result.

    Confirming the deaths to Citi News, the Sissala East municipal Director of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), Ishahaku Issah Bganhaa, said the deceased have already been buried in accordance with Islamic tradition. while most of the affected farmers have been compelled to seek shelter on their farms.

    Read: Boy, 5, drowns at airport roundabout after heavy downpour in Ashanti region

    He also said that his outfit is yet to get relief items for affected persons.

    He called for support from the government and benevolent institutions to avert a looming food shortage in the region.

    Source: citinewsroom.com

  • Five dead after flooding in Sissala East

    At least five persons are reported dead in the Sissala East municipality of the Upper West Region after a week of heavy rains.

    The five died in separate flood incidents recorded in the area.

    Read: Man, 58 and 22-year-old son drown in River Offin

    About 34 farming communities have been hit hard by the flooding with over 5,600 residents displaced as a result.

    Confirming the deaths to Citi News, the Sissala East municipal Director of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), Ishahaku Issah Bganhaa, said the deceased have already been buried in accordance with Islamic tradition. while most of the affected farmers have been compelled to seek shelter on their farms.

    Read: Boy, 5, drowns at airport roundabout after heavy downpour in Ashanti region

    He also said that his outfit is yet to get relief items for affected persons.

    He called for support from the government and benevolent institutions to avert a looming food shortage in the region.

    Source: citinewsroom.com

  • AMA contracts trucks to collect waste as Zoomlion drivers strike

    Employees of Zoomlion Ghana Limited within Accra, have withdrawn their services without any official notice, the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has said.

    This has resulted in uncollected rubbish in parts of the capital city.

    This may be down to an internal dispute at Zoomlion, the Accra Metropolitan Chief Executive, Mohammed Adjei Sowah said in a statement.

    Read: Drivers of Zoomlion withdraw services without official notice AMA announces

    He told Citi News ” [Zoomlion] their truck drivers and the janitors have gone on a sit-down strike claiming that they have issues with their management, but that is also affecting their waste collection within the city centres.”

    An earlier AMA statement noted that the Assembly had deployed tipper trucks to collect all rubbish lying around as an interim measure to deal with the situation.

    “The Assembly wishes to assure the public that it is working around the clock to bring the situation under control,” the statement said.

    Read: Managing waste: Zoomlion supports MMDAs with 500 waste trucks

    Mr. Adjei Sowah also appealed to Zoomlion to resolve the issue because of its impact.

    “We want to advise the company to understand that the issue of waste management is an essential service and if anything, they should take urgent steps to address those issues. Some of these unplanned and unfortunate happenings affect our waste collection” the statement added.

    Zoomlion Ghana limited is one of the companies in charge of waste collection in the metropolis and street sweeping under a Youth Employment Agency module.

     

    https://www.facebook.com/theindependentnewspaper/videos/242640793064541/

    Source: citinewsroom.com

  • AMA contracts trucks to collect waste as Zoomlion drivers strike

    Employees of Zoomlion Ghana Limited within Accra, have withdrawn their services without any official notice, the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has said.

    This has resulted in uncollected rubbish in parts of the capital city.

    This may be down to an internal dispute at Zoomlion, the Accra Metropolitan Chief Executive, Mohammed Adjei Sowah said in a statement.

    Read: Drivers of Zoomlion withdraw services without official notice AMA announces

    He told Citi News ” [Zoomlion] their truck drivers and the janitors have gone on a sit-down strike claiming that they have issues with their management, but that is also affecting their waste collection within the city centres.”

    An earlier AMA statement noted that the Assembly had deployed tipper trucks to collect all rubbish lying around as an interim measure to deal with the situation.

    “The Assembly wishes to assure the public that it is working around the clock to bring the situation under control,” the statement said.

    Read: Managing waste: Zoomlion supports MMDAs with 500 waste trucks

    Mr. Adjei Sowah also appealed to Zoomlion to resolve the issue because of its impact.

    “We want to advise the company to understand that the issue of waste management is an essential service and if anything, they should take urgent steps to address those issues. Some of these unplanned and unfortunate happenings affect our waste collection” the statement added.

    Zoomlion Ghana limited is one of the companies in charge of waste collection in the metropolis and street sweeping under a Youth Employment Agency module.

     

    https://www.facebook.com/theindependentnewspaper/videos/242640793064541/

    Source: citinewsroom.com

  • No more IPPs without competitive bidding Nana Addo

    President Nana Akufo-Addo has directed the Energy Ministry and the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) not to sign any Independent Power Producer (IPP) agreements without a competitive bidding process.

    Speaking at the commissioning of a 20-megawatt solar plant at Gomoa Onyaadze in the Central Region, President Akufo-Addo said the era where IPPs short-changed Ghanaians have ended.

    Read: ACEP wants local firms in ECG Concession probed

    He says the government has begun rationalising the contributions of IPPs in the country.

    “When we came into office, we inherited a plethora of IPP agreements, all of whom were contracted at the time of our crisis, and therefore, left us in a weak position, and got us accepting tariff rates of 18 cents per kilowatt hour and over. In an Era in the world where 10 cents per kilowatt hour is the maximum, we are producing IPP agreements at 18 cents per kilowatt hour,” he said.

    Read: Akufo-Addo commissions 20MW solar plant; inspects 1D1F project in Gomoa West

    The President stressed that those were “not acceptable arrangements.”

    “So, in future, we are going to insist that IPP arrangements are created out of competitive bidding, because it is only by that process that we will be able to get the competitive rates that both our domestic consumers as well as our industrial users need and can work with.

    President Akufo-Addo also hopes Ghana starts producing its own solar panels.

    “And then, we are in an age where renewable energy facilities are being produced domestically. So, we want to get to a situation here in Ghana whereby these solar panels are produced domestically. And it can be done within the confines of the one district one factory initiative,” he added.

    With the Government having committed itself to having 10 percent of its energy generation mix coming from renewable energy by 2020, the President indicated that his administration has put in place measures “that will help us, within a decade, to have renewable energy as the majority of the generation mix of our country.”

    Source: citinewsroom.com

  • No more IPPs without competitive bidding Nana Addo

    President Nana Akufo-Addo has directed the Energy Ministry and the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) not to sign any Independent Power Producer (IPP) agreements without a competitive bidding process.

    Speaking at the commissioning of a 20-megawatt solar plant at Gomoa Onyaadze in the Central Region, President Akufo-Addo said the era where IPPs short-changed Ghanaians have ended.

    Read: ACEP wants local firms in ECG Concession probed

    He says the government has begun rationalising the contributions of IPPs in the country.

    “When we came into office, we inherited a plethora of IPP agreements, all of whom were contracted at the time of our crisis, and therefore, left us in a weak position, and got us accepting tariff rates of 18 cents per kilowatt hour and over. In an Era in the world where 10 cents per kilowatt hour is the maximum, we are producing IPP agreements at 18 cents per kilowatt hour,” he said.

    Read: Akufo-Addo commissions 20MW solar plant; inspects 1D1F project in Gomoa West

    The President stressed that those were “not acceptable arrangements.”

    “So, in future, we are going to insist that IPP arrangements are created out of competitive bidding, because it is only by that process that we will be able to get the competitive rates that both our domestic consumers as well as our industrial users need and can work with.

    President Akufo-Addo also hopes Ghana starts producing its own solar panels.

    “And then, we are in an age where renewable energy facilities are being produced domestically. So, we want to get to a situation here in Ghana whereby these solar panels are produced domestically. And it can be done within the confines of the one district one factory initiative,” he added.

    With the Government having committed itself to having 10 percent of its energy generation mix coming from renewable energy by 2020, the President indicated that his administration has put in place measures “that will help us, within a decade, to have renewable energy as the majority of the generation mix of our country.”

    Source: citinewsroom.com

  • No-deal Brexit would hit UK economy, says IMF

    The International Monetary Fund has warned that a “no-deal” Brexit on World Trade Organization terms would entail “substantial costs” for the UK economy.

    The IMF said that all likely Brexit scenarios would “entail costs”, but a disorderly departure could lead to “a significantly worse outcome”.

    The challenges in getting a deal done were “daunting”, it said.

    Read: Brexit: May vows no compromise with EU on Brexit plan

    The IMF expects Britain’s economy to grow by 1.5% in both 2018 and 2019 if a broad Brexit agreement is struck.

    The predictions came in the IMF’s latest annual assessment of the UK economy.

    Speaking at a news conference at the Treasury in London, Christine Lagarde, the IMF’s managing director, added: “Those projections assume a timely deal with the EU on a broad free trade agreement and a relatively orderly Brexit process after that.

    “Any deal will not be as good as the smooth process under which goods, services, people and capital move around between the EU and the UK without impediments and obstacles.”

    A no-deal outcome would affect other EU economies “to a lesser extent”, the IMF said.

    Ms Lagarde said a “disorderly” or “crash” exit from the EU would have a series of consequences, including reduced growth, an increased deficit and depreciation of sterling, leading to a reduction in the size of the UK economy.

    “The larger the impediments to trade in the new relationship, the costlier it will be,” she said.

    “This should be fairly obvious, but it seems that sometimes it is not.”

    She pointed out that countries tended to trade mostly with their neighbours, adding: “I think geography talks very loudly.”

    ‘Clear warnings’

    Ms Lagarde said she “very much” hoped that the UK and the EU would strike a deal, describing herself as “a desperate optimist”.

    UK Chancellor Philip Hammond said the government had to listen to the IMF’s “clear warnings”.

    Read: Theresa May visits Nigeria as Brexit trade mission continues

    He added: “The IMF are clear today that no deal would be extremely costly for the UK as it would also for the EU, and that despite the contingency actions we’re taking, leaving without a deal would put at risk the substantial progress the British people have made over the past 10 years in repairing our economy.”

    Recent UK economic data has shown a pick-up in growth. Earlier this month, the Office for National Statistics said the economy had grown by 0.6% over the three months to July – the fastest pace in almost a year.

    The latest IMF prediction represents a slight upgrade for 2018. In July, the IMF said the UK economy would grow by 1.4% this year and 1.5% in 2019.

    Source: BBC

  • No-deal Brexit would hit UK economy, says IMF

    The International Monetary Fund has warned that a “no-deal” Brexit on World Trade Organization terms would entail “substantial costs” for the UK economy.

    The IMF said that all likely Brexit scenarios would “entail costs”, but a disorderly departure could lead to “a significantly worse outcome”.

    The challenges in getting a deal done were “daunting”, it said.

    Read: Brexit: May vows no compromise with EU on Brexit plan

    The IMF expects Britain’s economy to grow by 1.5% in both 2018 and 2019 if a broad Brexit agreement is struck.

    The predictions came in the IMF’s latest annual assessment of the UK economy.

    Speaking at a news conference at the Treasury in London, Christine Lagarde, the IMF’s managing director, added: “Those projections assume a timely deal with the EU on a broad free trade agreement and a relatively orderly Brexit process after that.

    “Any deal will not be as good as the smooth process under which goods, services, people and capital move around between the EU and the UK without impediments and obstacles.”

    A no-deal outcome would affect other EU economies “to a lesser extent”, the IMF said.

    Ms Lagarde said a “disorderly” or “crash” exit from the EU would have a series of consequences, including reduced growth, an increased deficit and depreciation of sterling, leading to a reduction in the size of the UK economy.

    “The larger the impediments to trade in the new relationship, the costlier it will be,” she said.

    “This should be fairly obvious, but it seems that sometimes it is not.”

    She pointed out that countries tended to trade mostly with their neighbours, adding: “I think geography talks very loudly.”

    ‘Clear warnings’

    Ms Lagarde said she “very much” hoped that the UK and the EU would strike a deal, describing herself as “a desperate optimist”.

    UK Chancellor Philip Hammond said the government had to listen to the IMF’s “clear warnings”.

    Read: Theresa May visits Nigeria as Brexit trade mission continues

    He added: “The IMF are clear today that no deal would be extremely costly for the UK as it would also for the EU, and that despite the contingency actions we’re taking, leaving without a deal would put at risk the substantial progress the British people have made over the past 10 years in repairing our economy.”

    Recent UK economic data has shown a pick-up in growth. Earlier this month, the Office for National Statistics said the economy had grown by 0.6% over the three months to July – the fastest pace in almost a year.

    The latest IMF prediction represents a slight upgrade for 2018. In July, the IMF said the UK economy would grow by 1.4% this year and 1.5% in 2019.

    Source: BBC

  • Asuogyaman District Assembly renovates 4-bedroom apartment with GHC 92, 000

    Information reaching Rainbowradioonline.com has it that, the Asuogyaman District Assembly has spent an amount of GHC 92, 000 to refurbish a four-bedroom apartment for the current Coordinating Director, Moses Kobla Joshua. Per the details available, the renovation cost GHc72, 000 and furnishing GHc20, 000 making a total of GHc92, 000.
    The contract was awarded to a local Ghanaian company, Betrack Limited and payment made on May 29, 2018. The memo from our checks was signed by the Head of Works, Mr Bismark Okrah and cost and paper works drafted by the Engineer at the Assembly Mr Danjumah Ahmed. In another development, the Assembly has spent GHc43, 332 on four desktop computers and 4 printers.
    More soon…

  • Asuogyaman District Assembly renovates 4-bedroom apartment with GHC 92, 000

    Information reaching Rainbowradioonline.com has it that, the Asuogyaman District Assembly has spent an amount of GHC 92, 000 to refurbish a four-bedroom apartment for the current Coordinating Director, Moses Kobla Joshua. Per the details available, the renovation cost GHc72, 000 and furnishing GHc20, 000 making a total of GHc92, 000.
    The contract was awarded to a local Ghanaian company, Betrack Limited and payment made on May 29, 2018. The memo from our checks was signed by the Head of Works, Mr Bismark Okrah and cost and paper works drafted by the Engineer at the Assembly Mr Danjumah Ahmed. In another development, the Assembly has spent GHc43, 332 on four desktop computers and 4 printers.
    More soon…

  • 14 referees in Anas exposé cleared by Referees Association of Ghana

    The Disciplinary Committee of the Referees Association of Ghana (RAG) has exonerated fourteen referees that were captured in the Anas exposé video of any wrongdoing.

    In a letter signed by the committee’s general secretary Joseph Ayita Mensah dated September 17, 2018, states that the Referees association after conducting further investigation into Tiger PI number 12 documentary has deduced the following officiating officials were found not culpable and have accordingly been acquitted of all alleged offenses.

    Read: 8 referees banned for life; 61 suspended for ten years each as RAG concludes investigations

    The cleared referees are as follows:

    1. Esther Awo Detse 2. Prince Coffie 3. Wiseman Ghansah 4. Joseph Laryea 5. Edward B. Quaye 6. Solomon Mordey 7. Joseph Ayambila 8. Freeman Awulo 9. Charles Ablor 10. Eku Boateng 11. Latif Adaari 12. Yakubu Nuhu Limann 13. Alhassan Yahaya 14. Emurana Salifu

    Source: ghanasoccernet.com

  • 14 referees in Anas exposé cleared by Referees Association of Ghana

    The Disciplinary Committee of the Referees Association of Ghana (RAG) has exonerated fourteen referees that were captured in the Anas exposé video of any wrongdoing.

    In a letter signed by the committee’s general secretary Joseph Ayita Mensah dated September 17, 2018, states that the Referees association after conducting further investigation into Tiger PI number 12 documentary has deduced the following officiating officials were found not culpable and have accordingly been acquitted of all alleged offenses.

    Read: 8 referees banned for life; 61 suspended for ten years each as RAG concludes investigations

    The cleared referees are as follows:

    1. Esther Awo Detse 2. Prince Coffie 3. Wiseman Ghansah 4. Joseph Laryea 5. Edward B. Quaye 6. Solomon Mordey 7. Joseph Ayambila 8. Freeman Awulo 9. Charles Ablor 10. Eku Boateng 11. Latif Adaari 12. Yakubu Nuhu Limann 13. Alhassan Yahaya 14. Emurana Salifu

    Source: ghanasoccernet.com

  • Man, 58 and 22-year-old son drown in River Offin

    Fifty-Eight (58) year old man and his Twenty-two-year old son have lost their lives at Nerebehi in the Atwima Nwabiagya Municipal of the Ashanti Region after a canoe capsized on River Offin.

    The deceased have been identified as Mr. Adama and Yussif Adama.

    Read: Boy, 5, drowns at airport roundabout after heavy downpour in Ashanti region

    NPP Youth Organizer Atwima Nwabiagya South Constituency Jude Thaddeus Opoku Takyi who confirmed the unfortunate incident to MyNewsGh.com Ashanti Regional correspondent said the deceased persons were going to farm when the boat capsized by a heavy storm.

    According to Thaddeus, one person was rescued.

    Read: Deaf and dumb child drowns after Asamankese downpour

    He added that all effort by officers from the Municipal (National Disaster Management Organisation) NADMO and some community members including traditional leaders in the community to retrieve the body proved futile.

    This is not the first time such an unfortunate incident is happening on the River Offin.

    Meanwhile, the Municipal NADMO Director J T Kwapong said measures have been put in place to retrieve the bodies.

    Source: mynewsgh.com

  • Man, 58 and 22-year-old son drown in River Offin

    Fifty-Eight (58) year old man and his Twenty-two-year old son have lost their lives at Nerebehi in the Atwima Nwabiagya Municipal of the Ashanti Region after a canoe capsized on River Offin.

    The deceased have been identified as Mr. Adama and Yussif Adama.

    Read: Boy, 5, drowns at airport roundabout after heavy downpour in Ashanti region

    NPP Youth Organizer Atwima Nwabiagya South Constituency Jude Thaddeus Opoku Takyi who confirmed the unfortunate incident to MyNewsGh.com Ashanti Regional correspondent said the deceased persons were going to farm when the boat capsized by a heavy storm.

    According to Thaddeus, one person was rescued.

    Read: Deaf and dumb child drowns after Asamankese downpour

    He added that all effort by officers from the Municipal (National Disaster Management Organisation) NADMO and some community members including traditional leaders in the community to retrieve the body proved futile.

    This is not the first time such an unfortunate incident is happening on the River Offin.

    Meanwhile, the Municipal NADMO Director J T Kwapong said measures have been put in place to retrieve the bodies.

    Source: mynewsgh.com

  • 10 jobs created by Akufo-Addo government since January 2017

    The Nana Akufo-Addo government is fast approaching end of its second year in office, as it has already been 18 months.

    The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) made a lot of promises during the campaign period in the lead up to the 2016 elections.

    Read: The hardship is too much! Gabby Otchere-Darko

    Key among them was the Free Senior High School programme and of course the creation of many jobs for the youth of the country. Eighteen months on, the government insists it is on course with both promises and claims to have created over one million jobs.

    Below is a breakdown of some sectors where the government said it has created the over 1 million jobs since January 2017:

    1. Rural Enterprise Programme 11,659 persons employed

    2. Ghana Investment promotion Center 13,108 persons employed

    3. COCOBOD 77,067 persons employed

    4. NABCO 100,000 persons employed

    5. Ghana Education Service 28,000 persons employed

    6. Health sector 16,183 persons employed

    7. Youth Employment Agency 15,700 persons employed

    8. Planting for Food and Jobs 745,000 persons employed

    9. Ghana School Feeding Programme 6,475 caterers employed

    10. Ghana Armed Forces 2,050 persons employed

    Source: yen.com.gh

  • 10 jobs created by Akufo-Addo government since January 2017

    The Nana Akufo-Addo government is fast approaching end of its second year in office, as it has already been 18 months.

    The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) made a lot of promises during the campaign period in the lead up to the 2016 elections.

    Read: The hardship is too much! Gabby Otchere-Darko

    Key among them was the Free Senior High School programme and of course the creation of many jobs for the youth of the country. Eighteen months on, the government insists it is on course with both promises and claims to have created over one million jobs.

    Below is a breakdown of some sectors where the government said it has created the over 1 million jobs since January 2017:

    1. Rural Enterprise Programme 11,659 persons employed

    2. Ghana Investment promotion Center 13,108 persons employed

    3. COCOBOD 77,067 persons employed

    4. NABCO 100,000 persons employed

    5. Ghana Education Service 28,000 persons employed

    6. Health sector 16,183 persons employed

    7. Youth Employment Agency 15,700 persons employed

    8. Planting for Food and Jobs 745,000 persons employed

    9. Ghana School Feeding Programme 6,475 caterers employed

    10. Ghana Armed Forces 2,050 persons employed

    Source: yen.com.gh

  • Nigeria U-17 coach disappointed Ghana lost out on Africa U-17 championship

    Head coach of the Golden Eaglets of Nigeria, Manu Garba says it’s disappointing Ghana will not be making it to the Africa U-17 championship in Tanzania.

    According to the Nigerian coach, the format for the qualifiers this year will affect next year’s competition especially with West Africa having the best in terms of youth football.

    Nigeria defeated Ghana on penalties to win the WAFU U17 tournament in Niger and qualify for the African Championship to be held in Tanzania later this year.

    Read: Ghana fail to qualify for U-17 AFCON after losing WAFU final to Nigeria

    The match ended 1-1 at full time and the Golden Eaglets were masterful in penalties to dispatch the Black Starlets 3-1 on penalties.

    Manu Garba is worried about the quality that will eventually represent Africa at the FIFA World U-17 Cup next year.

    “Either side deserved to win but unfortunately it is only one ticket,’ he said after the game. “In the qualification way, I think this is not the best for CAF because West Africa is the strength of African football at youth level,” he added.

    “Nigeria have won the world cup the most, five times, Ghana has won it on three occasions. And it is just unfortunate a team like Ghana is missing out. Niger itself and Cote D’ Ivoire are not going to this tournament,”

    Read: Nigeria defeat Ghana on penalties to win WAFU U17 Championship

    “I think this zone must head to CAF to change this format because it is not good for West Africa. Honestly,I think Ghana must be there but I will say congratulations to Ghana even in defeat. It was a befitting final.”

    Ghana were runners up in the last edition of the Africa Juvenile Champions and finished as runners up at the FIFA World Cup in India last year.

    Source: Lukman Evergreen Mumin

  • Nigeria U-17 coach disappointed Ghana lost out on Africa U-17 championship

    Head coach of the Golden Eaglets of Nigeria, Manu Garba says it’s disappointing Ghana will not be making it to the Africa U-17 championship in Tanzania.

    According to the Nigerian coach, the format for the qualifiers this year will affect next year’s competition especially with West Africa having the best in terms of youth football.

    Nigeria defeated Ghana on penalties to win the WAFU U17 tournament in Niger and qualify for the African Championship to be held in Tanzania later this year.

    Read: Ghana fail to qualify for U-17 AFCON after losing WAFU final to Nigeria

    The match ended 1-1 at full time and the Golden Eaglets were masterful in penalties to dispatch the Black Starlets 3-1 on penalties.

    Manu Garba is worried about the quality that will eventually represent Africa at the FIFA World U-17 Cup next year.

    “Either side deserved to win but unfortunately it is only one ticket,’ he said after the game. “In the qualification way, I think this is not the best for CAF because West Africa is the strength of African football at youth level,” he added.

    “Nigeria have won the world cup the most, five times, Ghana has won it on three occasions. And it is just unfortunate a team like Ghana is missing out. Niger itself and Cote D’ Ivoire are not going to this tournament,”

    Read: Nigeria defeat Ghana on penalties to win WAFU U17 Championship

    “I think this zone must head to CAF to change this format because it is not good for West Africa. Honestly,I think Ghana must be there but I will say congratulations to Ghana even in defeat. It was a befitting final.”

    Ghana were runners up in the last edition of the Africa Juvenile Champions and finished as runners up at the FIFA World Cup in India last year.

    Source: Lukman Evergreen Mumin

  • Storm Florence: Heavy flooding cuts off Wilmington

    The coastal city of Wilmington, North Carolina has been completely cut off from the rest of the state because of deepening flood waters.

    Officials say all roads in and out are now impassable and have warned evacuated residents to stay away.

    Reports describe the city, which has a population of about 120,000, as an island within the state.

    About 400 people there have been rescued from flood waters, and most of the city remains without power.

    Read: South China battered by deadly storm

    The National Weather Service has warned of at least two further days of possible flash flooding in the area before conditions are forecast to improve.

    “Do not come here,” New Hanover County Commission Chairman Woody White said.

    “Our roads are flooded, there is no access into Wilmington…We want you home, but you can’t come yet.”

    Two of the first known fatalities – that of a mother and her seven-month son – were reported in the city on Friday morning.

    The area is usually best known as a filming location for US dramas One Tree Hill and Dawson’s Creek.

    US basketball legend Michael Jordan – who is fundraising to help residents affected by the storm – also grew up in the city.

    Many roads inside Wilmington are still passable for residents who defied evacuation orders to ride the storm out.

    But a city-wide curfew has been extended after five people were arrested on suspicion of looting from a store in the city on Saturday.

    What is the latest on the storm?

    At least 17 people are now reported to have died in storm-related incidents in North and South Carolina since Florence made landfall as a category one hurricane on Thursday.

    It has now weakened into a tropical depression with winds of 35mph (55km/h), according to the National Hurricane Centre.

    Some parts of the Carolinas have seen up to 40in (100cm) of rain since Thursday – and officials have warned river levels are yet to peak in places.

    Read: Hurricane Florence: At least four dead as storm downgraded

    “The storm has never been more dangerous than it is right now,” North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper said on Sunday.

    “Wherever you live in North Carolina, be alert for sudden flooding.”

    The governor also warned of the potential danger of landslides once the weather system reached more mountainous areas.

    The US coast guard and volunteer boats have been helping people left stricken by rising flood waters across the states.

    Officials in North Carolina have said about 900 people have been rescued from floodwaters there, and about 15,000 people still in emergency shelters.

    US President Donald Trump has declared a disaster in several North Carolina counties – a move that frees up federal funding for recovery efforts.

    Source: bbc

  • Storm Florence: Heavy flooding cuts off Wilmington

    The coastal city of Wilmington, North Carolina has been completely cut off from the rest of the state because of deepening flood waters.

    Officials say all roads in and out are now impassable and have warned evacuated residents to stay away.

    Reports describe the city, which has a population of about 120,000, as an island within the state.

    About 400 people there have been rescued from flood waters, and most of the city remains without power.

    Read: South China battered by deadly storm

    The National Weather Service has warned of at least two further days of possible flash flooding in the area before conditions are forecast to improve.

    “Do not come here,” New Hanover County Commission Chairman Woody White said.

    “Our roads are flooded, there is no access into Wilmington…We want you home, but you can’t come yet.”

    Two of the first known fatalities – that of a mother and her seven-month son – were reported in the city on Friday morning.

    The area is usually best known as a filming location for US dramas One Tree Hill and Dawson’s Creek.

    US basketball legend Michael Jordan – who is fundraising to help residents affected by the storm – also grew up in the city.

    Many roads inside Wilmington are still passable for residents who defied evacuation orders to ride the storm out.

    But a city-wide curfew has been extended after five people were arrested on suspicion of looting from a store in the city on Saturday.

    What is the latest on the storm?

    At least 17 people are now reported to have died in storm-related incidents in North and South Carolina since Florence made landfall as a category one hurricane on Thursday.

    It has now weakened into a tropical depression with winds of 35mph (55km/h), according to the National Hurricane Centre.

    Some parts of the Carolinas have seen up to 40in (100cm) of rain since Thursday – and officials have warned river levels are yet to peak in places.

    Read: Hurricane Florence: At least four dead as storm downgraded

    “The storm has never been more dangerous than it is right now,” North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper said on Sunday.

    “Wherever you live in North Carolina, be alert for sudden flooding.”

    The governor also warned of the potential danger of landslides once the weather system reached more mountainous areas.

    The US coast guard and volunteer boats have been helping people left stricken by rising flood waters across the states.

    Officials in North Carolina have said about 900 people have been rescued from floodwaters there, and about 15,000 people still in emergency shelters.

    US President Donald Trump has declared a disaster in several North Carolina counties – a move that frees up federal funding for recovery efforts.

    Source: bbc

  • South China battered by deadly storm

    A powerful storm which killed dozens of people in the Philippines is now making its way across southern China.

    Typhoon Mangkhut is one of the most powerful storms to hit the region in decades.

    Two people have been killed in the Chinese province of Guangdong, according to state media – more than 2.5 million people have been evacuated in Guangdong and on Hainan island.

    In Hong Kong, the storm wrecked buildings and shut down the city.

    Read: Philippines hit by strongest storm

    The typhoon is now moving inland, and is expected to hit the Chinese regions of Guizhou, Chongqing and Yunnan later in the day.

    In the Philippines, 33 miners have been confirmed dead and at least 29 are missing after a landslide hit a mining site in Itogon in Benguet province, according to local reports.

    Search and rescue missions are continuing, and there are fears the death toll could rise above 100, said Itogon’s mayor, Victorio Palangdan.

    In Hong Kong, which was hit hard over the weekend, videos on social media showed apartments swaying in the wind, scaffolding crashing to the ground and commercial buildings with windows shattered.

    Transport services have also been suspended, with flights cancelled, trains stopped and major roads closed.

    Mangkhut is expected to gradually weaken into a tropical depression by Tuesday as it continues to move inland.

    How has China been affected?

    Typhoon Mangkhut made landfall on the Chinese coast near Jiangmen city on Sunday afternoon.

    In pictures: Deadly typhoon hits China
    Officials put the number of injured in Hong Kong at more than 200.

    Despite avoiding a direct hit, winds there reached more than 110mph and as water levels surged by almost 3.5m (12ft) in places.

    Authorities had issued their maximum alert, warning residents to stay indoors and away from windows to avoid flying debris.

    Most shops and public services were shut, and about 900 flights were cancelled at Hong Kong International Airport.

    A resident living in a high-rise in the city told Reuters news agency she could feel her building swaying in the storm.

    “It swayed for quite a long time, at least two hours,” Elaine Wong said. “It made me feel so dizzy.”

    In neighbouring Macau, for the first time in its history, the territory’s famous casinos were ordered to close.

    How about the Philippines?

    The storm ploughed across the main Philippine island of Luzon over the weekend.

    Most of the deaths there were caused by landslides, government officials say. Dozens of people are still missing after the storm, which is being called Ompong locally.

    In the mining town of Itogon, at least 33 miners died after being buried under a landslide.

    Read: Hurricane Florence: At least four dead as storm downgraded

    Itogon Mayor Victorio Palangdan told news wire AP that dozens of miners and their families had rushed into an old bunkhouse – that had been turned into a chapel – for refuge when the typhoon hit.

    The building was later wiped out by landslides.

    “They thought they were really safe there,” said Mr Palangdan.

    The BBC’s Howard Johnson in the Philippines described a trail of destruction along the northern coast of Luzon with forests ripped to shreds and electricity poles felled.

    There is also concern over the economic cost of the typhoon, which has caused extensive damage to farmland in Cagayan, a key agricultural province.

    Francis Tolentino, a political adviser to President Rodrigo Duterte, told the BBC that he estimated only a fifth of produce there had been harvested in advance – threatening staples like rice and corn.

    Preparation and evacuation procedures have improved since Super Typhoon Haiyan in 2013 which killed more than 7,000 people.

    Warnings were issued, travel was restricted, schools shut and the army was put on standby in advance.

    Source: BBC

  • South China battered by deadly storm

    A powerful storm which killed dozens of people in the Philippines is now making its way across southern China.

    Typhoon Mangkhut is one of the most powerful storms to hit the region in decades.

    Two people have been killed in the Chinese province of Guangdong, according to state media – more than 2.5 million people have been evacuated in Guangdong and on Hainan island.

    In Hong Kong, the storm wrecked buildings and shut down the city.

    Read: Philippines hit by strongest storm

    The typhoon is now moving inland, and is expected to hit the Chinese regions of Guizhou, Chongqing and Yunnan later in the day.

    In the Philippines, 33 miners have been confirmed dead and at least 29 are missing after a landslide hit a mining site in Itogon in Benguet province, according to local reports.

    Search and rescue missions are continuing, and there are fears the death toll could rise above 100, said Itogon’s mayor, Victorio Palangdan.

    In Hong Kong, which was hit hard over the weekend, videos on social media showed apartments swaying in the wind, scaffolding crashing to the ground and commercial buildings with windows shattered.

    Transport services have also been suspended, with flights cancelled, trains stopped and major roads closed.

    Mangkhut is expected to gradually weaken into a tropical depression by Tuesday as it continues to move inland.

    How has China been affected?

    Typhoon Mangkhut made landfall on the Chinese coast near Jiangmen city on Sunday afternoon.

    In pictures: Deadly typhoon hits China
    Officials put the number of injured in Hong Kong at more than 200.

    Despite avoiding a direct hit, winds there reached more than 110mph and as water levels surged by almost 3.5m (12ft) in places.

    Authorities had issued their maximum alert, warning residents to stay indoors and away from windows to avoid flying debris.

    Most shops and public services were shut, and about 900 flights were cancelled at Hong Kong International Airport.

    A resident living in a high-rise in the city told Reuters news agency she could feel her building swaying in the storm.

    “It swayed for quite a long time, at least two hours,” Elaine Wong said. “It made me feel so dizzy.”

    In neighbouring Macau, for the first time in its history, the territory’s famous casinos were ordered to close.

    How about the Philippines?

    The storm ploughed across the main Philippine island of Luzon over the weekend.

    Most of the deaths there were caused by landslides, government officials say. Dozens of people are still missing after the storm, which is being called Ompong locally.

    In the mining town of Itogon, at least 33 miners died after being buried under a landslide.

    Read: Hurricane Florence: At least four dead as storm downgraded

    Itogon Mayor Victorio Palangdan told news wire AP that dozens of miners and their families had rushed into an old bunkhouse – that had been turned into a chapel – for refuge when the typhoon hit.

    The building was later wiped out by landslides.

    “They thought they were really safe there,” said Mr Palangdan.

    The BBC’s Howard Johnson in the Philippines described a trail of destruction along the northern coast of Luzon with forests ripped to shreds and electricity poles felled.

    There is also concern over the economic cost of the typhoon, which has caused extensive damage to farmland in Cagayan, a key agricultural province.

    Francis Tolentino, a political adviser to President Rodrigo Duterte, told the BBC that he estimated only a fifth of produce there had been harvested in advance – threatening staples like rice and corn.

    Preparation and evacuation procedures have improved since Super Typhoon Haiyan in 2013 which killed more than 7,000 people.

    Warnings were issued, travel was restricted, schools shut and the army was put on standby in advance.

    Source: BBC

  • Don’t allow opposition lie to you, 1 million per constituency being used for projects – Minister

    Special Development Initiatives Minister who is also the Awutu East constituency MP, Mavis Hawa Koomson, has slammed critics who have said the one-million per constituency promise by President Akufo-Addo has not been fulfilled.

    The money, made available to the constituencies, is currently being used to finance developmental projects for the benefit of the people, she has posited.

    Speaking to chiefs and people in her constituency, she admonished them to disregard any negative reportage and comments on the promise because the money, has been allocated and being used as planned.

    Read: Nana Addo will soon commission more 1D1F projects Alan

    She said “The ‘one million dollar for each constituency’ campaign promise by President Akufo-Addo is being implemented across the country and people are benefiting from it.

    ” “As I speak with you, contracts for the construction of boreholes and toilet facilities have been awarded across the constituencies and they are being financed through the ‘one million dollar for each constituency.’”

    Read: Government urged not to abandoned old projects under 1D1F

    She also made reference to the dams being constructed in the northern part of Ghana, warehouses being constructed in Winneba and other projects. The President she stressed will be accountable to Ghanaians hence the need for the chiefs and people to trust and support him.

    Source: www.rainbowradioonline.com

  • Don’t allow opposition lie to you, 1 million per constituency being used for projects – Minister

    Special Development Initiatives Minister who is also the Awutu East constituency MP, Mavis Hawa Koomson, has slammed critics who have said the one-million per constituency promise by President Akufo-Addo has not been fulfilled.

    The money, made available to the constituencies, is currently being used to finance developmental projects for the benefit of the people, she has posited.

    Speaking to chiefs and people in her constituency, she admonished them to disregard any negative reportage and comments on the promise because the money, has been allocated and being used as planned.

    Read: Nana Addo will soon commission more 1D1F projects Alan

    She said “The ‘one million dollar for each constituency’ campaign promise by President Akufo-Addo is being implemented across the country and people are benefiting from it.

    ” “As I speak with you, contracts for the construction of boreholes and toilet facilities have been awarded across the constituencies and they are being financed through the ‘one million dollar for each constituency.’”

    Read: Government urged not to abandoned old projects under 1D1F

    She also made reference to the dams being constructed in the northern part of Ghana, warehouses being constructed in Winneba and other projects. The President she stressed will be accountable to Ghanaians hence the need for the chiefs and people to trust and support him.

    Source: www.rainbowradioonline.com

  • 4 illegal miners caged 15 months each in Bekwai

    Authorities at the Forestry Commission are excited over a 15-month jail term slapped on four illegal miners who invaded the Jeni Forest Reserve in the Amansie West District of the Ashanti Region.

    Bekwai Circuit Court presided by His Lordship Justice A.W.K. Nawurah sentenced each of the four galamsey operators who encroached on the Manso Essumenja section of the reserve to 15-months imprisonment with hard labour.

    Read: Two Chinese illegal miners arrested in Amenfi West

    The convicts are Simon Nsoh, 40; Yaw Aning, 28; Yaw Appiah and Hamidu Sulemana, 22 and 19 years respectively.

    They were arrested by the Rapid Response Team of the Forestry Commission on September 10, 2018.

    The team ceased pumping machine, shovels, a gold washing machine, among other artisanal mining equipment.

    The four illegal miners pleaded guilty when they first appeared before the court on Friday, forcing the judge to give the ruling.

    Read: Photos: Gun-wielding Chinese arrested in Operation Vanguard swoop on 22 illegal miners

    The Prosecutor, Detective Inspector Stephen Ofori, told the court the action of the convicts who until their arrest were mining gold illegally have caused damage to the forest reserve which is under the Bekwai District Forestry.

    Officials are happy at the sentence, saying it will deter many others from engaging in the illegal mining especially in forest reserves.

    “It gives warning to the general public that we need to refrain from forest offences so this will serve as a deterrent to others so that people may not indulge in forest offences such as illegal mining, illegal farming and lumbering,” said Mr Agbewoshie.

    According to him, some court judgments have not been punitive enough to deter encroachers.

    Read: Establish galamsey courts to prosecute offenders Security expert

    “Sometimes feeble fines are given to the people and they are able to pay and go back to the field to indulge in illegal mining. Sometimes the cases are not much deterrent in terms of fines that are imposed on them.

    “I want to use this opportunity to commend the court, commend the prosecution and all those who helped in ensuring we successfully prosecute these people who engaged in illegality,” he said.

    Meanwhile, Mr Agbenowoshie says the commission will continue to sensitise the public on the need to protect forest reserves in the country.

    Source: Myjoyonline.com

  • 4 illegal miners caged 15 months each in Bekwai

    Authorities at the Forestry Commission are excited over a 15-month jail term slapped on four illegal miners who invaded the Jeni Forest Reserve in the Amansie West District of the Ashanti Region.

    Bekwai Circuit Court presided by His Lordship Justice A.W.K. Nawurah sentenced each of the four galamsey operators who encroached on the Manso Essumenja section of the reserve to 15-months imprisonment with hard labour.

    Read: Two Chinese illegal miners arrested in Amenfi West

    The convicts are Simon Nsoh, 40; Yaw Aning, 28; Yaw Appiah and Hamidu Sulemana, 22 and 19 years respectively.

    They were arrested by the Rapid Response Team of the Forestry Commission on September 10, 2018.

    The team ceased pumping machine, shovels, a gold washing machine, among other artisanal mining equipment.

    The four illegal miners pleaded guilty when they first appeared before the court on Friday, forcing the judge to give the ruling.

    Read: Photos: Gun-wielding Chinese arrested in Operation Vanguard swoop on 22 illegal miners

    The Prosecutor, Detective Inspector Stephen Ofori, told the court the action of the convicts who until their arrest were mining gold illegally have caused damage to the forest reserve which is under the Bekwai District Forestry.

    Officials are happy at the sentence, saying it will deter many others from engaging in the illegal mining especially in forest reserves.

    “It gives warning to the general public that we need to refrain from forest offences so this will serve as a deterrent to others so that people may not indulge in forest offences such as illegal mining, illegal farming and lumbering,” said Mr Agbewoshie.

    According to him, some court judgments have not been punitive enough to deter encroachers.

    Read: Establish galamsey courts to prosecute offenders Security expert

    “Sometimes feeble fines are given to the people and they are able to pay and go back to the field to indulge in illegal mining. Sometimes the cases are not much deterrent in terms of fines that are imposed on them.

    “I want to use this opportunity to commend the court, commend the prosecution and all those who helped in ensuring we successfully prosecute these people who engaged in illegality,” he said.

    Meanwhile, Mr Agbenowoshie says the commission will continue to sensitise the public on the need to protect forest reserves in the country.

    Source: Myjoyonline.com

  • Zoomlion begins fumigation in senior high schools

    Zoomlion Ghana Limited has started vector control activities in public senior high schools in the Eastern, Ashanti and the Northern Regions.

    The exercise which is under the auspices of Ministry of Education (MoE) seeks to rid-off bedbugs, mosquitoes, cockroaches, flies, ants, reptiles, rodents among others which normally distracts the effective learning environments of students.

    Read: Managing waste: Zoomlion supports MMDAs with 500 waste trucks

    Some Senior High Schools visited in the Eastern, Ashanti and Northern regions saw the team busily fumigating school dormitories, classrooms, laboratories, offices, staff bungalows, drains, mattresses, chop boxes among others.

    The Headmaster of Ghana Senior High School (GHANASS) in the Eastern region, Very Rev. Abraham Osei Donkor expressed appreciation to the Ministry and Zoomlion for undertaking this important health service.

    Read: We need more innovative ways to handle waste collection and management Sanitation Ministry

    He said, the exercise was timely especially as students are about to start serious academic works and there is the need to ensure that anything that disrupts smooth academic learning is taken care of.

    The National Vector Control Coordinator of Zoomlion, Rev. Kwame Addae in an interview explained the two-week exercise is to ensure the successful implementation of its Free SHS Programme under a conducive learning environment for students.

    Source: Myjoyonline.com

  • Zoomlion begins fumigation in senior high schools

    Zoomlion Ghana Limited has started vector control activities in public senior high schools in the Eastern, Ashanti and the Northern Regions.

    The exercise which is under the auspices of Ministry of Education (MoE) seeks to rid-off bedbugs, mosquitoes, cockroaches, flies, ants, reptiles, rodents among others which normally distracts the effective learning environments of students.

    Read: Managing waste: Zoomlion supports MMDAs with 500 waste trucks

    Some Senior High Schools visited in the Eastern, Ashanti and Northern regions saw the team busily fumigating school dormitories, classrooms, laboratories, offices, staff bungalows, drains, mattresses, chop boxes among others.

    The Headmaster of Ghana Senior High School (GHANASS) in the Eastern region, Very Rev. Abraham Osei Donkor expressed appreciation to the Ministry and Zoomlion for undertaking this important health service.

    Read: We need more innovative ways to handle waste collection and management Sanitation Ministry

    He said, the exercise was timely especially as students are about to start serious academic works and there is the need to ensure that anything that disrupts smooth academic learning is taken care of.

    The National Vector Control Coordinator of Zoomlion, Rev. Kwame Addae in an interview explained the two-week exercise is to ensure the successful implementation of its Free SHS Programme under a conducive learning environment for students.

    Source: Myjoyonline.com

  • 8 referees banned for life; 61 suspended for ten years each as RAG concludes investigations

    Referees Association of Ghana (RAG) has handed life-time bans to eight referees who were captured taking bribes in the investigative piece by ace journalist Anas Armeyaw Anas.

    Also 61 match officials who appeared in the documentary have been suspended for ten years each.

    This was after a full-scale investigation was launched into the matter.

    Read: RAG provisionally suspends 74 Ghanaian referees over misconduct

    A RAG statement read: ”After Anas expose #12 RAG set up a five member committee to investigate the conduct of 75 referees whose names and pictures appeared in the expose. The committee started work on 20/8/18 and submitted their written report to RAG on 8/9/18. RAG upon the receipt of the report had RAG Executive meeting on 15/9/18 under 34 (b) (v) and approved the following recommendations

    ”14 referees were exonerated as there was no evidence whatsoever that they accepted any money as alleged.

    ”61 were found guilty and had been suspended for 10 years each, out of the 61, 8 of them have been banned for life.”

    Source: ghanasoccernet.com

  • 8 referees banned for life; 61 suspended for ten years each as RAG concludes investigations

    Referees Association of Ghana (RAG) has handed life-time bans to eight referees who were captured taking bribes in the investigative piece by ace journalist Anas Armeyaw Anas.

    Also 61 match officials who appeared in the documentary have been suspended for ten years each.

    This was after a full-scale investigation was launched into the matter.

    Read: RAG provisionally suspends 74 Ghanaian referees over misconduct

    A RAG statement read: ”After Anas expose #12 RAG set up a five member committee to investigate the conduct of 75 referees whose names and pictures appeared in the expose. The committee started work on 20/8/18 and submitted their written report to RAG on 8/9/18. RAG upon the receipt of the report had RAG Executive meeting on 15/9/18 under 34 (b) (v) and approved the following recommendations

    ”14 referees were exonerated as there was no evidence whatsoever that they accepted any money as alleged.

    ”61 were found guilty and had been suspended for 10 years each, out of the 61, 8 of them have been banned for life.”

    Source: ghanasoccernet.com

  • GN, Premium and Heritage in merger talks

    GN Bank is currently in talks to merge with Premium and Heritage Bank, Joy Business sources reveal.

    The sources say a formal communication about the proposed merger was sent to the Bank of Ghana last Friday for their consideration.

    A favourable response by the Bank of Ghana would pave the way for the three banks to kick-start the process to merge their operations.

    Background

    GN bank had initially planned to merge with Premium and Sahel, however, Sahel later got out of the planned marriage and instead joined forces with Omni Bank.

    Joy Business understands the mergers are aimed at helping these banks meet the new capital requirement of 400 million Ghana cedis. 

    Read: GN Bank targets GH¢600m minimum capital through private placement, merger

    GN Bank told Joy Business a while ago that it was looking at raising the funds on its own to recapitalise.

    However, it is not clear what the proposal to merge with the two other banks would mean for the bank in terms of meeting the new capital requirement.

    When would this merger be completed?

    A letter cited by Joy Business shows that if the central bank does not object to the merger, it could be completed by next month. It is, however, not clear what name these three banks would adopt for the merged entity.

    Industry developments

    These three banks are starting the process at the time when the central bank has given a green light for Sahel and Omni Bank to merge.

    Read: Nduom blames botched GN Bank merger on breach of confidentiality

    Analysts have predicted that there could be more mergers in the coming months as some of the banks struggle to meet the new capital requirement.

    Source: ghananewsagency.org

  • GN, Premium and Heritage in merger talks

    GN Bank is currently in talks to merge with Premium and Heritage Bank, Joy Business sources reveal.

    The sources say a formal communication about the proposed merger was sent to the Bank of Ghana last Friday for their consideration.

    A favourable response by the Bank of Ghana would pave the way for the three banks to kick-start the process to merge their operations.

    Background

    GN bank had initially planned to merge with Premium and Sahel, however, Sahel later got out of the planned marriage and instead joined forces with Omni Bank.

    Joy Business understands the mergers are aimed at helping these banks meet the new capital requirement of 400 million Ghana cedis. 

    Read: GN Bank targets GH¢600m minimum capital through private placement, merger

    GN Bank told Joy Business a while ago that it was looking at raising the funds on its own to recapitalise.

    However, it is not clear what the proposal to merge with the two other banks would mean for the bank in terms of meeting the new capital requirement.

    When would this merger be completed?

    A letter cited by Joy Business shows that if the central bank does not object to the merger, it could be completed by next month. It is, however, not clear what name these three banks would adopt for the merged entity.

    Industry developments

    These three banks are starting the process at the time when the central bank has given a green light for Sahel and Omni Bank to merge.

    Read: Nduom blames botched GN Bank merger on breach of confidentiality

    Analysts have predicted that there could be more mergers in the coming months as some of the banks struggle to meet the new capital requirement.

    Source: ghananewsagency.org

  • Floyd Mayweather says he will fight Manny Pacquiao later this year

    Floyd Mayweather has said he will come out of retirement to fight Manny Pacquiao in a rematch later this year.

    The pair first met in Las Vegas in May 2015, with Mayweather winning via unanimous decision.

    Mayweather posted a video on social media with the caption: “I’m coming back to fight Manny Pacquiao this year. Another 9 figure pay day on the way.”

    Read: Alvarez beats Golovkin on points to take WBC and WBA middleweight titles

    The 41-year-old has not fought since his bout with UFC star Conor McGregor in August 2017.

    He announced his retirement after the 10th-round stoppage-win over McGregor, taking his record to 50-0.

    The first meeting between the American and 39-year-old Filipino Pacquiao was the most lucrative contest in boxing history, billed as ‘The Fight of the Century’.

    Read: Serena Williams: Cartoonist denies US Open depiction is racist

    Britain’s Amir Khan has also been talking up the prospect of a fight with Pacquiao after his vicory against Samuel Vargas earlier this month.

    “The only fight that works for me over Kell Brook is Manny Pacquiao,” Khan said. “I want him. He is my number-one pick.”

    Source: BBC

  • Floyd Mayweather says he will fight Manny Pacquiao later this year

    Floyd Mayweather has said he will come out of retirement to fight Manny Pacquiao in a rematch later this year.

    The pair first met in Las Vegas in May 2015, with Mayweather winning via unanimous decision.

    Mayweather posted a video on social media with the caption: “I’m coming back to fight Manny Pacquiao this year. Another 9 figure pay day on the way.”

    Read: Alvarez beats Golovkin on points to take WBC and WBA middleweight titles

    The 41-year-old has not fought since his bout with UFC star Conor McGregor in August 2017.

    He announced his retirement after the 10th-round stoppage-win over McGregor, taking his record to 50-0.

    The first meeting between the American and 39-year-old Filipino Pacquiao was the most lucrative contest in boxing history, billed as ‘The Fight of the Century’.

    Read: Serena Williams: Cartoonist denies US Open depiction is racist

    Britain’s Amir Khan has also been talking up the prospect of a fight with Pacquiao after his vicory against Samuel Vargas earlier this month.

    “The only fight that works for me over Kell Brook is Manny Pacquiao,” Khan said. “I want him. He is my number-one pick.”

    Source: BBC

  • Deadly ‘shark attack’ at Massachusetts beach

    A man in his 20s has died after being injured in a suspected shark attack in the US state of Massachusetts.

    The incident happened at Newcomb Hollow Beach around lunchtime on Saturday.

    The man was pulled from the water and given CPR but later died in hospital from his injuries, police in the town of Wellfleet said.

    Read: Hurricane Florence: At least four dead as storm downgraded

    The attack is thought to be the state’s first fatal incident involving a shark since 1936.

    The man was reportedly boogie-boarding, a type of body-board surfing, at the time of the attack, AP news agency reports.

    His name has not yet been released to the public but the man’s family are said to have been informed.

    Officials say the town’s beaches will remain closed to swimmers for at least 24 hours.

    A witness described the scene on the beach as a “nightmare” to the Cape Cod Times newspaper.

    “Just a giant eruption of water. 15ft wide. I saw a tail and a lot of thrashing,” Joe Booth said.

    “You could tell by the body language of the guys in the water something wasn’t right.”

    Read: Hurricane Florence: At least four dead as storm downgraded

    Great white shark sightings in Cape Cod have soared this year, with experts blaming increased seal levels close to the region’s beaches.

    In August another man, 61-year-old neurologist William Lyton, was attacked by a shark just six miles away from Saturday’s incident.

    He sustained severe injuries to his legs and is still recovering in hospital.

    Source: bbc.com

  • Deadly ‘shark attack’ at Massachusetts beach

    A man in his 20s has died after being injured in a suspected shark attack in the US state of Massachusetts.

    The incident happened at Newcomb Hollow Beach around lunchtime on Saturday.

    The man was pulled from the water and given CPR but later died in hospital from his injuries, police in the town of Wellfleet said.

    Read: Hurricane Florence: At least four dead as storm downgraded

    The attack is thought to be the state’s first fatal incident involving a shark since 1936.

    The man was reportedly boogie-boarding, a type of body-board surfing, at the time of the attack, AP news agency reports.

    His name has not yet been released to the public but the man’s family are said to have been informed.

    Officials say the town’s beaches will remain closed to swimmers for at least 24 hours.

    A witness described the scene on the beach as a “nightmare” to the Cape Cod Times newspaper.

    “Just a giant eruption of water. 15ft wide. I saw a tail and a lot of thrashing,” Joe Booth said.

    “You could tell by the body language of the guys in the water something wasn’t right.”

    Read: Hurricane Florence: At least four dead as storm downgraded

    Great white shark sightings in Cape Cod have soared this year, with experts blaming increased seal levels close to the region’s beaches.

    In August another man, 61-year-old neurologist William Lyton, was attacked by a shark just six miles away from Saturday’s incident.

    He sustained severe injuries to his legs and is still recovering in hospital.

    Source: bbc.com

  • Trump to impose tariffs on $200B in Chinese goods

    President Donald Trump is planning to impose a fresh round of tariffs targeting about $200 billion in Chinese goods, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday, citing individuals familiar with the matter.

    The timing of the announcement is fluid, two people familiar with the plans told CNN on Saturday.

    According to the Journal, the tariffs are expected to be set at around 10%, according to people familiar with the matter, a lower level than the possibility of 25% tariffs previously floated by the administration.

    Read: US brings in second batch of tariffs against China

    The move aims to increase pressure on Beijing ahead of planned high-level discussions and is intended to provide the US leverage in talks over China’s alleged practice of demanding American companies turn over technology in order to do business in the country, the Journal reported. But any imposition of new tariffs has the potential to further escalate trade tensions between the US and China.

    CNN has previously reported that the President had been pressing his administration to move ahead with the tariffs; Trump met with top aides earlier in the week and instructed them to proceed with the plan.
    The Journal reported that individuals briefed on the plan said the specifics are still being worked out, but they anticipate an official announcement of the new tariffs on either Monday or Tuesday.

    White House spokeswoman Lindsay Walters did not comment on specifics to the newspaper. She pointed the Journal to a statement released Friday. CNN has reached out to the White House for comment.

    “The president has been clear that he and his administration will continue to take action to address China’s unfair trade practices,” she said in that statement. “We encourage China to address the long standing concerns raised by the Unites States.”

    Read: China slaps 25% tariffs on $16 billion worth of US goods

    The next round of US tariffs on Chinese goods is likely to make thousands of products, including dishwashers, Fitbit fitness trackers and food seasonings, more expensive for American consumers.

    The Trump administration has already imposed 25% tariffs on $50 billion worth of Chinese goods. Trump has said the tariffs are necessary to punish Beijing for what he says are its unfair trade practices and intellectual property theft.

    China, which has accused the United States of trade bullying, has matched the tariffs dollar for dollar. Beijing has pledged to hit back again with tariffs on another $60 billion of US exports, including meat, coffee, furniture and auto parts.

    Source: ccn.com

  • Trump to impose tariffs on $200B in Chinese goods

    President Donald Trump is planning to impose a fresh round of tariffs targeting about $200 billion in Chinese goods, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday, citing individuals familiar with the matter.

    The timing of the announcement is fluid, two people familiar with the plans told CNN on Saturday.

    According to the Journal, the tariffs are expected to be set at around 10%, according to people familiar with the matter, a lower level than the possibility of 25% tariffs previously floated by the administration.

    Read: US brings in second batch of tariffs against China

    The move aims to increase pressure on Beijing ahead of planned high-level discussions and is intended to provide the US leverage in talks over China’s alleged practice of demanding American companies turn over technology in order to do business in the country, the Journal reported. But any imposition of new tariffs has the potential to further escalate trade tensions between the US and China.

    CNN has previously reported that the President had been pressing his administration to move ahead with the tariffs; Trump met with top aides earlier in the week and instructed them to proceed with the plan.
    The Journal reported that individuals briefed on the plan said the specifics are still being worked out, but they anticipate an official announcement of the new tariffs on either Monday or Tuesday.

    White House spokeswoman Lindsay Walters did not comment on specifics to the newspaper. She pointed the Journal to a statement released Friday. CNN has reached out to the White House for comment.

    “The president has been clear that he and his administration will continue to take action to address China’s unfair trade practices,” she said in that statement. “We encourage China to address the long standing concerns raised by the Unites States.”

    Read: China slaps 25% tariffs on $16 billion worth of US goods

    The next round of US tariffs on Chinese goods is likely to make thousands of products, including dishwashers, Fitbit fitness trackers and food seasonings, more expensive for American consumers.

    The Trump administration has already imposed 25% tariffs on $50 billion worth of Chinese goods. Trump has said the tariffs are necessary to punish Beijing for what he says are its unfair trade practices and intellectual property theft.

    China, which has accused the United States of trade bullying, has matched the tariffs dollar for dollar. Beijing has pledged to hit back again with tariffs on another $60 billion of US exports, including meat, coffee, furniture and auto parts.

    Source: ccn.com

  • Why people take longer to say ‘I love you’ in relationships

    • According to a survey by eHarmony, people are taking longer to say “I love you” than they did in 2014.
    • They’re now waiting four and a half months to express their feelings.
    • It could be because modern dating is tough, and it’s scary to be honest with someone new about how you feel.
    • There’s every chance they might be dating other people, or looking around for someone better.
    • The only way to combat the fear is to be bold – if you love someone, tell them.
    • If they’re right for you, they won’t run away.

    I can’t remember the last time I told a romantic partner I loved them. That might be because I’m perpetually single, but it could also be because the moment of telling someone how you feel has been hijacked and blown out of proportion by fiction.

    Saying “I love you” feels monumental in romantic comedy films and television shows, but in reality, it probably doesn’t have to be such a big deal.

    Being upfront and honest about everything – including your emotions – should be a bare minimum in a relationship. But modern dating culture escalates our emotional hangups, with all the mind games and rules to stick to.

    Read: How having similar texting styles can affect romantic relationships

    This is just one of the many reasons saying those three little words can seem so scary right now.

    According to a new study from eHarmony, people are taking longer to say “I love you.” In fact, they’re taking nearly a month longer than they did four years ago.

    Having been on the dating scene for over two years, I can understand why. When you meet someone new, you don’t immediately know if you’re one of three other people they’re dating, or whether they’re going to sack you off as soon as someone more interesting comes along.

    You don’t know until it’s too late whether someone is going to ghost you, or string you along for months simply out of boredom. It’s really rough out there, and it’s pushing us apart.

    By surveying over 2,000 adults, eHarmony found Brits wait 137 days into a relationship (four and a half months) to say “I love you” for the first time. In 2014, it was 112 days, or just under four months, which is still a fairly long time. So what are we so scared of?

    Psychologist Emma Kenny said although dating apps have given us a greater range of options, it also means the scene is infinitely more competitive.

    “Singles are faced with a ‘paradox of choice,’ expanded by online and app dating,” she said. “This can mean people are afraid to take the risk and say ‘I love you’ for fear that doing so too early and coming on too strong may backfire and push a partner away, rather than cementing the relationship.”

    Read: How to make your relationship last

    The paradox of choice essentially means always thinking the grass is greener on the other side. But if you’re always holding out for something better, chances are you could end up with nothing.

    Perhaps that’s why people are more wary of saying “I love you” than they used to be – they’re holding off because they might meet someone better looking, funnier, or more successful. Or maybe they’re scared they’re the one who is a placeholder for their current partner, who is scouring their dating apps for a better option.

    By living in fear, people are putting up barriers for really getting to know each other. The only way to combat the fact dating apps are destroying our chances for happiness is to be brave and to tell someone the moment you think you’re falling hard.

    “It’s vital to have courage in your convictions when telling someone you love them,” said Kenny.

    “If you feel that now is the right time and suspect the sentiment is mutual, then be bold – telling somebody you love them is a necessary stage in building a close, long-term connection.”

    Even if it does turn out to be too soon, at least you took the risk. And when you’re ultimately with the right person, you won’t be timid about your feelings, and you’ll be glad you didn’t wait around.

    Source: www.msn.com

  • Why people take longer to say ‘I love you’ in relationships

    • According to a survey by eHarmony, people are taking longer to say “I love you” than they did in 2014.
    • They’re now waiting four and a half months to express their feelings.
    • It could be because modern dating is tough, and it’s scary to be honest with someone new about how you feel.
    • There’s every chance they might be dating other people, or looking around for someone better.
    • The only way to combat the fear is to be bold – if you love someone, tell them.
    • If they’re right for you, they won’t run away.

    I can’t remember the last time I told a romantic partner I loved them. That might be because I’m perpetually single, but it could also be because the moment of telling someone how you feel has been hijacked and blown out of proportion by fiction.

    Saying “I love you” feels monumental in romantic comedy films and television shows, but in reality, it probably doesn’t have to be such a big deal.

    Being upfront and honest about everything – including your emotions – should be a bare minimum in a relationship. But modern dating culture escalates our emotional hangups, with all the mind games and rules to stick to.

    Read: How having similar texting styles can affect romantic relationships

    This is just one of the many reasons saying those three little words can seem so scary right now.

    According to a new study from eHarmony, people are taking longer to say “I love you.” In fact, they’re taking nearly a month longer than they did four years ago.

    Having been on the dating scene for over two years, I can understand why. When you meet someone new, you don’t immediately know if you’re one of three other people they’re dating, or whether they’re going to sack you off as soon as someone more interesting comes along.

    You don’t know until it’s too late whether someone is going to ghost you, or string you along for months simply out of boredom. It’s really rough out there, and it’s pushing us apart.

    By surveying over 2,000 adults, eHarmony found Brits wait 137 days into a relationship (four and a half months) to say “I love you” for the first time. In 2014, it was 112 days, or just under four months, which is still a fairly long time. So what are we so scared of?

    Psychologist Emma Kenny said although dating apps have given us a greater range of options, it also means the scene is infinitely more competitive.

    “Singles are faced with a ‘paradox of choice,’ expanded by online and app dating,” she said. “This can mean people are afraid to take the risk and say ‘I love you’ for fear that doing so too early and coming on too strong may backfire and push a partner away, rather than cementing the relationship.”

    Read: How to make your relationship last

    The paradox of choice essentially means always thinking the grass is greener on the other side. But if you’re always holding out for something better, chances are you could end up with nothing.

    Perhaps that’s why people are more wary of saying “I love you” than they used to be – they’re holding off because they might meet someone better looking, funnier, or more successful. Or maybe they’re scared they’re the one who is a placeholder for their current partner, who is scouring their dating apps for a better option.

    By living in fear, people are putting up barriers for really getting to know each other. The only way to combat the fact dating apps are destroying our chances for happiness is to be brave and to tell someone the moment you think you’re falling hard.

    “It’s vital to have courage in your convictions when telling someone you love them,” said Kenny.

    “If you feel that now is the right time and suspect the sentiment is mutual, then be bold – telling somebody you love them is a necessary stage in building a close, long-term connection.”

    Even if it does turn out to be too soon, at least you took the risk. And when you’re ultimately with the right person, you won’t be timid about your feelings, and you’ll be glad you didn’t wait around.

    Source: www.msn.com

  • Richmond Boakye bags brace on Red Star Belgrade return debut

    Striker Richmond Boakye Yiadom started his second stint with Red Star Belgrade with a brace in their 6-0 win over FK Radnik Surdulica on Saturday.

    The Ghana international sealed a return to the Serbian giants before the transfer window shut at the end of last month but had to wait after the international break to make his second debut.

    Read: Performance of Ghanaian players abroad

    In the 33rd minute, Boakye opened the scoring when he shot from inside the box.

    Three minutes before the break, Marko Marin doubled the lead and in the 53rd minute Jonathan Cafu made it three-nil.

    Boakye grabbed his personal second after shooting from inside the area into the roof.

    Goran Causic and Nikola Stojiljkovic scored the remaining two goals.

    Source: ghanasoccernet.com

  • Richmond Boakye bags brace on Red Star Belgrade return debut

    Striker Richmond Boakye Yiadom started his second stint with Red Star Belgrade with a brace in their 6-0 win over FK Radnik Surdulica on Saturday.

    The Ghana international sealed a return to the Serbian giants before the transfer window shut at the end of last month but had to wait after the international break to make his second debut.

    Read: Performance of Ghanaian players abroad

    In the 33rd minute, Boakye opened the scoring when he shot from inside the box.

    Three minutes before the break, Marko Marin doubled the lead and in the 53rd minute Jonathan Cafu made it three-nil.

    Boakye grabbed his personal second after shooting from inside the area into the roof.

    Goran Causic and Nikola Stojiljkovic scored the remaining two goals.

    Source: ghanasoccernet.com

  • Ghana fail to qualify for U-17 AFCON after losing WAFU final to Nigeria

    Nigeria defeated Ghana on penalties to win the WAFU U17 tournament in Niger and qualify for the African Championship to be held in Tanzania later this year.

    The match ended 1-1 and the Golden Eaglets were masterful in penalties to dispatch the Black Starlets 3-1 on penalties.

    Read: Nigeria defeat Ghana on penalties to win WAFU U17 Championship

    The victory means Nigeria win the first WAFU B U17 Championship while Ghana will fail to qualify for the African Championship to be played in Tanzania.

    This means Ghana will not be able to play at the Fifa U-17 World Cup next year.

    Nigeria will join Morocco, Cameroon, Uganda, Angola, and Tanzania for the final phase scheduled for Tanzania in 2019.

    Source: ghanasoccernet.com

  • Ghana fail to qualify for U-17 AFCON after losing WAFU final to Nigeria

    Nigeria defeated Ghana on penalties to win the WAFU U17 tournament in Niger and qualify for the African Championship to be held in Tanzania later this year.

    The match ended 1-1 and the Golden Eaglets were masterful in penalties to dispatch the Black Starlets 3-1 on penalties.

    Read: Nigeria defeat Ghana on penalties to win WAFU U17 Championship

    The victory means Nigeria win the first WAFU B U17 Championship while Ghana will fail to qualify for the African Championship to be played in Tanzania.

    This means Ghana will not be able to play at the Fifa U-17 World Cup next year.

    Nigeria will join Morocco, Cameroon, Uganda, Angola, and Tanzania for the final phase scheduled for Tanzania in 2019.

    Source: ghanasoccernet.com

  • Kejetia Redevelopment: KMA inaugurates 11 member committee to validate traders

    The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has inaugurated an 11-member committee to validation committee to validate traders to resettle at the new Kejetia market.

    The 11-member committee are Nana Agyenim Boateng Amoamanhene, Ohene Owusu Afriyie Otumfour Apagyahene, Hon Alexander Kesse Convener KMA Trade and Industry Committee Committee, Juliana Nsiah, Deborah Okrah, Theresah Okrah, Maame Thersah Osei Tut, Lawyer Patrick Adu Poku, Yaa Oforiwaa and others.

    Read: Traders at Tema Community One Market appeal for security

    A joint Police/Military team in collaboration with KMA authorities on June 24, 2015 marched to the Kejetia Bus Terminal to eject traders and transport operators at the place to pave way for the reconstruction of the facility.

    The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) Boss Hon Osei Assibey Antwi speaking at a meeting with the leaders of the traders in Kumasi said the 11-member will ensure smooth validation process for the affected traders.

    According to Hon Osei Assibey Antwi the assembly is embarking on validation exercise to get all legitimate Kejetia traders back as the first phase of the 248 million Euro Kejetia/ Central Market Re-development project nears completion.

    Read: Prices of goods unstable in markets

    The committee is expected to validate 4000 traders every year.

    “The validation process is to help ensure that the stores were allocated to the rightful owners after completion. The process will involve capturing vital data personal and business information on the traders to aid their smooth resettlement” he revealed.

    Hon Osei Assibey gave the assurance that all affected traders would get their stores back and therefore urged them to comply with the rules and regulations by the 11-member committee.

    https://www.facebook.com/theindependentnewspaper/videos/242640793064541/

    Source: mynewsgh.com

  • Kejetia Redevelopment: KMA inaugurates 11 member committee to validate traders

    The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has inaugurated an 11-member committee to validation committee to validate traders to resettle at the new Kejetia market.

    The 11-member committee are Nana Agyenim Boateng Amoamanhene, Ohene Owusu Afriyie Otumfour Apagyahene, Hon Alexander Kesse Convener KMA Trade and Industry Committee Committee, Juliana Nsiah, Deborah Okrah, Theresah Okrah, Maame Thersah Osei Tut, Lawyer Patrick Adu Poku, Yaa Oforiwaa and others.

    Read: Traders at Tema Community One Market appeal for security

    A joint Police/Military team in collaboration with KMA authorities on June 24, 2015 marched to the Kejetia Bus Terminal to eject traders and transport operators at the place to pave way for the reconstruction of the facility.

    The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) Boss Hon Osei Assibey Antwi speaking at a meeting with the leaders of the traders in Kumasi said the 11-member will ensure smooth validation process for the affected traders.

    According to Hon Osei Assibey Antwi the assembly is embarking on validation exercise to get all legitimate Kejetia traders back as the first phase of the 248 million Euro Kejetia/ Central Market Re-development project nears completion.

    Read: Prices of goods unstable in markets

    The committee is expected to validate 4000 traders every year.

    “The validation process is to help ensure that the stores were allocated to the rightful owners after completion. The process will involve capturing vital data personal and business information on the traders to aid their smooth resettlement” he revealed.

    Hon Osei Assibey gave the assurance that all affected traders would get their stores back and therefore urged them to comply with the rules and regulations by the 11-member committee.

    https://www.facebook.com/theindependentnewspaper/videos/242640793064541/

    Source: mynewsgh.com