Politics

Ashanti region: Two shot dead, others injured in clash between Forestry officers and Miners

1,761  Two persons have been reportedly shot dead while two others have sustained injuries following an alleged clash between forestry officers and miners at Mfante near Tepa in the Ahafo Ano North municipality of the Ashanti region. The incident occurred at a community mining site in the area on Friday when forestry officers allegedly stormed […]

Sanitation

Review law on mining in forest reserves — Stakeholders

1,501  Stakeholder organisations in the forestry and environment space have called for an immediate review of the legislative instrument (L.I) on mining in forest reserves, Environmental Protection (Mining in Forest Reserves) Regulation 2022 (L.I 2462). According to the Nature and Development Foundation (NDF), A Rocha Ghana, WACAM and Oxfam, the current regulation was fraught with […]

Politics

Cap ministers at 25, expunge deputies, scrap regional ministers’ office – Constitution Review Consultative Committee advocates

1,536  The Constitution Review Consultative Committee (CRCC) is advocating that a limit be placed on the number of individuals appointed as Ministers in the country. According to the Chairperson of the CRCC, Clara Beeri Kasser-Tee, a maximum of twenty-five (25) people will be enough to manage and run various sectors of Ghana. “Our recommendation is […]

Health

Nsuta Kwamang Beposo MP Supports KATH Renovation Project With GH¢30,000

3,360  The member of parliament for the Nsuta Kwamang Beposo Constituency who doubles as Dadiesoaba hemaa of Nsuta Traditional Council ,Hon. Adelaide Obaayaa Agyeiwaa Ntim Okodie, yesterday donated an amount of GH¢30,000 in support of the comprehensive renovation of the dilapidated blocks at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital. This was to help promote and ensure that […]

Politics

We must not promote candidates who flaunt money as mark of leadership – Kasser-Tee

1,422  A lecturer at the University of Ghana School of Law, Clara Beeri Kasser-Tee, is urging the stakeholders to refrain from promoting candidates who flaunt cash to occupy leadership positions. According to her, glorifying such individuals only entrenches the phenomenon of vote-buying, which ends up putting incompetent people in positions of influence. “The issue of […]

Politics

Assault on journalists: This isn’t your ‘chooboi’ moment, fix the problem – Lecturer to Information Minister

1,332  Associate Professor at Ashesi University, Maame Yaa Mensa-Bonsu is unenthused by the assertions of the Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, for action to curb the increasing trend of assaults against journalists in Ghana. Dr. Mensa-Bonsu described his speech as useless and believed that the Minister was only preaching to the choir. This follows calls […]