According to her, about 200,000 companies have failed to file their annual returns and financial statements since 2011 despite several notices and reminders. We gave extensions for people to file annual returns, and we extended it to almost one year, and we allowed businesses to hold Annual General Meetings virtually. It said companies that have their names expunged from the register would have to go to the law courts to have their business restored. “When you file an annual return, you are updating the Registrar General on changes that have taken place in your company, whether you’ve carried out any business or not. She further dispelled the notion that companies must have carried out business within the year under review before they file their returns.

Some of them do not feel encouraged to teach in the school due to the terrible nature of the school building. “I attend school at Miawani M/A Primary. Established in 1963 with a 3-unit pavilion classroom structure built from muddy bricks touched with bamboo sticks, Miawani Primary School has never seen any major renovation since then. The nature of the school structure, according to some parents and opinion leaders, is demoralizing teachers posted to the community. By all indications, the pupils in Miawani M/A Primary school may be enjoying free education but definitely are not enjoying equal opportunity as their peers in the urban communities.

The malaria vaccine, also called RTS,S, is administered to eligible children who receive the vaccine at specified times from the age of 6 months, with the final dose given at 24 months (two years) of age. On attaining age of 6 months, parents send the baby to the Child Welfare Clinic to be given the first dose of the RTS,S. The second dose is administered when the child is seven months old, the third dose is given when the child turns nine months old and the final and fourth dose given to the child at age two. However, most of the children in the Asunafo North Municipal who are supposed to finish taking all four doses of the vaccine to keep them immune from catching malaria, are not made available to take the fourth and final dose of the vaccine. Meanwhile, on a general malaria case recorded in the Asunafo North Municipal, the Municipality saw a decrease in the malaria cases comparing the years 2019 and 2020.

As several strategies including the mounting of litter bins at some vantage points in the country have been put in place to curb this menace, some Ghanaians are also destroying it for reasons best known to them. The Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Dapaah said the government procured a total of 8,100 litter bins which were delivered in Accra and 3 other regions. Some of these bins are in a poor state because some Ghanaians are manhandling them but the Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Dapaah has indicated that government will not give up on Ghanaians with bad environmental attitudes. The sanitation minister said, "We have procured 8,100 litter bins that have been distributed in Accra, Kumasi, Takoradi. She noted that motorized tricycles, litter bins and skip containers have been supplied to the Assemblies in Greater Accra to help in waste management in the country.

Business News of Wednesday, 9 June 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comFormer Trade and Industry Minister, Dr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah in 2016 attributed the shutdown of Komenda sugar factory to power outages they were facing at the time. He said the factory had difficulties in having access to direct power from the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). Minister of Trade and Industry Dr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah has absolved management of the Komenda Sugar Factory of any blame in the quick shutdown of the facility. The ministry in a statement on Tuesday, June 7 denied reports of the shutdown of the factory, announcing that the shutdown is scheduled for the end of June, 2016 rather. Central Region Minister Kweku Ricketts-Hagan had told TV3 last week that the shutdown was to allow equipment to undergo maintenance.

As part of the GhanaWeb Road Safety Campaign, we sit with one of the most important stakeholders in the roads sector, the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA), to understand why these situations persist and what can be done to reduce the growing trend. “Now, we have what we call the New Decade for Action Against Road Safety; it is even global now and we will draw our plan fitting it. So, we just have to out in strategies that will manage the fatalities on our roads. It is a campaign that was started in October and we are hoping that it goes well into a number of years to come. “We started with topical issues on roads safety life speeding, dangerous driving, fatigue driving, night driving, driving in bad weather – topical issues; about 52 topical issues,” she said.

According to him, President Akufo-Addo is bent on ending the practice of state institutions being staffed with party apparatchiks. In an Angel FM interview monitored by GhanaWeb, Professor Attafuah stressed that political neutrality is something President Akufo-Addo holds dear and is bent on instilling same in public institutions. No!”, Professor Attafuah noted during a radio interview with Angel FM. Kennedy Agyapong told Asempa FM that comments by Ken Attafuah could demoralize party faithfuls who sacrificed to get the party in power. “I have the common sense to ask simple, simple questions for him [Attafuah] to look so ridiculous,” Agyapong charged.

Just like the Christ Embassy incident, identities can be put to some of the face behind the organization of Sir John’s funeral. “Just a day to the funeral I called the Major General Thomas Oppong-Peprah, that I needed help to transport the body of his brother (Sir John) home. Leading members of the NPP including Chairman Freddy Blay and Deputy General Secretary Nana Obiri Boahen have been quick clarify that the event at Sakora Wonoo was a family event and not a party or government event. “However, it was the family that organized the funeral and we were invited. So question now is, will the police arrest and prosecute the organizers and family of Sir John as they did in the case of the Christ Embassy culprits?

Okudzeto Ablakwa told Neat FM that contrary to the claims by Afenyo-Markin, his questions were admitted by the Speaker and forms part of the issues that will be discussed in the house. Afenyo-Markin is quoted to have said Ablakwa was not being candid with Ghanaians over the status of his question. "So why create the impression that you have a pending urgent question. Per our rules, when a question is filed, the Mr. Speaker is the sole authority to determine the admissibility or otherwise. So is he saying that he is unaware that his questions have been rejected?

Against the Pound Sterling, the cedi is trading at a buying price of 8.1316 and a selling price of 8.1403 as compared to yesterday’s trading of buying price of 8.1457 and a selling price of 8.1544. The Euro is trading at a buying price of 7.0058 and a selling price of 7.0127 as compared to yesterday’s trading of a buying price of 7.0095 and a selling price of 7.0164. The South African Rand is trading at a buying price of 0.4236 and a selling price of 0.4240 as compared to yesterday’s trading of a buying price of 0.4253 and a selling price of 0.4256. The Nigerian Naira is trading at a buying price of 71.3329 and a selling price of 71.4199 as compared to yesterday’s trading of a buying price of 71.3019 and a selling price of 71.4758. For the CFA, it is trading at a buying price of 93.5384 and a selling of 93.6306 as compared to yesterday’s trading of a buying price of 93.4891 and a selling price of 93.5811.

According to him, among five members who filed for the position, Prof Attafuah was the fourth. “Professor Attafuah, if you don’t know his secret, when we won this election, he filed to be a Speaker of Parliament. Why didn’t he file under NDC to be a Speaker of Parliament to be neutral? “You filed to be a Speaker of Parliament under NPP party. But Kennedy Agyapong questioned the Professor why he did not apply to accept the NIA position during the NDC administration.

General News of Wednesday, 9 June 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Egyapa Mercer has finally been recommended for approval• Appointments Committee deferred his nomination over a comment he has made about PDS• He is the Deputy Minister-designate for EnergyAndrew Egyapa Mercer, the Deputy Minister-designate for Energy, has been cleared by the Appointments Committee of Parliament and recommended for approval after the Committee deferred his nomination after he was vetted on Monday, June 7, 2021. According to Mahama Ayariga, Egyapa Mercer’s issue that came up during his vetting was not an issue that should be the basis for his nomination to be withheld, therefore, the Committee is recommending him for approval. It is not the kind of issue that I will withhold my consent to the approval of somebody as a deputy minister. Mercer told the committee that “the then-Minister of Energy Peter Amewu- misspoke,” in describing the problem with the deal as fraudulent. He indicated that Andrew Egyapa Mercer being a lawyer failed to communicate himself well to the members of the Appointments Committee.

Prof Attafuah insisted that he will ensure to go by the President’s directive of not hiring any NPP executive(s) at the NIA. “Political neutrality, 2024 Prof Attafuah go and use political neutrality and campaign with them…I’ll incite every unemployed NPP member against this man. "I know that man [President Akufo-Addo] will never say that" because he wants to place Ghana on a sound footing as well as ensure the well-being of NPP members. Agyapong hinted that he was aware someone else was to have gotten the job at NIA but it surprisingly went to Prof Attafuah only for him to turn against NPP members. He demanded the resignation of Prof Attafuah over his "political neutrality" comment, which he said has the potential to "destroy" the party.

But on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, the Supreme Court of Ghana quashed the injunction against the #Fixthecountry demonstration. He told Joy FM that, “the Supreme Court has done right by us, by finally stating that the police cannot take our rights for granted. He said, “this kind of ambush litigation was thrown away 10 years back, yet the Police could not modernise, they still like that ‘buga buga’ [to wit hostile] practice”. The Supreme Court in its ruling set aside the injunction from the High Court and ordered the protesters to go ahead with their demonstration. According to the police, the decision of the Supreme Court does not conclude their litigation with the conveners of the protest at the High Court, as the substantive case will be heard on June 14, 2021.

General News of Wednesday, 9 June 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comSamuel Okudzeto Ablakwa says Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye was so bossy and sometimes autocratic during his tenure as Speaker of the 7th Parliament. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa who was assessing Speaker Alban Bagbin and the 8th Parliament had to compare him [Alban Bagbin] to his predecessor, Prof Aaron Mike Oquaye. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin has entered the role quite impressively. He is the most experienced person we have had as a Speaker in terms of knowledge of the House. “But he has been accommodating to opt for a more consensual approach,” he stressed.