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Mr William Nyarko The Africa Centre for International Law and Accountability (ACILA) has called on the Government to ratify ILO Convention 158 to provide employment security for private sector workers. This Convention, which entered into force in 1985, provides that termination at the initiative of the employers shall be based on valid reason which are proven misconduct, proven  incompetence, and operational requirements. The Centre said when workers were assured of employment security, subject only to good conduct, competence and productivity, and would not be terminated arbitrarily, workers would not only feel they are treated with dignity but are likely to be loyal, conscientious, and contribute to increased productivity. This is contained in a statement signed by its Executive Director, Mr. William Nyarko, to mark May Day being celebrated in Ghana under the theme: Sustainable Pension for all: The Role of Social Partners. ACILA is a research and education, non-partisa

A youth group within opposition National Democratic Congress(NDC),   Powerful Youth of NDC is warning the EC Boss to Jean Mensah to desist from her restive acts because they are not going to take it cool with her, if she still holds her decision of telling Ghanaians that registration of Voters ID Card will only be done at Ec offices.  How on earth would she do that, when will people from far Villages and far distances locate EC offices to do their registration, is she trying to te ll us that they are only going to register only those in the Urban areas? The group quizzed. According to Pwerful Youth of the NDC in a statement signed by its leader Seth Okyere, Ghana now lives under a despicable government, where lies have been the order of each day, EC boss now lying and telling Ghanaians there are not enough machines to be sent to various centers for registration, meanwhile they have planned to offer some of the machines they are telling Ghanaians not enough to the New Patrioti

Benito Owusu Bio, MP The Ashanti Regional Executives of the ruling New Patriotic Party(NPP) has responded to a petition by Concerned Youth of Atwima Nwabiagya North against the Atwima Nwabiagya North Constituency executives who have been collecting signatures from delegates to allow the incumbent Member of Parliament, Hon Benito Owusu Bio go unopposed. In a letter dated 28th March, 2019 and signed by the Party’s regional secretary and sighted by Boss Fm’s Odiasempa Kwaku Mensah, the Regional executives assured the youth group that the matter would be given the needed attention. On 25th March, 2019, the concerned Youth of Atwima Nwabiagya North Constituency of the New Patriotic Party petitioned the Regional Excutives of the party against a looming danger, anger and doom that has a tendency of Costing their party, which the NPP may have to pay from an autocratic and unconstitutional move taken by some Constituency Officers and Electoral Area Coordinators. It is purported

President Nana Akufo-Addo is mocking the people of Keta by appointing Dr Alexander Adusei as the Director of the yet-to-be-built Keta Sea Port, Keta MP Richard Quashigah has said. “ … A seaport does not exist in Keta today for which a director is required. In fact, it could be seen as an attempt to ridicule and mock the people of the area by the president, the current father of our homeland,” he said. At a press conference on Monday, 1 April 2019, Mr Quashigah accused Mr Akufo-Addo of wilfully causing financial loss to the state and demanded the withdrawal of the appointment. According to the MP, it takes about GHS100,000 to maintain a director for a port in Ghana, thus, described the appointment of Dr Adusei by the president as unnecessary and an attempt to milk the public purse. An appointment letter dated 19 March 2019 signed by the Minister of Transport, Mr Kwaku Ofori Asiama, congratulated the Ohio State University-trained lawyer on his appointment. However, Deputy Minister of T

Deputy Minister of Transport, Titus Glover The government plans to introduce buses powered by compressed natural gas and electric buses as part of efforts to reduce air pollution on the roads in the country. The environmentally-friendly buses are expected to phase-out the operations of urban buses — popularly called ‘trotro’ — that use dirty fossil fuels such as diesel and petrol. The Deputy Minister of Transport, Mr Daniel Titus Glover, who stated this in Accra last week, said electric mobility was a promising technological solution to addressing climate change pollutants, and, therefore, called on investors and interested parties to partner the government in rolling out the initiative. “As phase-one, we are collaborating with the African Development Bank (AfDB) to access funds from the Green Climate Fund to introduce electric buses into our public transport system,” Mr Titus Glover said. “Though there are potential barriers, we have an opportunity to implement fundamental changes

Pressure group, OccupyGhana have outlined 12 measures it believes must be undertaken to addressing the increasing spate of road carnage in the country. In a statement the group said the situation can be attributed to the poor nature of the country’s roads, lack of enforcement of traffic laws among other reasons. “Most of our roads are in an abominable state. This is the result of decades of neglect by successive governments. Added to this neglect is indiscipline on the part of some drivers and the profound lack of enforcement of traffic laws by those in charge,” it noted. The two incidents have brought to the fore again, concerns about the safety of Ghana’s roads especially intercity highways, some of which are notorious for fatal crashes. Many analysts have proposed various measures to address the menace including ensuring that all commercial buses have speed limiters fitted on them. OccupyGhana as part of its proposals believe that the buses should be fitted to ensure th

School Children The headmistress of ZOE Montessori school, Mrs Agnes Quarcoo , has urge parents and school authorities to research and teach the Ghanaian culture especially, in schools to help inculcates the rich Ghanaian cultural values in our students and the youths to raise high the image of the Ghanaian culture. The headmistress was speaking  to Odi News Network during a cultural display by the pu pils of Zoe Montessori at the school premises in Sunyani municipality in the Bono region. She stated that, the aim for the event is to make known to the student's the minerals, language barriers and above all, the cultural practices of the 16 regions in Ghana as well as the tribes with their norms for future gain. She said, every developed country is known by its rich cultural heritage hence, appealing to the Ghanaian Education Service to provide vigorous supervision and inclusion of cultural studies in the school's syllables to elaborate the need for Ghanaian

An appointment letter dated March 19, 2019 and signed by the Transport Minister Kwaku Ofori Asiama congratulated Dr. Alexander Adusei, a Ohio State University trained lawyer. He was also a chairman of the NPP Columbus, Ohio branch in the US. The minister asked the Chairman of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority to “take the necessary action to give effect” to the appointment. Keta MP Richard Quarshigah says the appointment is “baffling” and “preposterous.” “It can be likened to Ghana Education Service posting a head teacher to a community where indeed there is no school, no teachers and for that matter no students or pupils,” he said in a press statement. He called the appointment “infuriating” and highlighted issues of causing financial loss to the state. The Keta Sea Port exists – on paper. The President, Nana Akufo-Addo, signed an Executive Instrument declaring the coastline at Keta as a land designated for a sea port. The proposed Keta Port is expected to be built around th