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The minority in Parliament has sent a caution to the Works and Housing Minister, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, that the STX housing deal was not about mere politics.

The minority in Parliament has sent a caution to the Works and Housing Minister, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, that the STX housing deal was not about mere politics.

Vice President John Dramani Mahama would launch the Ghana Eight Number Hospitals Project at Wa in the Upper West Region on Saturday, July 31, and would cut the sod for the construction and equipping of a new 160-bed hospital at Wa in the Upper West.

New Patriotic Party (NPP) members in parliament (MPs), who have endorsed Nana Addo, have cautioned their critics to refrain from acts of deceit, blatant lies, and plain insults.

The Minister for Youth and Sports, Hon. Akua Sena Dansua was nearly attacked by a group of hooligans, when she took her turn at the meet the press series in Accra, yesterday. The hooligans, mainly from one of the national teams’ supporters unions, were shouting on top of their voice, and describing the Minister’s decision to transfer some directors at the Sports Ministry as mere bluff.

The Minister of Youth and Sports, Hon. Akua Sena Dansua has blamed the downward trend of the local league on the media.

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has confirmed that Brazil star Robinho will return to Eastlands after the international break.

Andre Ayew featured for Marseille as the French champions lifted the Super Cup – Trophee des Champions – on Wednesday by beating Paris St Germain 5-4 on penalties.
Viasat1, a leading entertainment television station in the country would be flying a football academy team – “Right to Dream Academy”- to Norway, for winning the Unity Peace Tournament at Akrade, in the Eastern region.

Ghanaians are very obsessed with the prospects of the new-found Jubilee Oilfields money. They believe the oil will bring smiles on their faces with a booming economy.
The STX Korean deal was signed by the Government of Ghana and the STX Group, a South Korean company, to build units of housing worth $10 billion.