We’ll Have Enough Gas To End ‘dumsor’
Ample measures have been put in place to ensure that the power crisis is permanently curtailed, outgoing Finance Minister, Seth Terkper, has said. Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show, Mr. Terkper...
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Expert Contests Mahama’s Claim of Fixing Energy Crisis
Energy expert, Kwadwo Opoku, has rejected President John Mahama’s claim that his government has fixed Ghana’s energy crisis, which culminated in erratic electricity supply for years. Delivering...
ICU Hints At Redundancies Amidst Fears of Power Crisis
The Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union (ICU) has said that worries over stable power for production in the early part of 2017 could force companies to lay off workers. The Africa Centre for...
Food Security Crisis In Southern Africa After Drought
Southern Africa is still recovering from the devastating effects brought on by a two-year-long El Nino event that ended in early 2016. El Nino is known for its widespread impact across the globe...
Ghana On Course To Become Energy Sufficient – President Mahama
President John Mahama has touted his administration’s achievement in what he describes as a major turnaround in the country’s power sector. According to him, the increased generation capacity and...
Ghana On Course To Become Energy Sufficient
President John Mahama has touted his administration’s achievement in what he describes as a major turnaround in the country’s power sector. According to him, the increased generation capacity and...
Blast Hits Western Turkish City of Izmir
Smoke rises from the site of an explosion in Izmir, Turkey An explosion has hit the Turkish Aegean coastal city of Izmir and ambulances have been dispatched to the scene, according to Turkish media...
Ghana Is Moving Towards Excess Power Generation – Mahama
President John Mahama has disclosed that the power situation in Ghana has stabilised to the point that the country is now heading towards the generation of excess power. According to him, Ghana...
ICU Warns of Massive Layoffs Over Gas Insecurity In 2017
The Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union (ICU) has cautioned of another bout of redundancy in the economy due to uncertainties of a stable power sector early this year. They argue that industry...
#SOTNGhana: I’ve Made Ghana Self-Sufficient In Energy
President John Mahama says his tenure is ushering Ghana into energy self-sufficiency following a tenure that was marred by the power crisis, popularly referred to as dumsor, which was brought on...
ICU Warns of Massive Layoffs Over Gas Insecurity In 2017
The Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union (ICU) has cautioned of another bout of redundancy in the economy due to uncertainties of a stable power sector early this year. They argue that industry...
Ghana Needs Mix-Energy Generation To Get Out Of Doldrums!
..rumours have it that Ghana's inability to secure natural gas from Nigeria, a country endowed with abundant natural gas to feed Asogli thermal plant or any other pertinent thermal plant/s in the...
Staff of VRA Storm Parliament; Demand Abrogation of AMERI Deal
Executives of the Senior Staff Association of the Volta River Authority (VRA) have stormed Parliament demanding an abrogation of the Africa & Middle East Resource Investment (AMERI) deal. The workers...
Prioritise Agric To Alleviate Poverty
The Association of Bolgatanga, Bongo, Nangodi and Tongo (BONABOTO) in the Upper East Region, has appealed to the incoming New Patriotic Party (NPP) government to prioritize agriculture and tackle...
Pig Farmers Update Skills
A four-day training programme aimed at promoting productivity in the piggery industry to a very high earning and sustainable level has ended in Ho. Participants were introduced to new technologies...
Ford Motors Cancels $1.6bn Mexico Plant
Ford has said it will cancel a $1.6bn (£1.3bn) plant it planned to build in Mexico and instead extend operations at its factory in Michigan. The US car giant will spend $700m on expanding the plant...
Restructure COCOBOD, Don’t Move It To Agric Ministry
The General Agriculture Workers Union (GAWU) has called for restructuring of the Ghana Cocoa Board(COCOBOD) to make it efficient rather than just moving it from the Ministry of Finance to the...
Restructure COCOBOD, Don’t Move It To Agric Ministry- GAWU
The General Agriculture Workers Union (GAWU) has called for restructuring of the Ghana Cocoa Board(COCOBOD) to make it efficient rather than just moving it from the Ministry of Finance to the...
Explore Realistic System To Shore Up Power – ACEP To NPP Government
The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), an energy think tank, wants the incoming NPP administration to explore sustainable sources of funding for Ghana’s growing power needs. The country’s...
Don’t Blame NDC If ‘dumsor’ Returns – Wereko-Brobby
The incoming Akufo-Addo-led administration should not fault the outgoing government if the country is plunged back into another power crisis, a former Chief Executive of the Volta River Authority, Dr...