The government of Ghana through the Interior Ministry has declared Tuesday, May 3, 2022 as a statutory public holiday. This is to mark the Eid-ul-Fitr which falls on the day. The government has also declared May 2, 2022 as a public holiday to celebrate the Worker’s Day. The Worker’s Day will fall on Sunday, May 1, 2022 but President Akufo-Addo has by Executive Instrument (E.I), in accordance with Section 2 of the Public Holidays and Commemorative Days Act (Act 601) declared Monday, May 2, 2021, as an additional Public Holiday and “However, in view of the fact that May 1,…
Author: Wilhelmina Antonniette Bartels
The government of Ghana has declared May 2, 2022 as a public holiday. This was contained in a statement from the Interior Ministry issued to Ghanaians dated April 25, 2022. The statement says the May 2 has been declared a public holiday to celebrate the Workers’ Day which falls on Sunday, May 1, 2022. “However, in view of the fact that May 1, 2022 falls on a Sunday, His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Ghana, has by Executive Instrument (E.I), in accordance with Section 2 of the Public Holidays and Commemorative Days Act (Act 601) declared Monday, May…
Former Black Stars coach, Kwasi Appiah has advised prospective coaches to be wary of the pressure associated in coaching the Ghana senior male national team. According to the 61-year old, the pressure associated with the Black Stars coaching job is unbearable and very severe that he won’t advise any coach to occupy the position. Kwasi Appiah had two spell with the Black Stars as the head coach, with the recent ending after an abysmal display at the AFCON 2019 where Ghana was eliminated in the knockout stage. “When I used to be up there, as I am sitting with you…
A Congolese pastor is making the trends on social media after getting married to four ladies who are all virgins at the same time. The pastor, identified as Zagabe Chiluza, is said to have married the four ladies in a colorful ceremony somewhere in the Eastern part of Congo. AfriMax English says the pastor always share scriptures from the Holy Bible to defend that polygamy isn’t a sin. “I have one wife already and today I’m going to marry these four. They will join the first wife,” he said on his wedding day. He claimed the idea of marrying more…
The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has confirmed the date for its much anticipated constituency elections. According to a statement from the party, its annual Constituency Delegates Conference will kickstart from April 28 , 2022, to May 4, 2022. The statement says the congress will be held despite the statutory holidays of May Day and Eid-Ul-Fitr. The affirmation of the dates was made by the party’s National Steering Committee at an emergency meeting held on Sunday 24th April 2022 pursuant to Article 10 (10)(1) of the party’s constitution. The statement therefore urges the Constituency Elections Committee to “determine the appropriate…
The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) is not worried and surprised about the EIU report tipping the opposition NDC to win the 2024 elections, says former Director of Communications Nana Akomea. According to Nana Akomea, the NPP is fully aware that it will lose the presidential seat should an election be held “in the present circumstances.” He was optimistic that the NPP will regain the trust of Ghanaians before the 2024 elections considering the policies that the party will be rolling out. “Everyone in this country, including the NPP is well aware that if an election is held now, with…
The Executive Director of the Institute of Democratic Governance (IDEG), Dr Emmanuel Akwatey has said the government is not serving the needs of the youth in Ghana when it comes to job creation. According to Dr Akwatey, the youth in Ghana have lost confidence in the current system due to lack of sustainable jobs. “The youth have lost confidence. This is not the youth of many years in the 50s and the 60s. The point I am making is that the system is not responding to their needs. “Chapter 6 of the 1992 Constitution, the Directive Principle of State Policy…
Professor Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang, the Vice Presidential candidate of the NDC in the 2020 elections has refuted claims that John Mahama abolished teacher trainee allowance during his administration. This comes as confusing to many as former president, John Mahama in one of his campaign tours prior to the 2016 elections justified the cancellation of the allowance for teachers. But whilst addressing members of the Tertiary Education Institutions Network (TEIN) student wing of the NDC at the Wesley College in Kumasi on Sunday April 24, Professor Opoku Agyemang who was once a Minister of Education indicated that claims that the allowances were…
Emmanuel Macron has been elected the president of France for the next five years. The 44-year old accumulated 58.55% of the total votes to retain the seat as the leader of the french-speaking country. Macron defeated rival Marine Le Pen, who nevertheless secured the far right’s highest share of the vote yet. Le Pen who was the first runner up in the election pulled 41.45%, which is a greater margin compared to that of Macron. Per the final result of the election, more than one in three voters did not vote for either candidate. Turnout was just under 72%, the lowest…
Ghanaian rapper, Guru has heaped praises to the France Ambassador to Ghana, H.E Ann Sophie Avè for his massive contribution to the success of Ghanaian music abroad. According to the ‘Lapaz Toyota’ hit-maker, the French Ambassador is putting in much effort to the promotion of Ghanaian music than the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Arts who are mandated to do so. He believes the French ambassador is doing the work of the Tourism and Creative Arts Ministry which is to strengthen its mandate of prioritizing the needs of industry players and to help put their works out to the world.…