52.2% of Ghanaians blame COVID-19 and Russia-Ukraine war for hardship, research shows

Nov82022 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

52.2% of Ghanaians blame COVID-19 and Russia-Ukraine war for hardship, research shows

The findings of the research show that 52.5% of Ghanaians believe that COVID-19 and the Russia-Ukraine conflict have affected the Ghanaian economy Research conducted by the UK-based Info Research and Assessment UK Ltd shows that a majority of Ghanaians believe the economic challenges facing the country have been caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The findings of the research show that 52.5% of Ghanaians believe that COVID-19 and the Russia-Ukraine war are the principal factors influencing of the global economy and creating the hardship that has plagued the Ghanaian economy. The poll was conducted between 27 October and 3 November this year, with a sample size of 254,759 people, drawn from all 16 regions in the country. Economic crisis The po...

Nov42022 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

Over 80% of Ghana School of Law candidates pass final exams

Ghana News

More than 80% of final-year students of the Ghana School of Law have passed their final exams. The exams were conducted in July by the Independent Examination Committee (IEC) of the General Legal Council (GLC) to choose qualified law students to be called to the Ghana Bar. The IEC is an institution created under the authority of Parliament in 2018 with the sole mandate to conduct and manage entrance examinations for admitting law students and other internal exams taken by the students. The final results were released on Thursday, November 3, 2022. According to Citinews, over 80 percent out of the over 800 Part Two Professional Law Course students have passed the exams. The Professional Law Course students are candidates who started and completed their professional law course...

Nov22022 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

Nation’s education undergoing major transformation – Sector Minister

Ghana News

The Education Minister, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has announced that the current education transformation in the country would soon change the fortunes of the country. He explained that reforms in the sector such as the changing from Diploma courses to Degrees by Colleges of Education, the introduction of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics education and the revamping of Technical and Vocational Education and Training were among the changes in the sector. Dr Adutwum announced this on Saturday when he accompanied the Minister for Defence and Member of Parliament for Bimbilla, Mr Dominic Nitiwul and the Reagent of Bimbilla, His Royal Highness, Nyelimboligu Naa Yakubu Andani Dasana to attend the 60th anniversary of the Evangelical Presbyterian College of Education at Bimbilla i...

Nov12022 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

We cannot tolerate galamsey any longer – President of Apostolic Church

Ghana News

President of the Apostolic Church, Ghana, Apostle Dr. Aaron Ami-Narh has lamented the damning effects of galamsey activities on the country’s natural resources. Dr. Aaron Ami-Narh while preaching to church members said the leaders of the country have not helped enough in the fight against the menace. According to him, the leaders of the various churches in Ghana have now joined forces to fight illegal mining in the country. “There is something going on in our nation that we cannot tolerate any longer. We have waited for a long time and where help should come from, help is not coming so the leaders of the churches in this nation have risen up and they are saying enough is enough,” he said. Apostle Dr. Aaron Ami-Narh had a red-clad tied on his hands to mark the churches’ protest ...

Nov12022 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

Parliament will pass Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill before 2024 election – Bagbin

Ghana News

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has given the clearest indication that the House will pass the controversial Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill before the 2024 election. Mr. Alban Bagbin gave the assurance in a media engagement on Friday, October 28, 2022. “Sexual Rights and Human Values bill that is being handled by the Committee, definitely we will pass it before the next election, we will pass it,” he said. The Speaker had already asked the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee working on the Bill to expedite work in presenting its report to the house for debate. The bill seeks to criminalise Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ+) activities in the country. In August 2021, eight parliamentar...

Nov12022 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

Youth urged to protect, promote, preserve culture at NAFAC 2022

Africa News, Ghana News

The Director of the Volta Regional Centre for National Culture, Bernice Ann Deh-Kumah has called on the Volta Regional Minister to complete the Volta Regional Theatre for the people of the region as a vehicle to preserve and promote culture. She made this remark at the 60th anniversary celebration of this year’s Regional Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFAC) dubbed; “Reviving Patriotism, Peace and Unity through Cultural Diversity for Sustainable Development” at Agogoe Lume, a farming community in the Ho Central Constituency of the Volta Region. According to Mrs. Deh-Kumah, the festival is a courtesy call to revive lost culture, as indicated by this year’s theme. ”It is no doubt that our culture lays emphasis on communal values such as family, respect for the elderly, honouring ...

Nov12022 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

Ghana to assume Presidency of UN Security Council on Nov. 1

Ghana News, International

Ghana will on Tuesday, November 1, assume the Presidency of the United Nations (UN) Security Council, which is a historic moment in the country’s two-year tenure at the Security Council. The UN Security Council is the principal organ for the maintenance and furtherance of international peace and security. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration in a media release, copied to the Ghana News Agency, outlined some programmes of activities in November towards Ghana’s Presidency of the UN Security. It said on Tuesday, there would be a press briefing by Mr Harold Agyeman, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Ghana to the United Nations in New York, to the UN Press Agencies at 1630 hours. On the same day at 1900 hours, Mr Agyeman would also brie...

Oct282022 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

Develop a taste for Made-in-Ghana goods to boost cedi – Economist to Ghanaians

Ghana News

Economist, Professor Eric Osei Assibey has called on Ghanaians to develop a taste for locally manufactured goods as a means of stalling the cedi depreciation. According to him, without shifting away from imported goods, the country will continue to lose much needed dollar bills which will drive the demand for the dollar up consequently leading to the cedi depreciating further. Speaking on JoyNews’ PM Express Business Edition, he explained that this is a measure that could be used to stabilize the cedi for a short period while the government implements other policy measures for long term effects. “I think this is the time that all Ghanaians have to realize that we need to shift away from imported products. Immediately we have to begin to look within, our tastes and preferences shou...

Oct252022 by adminPentTVNo Comments

Current economic crisis won’t stop donation for Cathedral project – Joyce Aryee

Ghana News

A member of the Board of Trustees for the National Cathedral project, Reverend Dr Joyce Aryee, says she is hopeful the country’s current economic crisis will not affect donations for the construction of the project. Speaking at a news conference in Accra to announce the establishment of a call centre for the project, Rev Aryee said the resilience of human beings in worse situations encouraged her that the economic hardship would not deter individuals from donating towards the project. “You know, human beings are so resilient. I am 76. I have lived through worse economic times in our country, therefore, I know economic times are as transient as the seasons of life,” she said. She added that: “God has a way of touching our lives in ways that sometimes we don’t unde...

Oct212022 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

Ghana should have signed up for Debt Service Suspension Initiative – World Bank President

Ghana News, International

The World Bank Group President, David Malpass, has expressed disappointment over Ghana and Nigeria’s decision not to sign up for the Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI). Established in May 2020, the DSSI expired at the end of December 2021. The DSSI, put together by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank offered countries an opportunity to freeze debt servicing, whiles they concentrate on using their minimum funds to deal with other commitments. Mr. Malpass was responding to questions at a programme in Washington DC, on suggestions that the Bretton Wood institutions are not doing enough to help cancel the debts of some African countries in distress. But reacting to the question, he pointed out that Ghana and Nigeria failed to apply for the DSSI, which would ...

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