[ads4] The Member of Parliament (MP) for Sekondi, Andrew Egyapa Mercer, on Wednesday, 20th July, 2022 donated 100 photocell streetlights to schools in his constituency. All the second cycle schools in Sekondi Constituency, which includes, Adiembra Senior High School, St. John’s School and Fijai Senior High School, received 20 pieces of streetlights each. The tertiary institutions, which includes, Sekondi Nursing and Midwifery Training College and Holy Child Training College, also received 20 streetlights each, bringing the total to 100. A delegation led by the Sekondi Constituency Chairman, Percy Morgue Ansah, delivered the items on behalf of the MP.[ads2] Chairman indicated…
Author: Kwame Stephen Yeboah
[ads3]The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Mr. Opoku Ahweneeh-Danquah, is leading a high-powered delegation to attend a meeting of Chief Executive Officers (CEO’s) of National Oil Companies (NOC’s) of African Petroleum Producers’ Organisation (APPO) in Abuja, Nigeria.[ads4] The African Petroleum Producers’ Organization (APPO) is an intergovernmental energy organization created to serve as a platform for African petroleum producing countries to cooperate, collaborate, and share knowledge and competences, with a view to maximizing the developmental and welfare benefits accruable from petroleum exploitation activities in its member countries. APPO currently has sixteen (16) member countries which includes…
[ads2] The Technical Directorate of the Ghana Armwrestling Federation (GAF) has named the official squad for the National Armwrestling team, Golden Arms ahead of the 2022 Africa Armwrestling Championship in Lagos, Nigeria. The team is expected to leave the shores of Ghana on Tuesday, July 19, 2022. Head of the directorate, Mr Husseini Akueteh Addy, explained that the carefully selected team of 10 males and 10 females would be competing in their various bodyweight categories which reflects on the Youth, Junior, and Senior categories of the competition. The selected athletes drafted from the Ghana Immigration Service, Ghana Police Service, Ghana…
[ads5] The Ghana Armwrestling Federation (GAF) has partnered Kaysports, a leading sportswear manufacturer in Ghana to unveil the 2022 official competition jersey for the National Armwrestling Team, the Golden Arms, ahead of the 2022 Africa Armwrestling Championship in Lagos, Nigeria. The new kit, sponsored by United Media Consult and K-Balm ointment from Kofikrom Pharmacy which has a little touch of red, yellow, green and a black collar with nearly emborsed watermark of GAF logo is produced by Kaysports, a sports kits and athlete management company in Ghana. The newly designed apparel would be the competition kit for the Golden Arms…
[ads4] The efforts by the sector Ministry to address problems associated with rental housing received a major boost as stakeholders made up of industry players and academia undertook the review of the existing Rent Act, 1963 (Act 220) meant to among other things bring sanity in the administration of rental housing and remove inherent constraints on housing supply in the country. The relevance of the existing law as amended and passed by Parliament some fifty-nine years ago has been outlived by the current population growth, urbanization and demand and supply imbalance. This situation has saddled the rental housing industry with…
[ads4] RABAT has officially been launched as the Capital of African Culture at a glittering ceremony at the city’s Mohammed V Theatre. This was the official celebration of the February 2020 decision when the Committee of African Capitals of Culture officially announced the choice of Rabat as the Capital of African Culture for 2022-2023. A large concert highlighted the jam-packed program put together by the Ministry of Youth, Culture and Communication under the high patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI. The befittingly glamorous opening ceremony, supported by the Organisations such as United Cities and Local Governments United of Africa,…
Powered by Perception Management International, the 2022 publicized K-Balm National Armwrestling Championship which comes off on Friday. June 17, has received support from Max Fly Energy Drink and other brands targeted at making the event a success. The one-day national Armwrestling championship under the auspices of the Ghana Armwrestling Federation (GAF) is an annual exercise to recruit prospective athletes to beef up the national armwrestling team, the Golden Arms. The K-Balm Ointment sponsored open championship which will be held at the DG Hathramani Hall at the Accra Sports Stadium and beamed live on ETV Ghana and all GAF social media…
[ads2] Francis Asenso-Boakye, the Minister of Works and Housing has admonished Ghanaians to stop disposing solid waste into drains to maintain drainage capacity and reduce the likelihood of flooding. The lawmaker believes disposing of solid waste into drains is one of the cause of flooding in the country hence the need to put a stop to it as soon as possible. He said, “while the government is making effort to ensure flood risk is minimised, it is important to highlight that government alone cannot achieve this goal, it must be shared responsibility.” In his address to commemorate the 7th anniversary…
[ads2] In furtherance of its primary goal to impact the lives of Ghanaians through social and economic empowerment programmes, the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), through its Foundation, is seeking areas of collaboration in Science and Technology education, and technical training with the Saginaw Valley State University, Michigan, USA. In a meeting hosted by the Board and the leadership of the University with 3 Ghanaian state agencies – GNPC, Ghana Digital Centers Limited (GDCL), and the National Service Secretariat (NSS), representatives of the State agencies took turns to present highlights of their operations in a bid to explore areas of…
[ads2]The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, through its Foundation, on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Michigan based Non-Profit Organization, Youth Development Corporation (YDC) USA in Saginaw Michigan. The agreement, witnessed by the Mayor of Saginaw City Brenda Moore, YDC Board Chair, Gary L. Loster, and other dignitaries is aimed at collaborating to provide employable skills training, exchange programs to Ghanaian youths as well as sourcing for funding to support the various economic empowerment programmes designed and implemented by the GNPC Foundation. In a brief remark, the Executive Director of the GNPC Foundation, Dr. Dominic Eduah, said the Foundation…