The Ghana Education Service (GES) Director of the Garu District of the Upper East Region, Philip Fredrick Alale, dropped unconscious during the 66th Independence Day celebration parade. It happened while Mr Alale was standing on the dais with other dignitaries. Adom News’ Halidas Dasmani reports Mr Alale stood in the scorching …
Read More »Chief Director of Works and Housing retires
The Chief Director of the Ministry of Works and Housing, Mr. Solomon Atiim Asoala has retired from his position and work after 31 years of service to Ghana. To officially mark his retirement, the Works and Housing Ministry organised a farewell ceremony for Mr. Asoala at the forecourt of the …
Read More »Miners drink ‘akpeteshie,’ eat hot pepper over mercury poison – EPA director
Reduction or possible elimination of mercury (Hg) from artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is one of the main goals of the Minamata Convention on Mercury, which Ghana is a signatory. Mercury pollution in Ghana is said to be reaching alarming level in water and food chain increasing risk of …
Read More »Ashanti Regional NSS Director suspended after abuse of Manhyia Hospital nurse
The embattled National Service Scheme director in the Ashanti region has been suspended after a video went viral of him insulting a nurse on duty at the Manhyia District Hospital. According to the Ghana National Service Scheme in a statement sighted by GhanaWeb, the decision to suspend Alex Opoku-Mensah was …
Read More »Ashanti Regional NSS director was angry because the nurse didn’t regard him – Lydia Forson
Ghanaian actress Lydia Forson has reacted to a viral audio that had the Ashanti Regional Director for the National Service Secretariat, Mr. Alex Poku-Mensah, captured on tape verbally attacking a staff nurse at the Manhyia District Hospital. In the audio recording of the incident, Mr. Alex Poku-Mensah is heard hurling insults and …
Read More »‘This has never been my style’ – Ashanti NSS Director issues apology for ‘mishap’
The National Service Scheme Director in the Ashanti Region, Alex Opoku-Mensah, who has been caught in the middle of an altercation that he had with a nurse at the Manhyia Hospital, has issued an apology. This follows a viral audio that captured the NSS director on tape verbally attacking a …
Read More »Sack unfit Ashanti Region NSS Director within 72 hours – GRNMA demands
The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) is demanding the removal of the Director of the National Service Secretariat, Mr. Alex Poku Mensah, from office. The demand by GRNMA follows an incident involving the Regional NSS director and a nurse of the Manhyia District Hospital, which has been captured …
Read More »Profile of new GES Director-General, Dr. Eric Nkansah
Following the exit of Prof Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa as Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has replaced him with Dr. Eric Nkansah. His appointment was confirmed in an October 19 letter signed by Secretary of the President, Nana Asante Bediatuo. According to a profile on the …
Read More »Akufo-Addo appoints Dr. Eric Nkansah as new GES Director-General
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed Dr. Eric Nkansah to act as the new Director-General of the Ghana Education Service. His appointment takes effect Wednesday, October 19, 2022. The appointment according to a statement signed by Secretary of the President, Nana Asante Bediatuo, is in consonance with Section 19 (1), (2) …
Read More »Why Akufo-Addo sacked GES Director-General after extending his contract
In a letter dated October 17, 2022, and signed by the Secretary to the President, Nana Bediatuo Asante, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo terminated the appointment of the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service, Prof. Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa. This brought the appointment of the GES boss, who was appointed in 2017, to an end. …
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