Tag Archives: MINISTER

Angry roads minister arrests, forces illegal miners to wash off mud on tarred road

Angry Minister of Roads and Highway, Kwasi Amoako Atta ordered the arrest of two illegal miners and forced them to wash mud on portions of tarred Akrofufu to Twapease road in Atiwa West District in Eastern region. The illegal miners were carting excavator with low bed truck vehicle from their …

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Niger coup: We are ready to leave ECOWAS – Burkinabe Defence Minister declares

Kassoum Coulibaly, the Minister of Defence of Burkina Faso has restated his country’s readiness to support the military junta in Niger amid looming action from the regional bloc. In an interview with a Russian news channel, Coulibaly stated that his country was also open to leaving the Economic Community of …

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Why charge applicants GH¢2,000, GH¢3,000 for a passport? – Angry Foreign Affairs Minister asks

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has gone berserk over the demand of GH¢2,000, GH¢3,000 by middlemen who connive with some staff for the acquisition of passport. Describing it as wrong, the minister wondered how a GH¢100 standard service and a GH¢150 for expedited service be …

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Minister orders GES to sanction headteacher who spent BECE candidates’ registration fees

The Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has instructed the Ghana Education Service (GES) to take disciplinary action against the headteacher of Buduatta DA Junior High School. This decision comes after allegations that the headteacher, Richard Ahunyagbe, misappropriated funds intended for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) registration of certain …

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You can’t disrespect me and expect me to join your campaign – Deputy minister ditches Bawumia

The Deputy Minister of Railways Development, David Kwaku Asante-Boateng, has said that the Vice President of Ghana, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, recently disrespected him in public. He explained that this was during a visit of the veep and some members of his campaign team to an area in the Asante Akim area. …

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Niger junta appoints new prime minister

Niger’s military coup leaders led by General Abdourahmane Tchiani, have appointed Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine a new Prime Minister for the country. According to a news report by asaaseradio.com, the announcement was made by the military leaders on the evening of Monday, August 7, 2023, through a statement broadcast on …

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Watch the elegant traditional wedding of the son of Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey

Ghana’s Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey’s son, has tied the knot in an elegant traditional wedding. The traditional wedding took place on July 29, 2023, at an unknown location. A number of personalities, including Henry Quartey, graced the occasion with their presence. In a video shared on the TikTok app by …

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‘I want to be a house help for a Ghanaian minister’ – Delay amid Cecilia Dapaah saga

Deloris Frimpong Manso, alias Delay, has expressed her desire to start work as a maid only that she wants her employer to be a politician, specifically, a minister. She made the desire known via a July 21, 2023 tweet amid the ongoing controversy in which Sanitation and Water Resources Minister, …

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Scandalous! – Mahama reacts to over $1m, €300k stolen from the home of Sanitation Minister

Former President John Dramani Mahama has reacted to news of the Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Dapaah, being robbed of over US$1 million, €300,000, and millions of Ghana Cedis in cash from her home. In a tweet shared on Friday, the former president wondered why the minister and her family were …

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UK visa application fees ‘going to go up significantly’ – Prime Minister announces

Rishi Sunak, the British prime minister has announced that visa application fees are set to go up significantly as part of efforts to raise over a billion pounds to plug revenue shortfalls. Sunak during an address at Downing Street (July 13) listed a number of government priorities amid an economic …

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