Business News of Wednesday, 7 April 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comThe Accra Sewerage Systems Ghana Ltd. has hinted at plans to expand and upgrade its liquid waste management and treatment plant and use and technologies to treat more liquid waste in Ghana. “Issue of Sanitation is a major priority in Ghana, so we must expand and upgrade technologies to meet the increasing need for disposal of liquid waste in the country. Dr Agyepong also noted that work on the Kumasi Liquid waste treatment plant is almost complete, and it will soon start serving the needs of the people of the Ashanti region in liquid waste management. However, similar works in the Western Region, Tema and Tamale have begun, and the capacities to be built will help receive all manner of liquid waste and prevent indiscriminate dumping of wastewater in the country. Additional technology will be added to help sieve out solid waste that is normally found in the liquid waste brought to the facility.

General News of Wednesday, 7 April 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com"Be circumspect and guarded in some of your utterances." That is the position of the Minority Chief Whip, Mohammed Mubarak-Muntaka to Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, the Leader of the Majority caucus in Parliament. Mr Kyei-Mensah is one of the experienced MPs that we have but I do not think like him. And you have seen us on the floor many times based on the standing orders and having banter. He added that, “For him to say that some Minority MPs have been brainwashed, it is unfortunate.

Business News of Wednesday, 7 April 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comThe Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, is projecting a strong pick up of economies around the world including Ghana. Speaking at the IMF-World Bank spring-summer meeting currently ongoing virtually, Kristalina Georgieva said this will depend on how governments effectively manage COVID-19 and the deployment of vaccines. “The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and of danger, we must not let our guard down. Meanwhile, the Spring Meetings are meetings of the joint World Bank Group/IMF Development Committee and the IMF International Monetary and Financial Committee, which discusses progress on the work of the institutions. Other featured events include regional briefings, press conferences, and are focused on international development, issues of debt, economic recovery, vaccines, and climate.

General News of Wednesday, 7 April 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comPrinters at the Accra New Town have expressed worry over the negative impact that the load shedding will have on their business. With no immediate sign of Ghana's power crisis popularly known as dumsor ending anytime soon, the printing houses have joined the long list of victims lamenting the dire implications of the crisis on their operations. One of the printing houses told GhanaWeb’s Desmond Frimpong that they have no other option than to adjust to the load shedding timetable whenever there is a release. The table will provide details of the time and places that would experience power outages at any point in time between April and June this year. Below is a sampled reaction from owners of printing houses in Accra New Town.

According to Chief Executive of the Chamber, Elikplim Apetorgbor said a schedule is required to enable businesses and the consuming public to plan ahead of the imminent power outages. “The reliability of electricity supply to consumers requires improved access to information by notifying consumers in advance. Meanwhile, a cross section of Ghanaians are expected to experience intermittent power outages until September this year, according to the Ghana Grid Company Limited. This is because the power transmission company will complete its ongoing expansion works and system upgrade by the time. Energy Minister, Matthew Opoku Prempeh on his part has dismissed assertions that the country was on a return to an erratic power supply era known as ‘dumsor’.

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General News of Wednesday, 7 April 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comHenry Quartey, the Greater Accra Regional Minister has issued a directive to the National Disaster Management Organization to demolish a structure on a waterway at Lashibi in Accra. The Minister who sighted the facility during a tour of the city with officials of NADMO directed them to quickly demolish the building. He tasked NADMO to work with National Security to ensure that the facility is brought down. The Tema Director of NADMO also made appeals for the demolition of unauthorized structures around at Tema Community Seven Post Office. He, according to Citi FM stated that the structures on the path pose risk to life and property.

Regional News of Wednesday, 7 April 2021Source: GNAMrs. Lucille Hewlett Annan, Greater Accra Regional Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has advised the public to use Alternative Disputes Resolution (ADR) to resolve conflicts. Mrs. Annan said there was the need to resolve conflict amicably hence the ADR mechanism to deal with societal issues for peaceful co-existence. She said the NCCE adopted the ADR approach to enable parties to reach a mutual agreement, which could not have been reached through an adjudicative process. Mr. Isaac Kwame Antwi, NCCE Tema Metropolitan Director, called on the youth to serve as agents to promote peaceful coexistence, a prerequisite for national development. Mr. Henry Attoh Okai, Greater Accra Regional Executive Secretary, National Peace Council, asked the Youth not to allow themselves to be used by politicians to promote violence.

Nana Akuoko Sarpong has proposed the relocation of the administrative capital to areas around Kintampo which he believes is a better option. We can be thinking of relocating the administrative capital somewhere near Kintampo while Accra remains the commercial capital. [We can] have an administrative capital away from Accra, somewhere within the interior, near Yeji where there’s water.”Adding: “We must plan ahead because Accra was not planned to be a capital. Notwithstanding a section of the public have also opposed suggestions to relocate Ghana’s capital from Accra. John Bortey wrote, “You don’t need to change the capital, what we have to do is move the ministries.

“The young man called Kwadwo Sheldon, I’m here for violence; brother man, I respect you. I respect you, I love the work you do, but kindly respect others as well. I respect you kindly respect others too, please do that. He advised Sheldon to rather use his channel and energies to promote positive things he (Badu) is engaged in. The video in question was posted by Sheldon on Tuesday, titled “Sonnie Badu And The F@ke Degrees,” it had gotten over 33,000 views at the time of filing this report.

The Police indicated that the suspects upon interrogation confessed that they discovered a spiritualist on TV, who told them to bring an amount of GH¢5,000, to help them become instant billionaires. This has triggered anger among a cross-section of Ghanaians about the increased spiritualists and Mallam programmes on television which promise unreasonable get-rich-quick avenues for unsuspecting youth. Boadu-Ayeboafo continued: “If the charge sheet says that they say they watch TV that’s why they did that, then I think that maybe that is a lame excuse for them. We should bemoan some of the things that we see on our television and all that. The two suspects have been charged with murder and conspiracy to commit murder.

General News of Wednesday, 7 April 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comAchimota School has been sued again in the matter concerning its decision to deny admission to a Rastafarian student last month. The latest suit is by Oheneba Kwaku Nkrabea, who according to court documents is being a minor, is suing through his next friend, Marvin Palmer. The suit, deposited before the Human Rights Division of the High Court is directed at the Board of Governors of Achimota School, the Ghana Education Service, Ministry of Education and the Attorney General. He is praying the court to compel Achimota School to admit him into the school to allow him pursue his education. The suit is also praying the court to stop the school from ever discriminating against him on the basis of his religion and or creed.

According to GRIDCo, the current disruption of power is as a result of ongoing works to upgrade and improve service delivery of power to the country. On his part, the Energy Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, declined the assertions that Ghana had returned to the days of regular power cuts. He prayed to Ghanaians to be patient as efforts are being implemented to ensure an improved supply of power. He added, “bear with the contractors, so they finish in time, so we can enjoy the improvement we so desire. Parts of the country have been experiencing power cuts for the past few weeks, a situation which has got people asking if the country has returned to the days of dumsor.

General News of Tuesday, 6 April 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comThe Electoral Commission of Ghana has said that all its field workers from the 2020 election period should be paid latest by April 30, 2021. In a statement, the EC said that it is working with the Ministry of Finance to ensure that this deadline is met and that all its field workers from the general elections of 2020 get paid their due. "The Commission regrets the delay in effecting the payments and assures all Field Operatives that arrangements are being made to ensure the timely release of funds," the statement said. The EC also took the opportunity to thank all the workers who helped it deliver its mandate of conducting elections, and more specifically, the 2020 presidential and parliamentary elections. "The Commission thanks its hard working and dedicated team of Field Operatives who lived by its motto and contributed to making the 2020 Elections successful, transparent, timely, credible and peaceful," it said.

General News of Tuesday, 6 April 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comA former Oxford University Professor, Noel Tagoe, wants the subject of Agyapa Royalties deal and other financial conversations to be given national traction. The Agyapa Royalties deal which was proposed to mortgage the country’s royalties for cash to finance infrastructure projects, faced huge backlash from the public. “I think we need conversations broadly on financing that takes into consideration things like Agyapa, things like borrowing money if we have not been able to expand our tax base. Speaking on the introduction of new taxes in the recent budget, Professor Tagoe, underscored that most Ghanaians lacked knowledge on the Agyapa deal. He therefore urged the central players to find a solution to the conflict of interest and competent negotiators for the deal.