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Kidnapped pregnant woman: ‘Women do so many things when they can’t have children’ – Minister

• Western Regional Minister says women are capable of doing the unthinkable when they can’t bear children • According to him, doctors at Axim have confirmed that the woman kidnapped in Takoradi was not pregnant • He adds that the woman and her husband are being investigated The Western Regional …

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Minister orders closure of Buipe toll booth

The Minister for roads and highways Kwasi Amoako-Atta has put a stop to the collection of tolls at the Buipe toll booth for the next four weeks. Mr Amoako-Atta gave the directive after he paid a visit to Buipe in the Central Gonja District of the Savanna Region to inspect …

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LIVESTREAMED: Minister for Works and Housing addresses the media

The Minister for Works and Housing, Francis Asenso Boakye holds a press conference at the Ministry of Information today, Sunday, June 27, 2021. This is the minister’s first public address that will touch on issues concerning the housing sector after his appointment and approval by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Parliament …

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Communications Minister incurs wrath of Public Accounts Committee

Minister of Communications Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has found herself in the bad books of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament for her absence on Friday, June 25 contrary to her hitherto punctuality in appearing before it. On the Committee’s second day of sitting when she was supposed to be present to answer …

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Energy Minister swears in 3-member IMC for TOR; Managing Director and deputies sacked

  The Minister for Energy, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has sworn in a 3-member Interim Management Committee to oversee the affairs of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) as part of efforts to restructure and revamp it. The Chairman of the 3-member IMC is Nobert Cormla-Djamposu Anku. The other members are William Ntim Boadu …

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Deputy Roads and Highways Minister-nominee weeps before Appointments Committee

  • The deputy minister-designate weeps before the Appointments Committee • He was asked why he could not write his secondary school final year exams • The nominee became emotional as he recounted how violence disrupted his secondary level education at Damongo Stephen Pambin Jalula, the deputy minister-designate for Roads …

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You have two months to remove your sirens – Henry Quartey warns Ministers, deputies, others

• President Akufo-Addo has directed his ministers, deputies and some appointees to stop using sirens • The Greater Accra Regional Minister has given persons who own cars with sirens two months to remove them • He also announced plans to regulate the use of sirens Henry Quartey, the Greater Accra …

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Minister Commends Oti Landfill Contractor

Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources (MSWR), Mrs Cecilia Abena Dapaah, has commended the contractor working on the Oti Landfill in the Ashanti Region, describing work done so far as “very impressive and beautiful.” She consequently encouraged the contractor to work on schedule to enable the government to showcase the …

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Minister weeps over galamsey destroying water bodies

Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Dapaah has expressed anger over the level of pollution of rivers by illegal miners in the Eastern Region. The Minister who toured some of the illegal mining sites during an inspection of the Water Treatment Plants at Kyebi, Bunso, and Osino on Monday expressed …

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Roads Minister only constructing roads in his hometown – NPP Women’s Organiser

The National Women’s Organizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Kate Gyamfua has accused the Minister of Roads and Highways Kwasi Amoako Atta of constructing and tarring roads in his Constituency leaving other deplorable roads in other parts of the country. According to Kate Gyamfua, the sector Minister should not …

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