Month: March 2022

I’m happy Parliament Has Passed E-levy – Nana Addo
30 Mar

I’m happy Parliament Has Passed E-levy – Nana Addo

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I’m happy Parliament Has Passed E-levy – Nana Addo President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has welcomed the passage of the controversial 1.5% Electronic Transfer Levy (E-levy) in Parliament. Delivering the State of the Nation Address in Parliament on Wednesday, March 30, 2022, the President said the passage of the e-levy presents an opportunity for Ghana to revive its economy. “Mr. Speaker, despite the protracted and sometimes acrimonious nature of proceedings, I am happy that the House has, finally, found it possible to pass the e-levy. I believe the levy is going to make a significant contribution to revenue mobilisation and…
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Message On The State Of The Nation By President Akufo-Addo
30 Mar

Message On The State Of The Nation By President Akufo-Addo

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Message On The State Of The Nation By The President Of The Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, On Wednesday, 30th March 2021, At Parliament House, Accra. It is always an honour and a pleasure to be back here, where I was a three-time Member, to give a Message on the State of the Nation, as required by the Constitution. Mr. Speaker, I hope you will forgive me if I begin by asking Members of the House to join me to salute the management, technical and playing teams of the Black Stars, who, against the odds, beat the Super Eagles of…
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Black Sherif’s set up at the 3Music Awards was for Sarkodie – Sadiq Abdulai reveals
30 Mar

Black Sherif’s set up at the 3Music Awards was for Sarkodie – Sadiq Abdulai reveals

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The CEO of 3Music Awards, Sadiq Abdulai Abu, has dislosed that Sarkodie was the artiste billed for the first performance at the awards night. “I mean rather interestingly, when we built the idea {for the first performance} initially, it was meant for Sarkodie. Sarkodie was supposed to do an opening performance with two songs: one with MOG and Happy Day with Kuami Eugene.” He said they had started “engaging” with Sarkodie’s team “from last year.” But as a result of some “unfinished business” they had with his management the plans didn’t work out. Sadiq added that Sarkodie’s team wasn’t “sure”…
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Baba Sadiq Pleased With Sista Afia’s Courageous Advocacy For Women In Ghanaian Music
30 Mar

Baba Sadiq Pleased With Sista Afia’s Courageous Advocacy For Women In Ghanaian Music

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The founder of 3 Media Network, Baba Abdulai Sadiq, says he is happy with the bold advocacy by singer, Sista Afia, for women in the Ghanaian music industry. “I am glad Sista is taking the risk to start the advocacy on it,” he wrote. The Executive Producer of one of Ghana’s prominent award schemes, 3Music Awards, was responding to a Facebook post by the singer. Sista Afia had lamented about the seeming disregard for women in award shows in the country, “as if women don’t matter in awards.’ According to her, “90%” of the women she saw on the Ghanaian music…
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Help Develop Cost-Effective Local Materials – Asenso-Boakye To Engineers
30 Mar

Help Develop Cost-Effective Local Materials – Asenso-Boakye To Engineers

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The Minister for Works and Housing Francis Asenso-Boakye has tasked the country’s engineers to come up with innovative technologies that would see to the production of cost-effective building materials to support the government’s priority of heavily subsidizing the provision of housing units to the citizenry. With rising cost of building materials posing significant practical challenges to the achievement of government’s Affordable Housing Strategies, the Sector Minister believes, such a move would go a long way to reduce the overall cost of safe, decent, and secured housing units for the low to middle earning Ghanaians, while boosting the local economy. Speaking…
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EcoZoil Takes Coastal Clean Up Exercise To Central Region
30 Mar

EcoZoil Takes Coastal Clean Up Exercise To Central Region

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As part of an initiative to give back to the community, EcoZoil Services (formerly Zoil Eco Brigade), a subsidiary of the Jospong Group of Companies (JGC), has taken its coastal clean-up exercise to the Central Region. The Central Region exercise came off on Tuesday, March 29, 2022, at the Elmina and Moree beaches. At both Elmina and Moree beaches, workers of EcoZoil cleaned landing sites and beaches. The workers also picked plastics littered at the beaches and landing into trash bins. Among the sanitation equipment used during the operation were wheel barrows, rakes, shovels, broomsticks, compactors and trash bins. And…
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Today In History
30 Mar

Today In History

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Today In History Life is a matter of perspective. No matter what the weather, no matter what the situation we are in, if we have the right perspective in life, life will always be beautiful. On This Day, 30 March 1912 (110 years ago): Sultan Abd al-Hafid signed the Treaty of Fez, making Morocco a French protectorate.
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GH¢1bn Fraud: Banks Line Up Staff For Prosecution
30 Mar

GH¢1bn Fraud: Banks Line Up Staff For Prosecution

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The Bank of Ghana has revealed that some of the persons involved in the GH¢1bn fraud that hit the banking sector in 2020 are being prosecuted. A source at the central bank told the Daily Graphic that while some of the banks were still investigating the persons involved, others were going through due process in the courts. “This is a matter that banks are dealing with on the quiet and we are closely monitoring them”, the source said. “This is the first time we are seeing such a high number of bank staff involved in fraud of this magnitude”, the…
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186 TVET Institutions To Receive FSHS Posting
30 Mar

186 TVET Institutions To Receive FSHS Posting

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186 TVET Institutions To Receive FSHS Posting The Ministry of Education (MoE) has announced that some 186 Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions strategically positioned across the country have been added to the Free Senior High School (FSHS) programme, and have received placements for the 2021/2022 academic year. The Coordinator, Free Senior High School (FSHS) programme, William Darkwah, indicated that all qualified candidates who chose to pursue TVET at any government-approved Senior High School (SHS), Senior High Technical School (SHTS) or any TVET institution will enjoy all the benefits of the FSHS initiative, starting this academic calendar year. “We currently…
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TVET Institutions Partnership With Private Sector Best Bet For Skills Upgrade
30 Mar

TVET Institutions Partnership With Private Sector Best Bet For Skills Upgrade

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TVET Institutions Partnership With Private Sector Best Bet For Skills Upgrade Two of the top technical institutions in the country, Ghana Technical Training Centre (GTTC) and Accra Technical Training Centre (ATTC), were selected as early-bird beneficiaries of the West Africa Vehicle Academy (WAVA) project – an initiative aimed at developing and upgrading the skills and knowledge of trainees (training of trainers), and capacitating them to address the challenges of modern automotive services, diagnosis and repair. This development is an indication that partnering the private sector in programmes development and curriculum planning is an option that cannot be downplayed in the…
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