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30 Jun

Yaw Preko Advises Black Meteors To Remain Calm Ahead Of Guinea Clash

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Former Ghanaian international Yaw Preko has advised Ghana’s U-23 team, Black Meteors ahead of their last Group A against Guinea which will be played at the Grand Stade de Tanger on Friday, June 30. The Black Meteors must beat Guinea at all costs to book their ticket to the next stage of the AFCON U-23 tournament in Morocco. Coach Ibrahim Tanko and his charges must beat Guinea at all cot to book their ticket to the next round of the competition, having defeated Congo 3-2 in their opening game on Sunday, June 25, and succumbed to a 5-1 defeat to hosts…

30 Jun

Ghanaian International Patrick Kpozo Joins Banik Ostrava In Czech

Wontumi2SportsPatrick Kpozo

Black Stars left-back Patrick Kpozo has joined Czech outfit Baník Ostrava in the summer transfer window. The 25-year-old signed a two-year deal to join Ostrava from Moldovan champions Sheriff Tiraspol, where he spent the last two seasons. The former Inter Allies player came close to joining the club in January but the move fell through before deciding to make the switch at the end of the season. He traveled to the Czech to seal the deal after Ghana's AFCON qualifier against Madagascar In a game he made his national team debut. "We had been eyeing him since the winter and…

30 Jun

A/R: Gov’t Terminates Appointments Of 3 Agenda 111 Contractors

Wontumi2NewsAgenda 111

The government has terminated the contracts of three contractors working on the Agenda 111 hospital projects in the Ashanti region. The contractors were working on the projects sited at Kunsu in the Ahafo Ano South-West District, Manso Adubia in the Amansie South District, Nsuta in the Sekyere Central District of the Ashanti Refgion. The contractors, according to the Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, failed to meet the Key Performance Indicators (KPI). He said this at the Minister's press briefing on the progress of the Agenda 111 hospital projects held at the Trede project site in the Atwima Kwanwoma District…

30 Jun

Agenda 111: Government Says 88 Hospitals Currently Under Construction

Wontumi2NewsAgenda 111

According to the Minister of Information, Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, 88 of the 111 hospitals planned under the 'Agenda 111' initiative, are currently under construction. The project, which was launched by President Nana Akufo-Addo on August 17, 2021, aims to construct 111 hospitals within an 18-month timeframe. While some districts have faced challenges in acquiring land for construction, raising doubts about the government's commitment to the project, the government remains confident that all the hospitals will be completed before the end of President Akufo-Addo's second term. During a press briefing in Trede, Ashanti region, where the project was initiated two…

30 Jun

Court Detains Small Scale Miner Over Alleged Kidnapping

Wontumi2Newssmall scale miner

A 36-year-old small-scale miner who allegedly kidnapped a 27-year-old man has been remanded by an Accra Circuit Court. Prince Asante, aka “Alley,” who was charged with kidnapping, had his plea not taken to enable the prosecution to conclude the investigation. Adam Abdul Baasit, counsel for the accused, prayed for bail for his client but the prosecution opposed it and prayed the Court to remand the accused person to enable him to lead the Police to the alleged accident scene. The Court presided over by Isaac Addo, declined the application for bail, and remanded the accused person into Police custody. The…

30 Jun

Filling Wetlands, Dumping Solid Waste In Drains Among Causes Of Flooding – Asenso-Boakye

Wontumi2NewsFrancis Asenso-Boakye

Minister of Works and Housing, Francis Asenso-Boakye, has blamed the latest floods in Ghana on human reasons. According to the minister, while the government was putting in place measures to manage flooding, human actions such as filling wetlands and lagoons and dumping solid waste in drains made it difficult. He informed lawmakers that while the government has set aside GH450 million for drain building and desilting since 2018, human factors have hampered the government’s efforts. “It has become more evident that human activities are severely impeding the government’s efforts to tackle flooding. The observation includes blocking of lagoons and wetlands…

30 Jun

Dredging At Teshie In Accra’s Sango Lagoon Begins

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The Ledzokuku Municipal Assembly has begun dredging at Teshie in Accra’s Sango Lagoon. According to the Assembly, the dredging would last three months. The project will involve clearing the lagoon of accumulated sediment, garbage, and vegetation, to eventually restore its former depth and capacity. Speaking to journalists, Assembly Chief Executive Mordecai Quarshie stated that the initiative will also help fisherfolk in the area, which is flood-prone and low-lying. He explained that the contract was awarded to Blessed Field. “We broke ground for the dredging of the Sango Lagoon because it has not been dredged in a long time, and nobody…

30 Jun

Petroleum Tanker Drivers Call Off Nationwide Strike

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The Ghana National Petroleum Tanker Drivers Union and Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) Tanker Drivers have called off their industrial action. After a two-hour intense meeting with the Minister of Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako-Attah, the unions arrived at this decision. During a media interaction after the meeting, the Vice Chairman of the Ghana National Petroleum Tanker Drivers Union, Alabi Sunday said that the union will call off the strike at midnight on Thursday, June 29, 2023, as they expected to resume work on Friday, June 30, 2023. “The access road to the depots in Kumasi, Takoradi and Bupe are to be…

30 Jun

You Can’t Dictate For The Judiciary- Gordon Advises Speaker of Parliament

Wontumi2Featured, NewsGordon Asare Bediako

Editor-in-chief for the ABCNews, Gordon Asare-Bediako has blatantly told the Speaker of Parliament Alban Sumana Bagbin, that he cannot dictate for the Judiciary. He's therefore telling him to be measured with his utterances against the Judiciary. This comes on the backdrop of certain comments made by the Speaker, who noted that "It is not right to subject Assin North MP-elect James Gyakye Quayson to a daily trial in respect of the ongoing perjury hearing against him. I tell them, and I tell the judges- it is not right". This didn't go down well with the Ace broadcaster who noted that the…

30 Jun

Stop Expunging Members At The Grassroot Level From The Party; It’s Dangerous- Dasebre Tells NPP

Wontumi2Featured, NewsDasebre Agyei Dwamena

Broadcast Journalist with Wontumi Multimedia, Dasebre Agyei Dwamena, has express his displeasure over frivolous removal of party executive names from the party album. According to him, these are some of the reasons that had accounted for the loses of the party in most constituency including the woeful defeat in the recent ended by-election in Assin north. "I was deeply surprised by the outcome of the Assin north by-election...I was really optimistic that we would have won the by-election. Because although we lost the Parliamentary seat in 2020, Assin north voted massively voted Nana Addo and NPP so definitely it was…