The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) says it can also not accept blame for Thursday’s power cut experienced in some parts of the country. On October 26, the Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) in a statement explained that the cause of the power cuts was due to limited gas supply …
Read More »Don’t blame Friday’s power outages on technical hitches – WAPCo to GRIDCO
The West Africa Gas Pipeline Company (WAPCo) says the technical challenge that resulted in power outages on July 7, 2023, cannot be blamed on shortfall gas supply from their end. The Corporate Communications of GRIDCo in a press release dated July 7, 2023 stated that power outages that hit the …
Read More »Blame teachers for Ghana’s economic woes, not economists – Deputy Minister of Education
The Deputy Minister of Education in charge of Technician and Vocational Education Training (TVET), Gifty Twum-Ampofo has made a paradoxical statement that teachers must be blamed for the current economic challenges facing the country and not the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta. Gifty Twum-Ampofo explained that for any country’s economy …
Read More »Survivors of ‘massacre’ in Burkina Faso blame security forces
Residents and survivors of an alleged massacre in a Burkina Faso village say 136 people, including women and infants, were killed as they blamed security forces for the April 20 attack. “We were on the way to the well with my donkey when we saw them moving towards us,” Belem …
Read More »Kofi Amoabeng reveals ‘who’ collapsed UT Bank, clears Ofori-Atta of blame
Former Chief Executive Officer of the defunct UT Bank, Prince Kofi Amoabeng has spoken about what led to the collapse of his bank; the UT Banks, some 6 years after its collapse. The UT Bank was one of many affected during the New Patriotic Party (NPP)’s banking sector cleanup, leading …
Read More »I can’t continue to take the blame while you hide in the shadows – Akufo-Addo to state-owned institutions
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is reported to have chastised the heads of state-owned institutions whose agencies are non-performing. According to a report by The Chronicle newspaper, the president said that he and his ministerial appointees are always blamed for the bad performance of the economy while heads of state entities, who …
Read More »48 alleged ‘terrorists’ missing? – Police, Immigration Service in blame game over their whereabouts
Confusion has erupted over the whereabouts of 48 foreigners who were arrested in connection with alleged terrorism and other fraudulent acts in September, last year. While the police claimed the suspects were handed over to the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) in the Ejisu Municipality to deal with them, the latter …
Read More »2020 Elections: Asiedu Nketiah cites Dr. Bawumia for blame in NDC’s collation inefficiency
The General Secretary of the NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah has mentioned Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia in his justification of the NDC’s inability to collate the 2020 elections results. In a viral audio of Asiedu Nketiah, who is campaigning to unseat Samuel Ofosu Ampofo as National Chairman of the NDC, is heard …
Read More »Who is to blame for the death of the man mauled by lions at Accra Zoo?
It’s a question that begs for answers. In the news on Sunday evening, the sad, disturbing news broke. A man was reported to have been mauled by lions at the Accra Zoo, located inside the Achimota Forest Reserve. The man who has been described as an intruder is said to …
Read More »Galamsey: Our families are to blame and not chiefs, Captain Planet
Rapper Captain Planet has indicated that contrary to assumptions that traditional leaders are to blame for illegal mining, popularly known in Ghana as galamsey, it’s rather the ordinary citizens who should bear the blame. He said this via a tweet, with his handle @CAPTAINPLANETGH, today, Friday, 26 August 2022. It …
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