The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said Ghana’s target is to establish a COVID-19 vaccine plant within two years. This manufacturing plant will deal with the fill and finish aspect of the vaccine. Speaking at a COVID-19 forum in Germany, Nana Akufo-Addo said Ghana is ready to help fight the pandemic on the African continent. “In the short term, ...
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New gold refinery to be operational by June 2022
A newly constructed gold refinery aimed at adding value to the country’s gold resource is set to be operational by June this year. The project which commenced in 2018 at an estimated cost of $20 million is a joint venture partnership between the national assayer of gold, Precious Minerals Marketing Company (PMMC) Limited and Rosy Royal Limited, an Indian company. ...
Read More »Commercial transport operators to increase fares by 30% tomorrow
Private Commercial Transport Operators in Ghana say they will increase fares by 30% beginning tomorrow, Friday, February 18, 2022. The group says the action has become necessary to save their transport business from collapsing with the frequent upward adjustments in fuel prices. “We, the members of the Private Commercial Transport Operators, wish to inform the commuting public of 30% increase ...
Read More »NABCO personnel protest to demand allowance payment, permanent jobs
Some personnel of the Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) hit the streets of Accra on Thursday, February 17, 2022, to demand the payment of stipends owed them by the government which they say have been in arrears for several months. According to the protestors, the government has not released their allowance for the past six months and is also yet to ...
Read More »Don’t judge Ghana police with our past; we’re now born again – Dampare
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr. George Akuffo Dampare has appealed to Ghanaians to dismiss any thought of negative perception they have held against the service. He says, the citizenry should revise their security notes because the police administration has repositioned itself for the better. Speaking at an induction ceremony of some newly registered pharmacists in Accra, Dr. Akuffo Dampare, ...
Read More »U.S. Supports Visually Impaired Ghanaian Students with Braille Learning Materials
The United States is donating Braille teaching and learning materials for 1,400 visually impaired Ghanaian students. The materials were developed in collaboration with the Ministry of Education’s Special Education Division. U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Education Office Director Rasheena Reid joined the Honorable Deputy Minister of Education Reverend John N. Fordjour yesterday at the Akropong School for the Blind ...
Read More »Fuel queues in Nigeria after dirty petrol quarantined
Nigeria, Africa’s top oil producer, is experiencing an acute shortage of fuel, which is causing huge disruption across the country. People are waiting at petrol stations for several hours, some into the night trying to get fuel. The longest queues have been in cities like the capital, Abuja, and the commercial hub of Lagos, at those petrol stations that actually ...
Read More »Minority initiates vote of censure to remove Health Minister over Sputnik V deal
The Minority in Parliament is pushing for the removal of the Minister for Health, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, over his ‘dishonest’ role in the Sputnik-V vaccines procurement scandal. In a memo to the Speaker of Parliament calling for a vote of censure, the Minority said his actions were a “direct breach of the Constitution and Laws passed by this Honourable House.” Outlining Mr. ...
Read More »Ghana, Guyana must bring oil resources to production quickly for benefit of citizens – President Akufo-Addo
“It is, thus, of the utmost necessity that countries like Guyana and Ghana find ways of bringing their substantial hydrocarbon resources to production, and quickly too. We must add value to these resources, and not export them in their raw form if we are to transition to the status of developed countries. The effective management of these resources will determine ...
Read More »Burkina Faso to swear in junta leader as president
Burkina Faso military leader Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba is due to be sworn in as the country’s president, just over two weeks after soldiers ousted President Roch Kaboré in a coup. Last week, the Constitutional Council, “having taken note” of Mr Kaboré’s resignation, declared Mr Damiba, a 41-year-old army officer, president of Burkina Faso. State television says the inauguration will be ...
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