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The National Labour Commission has urged the Mortuary Workers Association of Ghana (MOWAG) to halt its plans to embark on a strike. The association has threatened to strike from Thursday, October 1, as a result of failure on the part of the Ministry of Health to address their demands for improved conditions of service. Speaking to Citi News, the Executive Secretary of the National Labour Commission, Ofosu Asamoah, said the Commission will on Friday, October 2 meet the Mortuary Workers Association to have outstanding matters resolved. “We’ve asked them to hold onto the strike whilst the commission hears this matter… You cannot be on strike and still be appearing before the Commission so the only way they can have the matter heard is to suspend the strike,” he explained. He noted...

PENTECOSTAL, CHARISMATIC COUNCIL CALLS FOR INDEPENDENT MEDIATORS IN SECESSIONIST TENSIONS The Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC) wants the government to constitute an independent committee to negotiate with the Western Togoland secessionist group, Homeland Study Group Foundation. Following incidents of violence allegedly perpetrated by the group, the council has stressed that violence will not resolve the tensions. “Let our brothers and sisters from that part of Ghana who feel aggrieved or who have issues come and lay their problems on the table and then we can begin from there,” the President of the GPCC, Rev. Prof. Paul Yaw Frimpong-Manso said. He also suggested that any committee formed should be as diverse as possible. “Bring people irrespective of politica...

Mother of former President Jerry John Rawlings, Madam Victoria Agbotui has died at age 101. Multiple sources close to the Rawlings’ family confirmed this The sources noted that Madam Agbotui had been unwell for some time now. She celebrated her 101st birthday on September 9, 2020. Born in 1919, Madam Victoria Agbotui came into the limelight following her son’s ascension to power in 1979. She was also the head of the catering department at the presidency during her son’s reign. Victoria Agbotui hailed from Dzelukope near Keta in the Volta Region.

Madam Elizabeth Yamoah, 57, the oldest Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidate for 2020, is a member of The Church of Pentecost in the Kuntanase District of the Agona Swedru Area. She was among over 500,000 registered candidates who sat for the just-ended examinations. She enrolled at the Agona Odoben Presbyterian Basic ‘A’ Junior High School three years ago at age 54 intending to study to be able to read the Bible. There were tears of joy when she finally completed her Junior High School education as she was celebrated by her mates and teachers after her last paper. In an interview with the press, she said she became a laughing stock among her peers and the talk of the town when she made up her mind to attend school. “When I made up my mind to go to school peo...