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Dr Nii Kotei Dzani, a Member of the Council of State has called for a national debate to review the current age of 40 years before one qualifies to be elected as President. He said: “We need to spark up the debate on the appropriate age for Presidency in this country. As young Parliamentarians, the ball is in your court. It is up to you to bring it before the house, start a conversation,” in Accra. Dr Dzani made the call at the inauguration of the Young Parliamentarians Forum. The Young Parliamentarians Forum (YPF) is a non-partisan Union of the Parliament of Ghana to further the agenda of young people in Parliament. The current Parliament of Ghana, which is the 7 th  in the 4 th  Republic, is made up of relatively younger legislators, as a result of the high number of young new entrants that won the elections in their respective constituencies. Ghana’s Parliament currently has 71 Members of Parliament (MPs) below the age of 45, and this accounts for 25.8percent of the Ho...

Following series of intense pressure mounted on the Committee which supervised the construction of Atta Mills Presidential Library, a crunch meeting has been held in Cape Coast  on Monday  to find a lasting solution to make the library operational. Briefing an agitated youth at the forecourts of the Library after a closed door meeting, Professor Kwamena Ahwoi, a member of the Committee, assured the people of the Committee’s resolve to get the facility operational to serve its intended purpose. “As a Committee we are determined to ensure that the library become functional. We will go all out to ensure that the library is opened for use by all Ghanaians”, he said. Accompanied by Mr Totobi Quakyi, Mr Kwame Peprah, Kobby Acheampong and a host of others, the members held a lengthy discussion, an indication that the message by the youth had been effective. The Cape Coast Development Association (CCYDA) has in recent times demanded accountability from the Committee. Their demand...

The Communication for Development and Advocacy (CDA Consult) is to publish in September, results of the Counterfeit Electrical Product and Electronic Appliances survey conducted in the Brong Ahafo Region. The survey conducted in April this year, was to assess the proliferation of Counterfeit Electrical Products and Electronic Appliances in the Region, and establish with empirical data, the estimated volume of counterfeited electrical goods in circulation. The survey also seeks to gather information on the knowledge of specific counterfeited electrical goods by categories of product as well as by brands and the main counterfeited electrical goods in the Region. Respondents, mainly from the Ghana National Fire Service, Ghana Police Service, Ghana Immigration Service, Northern Electrification Distribution Company, Electrical Contractors, Electrical and Electronic Appliances dealers, were also tasked to list the most counterfeited goods in terms of brand. Also included in the responden...

Mr Kofi Ofori, the President’s nominee for the position of Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for the newly created Ablekuma North Municipal Assembly has been confirmed by members of the assembly. In an election supervised by the Municipal Electoral Commission, all the 10 Assembly Members present gave Mr Ofori, also known as Bella, a 100 per cent nod. He thus becomes the first MCE for the new Municipal assembly. Earlier, the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Mr. Ishmael Ashitey appealed to the assembly members to honour the president by giving the nominee a 100 per cent nod as was done by their counterparts in the Okaikoi North Municipal Assembly a few days ago. Mr Ashitey said they had a unique opportunity to bring development to the area by voting and co-operating with Mr Ofori to bring development to the municipality. In his welcoming address, the Presiding Member (PM) of the assembly, Mr. Labaran Braimah also entreated the assembly members to confirm Mr Ofori who had a vision of b...

The Anidaso Mutual fund (AMF), an investment fund managed by the New Generation Investment Services Limited (NGIS), recorded an increase in its investment income by 96.61 per cent in 2017. The fund’s incomes in investments appreciated from GH¢223,019.00 in 2016 to GH¢438,488.00 in 2017, in the year under review. Mr Edward Asamoah, General Manager of NGIS, said the increment came on the back of improved stock market performance and favourable micro-ecaonomic environment in the country. Speaking at an Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the AMF in Kumasi, he said the Net Investment Income of the fund, also increased from GH¢134,071.00 in 2016 to GH¢331,981.00 last year. However, the operating expenses increased by 147.62 percent, while total liability at the close of last year stood at GH¢39,258.00, representing 22.7 per cent of the preceding year. Redemption of shares also increased from GH¢148,869.00 in 2006 to GH¢219,511.00 last year while the net value per share also came up from GH...

The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) has performed significantly well in the half year of 2018; having recorded a much higher value of traded securities over the period than in the same period in 2017, especially for the equity market. The GSE Composite Index recorded an appreciable gain when compared with inflation, interest and exchange rates. The gain on the GSE Composite Index was 11.62 per cent in the half year to June 2018, compared to interest equivalent of 91-Dat Bill of 6.66 percent, inflation of 10.0 percent and US dollar appreciation against the cedi of 2.43 percent in the same period. Mr Kofi Yamoah, GSE Managing Director, who briefed the media on the results of the half-year review, said the market indicators have been mixed, noting that although the volume of shares traded has declined, its value, which was most important was good. Value of shares traded for the half-year 2018 was GH¢457.25 million, compared to GH¢364.05 million in the same period in 2017; an increase of 25...

The implementation of the luxury vehicle levy law will begin today  Wednesday, August 1, 2018 , a statement from the Ghana Revenue Authority and copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra  on Tuesday  has said. Parliament passed the Luxury Vehicle Levy to impose an annual levy on vehicles with high engine capacities. Vehicles with engine capacity of 2950 to 3549 Cubic Centimetres will be required to pay a levy of GH¢1,000.00, those between 3,550 to 4049 cubic centimetres pay GH¢1,500.00 while above 4049cc the levy stands at GH¢2,000.00. The statement said the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) is authorized by the Law to collect the levy on behalf of Government. “With effect from  Wednesday, 1st August, 2018 , the levy shall be paid on the registration of vehicles and subsequently on or before the annual renewal of the roadworthy certificate of such vehicles,” the statement signed by the Commissioner General, GRA, said. The levy is also imposed on vehic...

The Scholarship Secretariat has retrieved a sum of GHC1.2m from school administrators, who double charged students on government scholarship from 2012/2013 to 2016/2017 academic years. He said a fiat was issued to all head teachers and bursars in the southern sector to refund all unutilised funds from the 2012/2013 to 2016/2017 academic years, and also find a solution to the constant complaints from beneficiaries. “After the issuance of the fiat, the Secretariat followed it up with EOCO to conduct an audit into the list of beneficiaries and their schools”. Mr Kingsley Agyemang, Registrar of the Scholarship Secretariat revealed this at the graduation ceremony for final year students of SOS Hermann Gmeiner held at Asiakwa, in the Eastern Region. The graduation was on the theme: “Parents role in the education of the child.” He disclosed that an established liability of GHC1.2 million was received through an audit conducted by the secretariat with the help of the Economic and Organise...

The Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC) in a research conducted to assess the quality of secondary school education delivery in public schools has recommended the immediate decongestion in the schools. The research report indicated that there was a high class size of up to 160, which was negatively affecting teaching and learning, there was also congestion in dormitories as well as many students not receiving the full set of nine exercise books and four note books. Mr Bright Appiah, the Executive Council Chair of the GNECC said the problems identified have led the organisation to recommend solutions to the Ministry of Education (MoE). He said there was the need for an emergency plan to decongest all dormitories and classrooms, adding that the said plan should be implemented  within one year . He urged the MoE to commence a strategy to gradually reduce the number of boarders while increasing the number of day students admitted to reduce the percentage of boarders...

An estimated 78 million babies (three in five) are not breastfed within the first hour of life, putting them at higher risk of death and disease and making them less likely to continue breastfeeding. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and World Health Organisation (WHO) report has said most of these babies were born in low- and middle-income countries. The report, which was made available to the Ghana News Agency by Dr Paul Garwood, WHO, Geneva, noted that newborns who breastfed in the first hour of life were significantly more likely to survive. It said even a delay of a few hours after birth could pose life-threatening consequences. It indicated that skin-to-skin contact along with suckling at the breast stimulated the mother’s production of breast milk, including colostrum, also called the baby’s ‘first vaccine’, which was extremely rich in nutrients and antibodies. “When it comes to the start of breastfeeding, timing is everything. In many countries, it can even be a ...

The Ghana News Agency (GNA) and the Agence Ivoirienne de Press (AIP), have signalled a move towards deepening their collaboration – undertake an exchange programme for the mutual benefit of the two organisations. The two state-owned news agencies are looking at enhancing news and information gathering, capacity development, revenue generation and how to remain relevant in the wake of the challenge posed by the social media. A three-member AIP delegation, led by Madam Valentine Oumou Sana Barr, the Chief Executive Officer,  on Tuesday , paid a familiarization visit to the GNA’s headquarters in Accra. She was accompanied by Mr Kouao Pascal, Deputy Director of Information; and Madam Maryam Coulibaly, Editor-in-Chief and met with Mr Kwaku Osei Bonsu, the Acting General Manager, together with the Sectional Heads of the Agency. The discussions centred on the operations of the two media organisations and how they could forge stronger relations in the areas of staff capacity developmen...

The Minister of the Interior has on the advice of the Northern Regional Security Council and by Executive Instrument renewed the curfew hours imposed on Bunkprugu Township from  20:00  hours to 06:00  hours effective July 31. A statement issued and signed by Mr Ambrose Dery, the sector Minister in Accra and copied to the Ghana News Agency said all persons in Bunkprugu and surrounding communities have also been banned from carrying arms, ammunitions or offensive weapons. The statement further stated that “any person found with any arms or ammunition will be arrested and prosecuted”. It also urged chiefs, opinion leaders and the youth to exercise restraints in the face of challenges confronting them and appealed to them to use non-violent means to ensure peace in the area. Source: GNA The post Curfew hours on Bunkprugu renewed – Ambrose Dery appeared first on Ghana Business News . from Ghana Business News https://ift.tt/2Kg53HX via IFTTT

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Bearish sentiments dominated trading activities on the Ghana Stock Exchange as Bank of Ghana held its benchmark policy rate for the first time this year at 17 per cent; despite the expected inflows from the three year bond of $98 million. Consequently the benchmark GSE-Composite Index dropped by 0.3 per cent to close the fourth week of July (23 to 27) at 2,932.8 points, representing a year-to-date return of 13.7 per cent. Nordea Capital Investment Stock market review of the fourth week trading obtained by the Ghana News Agency in Accra on Tuesday, indicated that losses were witnessed across multiple sectors led by Mechanical Lloyd Company, which lost 9.1 per cent to close at GH¢0.10 per share. The SIC Insurance followed with a dip of 5.4 per cent to close at GH¢0.35 per share, Ecobank Transnational Incorporated dropped 4.5 per cent, Guinness Ghana Brewery Limited (GGBL) slipped by 3.1 per cent, and Tullow Oil also going down by 3.1 per cent. According to the report, CAL Bank also l...

The Anum Rural Bank in the Eastern Region has maintained a strong footing in the financial space during the year under review 2017. It’s Profit Before Tax increased by 23.95 per cent, comparing GH¢619, 295 posted in 2016 to GH¢767, 617 in 2017. Net interest income swelled from GH¢4,631,098 to GH¢5,550,091; an increment of 19.84 per cent, whiles its total operating income went up from GH¢5,758,255 to GH¢6,879,717, representing a 15 per cent rise. This came to light at the Bank’s Annual General Meeting held at Anum in the Asougyaman District. The Bank’s total assets also grew from GH¢22.61 million to GH¢26.93 million, appreciating by 19.11 per cent. Its total deposits for 2017 stood at GH¢19.13 million, up by 18.89 per cent, as against the GH¢16.09 million it held in the previous year. Shareholder dividend however dipped for the second year running, from 0.50 pesewas to 0.45 pesewas. Mr Daniel Adu Appia, Chairman of the Board of Directors blamed the decrease in dividend on the bus...

Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, Minister of Food and Agriculture, has re-affirmed the resolve of government to change the face of agriculture in the country. He said increased investment in the sector would not only help boost agricultural production to ensure food security, but would also increase incomes of farmers, mostly women for the improvement of their living conditions. Speaking at the 2018 national convention of Aglow International-Ghana, in Kumasi, Dr Afriyie, said women stood to gain from the development of the agricultural sector. This year’s convention was under the theme “Thy exceeding great reward”. Dr Afriyie pointed out that government’s agricultural policy, which was anchored on the Planting for Food and Jobs, (PFJ), was unprecedented in the country’s history. The government was committed to provide all the needed resources to ensure that agriculture played its leading role in the development of the country. Dr Afriyie asked the women to continue to pray for the governm...

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  Accra was shut down last Friday on the 20th of this month, as DJ Loto Billz finally brought to us the much anticipated party in the 90s The event which is aimed at celebrating our old legends and to create a party space for patrons who loved the 90s playlists was a success and indeed thrilling Being the maiden edition, the official Dj for Bisa Kdei gave a lot of publicity to the event which witnessed celebrities from all angles coming through Actors James Gardiner, Toosweet Annan, Kalybos, Benedicta Gafah and more were present. Musicians including Sista Afia, Medikal, Ahtitude, Djs and Dezel the model came through to support The Boi Various media houses and photographers were at the event to give it a visual-storytelling event Here are pictures from the event from GhXclusives.Com https://ift.tt/2OwOmeG via IFTTT

    Ghana’s highlife singer Bisa Kdei is currently in the United States Of America headlining and shutting down shows he’s been billed to perform on. The “Asew hitmaker who was recently in Chicago with Burnaboy and Mayorkun thrilled patrons with another great performance Checking social media tweets from people present at the event, they state that the show had a slow start but when Bisa Kdei came representing Ghana, he gave them an assurance that their night was worth entertaining Bisa Kdei has a couple of states to visit before coming back to Ghana. However, he’s promised to release another video off his highlife Konnect album on the 1st of August But until then, enjoy his performance from below from GhXclusives.Com https://ift.tt/2vnv2Yn via IFTTT

Jimmy Cobblah, head coach for the National U-20 male team, the Black Satellites, has said his team is in for a big game against Benin, in the final qualifier for the Africa Youth Championship (AYC), slated for Niger in 2019. According to coach Cobblah, the game scheduled at the Cape Coast stadium on  Saturday 4th August, 2018 , would not come easy, but they are poised for the job. He said his boys were working extra hard to overcome a side that had exhibited quality football in the qualifiers. Cobblah in an interview with the GNA Sports, said he went to Togo to spy on his opponent’s game and he was convinced Ghana would be in for a tough battle. “I went to Togo to watch Benin and I must confess they are really good. I asked my people in Togo to monitor them and when I got information on their style of play, I went to check myself later.” “They have a quality team and play very aggressive football, but the onus lies on us to beat them and qualify for the AYC”. Cobblah, said h...

Nana kugbeadzor Bakateyi II, Chief Executive Office, Global Action for Women Empowerment has observed that women spent much time on domestic activities with little or no time to engage in activities that would add values to their economic lives. She therefore called for the reduction or redistribution of Unpaid Care Work (UCW) to encourage women to venture into entrepreneurship. Nana Bakateyi who was speaking in an interview with Ghana News Agency on the sidelines of a sensitisation meeting between local government staff and rural women on Unpaid Care Work, said relegation of women to UCW was stifling their identity and their role in national and global development. She said reduction or redistribution of UCW would create opportunity for women to improve their social and economic lives and urged mothers and potential mothers to distribute domestic activities between boys and girls to lessen the burden of UCW among women. Mr. Phanuel Kadey Donkor said it was unfortunate that though ...

Religious leaders from different Faith Based Organisations (FBOs), have recommended the need for continued advocacy against corruption and the utilisation of methods beyond worship, with emphasis on hard work and service. They also called for the need to undertake more frequent sensitisation and awareness programmes for FBOs, and identify and train “youth ambassadors,” in partnership with State institutions and civil society organisations, for them to become front-line actors in the fight against radicalisation and violent extremism. The recommendations were included in a Communique issued by the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA), at the end of a two-day national sensitisation seminar in Accra on Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT), for religious leaders from different FBOs across the country. The participants, based on the discussions and observations held at the seminar, suggested the need for youth...

Mr Kofi Dzamesi, The Minister of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs has appealed to traditional rulers to support government in the fight against ‘Galamsey’ (illegal mining) activities in the country. He reiterated that the government’s fight against illegal mining was to prevent the wanton destruction of the environment, particularly water bodies, the vegetation cover and other natural resources for sustainable development. Mr. Dzamesi made the appeal when he paid a working visit to three traditional areas; Kenyasi Number One, Kenyasi Number Two and Ntotoroso at a joint meeting of the Paramount Chiefs and their elders  on Thursday  at Kenyasi Number One in the Asutifi North District of the Brong-Ahafo Region. The visit among other objectives enabled the Minister to assess the situation on the ground since the ban on ‘galamsey’ operations last year by the government. The three traditional areas, with seven other communities are chiefly hosting Newmont Gold Ghana Limited (NG...

Trade Unions and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have urged government to re-negotiate the draft ExxonMobil deal to ensure that the country generated more revenue. They said a careful look at the current draft contract could help increase the estimated proceeds to support government’s effort towards revenue mobilisation. The participants noted that irrespective of the fact that the country had subscribed to the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative [EITI], there were confidentiality provisions in the agreement that limited the depth and scope of public discussion and debate of the contract. Mr Marwan Ansah, a member of the group addressing the media at the end of a two-day workshop in Accra, stated that the draft agreement was likely to waive export and import duties. The meeting funded by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung was on the theme, “Illicit Financial Flows [IFFs] and the needed Revenue for Public Services Development” sought to share ideas on how the country raise more...

Reverend Ernest Odame Asare, the outgoing chairman of the Sekyere Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG), has attributed the country’s infrastructure deficit to greed and corrupt practices among leaders in various positions of trust in the country. He said politicians, traditional rulers, heads of institutions, members of the clergy, journalists, business executives among others, had over the years been deeply involved in corrupt acts depriving the nation of its real infrastructural development. Speaking at the dedication of a pulpit and altar for the Beposo, Calvary Congregation of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Rev. Odame Asare, urged all well-meaning Ghanaians to rise up against corruption in the country. He said many roads constructed around the country a few years ago, “have developed pot- holes and started becoming unmotorable due to shoddy work by contractors and poor supervision by corrupt technocrats who completed these projects at inflated costs prepared b...

For the over six academic years of kindergarten (KG) and primary education at Teong, a community in the Garu-Tempani district of the Upper East Region of Ghana, Ms Vida Aputoi, sat on the bare ground to receive tuition. The eloquent young teenagerS did not also have access to write on a slate or any form of writing materials at KG as she had to contend with practising how to inscribe the alphabets and numerals with her right fingers on the bare creamy sandy ground. Vida says, the situation has not changed too much, because even after transiting from taking lessons under a tree at KG, to primary one and two, she still sits on the ground of a makeshift mud classroom. The facility, built over 10 years ago through a community-initiated effort, is a death-trap, as there are visible deep cracks on the walls and portions of the cement coat  are worn-off. Many of the pillars supporting the structure are also loose and dangling. She and her peers have to go through the ritual of wa...