The Sub-Committee on Housing of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly has paid a working visit to the Kwame Nkrumah Circle to assess whether the demolition exercise authorized by the city Mayor, Alfred Okoe Vanderpuije was justified or not.
by Sebastian R. Freiku, THE 7,000-CAPACITY Abinkyi Market, facilitated by the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) to absorb displaced traders from the race Course, is ready for occupation. Mr. Thomas Kwabena Braimah, Managing Director of T&K Enterprise, contractors undertaking the project on a Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) basis, says the facility would become the second [...]
by Sebastian R. Freiku, FIRSTNEWS MEDIA Foundation, a Non Governmental Organization whose benchmark is to identity enterprising public officials and encourage them to give off their best, has honoured the Mayor of Kumasi, Hon. Samuel Sarpong. The NGO last Friday gave a citation to the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly’s Chief Executive at a ceremony in [...]
From Ernest Best Anane THE MEMBER of Parliament for Kwabre Constituency in the Kwabre East District of Ashanti, Hon. Kofi Frimpong has commissioned a three-unit classrooms office and store project, estimated at GH¢62000.00 for Kwakye Tannor Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Primary and Junior High Schools at Adanwomase. He said the project, funded through [...]
by Bernice Bessey The head of the Cleland Family and veteran politician, Mr. Joshua Attoh Quarshie has called on various chiefs and elders of the Ga-Adangme State to avoid the sale of farm lands to estate developers. He made the wake-up call at a meeting with some chiefs and elders at his residence in [...]
By Bernice Bessey The Mayor of Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), Dr. Alfred Oko Vanderpuije has paid a visit to victims of the Kwame Nkrumah Circle fire outbreak, to console and assure them of government support. The Assembly provided relief items like mattresses and food stuffs to the affected persons. The Mayor asked the victims to [...]
Albert Nana Asante THE Human Resource and Administrative Manager of Sandvik Mining and Construction, Ghana, Mr. Nuhu Salifu says his outfit is committed to its corporate social responsibility. Mr. Salifu made this known when he presented five laptops worth GH¢4,000 to ‘Lend–A-Book Club’ at Obuasi. Sandvick, according to him, has over [...]
THE OBUASI Municipality on Tuesday witnessed its first fire disaster for the year 2012, when fire gutted one of the most patronized mechanical shops in the area, ‘Nkunim Spraying’ at Bogobiri, destroying valuable items worth thousands of Ghana cedis in the process. It took fire fighters from the Obuasi Fire Service and AGA Fire Service [...]
from Albert Nana Asante THE OBUASI Municipal Chief Executive, Mr. John Alexander Ackon has reiterated the assembly’s commitment towards ending the shift system in basic schools within the Municipality. Speaking at the official inauguration of the St. Thomas Primary school block at Obuasi on Tuesday, the MCE stressed that “My administration is determined to end [...]
From Michael Boateng, Sunyani Sunyani East Constituency members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have expressed concern over the alleged attacks on their members, by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Sunyani Zongo. According to them, three of their members were recently attacked and intimidated by some NDC thugs without any provocation, whilst [...]