The Ghanaian Times

Corruption Must Be Fought With Action

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000

THE Executive Director of Ghana Integrity Initiative, Mr. Vitus Azeem, has demanded of President John Mahama to prove his commitment to fighting corruption, by backing his words with action. Mr. Azeem noted that, little had been heard or seen from Mr. John Mahama regarding his determination to combat corruption, over the last 100 days that he had been in office as President of the Republic of Ghana. Assessing the President?s first 100 days in office on Joy FM on Wednesday, the head of the ... Read More

Yammin Tells His Story

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000

THE Deputy Youth and Sports Minister-designate, Mr. Joseph Yammin, on Tuesday disclosed how his long-cherished dream of becoming a soldier was shattered on account of his complexion. He recounted that on two occasions, he was denied enlistment into the Ghana Armed Forces supposedly due to his light skin. Mr. Yammin noted that a military officer that turned him away likened him to former President Jerry Rawlings, who is also light-skinned. He said, ?The military officer told me in plain ... Read More

I Can Perform Better Than Some Ministers

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Hard-talking former Lower Manya Krobo Member of Parliament (MP), Mr Michael Teye Nyaunu, has told XYZ News, that he can be a better Minister or Deputy Minister than some of the President?s new appointees and nominees. He said: ??Certainly I can do better than some of them?. Mr. Teye Nyaunu was responding to questions about the competence and quality of the President?s deputy ministerial nominees in an interview on Monday. He, however, refused to mention specific names of some of the ... Read More

Ledzokuku MCE Meets Nungua Chiefs

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Ledzokuku Krowor, Mr. Daniel Amartey, has interacted with members of the Nungua Traditional Council to update them on his achievements during his first four-year tenure in the assembly. The initiative was a follow-up of the MCE?s initial engagement of the chiefs as well as seeking their support as he seeks for a renewal of mandate. He told the chiefs that ?after a very supportive tenure of office, it is important to make clear to the chiefs some ... Read More

WANEP-Ghana Identifies 3 Regions As Violence Prone

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000

The West Africa Network for Peace Building (WANEP-Ghana) has identified the Greater Accra, Ashanti and Northern regions as the most volatile areas in the country. The group made the disclosure in its quarterly report, on the nation?s security. In view of this, WANEP-Ghana has urged the security agencies to be on high alert, to preserve the peace, especially during the election petition trial. It further urged both the petitioners and respondents to view the petition process as ... Read More

Bismark Mensah, Our Police State, And My Supreme Court Accreditation

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000

The name Bismark Mensah might never have caught the attention of most Ghanaians. Yet it is now the most popular name on many international media networks and websites. Thanks to his honesty and high level of integrity, Mensah is now an image and shining example of the integrity of the Ghanaian. Bismark Mensah moved to the United States in 2012 landing at JFK International Airport from Ghana on February 8. Media reports say he had since worked with Wal-Mart in Federal Way, South 345th Street ... Read More

Ghana Risks Losing Competitiveness If Energy Crisis Persists-GEA

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000

THE competitiveness of Ghana as an investment destination for prospective investors can be undermined if long term measures were not taken to curtail the energy crisis in the country, the Ghana Employers Association (GEA), has cautioned. The GEA said many companies, in their efforts to mitigate production losses on account of lower access to energy, have acquired alternate sources of power generation and this had resulted in higher operational costs, revenue shortfalls and lower ... Read More

Adopt Effective Credit Management Systems To Reduce NPLs

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000

A former Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Emmanuel Asiedu-Mante, has called on banks in the country to institute effective credit management systems to reduce their Non-Performing Loans (NPLs). That, he said, would improve their profitability and capital base, considering that about 75 per cent of profits by banks were through loans. In addition, the reduction of NPL would help interest rates to fall. Speaking at a two-day credit risk management forum for about 80 top bank executives ... Read More

Farmer Arrested For Defilement

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000

A 55-year-old farmer who allegedly defiled a 15-year-old Junior High School (SHS) student has been arrested by the Police at Otiwiwa near Nsawam in the Eastern Region. The suspect, Kwa-dwo Ansah was said to have had sexual intercourse with the victim on five different occasions. The Nsawam District Police Commander, Superintendent Akwasi Kan-kam-Boadu told The Ghanaian Times that both the victim and the suspect lived in the same area. He said about a month ago, the accused proposed ... Read More

Wa Police Investigates Shooting

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000

HE police at Wa are investigating a case in which a 12-year-old Sadat Mohammed is alleged to have shot his colleague, Hafiz Yahya at Bomiyiri, a suburb of Wa. The incident occurred on Monday, in the bedroom of the suspect?s father who has been bedridden for several years. The victim, also aged 12 years, was rushed to the Wa Hospital for doctors to remove the pellet in his right shoulder. According to the Upper West Criminal Investigations Department Officer, DSP Daniel Kwantwi, both ... Read More

Police Arrest Chinese Armed Robber

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000

A 42-year-old Chinese, Chen Shicai is in the custody of the Ashaiman Police for snatching a taxi from one Mr Yaw Koduah. Briefing the Ghana News Agency on the incident in Tema on Wednesday, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Maxwell Atingane, Tema Regional Police Commander said Mr Koduah was driving the taxi from Tema to Accra at at about 0100 hours when Shicai stopped him at Community ?9? Roundabout. DCOP Atingane said Shicai pulled out a short cutlass from his jacket and threatened to ... Read More

Achimota â€™88 Year Group Donates

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000

A Donation worth GH¢50,000 has been made over to the Achimota Senior High School by the 1988 Year Group of the school as part of its Silver Jubilee celebration. They include a multi-purpose science laboratory, water facilities and furniture. The group also provided six polytanks and a borehole pump to improve water supply to the various houses in the school. The automatic pump replacement which has an automated swish would pump water to the set houses at the rate of 50 liters per ... Read More

Take Politics Out Of Education

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000

The Catholic Archbishop Emeritus of Kumasi, Peter Kwasi Sarpong, has called on the political leadership to stop taking decisions which hinder the progress of education in the country. ?We have to think of the child, think of Ghana and end the politics,? he opined, adding that the situation where changes are made to the education system just because ?of a promise made on political platform must not be allowed. Archbishop Emeritus Sarpong asserted he did not see why the ?Sixth Form?was ... Read More

NAFTI Gains Varsity Status

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000

The National Film and Television Institute (NAFTI) will soon be upgraded to a Media Arts University and award its own degrees, diplomas and certificates. This is upon the recommendations of the committee instituted by the Ministry of Information and Media Relations, to enable the university chart its future growth. The Rector of NAFTI, Prof. Linus Abraham, disclosed this in Accra last Saturday, at its graduation ceremony, at which 50 students were awarded degrees and certificates, in their ... Read More

Foreign Minister Replies Israeli Ambassador

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Ms Hanna Tetteh, has expressed surprise at the concerns raised by the Israeli Ambassador to Ghana concerning the visit of the Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in Ghana. ?I am surprised that she [Israeli Ambassador] did not call on the Minister of Foreign Affairs to understand the context in which this meeting is taking place. It only begins to frame the question in the context of the Israeli Ambassa-dor?s concerns. Are you ... Read More

Soldiers Donâ€™t Plot Coups, Politicians Do

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000

A retired military officer and now Member of Parliament (MP) for Nkoranza North Major Derek Oduro (Rtd), has cautioned Ghanaians that soldiers on their own are usually not inclined to stage violent changes in government but are spurred on to stage coups by politicians. Major Derek Oduro (Rtd), who is also the Deputy Ranking Member on Parliament?s Select Committee on Defence, has therefore called on Ghanaians to critically monitor the actions and utterances of politicians which might incite ... Read More

Blame NPP For Mediocre Ministers

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000

A leading member of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe says the Minority in Parliament should be blamed for the inexperienced and mediocre Ministers and their deputies in government. He argued that if the Minority MPs had participated in the vetting process, many of the nominees would not have been passed. ?The fact that our own MPs are not taking part in certain things in Parliament is very worrying and as such, if we end up with bad ministers and deputies, ... Read More

Yet Another Promise!

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Probably, the easiest thing for a politician to do is to just open his mouth and make a promise. Whether that undertaking is fulfilled or not, he does not really care - so far as he is able to say something to convince the expectant crowd. That, sadly, is the lot of Ghana boxing as sports ministers without end have swaggered in with huge promises of building the nation?s first ever boxing gymnasium. At the end of their tenure, or even before they are reshuffled or shown the exit, they fail to ... Read More

Italian Ambassador Calls On Minister Of Justice And Attorney General

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Mrs Laura Carpini, Italian Ambassador has commended Ghana as one of the African countries regarded as the beacon of democracy. She said the country has huge potential business opportunities hence the need for the deepening of bilateral relations. Mrs Carpini gave the commendation on Tuesday when she paid a courtesy call on Mrs Marieta Brew Appiah Oppong, Minister of Justice and Attorney General in Accra. She expressed her willingness to work closely with the Ghanaian government, ... Read More

Iranâ€™s President Arrives In Ghana Amidst Rousing Welcome

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has arrived in Ghana on a maiden visit as part of a three nation African tour. The two-day visit is the last leg of his African tour, which included Benin, Niger and Ghana. It is aimed at strengthening Ghana ?Iran relations, which dates back to 1974. President Ahmadinejad is expected to share with his Ghanaian counterpart, Iran?s experiences, especially in the oil and gas industry. He arrived at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) on the Iranian ... Read More

Police Arrest Three Over Babyâ€™s Death

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000

The Tamale police have arrested three people for their involvement in the death of a seven- month-old baby dur-ing a scuffle among them. Rukayah Ibrahim, Abdul Razak Ibrahim and Latifah Ibrahim are currently assisting the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the police in their investigations after they had buried the baby boy. According to the Northern Regional Co-ordinator of DOVVSU, ASP Emma-nuel Hollatsu, investigations are on-going to unravel the circumstances ... Read More

Three Women Killed By Collapsed Building

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Three women met their deaths on Monday, when a three-storey building collapsed on them at Safo Abodwese, near Krofrom, in the Kumasi metropolis. An old lady who was rescued from the rubble, was rushed to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), for treatment. The building which was housing more than 100 tenants, is said to have collapsed, after a heavy downpour. Eye-witnesses said many of the occupants were not in the building when the incident occurred at about 8:00 p.m. When the ... Read More

Sound Economic Policies, Key To Poverty Reduction In Africa

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Africa?s booming economic growth fuelled by a rigorous focus on government and citizen accountability will boost poverty reduction and promote shared prosperity, Africa?s Pulse, a World Bank report has said. The bank expects the economies of the region to expand by five per cent a year on average between 2013 and 2015, having expanded by 4.7 per cent in 2012 - a figure that would have been 5.8 per cent had slow-growing South Africa, which remains the territory?s largest economy, been ... Read More

GCB Relocates Kintampo Branch

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000

THE Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB) Limited has relocated its Kintampo branch. Mr Kojo Addae-Mensah, Chief Operating Officer of the bank, addressing staff, customers and the media at a ceremony to mark the commencement of business in the new building at Kintampo in the Brong-Ahafo Region on Monday, said the essence of the relocation was to enhance operations in the area. He said the GCB is currently the number one most profitable bank in the country. The Chief Operating Officer said the ... Read More

Vodafone Named PR Company Of The Year

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Telecommunications giant, Vodafone Ghana, has been named Public Relations (PR) Company of the Year at the Institute?s Public Relations Excellence Awards and Presidential Ball which was held in Accra. This new addition extends Vodafone?s long winning streak of top industry awards and strengthens its position as the most awarded telecoms company in Ghana. The award is in recognition of Vodafone?s consistency in proactively developing and delivering innovative and engaging public relations ... Read More