Pastor Mensa Otabil’s photograph has been taken off the 13-member Board of Trustees. This implies that the preacher is no longer a member of the Board of Trustees. The 5,000-seater National Cathedral remains one of the top priorities of the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's government. The president noted that the construction of the National Cathedral is pivotal to the development of Ghana. Find below a screenshot of the updated list of the National Cathedral Board of Trustees.
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June 15, 2022 10:04 UTC
Sports News of Tuesday, 14 June 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comThe Black Stars of Ghana finished the 2022 Kirin Cup as bronze winners after beating Chile on penalties in the third-place game. Ghana ended the game with 9-men as Alidu Seidu and midfielder Mubarak Wakaso were sent off in the second half, giving the Chileans the numerical advantage in the game. However, the Black Stars held on and ended the game goalless to take it to penalties. Ghana won the penalty shootouts convincingly to the surprise of many Ghanaians as the first three players who took the kick scored for Ghana. Goalkeeper Manaf Nurudeen became the hero of the day after saving two penalties to help the Black Stars defeat the La Roja of Chile 3-1.
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June 14, 2022 23:52 UTC
Ibrahim Mahama meets Ibrahim MahamaIbrahim Mahama, the artist, calls for more support for the arts industryRedclay Tamale gets new installationGhanaian businessman and founder of Engineers and Planners, the largest indigenous-owned mining company in West Africa, Ibrahim Mahama, has sent an unusual gift to his namesake, Ibrahim Mahama, the artist. In a post made on his Twitter handle, the artist and philanthropist Ibrahim Mahama shared the good news of how the businessman had sent him a rare gift of a jet engine. Ibrahim Mahama, the artist, further indicated that beyond the jet engine, Ibrahim Mahama, the businessman, was also generous enough to give him other parts of the jet to be installed at his art installation at Tamale. The international artist also indicated that the generosity of Ibrahim Mahama is the kind of thing that is needed to support such artistic works by Africans. Special thanks to our big brother @MrMahama_ENP for the gift of this Jet Engine and other objects to Redclay Tamale.
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June 14, 2022 18:14 UTC
General News of Tuesday, 14 June 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comThe founder and leader of Prophetic Hill Chapel, Prophet Nigel Gaisie has been captured on camera in a fracas with a woman said to be his landlady. According to the host of the Seat Show on Net 2 TV, Kwaku Annan, the prophet and his landlady engaged in a heated confrontation over a refuse dump. Prophet Nigel Gaisie was spotted in a white shirt and black trousers. Nigel Gaisie! Narrating further, Kwaku Annan said: “When the landlord complained, he got furious and threatened to beat her to death.
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June 14, 2022 14:46 UTC
"Adom-Otchere went to the faculty of law; he did not finish law school. When he is on TV, and people call him a lawyer, he is not humble to say sorry; I'm not a lawyer. Paul Adom-Otchere has responded to his critics and those who believe that he failed his law school examination. Some Parliamentarian will say Paul Adom-Otchere is not a lawyer; if I'm not a lawyer, Kwamena Ahwoi too is not a lawyer. "Some people even think I wrote law school entry exams; my time, we were not writing law school entry exams.
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June 14, 2022 13:12 UTC
Four Members of Ghana’s Parliament are now in London to commence discussions with the United Kingdom Parliament on issues bordering on the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, 2021 (Anti-LGBT bill). The delegation of Members of Parliament (MPs) who travelled to London are members of the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee and are being led by the chairman of the committee, Kwame Anyimadu-Antwi. The four-member team will commence discussion with the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) on the anti-gay bill currently before Parliament, Monday, June 13, 2022. This comes after Anyimadu-Antwi indicated that the United Kingdom Parliament has extended an invitation to members of Ghana’s Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee to discuss matters relating to the anti-gay bill currently before it. Four members of the committee including myself and the ranking member will be attending this important meeting.
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June 14, 2022 11:52 UTC
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has stated that its investigation into the Marwako restaurant food poisoning incident has been hampered because of the destruction of some of the food items by the restaurant. The FDA, however, indicated that the destruction of the food items only stopped it from determining the root cause of the food poisoning but it was able to determine from the samples it took from the victims that the food they ate was highly contaminated. In a statement, the authority said that the branches of Marwako that were shut down remain closed, adding that it has also sanctioned the restaurant. “The process to establish the root cause of the contamination has been unfortunately hampered by the unapproved and unilateral decision of the management of Marwako to destroy some of the food items whilst the investigation was in progress. The FDA closed down the East Legon branch of the Marwarko Restaurant on Thursday, May 12, following allegations of food poisoning on social media by persons who claim to have eaten there.
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June 14, 2022 11:41 UTC
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, has underscored the need for the country to pay critical attention to its spiritual development amidst the seemingly rage over the construction of the National Cathedral project using taxpayers' money. He stated that the country cannot grow and sustain its transformation without a holistic approach which should include focusing on spiritual development as well. The National Cathedral project has in recent weeks come under intense public scrutiny over its funding. North Tongu MP, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa alleged that the Akufo-Addo-led administration has so far dolled out over GH₵190 million in funding for the construction of the National Cathedral. His comment came after a recent report that the government has released an amount of GH₵25 million for the project.
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June 14, 2022 09:29 UTC
General News of Monday, 13 June 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comMotorists on the Accra-Tema Motorway are having to deal with heavy vehicular traffic as a result of the actions of a private mining company, PW Mining International. The company is transporting about four of its heavy-duty machines, a GhanaWeb reporter who is also on the road has learnt. Anytime they use this route, there’s heavy traffic from the Tema tollbooth all the way to the Accra roundabout. She added that the machines are moving with police escorts and a dispatch rider but that is not enough to extricate commuters from the thick vehicular traffic. This is so because the drivers of the heavy-duty machines are driving at a slow pace, causing discomfort.
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June 13, 2022 15:53 UTC
While there have been open interests shown by a number of people for the various executive positions, the Daily Guide newspaper has reported that a total of 50 people have picked up nomination forms for positions in the party. The report added the forms were either picked for or on behalf of the persons who have expressed interest in various portfolios of the NPP. Take note that the various slots are for the National Chairman, National Vice Chairman, General Secretary, National Treasurer, National Organiser, National Women’s Organiser, National Youth Organiser, and National Nasara Coordinator. “In all, seven people picked nominations to run for the National Chairperson position, while 10 people picked forms for the National Vice Chairperson position, and six picked forms to run for the General Secretary position,” the report said. National Youth OrganiserPrince Kamal Gumah, Salam Mustapha, Abanga Yakubu Fusani, Michael Osei Boateng, and Karikari Kinsman Mensah.
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June 13, 2022 13:20 UTC
The report indicates over 20 students have fallen unconscious and have been rushed to a hospital. "Police have allegedly fired live bullets to disperse students of Islamic Senior High School in Kumasi. About 20 of the students have been reportedly rushed to the hospital. The protesting students were said to have been met by the police who fired warning shots to disperse the incident," the report by 3news said. According to them, they only fired warning shots to disperse the said students.
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June 13, 2022 13:07 UTC
Sometimes, when these callers manage to be on air, their submissions are entirely different from what is being discussed on the radio. The callers manage to trumpet the same message on all the radio programmes that they speak on. “I walk around with 15 mobile phones and a power bank but I use 14 in calling the radio stations. This is to hijack the studio lines...I have 15 mobile phones but I use 14 in calling the radio stations. So, for now, I don’t work, the only work I do is to serve my party by calling the radio stations.
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June 13, 2022 09:40 UTC
Investigative journalist, Manasseh Awuni Azure has projected that some religious entities will withdraw their support for the construction of the National Cathedral if they were asked to contribute monies for it. “Many churches will stop supporting the National Cathedral if they are forced to give part of their income to build it.”The National Cathedral project, according to government, is to construct a pace of worship and serve as a centre for various religious functions. “Authority is hereby granted you to release the sum of 25,000,000.00 (Twenty-Five Million Ghana Cedis) as additional seed money to the National Cathedral Secretariat for the construction of the National “Cathedral for part payment of outstanding claims from RIBADE Limited,” portions of the document shared read. Earlier, President of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe lamented the timing of the government’s decision to embark on the construction of a National Cathedral. "The fact that we do not have clear details as to which companies are benefitting and whether they procured the services correctly and all of that, is quite worrying,” he stressed.
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June 13, 2022 09:12 UTC
General Secretary for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu believes the party will not have issues with its electoral albums going forward. You’ll not hear anything about album issues in our party with what we’ve been able to do. Our party is the most digitized party that I’ve ever seen. You have a party that goes into an election and is able to know getting 90% of our results. The comments of the General Secretary come after Musah Superior an aspirant for the General Secretary position alleged that the governing political party does not have a database of its party documents.
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June 13, 2022 08:46 UTC
Business News of Sunday, 12 June 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comTarget 2million arrivals, Nana Addo tells Tourism MinistryTourism industry third largest contributor to GDPRenovated museum expected to attract not less than 120,000 visits annuallyPresident Akufo-Addo has thrown a challenge to the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture, to rake in US$4 billion as revenue and a target of 2million arrivals by 2024. The President stated that tourism, arts, and culture “are effective tools for economic transformation” which Ghana “can benefit from because we possess a significant number of heritage resources.”He gave the charge at the commissioning of the newly renovated national museum at Adabraka in Accra, on Friday, June 10, 2022. “I am throwing a challenge to the Ministry of tourism arts and culture and its implementing agencies to achieve 2 million international arrivals by the year 2024, with the corresponding revenue of some USD$ 4 billion,” President Akufo-Addo said. He further urged the Tourism Ministry to create some 150,000 jobs annually through its activities in line with my government’s objective of providing jobs for the youth. The President further noted that the renovated museum is expected to attract not less than 120,000 visitors annually and create some 15,000 jobs.
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June 13, 2022 04:19 UTC