Tag Archives: MINISTER

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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Energy Minister to be summoned to Parliament over power crisis

Ranking Member on the Mines and Energy Committee of Parliament John Abdulai Jinapor says he has officially written to the Chairman of the Committee to have the Energy Minister summoned. If approved, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh will face the Committee over the recent power crisis that has hit the country. …

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Asantehene Otumfuo charges Lands Minister to deal with Galamsey

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor has been tasked by Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, to take a relook at illegal mining known as Galamsey and deal with it. He made the appeal when the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, paid a …

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I can’t joke with Ashanti on road projects; You’ll have fair share – Amoako Atta

The Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwesi Amoako Atta has said there is already plans for Ashanti Region to get a fair share of Akufo-Addo’s government road projects. He maintains that the government will make road infrastructure a front-burner issue in the Ashanti Region. “I want to assure the people …

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Parliament to summon Education Minister over ‘Ewes’ in new textbook

Parliament is expected to invite the Minister of Education Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum to appear on the floor of the House to answer questions relating to newly-authored history textbooks for students. This comes after lawmaker for North Tongu Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has said he has filed an urgent parliamentary question requesting the …

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