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His Excellency, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, along with a number of prominent party members, has offered the late Ga Manye’s family their sympathies and support. While attending the ongoing funeral procession of the late Queen Mother (Ga Manye), the President kindly donated GHC 100,000 to cover Naa Dedei Omaedru III’s funeral costs. In light of the late Queen’s passing, member of parliament for Tema East Daniel Nii Kwartei Titus Glover accepted the donation on behalf of the President and expressed his condolences to the bereaved family as well as the entire Ga State. Dr. Bawumia, the first and second ladies…

The polling places for the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) November 4, 2023 presidential primary have been revealed. These primaries, which will take place in the various constituencies across all 16 regions of the nation, will decide the party’s nominee for the general elections in 2024. Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Assin Central Member of Parliament Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, former Agriculture Minister Dr. Owusu Akoto Afriyie, and former Mampong Member of Parliament Francis Addai-Nimoh are among the contenders vying for the nomination. Voting will take place at Cape Coast’s Robert Mensah Stadium by Central Region delegates. Delegates from the Volta Region…

Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has disclosed that long-term relief measures for the victims affected by the Akosombo Dam spillage will be considered in the upcoming 2024 budget. Ofori-Atta stated that additional support will be provided and allocated in the upcoming year’s budget, despite the fact that the government has already helped the victims after touring the affected areas and interacting with media. He underlined that the government is paying attention to the actual needs of the impacted communities in addition to statistics. “We have mobilized a few things that we would like to share but I think we are also…

InsightNewsgh.com looks at the stories making headlines of the various newspaper publications for today, Saturday, 28th October, 2023.

If you’re young, Okyeame Kwame has some advice you might not need to heed. In a recent interview, the Ghanaian rapper begs young people not to follow advice. Okyeame Kwame stated that although his generation and he have received a lot of advice, it hasn’t helped them in any way. “Don’t listen to advice. I beg you, young people. Because after listening to advice over the years, look at where we are,” he said. It is always advisable to listen to the voice of God because, in Okyeame Kwame’s opinion, humans have two voices in their heads: the voice of…

Prominent broadcast journalist Paul Adom-Otchere has praised President Akufo-Addo for using public funds to educate students, implying that this kind of action would be blessed by God. He noted that previous presidents, including Atta-Mills, John Mahama, and John Agyekum Kufuor, had access to comparable resources during their terms in office in an editorial on his Good Evening Ghana show on Thursday night. Adom-Otchere stressed, however, that it might be a praiseworthy use of public funds if President Akufo-Addo really used taxpayer money to educate over 1200 Ghanaians who might not have otherwise been able to afford education beyond junior high…

Businessman and former UT Bank founder Kofi Amoabeng has given his voice to the string of coups in the sub-region. He claimed that because the Ghana Armed Forces are politically charged, there hasn’t been a military coup in Ghana during the Fourth Republic. He claims that all state institutions, including the armed forces, have been politicized by succeeding administrations, most notably the current one headed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. “One of the biggest changes we have in this country is that, when parties come to power, especially this government, they politicise all the institutions. It is a very…

Communications manager of Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), Stanley Martey has revealed some of the challenges that hinder them from supplying water to Ghanaians. Speaking in an interview on UTV Mpu Ne Mpu, Stanley Martey divulged that sometimes they experience pressure and also power outages interrupt the process of treating water. According to him, when they face these issues it takes close to 6 hours for GWCL to recharged their lines before they are able to supply water to Ghanaians. He admitted there are challenges in the system, especially between GWCL, stakeholders and Electricity Company of Ghana. When asked if…

Yesterday, some market women at the Dome Market hooted and made unpleasant small talk with Sarah Adwoa Safo, the member of parliament for Dome Kwabenya for the New Patriotic Party (NPP). The three-term lawmaker encountered some resistance when she tried to discuss some developmental issues in the constituency with the market women. Some shoppers can be heard yelling “away, away” at the former Minister for Gender and Children Affairs in a video that has gone viral on social media. Additionally, the market women chanted phrases like to express how they felt, “We want change” and “Adwoa Safo, we don’t want…

The Volta River Authority (VRA) is being urged by the Minority in Parliament to assume the duty of constructing temporary pavilions for students impacted by the overflow of water from the Akosombo Dam. Over 14,000 students have had their academic activities interrupted as a result of the situation, according to statistics from the North Tongu Education Directorate. This is because different classrooms are being used as safe havens for affected residents. The ranking member of Parliament’s Education Committee, Peter Nortsu-Kotoe, stated in an interview with Citi News that the VRA needs to provide funding in order to address the issue.…