Amidst threats of power shutdown by the Independent Power Producers (IPPs), the Managing Director of the Electricity Company (ECG), Samuel Dubik Mahama, has said that monies owed IPPs have not yet been paid but there has been a significate progress in agreement. According to a report on myjoyonline.com, the MD …
Read More »School feeding caterers declare nationwide strike over unpaid arrears
Caterers under the School Feeding Programme have declared a nationwide strike following the government’s failure to pay them their arrears and increase the amount per child. The aggrieved caterers drawn from various regions across the country who converged in the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi stressed that laying down their tools …
Read More »University senior staff to declare nationwide strike
The Senior Staff Association of the Universities of Ghana has hinted it will declare a nationwide strike on Wednesday, April 26, 2023, in support of the local chapter of the Senior Staff Association of the Universities of Ghana at the University of Cape Coast over their condition of service. National …
Read More »ECG closes down offices nationwide for a month beginning March 20
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced that beginning Monday, March 20, 2023, it shall close down all of its offices across the country as it seeks to embark on a nationwide revenue mobilisation exercise. The power distribution company said the exercise which will last for one month period …
Read More »Queen Mothers to embark on a nationwide anti-galamsey campaign
The National Queen Mothers Platform has resolved to embark on a nationwide campaign against illegal mining. In a press release issued following the inaugural National Dialogue Series held by the Queen Mothers at Koforidua on Wednesday, November 30, 2022, the President of the Platform, Nana Amponsah Dolua II, called for …
Read More »Tanker drivers to start nationwide strike today
Petroleum tanker drivers’ are expected to start a sit-down strike from Monday, 1st August 2022 to protest poor working conditions and some decisions by the regulator, NPA, which are affecting them. The tanker drivers’ unions, comprising Gas Tanker Drivers Union, Ghana National Petroleum Tanker Drivers Union, GOIL Tanker Drivers Union …
Read More »GRIDCo speaks after nationwide ‘dumsor’
The Ghana Grid Company Limited has said its technical team is working to restore power after some challenges led to a total shut down. This release comes after all parts of the country experienced interruption in power supply around 2:00pm on Sunday March 7, 2021. According to GRIDCo, the technical …
Read More »Savannah Region: Public & Private Schools Benefit From Phase III Of Nationwide Disinfection Of Schools
Following the directive from President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for the Reopening of Senior High and Junior High schools in the midst of the novel Covid-19 pandemic, waste management experts, Zoomlion Ghana Limited in collaboration with the Ghana Education Service supervised by the Ministry of Education has embarked on a …
Read More »NDC to observe nationwide weeding day in honour of Mahama
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) says it will on this Saturday [November 16, 2019] embark on a nationwide weeding and clean-up exercise to honour its flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama. This comes barely a week after John Mahama cleared some weeds in the capital – an action the party says …
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