tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37627108323370898142024-03-13T19:05:22.713-07:00GHANAIAN REACTOR ONLINENews and More...THE GHANAIAN REACTORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120582745649180058noreply@blogger.comBlogger1090125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762710832337089814.post-83643857730897083222012-07-28T09:42:00.003-07:002012-07-28T09:42:28.810-07:00President Mahama Receives AU Chairman At Castle<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Grn9s5-ej4c/UBQWRm-Z3fI/AAAAAAAACX4/qy7vBkCUxKw/s1600/0546y4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Grn9s5-ej4c/UBQWRm-Z3fI/AAAAAAAACX4/qy7vBkCUxKw/s1600/0546y4.jpg" /></a>Mr Yayi Boni, Chairman of the African
Union and President of the Republic of Benin, yesterday led a
high-powered delegation from that country to commiserate with government
and people of Ghana, following the death of President John Atta Mills.
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Speaking in a dual capacity as Chairman
of the AU and President of Benin, Mr Boni described the demise of
President Mills as a great loss, not only to Ghana but to Africa as a
whole. “The whole of Africa and the people of Benin offer their deep and
sincere condolences,” recalling that the views and opinions of the late
President Mills was always taken very seriously during AU and other
regional meetings.</div>
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He told President John Dramani Mahama
and government officials that had gathered at the Credentials Hall of
the Castle that the best way to honour the departed leader was to carry
on with his ideals and achievements.</div>
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In that way, the AU Chairman said, Ghana
would be able to consolidate its riches and improve on the standards of
living of its people.</div>
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The Beninois President described Ghana
as a model of political stability, economic progress, social peace and
security, which had made her the toast of the international community.</div>
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“Your country Ghana was one of the
pioneers of Pan-Africanism, spearheaded by Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, who still
remains the pride of Africa,” President Boni stated.</div>
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The AU Chairman implored President
Mahama to also carry on with the work started by Pan-Africanist Dr.
Nkrumah by helping to deepen regional integration.</div>
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President Mahama said the unfortunate
incident came as a shock to the continent and the rest of the world as
witnessed in the numerous expression of condolences and solidarity to
the government and the people of Ghana.</div>
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He informed his guests that a committee
was working feverishly in connection with the state funeral and added
that the foreign embassies would soon be duly notified of the date and
other arrangements of the funeral. “We take consolation in the sympathy
we receive from the international community and your country-Benin,” he
told President Boni, stressing that “With this heavy responsibility, I
can count on your good counsel and advice since you have the
experience.”</div>
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President Mahama said Ghana and Benin
share close cultural and historical relations and share common
democratic values. “We will take his death as a signal for our two
countries to push for closer relations and regional integration.”</div>
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“Ghana will continue to play the role as
a leading voice in the Pan-Africanist struggle and to be a leading
voice on the continent,” Mr Mahama assured the delegation.</div>THE GHANAIAN REACTORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120582745649180058noreply@blogger.com43tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762710832337089814.post-78211991338693616192012-07-28T09:36:00.001-07:002012-07-28T09:37:30.601-07:00PAP President Expresses Shock of President Mills Death<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">The President of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) Hon. Bethel Nnaemeka Amadi, MP, expressed shock
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sadness at the news of the untimely death of H. E. John Atta Mills,
President of the Republic of Ghana, which occurred on Tuesday, 24th July
2012</span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">.
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">In
a message of condolence on behalf of the PAP, Hon. Amadi expressed
sincere and heartfelt condolence to the government and people of the
Republic of Ghana and stated that
they </span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">have
indeed lost a focused and visionary leader, a man of integrity and a
social democrat who was dedicated to the welfare of his people.</span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Hon. Amadi said that
<i>“while we at the Pan-African Parliament join our brothers and sisters
in Ghana to mourn the passage of this sportsman, lawyer, teacher,
politician, statesman and great son of Africa, we shall always remember
him for his legacy of consolidating democratic
norms and values in Ghana”.</i> </span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">He
further stated that Africa has been robbed of a calm and diplomatic
peace-maker, a leading light of democratic stability on our continent
and
</span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">prayed that the Almighty God will grant his soul eternal rest.</span></div>THE GHANAIAN REACTORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120582745649180058noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762710832337089814.post-53360802975821977322012-07-28T09:32:00.002-07:002012-07-28T09:32:37.944-07:00WAEC Releases B.E.C.E. Provisional Results<div style="text-align: justify;">
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) last Wednesday announced
the release of the provisional results of the April 2012 Basic
Education Certificate Examination (B.E.C.E.).
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This was contained in a statement issued and signed by the Principal
Public Affairs Officer, for Head of National Office Mrs Agnes
Teye-Cudjoe, and copied to the Ghana News Agency yesterday.</div>
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It said that one hundred and eighty (180) candidates had their
subjects results cancelled for various examination malpractices, which
include bringing of foreign material into the examination hall and
conspiracy. Five thousand, two hundred and fifty-two (5,252) candidates
results have also been withheld pending the conclusion of investigation.</div>
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The results for schools would be dispatched through the District
Directors of Education. Meanwhile candidates have been advised to access
their results on line. <br /><br /><strong>Source: GNA</strong></div>THE GHANAIAN REACTORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120582745649180058noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762710832337089814.post-80880681801119272142012-07-28T09:29:00.001-07:002012-07-28T09:29:29.077-07:00“Release Dr. Janneh” – Amnesty International tells Gambia President<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZLnd1LsejzE/UBQTQwRsnvI/AAAAAAAACXo/xQUjqnjPjok/s1600/DrJanneh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZLnd1LsejzE/UBQTQwRsnvI/AAAAAAAACXo/xQUjqnjPjok/s1600/DrJanneh.jpg" /></a><strong><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Amnesty International, an organization against human
rights violation in Ghana have called for the immediate release of the former
minister of Information and Communication in the Gambian government, Dr. Amadou
Scattred Janneh who is serving life imprisonment for printing and distributing
of hundred T-Shirts in the Gambia.</span></strong></div>
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Dr. Janneh was charged with treason and sentenced
to life imprisonment with hard labour at the special criminal court in Banjul after
he was nabbed in his office on June 7,2011 for being in possession of T-Shirts
made by the NGO’s ‘coalition for change- the Gambia’ (CCG).</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
The T-Shirts at his disposal were witnessed to
have been featured the slogan “End to dictatorship now” and that thrived the
situation to caused his arrest.</div>
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<br /></div>
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In the nefarious nature of the above Amnesty
international considers Dr. Janneh is a prisoner of conscience and is a symbol
the frightening human rights situation that exist in the Gambia this day.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
“He must be released immediately and
unconditionally. Gambia must stop such acts of persecution and allow criticism
to be heard in the country”, the angry amnesty international barks at the
Gambia government.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Meanwhile, Amnesty International that seems to
promote human rights protection have for the past three years raised concerns
on human rights regarding The Gambia worldwide ‘Gambia Day of Action’</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
According to the organization, Gambia Day of
Action follows Gambia president Yahya Jammeh’s ‘Freedom Day’ on July 22 he uses
to commemorate the day he took power in military coup in 1994.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
They hinted that, “The Gambia must stop making a
mockery of its international and regional human rights obligations and ensure
the human rights of all people in the country are respected”.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Amnesty International noted that after president
Yahya grabbed power through coup’detat, the citizens have been subjected to
unlawful arrest, torture, unfair trials, rape among others.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Unlawful killings and arrest dominates activities
of the day in the Gambia when one flouts the law after the indigenes have been
entangled with limitations to freedom of expression and assembly.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
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This wicked conduct on the part of the Gambian
government have impeded journalists in discharging their duties to the required
standard, Members of the opposition are harassed, threatened and arbitrary
arrested or killed.</div>THE GHANAIAN REACTORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120582745649180058noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762710832337089814.post-58922887968855239662012-07-28T09:18:00.003-07:002012-07-28T09:18:40.901-07:00Amnesty International and DPP express sympathy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JmoQsSsK4mI/UBQQoZvw--I/AAAAAAAACXY/X53bMtsX76I/s1600/Joh43535.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="248" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JmoQsSsK4mI/UBQQoZvw--I/AAAAAAAACXY/X53bMtsX76I/s320/Joh43535.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
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The Amnesty International has expressed its condolences to the family of
the late Professor John Evans Atta Mills, the government and the
people of Ghana upon receiving the sad news of his death.<br />
<br />
A statement issued by the Director for Amnesty International, Mr
Lawrence Amesu and copied to Ghana News Agency in Accra, said Professor
J.E. Atta Mills had a listening ear, particularly to human rights issues
and efforts to promote human rights and democracy not only in Ghana but
the whole of Africa.<br />
<br />
It said the former President was a great leader, a democrat and someone
“we at Amnesty International and indeed all human right activists have
identified as a great advocate for human rights”.<br />
<br />
The statement expressed the hope that the immediate and future
successors would continue to carry his good work in promoting
development and human rights in Ghana and Africa.<br />
<br />
It urged all Ghanaians to ensure that total peace prevailed from now,
during and after the pending elections in the country since it was the
only reward Ghanaians could give Prof Atta Mills “as he passed on from
this world”.<br />
<br />
In a related development, the Democratic People’s Party (DPP) has
expressed its sympathy to Mrs Ernestina Naadu Mills, wife of former
President J.E. Atta Mills, his family, the National Democratic Congress
and the people of Ghana “for losing a husband, son and president .<br />
<br />
A release issued and signed by Mr. T.N.Ward-Brew, expressed hope that
the rancor and bitterness that were rife before his death would be a
thing of the past and give way to an atmosphere of forgiveness, love and
fellow-feeling.<br />
<br />
The release advised Ghanaians to rally round the newly sworn-in
President, Mr. John Dramani Mahama and give him all the respect and
corporation that he needed in order to promote a climate of unity and
reconciliation, “which is badly needed by our nation”.</div>THE GHANAIAN REACTORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120582745649180058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762710832337089814.post-55829202242493814032012-07-26T15:56:00.003-07:002012-07-26T15:56:17.689-07:00WiLDAF Ghana's letter to the NDC to appointment a woman as the vice to H.E. John Mahama<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: "Candara","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Accra</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Candara","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Dear Chairperson,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Candara","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Women in Law and Development in Africa
(WiLDAF) Ghana is following the constitutional processes to appoint a new Vice
President to support the new President HE John Dramani Mahama. We have also received
information on a list of names which has only one woman. We have the conviction
that the effort of the Late President Atta Mills to getting a Law passed on
Affirmative Action to increase women’s greater participation and representation
in political decision making bodies in Ghana can be achieved even upon his
death. We are also convinced that giving the chance the late President would
have appointed a woman as his Vice in line with his vision to have at least 40%
women in political decision making structures. </span></div>
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We are therefore calling on the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the National
Democratic Congress to honour the late President by nominating a woman as the
Vice President to H.E. John Dramani Mahama. We are therefore urging the party
to foremost consider the worth proven women in the NDC. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Candara","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">We are by this letter proposing the following
women as possible candidates for the position of Vice President to Mr. John
Mahama:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Candara","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Candara; mso-fareast-font-family: Candara;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Candara","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Hon. Hannah Tetteh
– Minister for Trade and Industry. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Candara","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Candara; mso-fareast-font-family: Candara;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Candara","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Hon. Akua Sena
Dansua – Minister for Tourism</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Candara","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Candara; mso-fareast-font-family: Candara;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Candara","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Margaret
Amoako-Nuamah – Former Minister of Education under Former President Rawlings</span></div>
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Nelson – Former Executive Member of the NDC</span></div>
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Mensah – Minister for Women and Children’s Affairs</span></div>
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– Minister of Science and Environment</span></div>
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Executive Director, MASLOC</span></div>
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Amissah – Former Minister of Health under Former President Rawlings</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Candara","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">We are convinced again that there are other
equally qualified women who are members of the NDC who can be considered apart
from the unexhausted list of women mentioned in this letter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Candara","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">We once again express the deepest
condolences of Network Members, National Executive Committee, Management and
Staff of WiLDAF Ghana to the National Democratic Congress on this sad occasion of
the demise of H.E. Prof. John Evans Atta Mills.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Candara","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">For any further information please contact
the undersigned on 0302 768 349 / 0244639539 or Frank Bodza on 020 9211 931.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Candara","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Bernice Sam</span></div>
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Secretary, NDC</div>
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Women’s Organiser, NDC</div>
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<br /></div>THE GHANAIAN REACTORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120582745649180058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762710832337089814.post-1312976210164299142012-07-26T15:51:00.000-07:002012-07-26T15:51:48.268-07:00MACRA report rates Airtel as number One network in Malawi<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hfWp_5XhN50/UBHJdPxQCBI/AAAAAAAACXA/1STqoQNm8Yc/s1600/airtel344.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hfWp_5XhN50/UBHJdPxQCBI/AAAAAAAACXA/1STqoQNm8Yc/s320/airtel344.jpg" width="320" /></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">A
quarterly Network performance assessment report released by Malawi
Communication Regulatory Authority (MACRA) a few days ago shows that
Airtel (<a href="http://www.airtel.com/" target="_blank">http://www.airtel.com</a>) is, by far, the number one quality network in Malawi. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
MACRA report looks at the performance of the two mobile phone service
providers in the months of October, November and December in 2011 and
analyses the Key Performance Indicators which have been achieved by the
Global System for Mobile Communications (GMS) service in the areas of
Radio Network, Call Set up Success Rate, SDCCH congestion, Traffic
Channel congestion, Call Drop Rate, Trunk Congestion, and Mobile Switch
Centre Availability and Intelligence Network Platform availability. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
report which was published in the daily press shows that Airtel Malawi
is leading in service performance as compared to other networks.
According to the report, Airtel managed to beat MACRA’s call set up
target of 98% by posting 98.9% in October, 99% in November and 99.2% in
December, 2011, whilst all other telecom players were below the target
set by Macra. Airtel Malawi also consistently out-performed its
competitors as well as MACRA’s targets in the following areas:-call
drops, sms success rate, congestion, internet success rate, call
handover success rate and network availability.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Commenting
on the report, Airtel Malawi Managing Director Saulos Chilima described
the report as a vote of confidence and a result of the company’s
investments aimed at continuously improving its quality of service.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“We
always strive to maintain high standards so that we continuously
provide an unmatched customer experience.” Chilima emphasized. “The
report covers the period before we launched our 3.75G network and our
customers should expect improved data services as we now have the
fastest internet speeds in Malawi of up to 21 Mbps. Its super fast! ,”
explains Chilima. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">With
this in mind, Airtel has remained committed to deepening its network
coverage, bringing communication opportunities to the rural populations
that, until now, have been left out of the telecommunications revolution
in the country. </span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Distributed by the African Press Organization on behalf of Bharti Airtel Limited.</span></i></div>THE GHANAIAN REACTORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120582745649180058noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762710832337089814.post-66513977455078473002012-07-26T15:46:00.001-07:002012-07-26T15:46:59.651-07:00WiLDAF GHANA MOURNS PRESIDENT MILLS<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2wghPUZ37tI/UBHIt6KkcjI/AAAAAAAACW4/y_d2-ma8I5M/s1600/5501787866bvtt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="204" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2wghPUZ37tI/UBHIt6KkcjI/AAAAAAAACW4/y_d2-ma8I5M/s320/5501787866bvtt.jpg" width="320" /></a>Women in Law and Development in Africa, WiLDAF Ghana has learnt with heavy heart, the sudden death of His Excellency Prof. John Atta Mills.<br /> </div>
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WiLDAF Ghana wishes to express the heartfelt condolences of its Network members, Board and Staff to his wife, Dr. Ernestina Naadu Mills and family, the National Democratic Congress and the entire Nation.<br /> </div>
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As we mourn our Late President, we call on all Ghanaians to stand united and be circumspect in this moment of great loss and pain to protect our peace and democracy. We also urge all and sundry to support His Excellency John Dramani Mahama as he takes up the mantle of leadership.<br /> </div>
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The swift swearing-in of the Vice President, H.E. John Dramani Mahama as the new President demonstrates Ghana’s growing democracy.<br /> </div>
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May the soul of the Late President rest in peace, God bless our Home land Ghana, and continue to make us great and strong.<br /> </div>
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WiLDAF Ghana is a pan African non-governmental women’s rights organization committed to the promotion and protection of women and children’s rights.</div>THE GHANAIAN REACTORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120582745649180058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762710832337089814.post-86785116205473783992012-07-26T15:40:00.002-07:002012-07-26T15:42:49.466-07:00Secretary Clinton Pays Tribute to President Mills<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zctGeV7pJeA/UBHHKPSW63I/AAAAAAAACWw/Q9yEg4eQf6E/s1600/john34.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="277" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zctGeV7pJeA/UBHHKPSW63I/AAAAAAAACWw/Q9yEg4eQf6E/s400/john34.jpg" width="370" /></a>On behalf of the people of the United States, I want to send my deepest sympathies to the people of Ghana and the friends, family, and loved ones of President John Evans Atta Mills.
President Mills made a significant contribution to Ghana’s democracy and development, and forged a strong and positive partnership with the United States.
As the third president of modern Ghana, he worked to strengthen his country’s democratic institutions and to expand prosperity for all of its people.
He promoted regional peace and reinforced Ghana’s reputation as a leader in Africa. President Mills was a champion for his nation and his loss will be felt around the world. My thoughts and prayers are with all the people of Ghana during this difficult time.</div>THE GHANAIAN REACTORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120582745649180058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762710832337089814.post-35517921957837311512010-09-15T01:40:00.000-07:002010-09-15T01:47:43.828-07:00Toyota Ghana tops 2009 edition of Ghana Club 100Toyota Ghana Company Limited (TGCL), a leading automobile dealer, has been adjudged the overall best company for the 2009 Edition of the Ghana Club 100 Awards in Accra on Tuesday. Nine other companies that made it to the best 10 category include Auto Plaza Limited, Stanbic Bank Ghana Limited, Ecobank Ghana Limited, UT Financial Services and Dan Adams Pharmaceuticals Limited. The rest were The Trust Bank Ghana Limited, Scancom Limited, All-Ship Logistics and Amalgamated Bank Ghana Limited.<br /><br />"The Ghana Club 100 Awards" instituted in 1998, is an annual event to celebrate the top one hundred (100) companies in various sectors of the country's economy.<br /><br />The Ghana Investment Promotion Center (GIPC) organised the event on the theme: "Enhancing Partnerships between Domestic and Foreign Investors for Sustained Economic Development". This year's awards, which were ranked, based on three factors of the competing companies, such as size, return on equity and growth was unique because rural banks put up a strong showing, sweeping a substantial amount of the awards.<br /><br />Mr Takahiko Takabayashi, Managing Director of TGCL received the award on behalf of the company and promised to continue to do more to ensure customer satisfaction, which he said, is a core objective of the company. Ms Hanna Tetteh, Minister of Trade and Industry urged companies to continue to focus on what they do and even do it better to enable them to grow. Ms Tetteh said government was aware of the problems confronting the business environment assuring that it would continue to implement reforms to improve the sector. She appealed to the private sector to embrace and sustain the Ghana Club 100 Awards, calling on members to impress on other private firms to join it.<br /><br />She also congratulated the GIPC for maintaining the momentum in the annual event. Mr Ishmael Yamson, Board Chairman of the GIPC observed that Ghana was experiencing interesting times; oil discovery and its attendant benefits among others, adding that the revenue from the sector should be used to create jobs<br /><br />Mr Yamson called on the award winners to fashion out measures to ensure that they continued to be amongst winners in subsequent years. Mr George Aboagye, Chief Executive Officer of GIPC congratulated all companies that have participated in the event since its inception in 1998.<br /><br />Mr Aboagye reiterated the importance of the private sector to the country's economic growth and realization of the government's Better Ghana Agenda, adding GIPC would continue to facilitate its improvement. He announced that GIPC would hold interactive meetings with corporate organizations on their perceptions about the awards and how to improve upon it.<br />Source: GNATHE GHANAIAN REACTORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120582745649180058noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762710832337089814.post-30612557561573366582010-09-15T01:38:00.000-07:002010-09-15T01:39:13.755-07:00Training programme for Police personnel beginsA three-day training programme for 45 police personnel on international policing, marine law, human rights and how to combat criminal syndicates in the oil find zone opened at Takoradi on Tuesday.<br /><br />Opening the training programme, Alhaji Hamidu Mahama, Western Regional Police Commander, said the programme was the first in a series being organized by the Regional Police to equip policemen to handle criminals when the drilling of the country's oil begins in the last quarter of the year. He said majority of policemen in the region would benefit from the training programme.<br /><br />Alhaji Mahama, who is a Deputy Commissioner of Police, said those, who would be trained would form the nucleus of a special taskforce to patrol the oilfields with the Ghana Navy and other security agencies. He said the taskforce would be adequately equipped with the necessary logistics and equipment to ensure effective and efficient policing. The Regional Command would also establish police stations at Half Assini and Aiyinase to provide maximum security to oil installations and the entire citizenry. Alhaji Mahama said the Regional Police Command was gearing up to deal ruthlessly and swiftly with miscreants that might disturb the peace and harmony in the region.<br /><br />He said in this regard, the Regional Police Command was re-strategizing, upgrading and equipping police personnel to meet international standard of policing. <br />Source : GNATHE GHANAIAN REACTORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120582745649180058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762710832337089814.post-74043537062613943912010-09-14T09:21:00.000-07:002010-09-14T09:24:34.214-07:00MTN's George Andah moves to Bharti Airtel (Zain)Mr George Andah, the multi-award winning Chief Marketing Officer for Ghana's leading telecoms operator, MTN (Ghana), is moving to Bharti Airtel, owners of Zain Telecommunications Limited.<br /><br />George Andah who was formally at Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited was last year awarded Marketing Man of the Year, along several other awards he has picked up for his marketing acumen.<br /><br />He has also been credited as having played crucial roles in MTN Ghana's growth and huge success as a market leader in Ghana.<br /><br />His move could be part of Bharti Airtel’s plan to capture the Ghanaian Market and also make it a leading brand as he has done with MTN and Guinness Ghana Limited.<br /><br />Andah attained his first degree in Bsc Biochemistry at the Kwame Nkrumah Science and Technology..<br /><br />He is also an old Student of Achimota College.<br /><br /><br />Source: Joy NewsTHE GHANAIAN REACTORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120582745649180058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762710832337089814.post-41644134104008827942010-09-14T09:17:00.000-07:002010-09-14T09:19:06.200-07:00Transition Bill is to end acrimony - IDEGDr Emmanuel Akwetey, Executive Director of Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG), has said the Presidential Transitional Bill was to end acrimony that had characterised transitions.<br /><br />"Transition is not about handing over presidential baton from an out-going regime to an in-coming regime; it has a broader and greater impact on socio-economic progress of the nation and generates uncertainty among District Chief Executives, government appointees in the assemblies.<br /><br />"Insecurity of heads of boards and institutions creates loss of managerial time, anxiety among public and civil servants.the list is endless, the disjointed way of handling Transition in the Fourth Republic is destructive. The Transition Bill is an attempt to deal with the problem...," Dr Akwetey said.<br /><br />Dr Akwetey was speaking at Akosombo at the weekend at the project launch and methodology workshop on the UNDP 2010 National Human Development Report (NHDR) for researchers, media practitioners, political economists, security experts and gender advocates. The report on the general theme: "Democratic Political Transition and Human Development," focuses on seven main thematic clusters. These state machinery, governance institutions and security establishment, the economy, social development and national cohesion, public and private corporate sector, general human development and theoretical and analytical framework.<br /><br />The Presidential Transition Bill 2008 was launched by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) and the Ghana Political Parties Programme (GPPP) to end polarisation and acrimony that has greeted transition in the Fourth Republic.<br /><br />The Bill is aims to make smooth transition from one government to the other and institutionalising a multi-partisan framework and ground rules and regulations to govern and guide transitions. Dr Akwetey said transitions should be viewed in a broader perspective affecting the social life of all Ghanaians irrespective of political persuasion.<br /><br />He said the lack of a governance political transitional structure had over the years contributed to the increasing rate of corruption among public officials.<br /><br />Speaking on the 2010 UNDP Report, Dr Kamil Kamaluddeen, UNDP Country Director, said the 20th anniversary edition of the HDR would examine decades of HD data trends, refine the original HD Index with new databases and methodologies and introduce new measures adjusting the Index to reflect gender disparities and other internal national inequalities.<br /><br />He said the 2010 HDR also featured the multidimensional poverty index (MPI), which was developed by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) with UNDP support. This new index is designed to provide a fuller and more accurate picture of acute poverty on the household level than traditional "dollar-a-day" formulas. Dr Kamaluddeen said since 1990 the HDR had published the human development index (HDI) which looked beyond GDP to a broader definition of well-being.<br /><br />He said the HDI provided a composite measure of three dimensions of human development: living a long and healthy life (measured by life expectancy), being educated (measured by adult literacy and gross enrolment in education) and having a decent standard of living (measured by purchasing power parity (PPP) income). Dr Kamaluddeen said HDI also provided a broadened prism for viewing human progress and the complex relationship between income and well-being.<br /><br />The report would seek to give a coherent and cogent expression to concerns about the impact of democratic political transition on contemporary human development programmes and bring to the fore the need for radical changes for institutionalization of structures to handle the problem adequately.<br /><br />Source: GNATHE GHANAIAN REACTORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120582745649180058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762710832337089814.post-71844294406763845392010-09-14T09:06:00.002-07:002010-09-14T09:13:42.241-07:00International Literacy Day celebrations commemorated with a National symposium and exhibition<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1Ay9f9uiEpA/TI-emfHfEbI/AAAAAAAACSA/U8lOIb3dNZI/s1600/94474426g.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 374px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1Ay9f9uiEpA/TI-emfHfEbI/AAAAAAAACSA/U8lOIb3dNZI/s400/94474426g.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516802452577259954" border="0" /></a>
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New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} </style> <![endif]--> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">The 2010 International Literacy Day Celebration has being commemorated with a Grand National Symposium and Exhibition. The program which was put together by the Non-Formal Education Division (NFED) of the Ministry of Education brought together key stakeholders such as Prof. Yaw Oheneba-Sakyi, Director, Institute of Continuing Education and Distance Learning, University of Ghana, Rev. Dr. Fred Deegbe, General Secretary, Christian Council of Ghana and Mrs. Gifty Baka, a Program<span style=""> </span>Manager of Action Aid, Ghana who presented<span style=""> </span>papers on the theme of the celebration “Functional Literacy – A Key to Job Creation and Poverty Reduction” <span style=""> </span>and <span style=""> </span>gave a profound insight into what Functional Literacy can do to create jobs and reduce poverty. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Speaking at the symposium in Accra last week, the Minister of Education Alex Tettey-Enyo said his ministry <span style=";font-family:";" >Ministry will support the establishment of a computer literacy and ICT Centers in the districts for the training of graduates of the NFLP as part of its post-literacy Program in order to open up job opportunities for the productive youth and especially women and girls seeking ways of creating wealth to improve their socio-economic conditions. This is in view of the fact that computer literacy itself provides thousands of job opportunities and is also a caveat for poverty reduction. “This era of information technology, literacy has gone beyond reading, writing and numeracy to include the use of ICT to identify sources of information in the global information super highway, the internet”.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >
<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >“Am happy that plans are far advanced for the commencement of the NFED Vocational English Literacy Project in dress making and hairdressing which is expected to provide a building bridge for the professional development of learners in their requisite trades. If it proves successful, which I know it will, more trades such as masonry, carpentry, auto mechanics, joinery will be added” he said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >
<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >Mr. Tettey-Enyo said “it was virtually impossible for them to confidently lead the crusade to sweep illiteracy out of dear country and wish to confidently affirm that m, in order to construct a smooth road for our socio-economic development, it is imperative for all and sundry to put our shoulders to the wheel to ensure that the burden being exerted on the country’s economy by illiteracy is reduced if not totally eliminated. The pace of the NFLP in ensuring the eradication of illiteracy in Ghana is too slow and need to be accelerated a bit faster. I have noted with serious concern the current inadequate budget allocation to the NFED which is making y Ministry will take a critical look at increasing the budget allocation to NFED. In addition, my Ministry is in the process of sourcing external donor funding for the implementation of the Third Phase of the NFLP.<b style=""> </b>We therefore invite all donor agencies interested in the development and progresses of this country to take up the challenge of funding the Third Phase to enable us reduce illiteracy to single digits and also to empower women.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >
<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >Talking on some achievements, he said it was gratifying to note that the NFED has provided functional literacy in 15 major local languages in Ghana in addition to English . “Through the development activities of literacy classes, several communities have benefited from the resourcefulness of adult literacy learners. Learners have been able to provide hand dug wells, constructed schools, nurseries, markets and planted trees in their communities in order to facilitate development in their areas of abode. It is reassuring that learners have not kept the skills they have acquired to themselves but used them to the benefit of their communities. Through Functional Literacy, women participants have contributed to family incomes.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >The Minister commended the management and Staff of the NFED, other providers of literacy in Ghana as well us collaborators of the NFLP for their immense contribution to the reduction of illiteracy in our dear country. “I want to extend special felicitations to the numerous volunteer facilitators, chiefs and other opinion leaders and district, municipal and metropolitan assemblies in the country for the contribution they have made towards improving the living conditions of their non-literate brothers and sisters”.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Functional literacy is indispensable in modern society. There is virtually nothing that could be done by an individual without utilizing reading, writing and numeracy skills. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">To be literate is to be intellectually empowered. Intellectual empowerment leads to freedom and people who possess individual freedom have been able to discover their own identities and worked towards achieving them.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Functional literacy is the catalyst for realizing dreams, achieving goals and attaining objectives. Without Literacy, the world around us will be static, without promise and hope. There will be no cracking power to spark the engine of individual growth and development. There will be no key to open the door to development and achievement. The whole world will be locked up in a prison of underdevelopment and backwardness. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Countries with high illiteracy rate are at the cross roads of development and have become helpless and powerless to push the agenda of development forward. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p> BY: Michael Amedor
<br /></o:p></span></p> THE GHANAIAN REACTORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120582745649180058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762710832337089814.post-66450545342317814632010-09-14T08:49:00.000-07:002010-09-14T08:54:47.532-07:00Cold war at GT BankTrouble is brewing at one of the emerging banks in the country, Guaranty Trust Bank (GT bank) Ghana Limited, over the alleged unfair treatment of workers by management.<br /><br /> The situation has led to a state of uneasiness among junior and mid-career workers of the bank who feel insecure at the hands of management.<br /><br /> This follows the dismissal of one Kwame Osiang Adjekum, an assistant banking officer with the bank.<br /><br /> A dismissal letter jointly signed by the bank’s head of Human Resource, Susan Okine and Group Head of Corporate Services, Iris Richter-Addo dated September 7, 2010, did not state the reason for the termination of Mr. Adjekum’s appointment.<br /><br /> It only said “your services are no longer required by the bank.”<br /><br /> The bank has since asked him to arrange to have his identification card, lapel pin, credit policy guide and all other documents belonging to the bank returned to the human resource department.<br /><br /> They have also resolved to communicate their indebtedness to Mr. Adjekum and whatever entitlements due him, including a month’s salary in lieu of notice by 30th September 2010.<br /><br /> His dismissal has sent threatening signals to workers of the bank since they feel insecure at the developments.<br /><br /> Several of these workers have been speaking with DAILY GUIDE on condition of anonymity about the cold treatment being meted out to them at the bank.<br /><br /> Public Relations Officer of the Labour Commission, Mohammed Affum, says the Commission has waded into the ‘strange’ circumstance under which Mr. Adjekum was dismissed from the bank, after he filed a petition at the Commission.<br /><br /> In his petition, a copy of which is in the possession of DAILY GUIDE, Mr. Adjekum stressed the belief that he was dismissed for the wrong reasons.<br /><br /> He narrated the circumstances leading to his dismissal following a complaint to his bosses by the Managing Director of Afrotropic Cocoa Processing Company (ACPL), Carlo Dagnino.<br /><br /> Dagnino was said to have visited the bank on Friday, September 3, 2010 without a scheduled appointment and on arrival called Mr Adjekum’s personal mobile phone.<br /><br /> The petition indicated that the victim had then left his phone on his desk and gone to the washroom.<br /><br /> Thinking that Mr. Adjekum was avoiding him or his calls, Mr. Dagnino proceeded to lodge a complaint with the MD of GT bank, Dolapo Ogundimu.<br /><br /> Dolapo then invited Mr. Adjekum to his office and demanded his mobile phone in the presence of the General Manager, Jamiu Yussuf and the Group Head of Consumer banking, Anthony Mensah, which he respectfully gave out.<br /><br /> He followed it up with the submission of his itemized bill indicating the call traffic between him and the client which indicated that he had been in touch with the said client.<br /><br /> Despite this fact, Mr. Adjekum said that Dolapo called for his resignation before close of day on Friday or have his appointment terminated. Dolapo went on to make allegations that he took this action because a customer had called him 10 times in two days without answering the calls.<br /><br /> This, Mr. Adjekum described as erroneous since he had visited the customer’s office on the previous Thursday with the Head of Risk Management, Daniel Gaikpah, who saw the number of times he spoke with the customer, both on the way to and from the customer’s office and factory.<br /><br /> Mr. Adjekum thus believes that he was wrongfully dismissed and thus asked the Labour Commission and whoever might be concerned to intervene in the matter.<br /><br /> When contacted, GT bank’s Head of Human Resources, Susan Okine, she said she was at a meeting and could not talk.<br /><br /> Even though she promised to call back, she never did.<br /><br /> Guaranty Trust Bank was registered in Ghana in October 2004 and obtained its universal banking licence from the Bank of Ghana on 23rd February, 2006, thereby paving the way for the commencement of operations.<br /><br /> The bank is a subsidiary of Guaranty Trust Bank Nigeria Plc which owns 95.72% of the issued share capital of the bank with Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij Ontwikkelingslanden N.V. (FMO) holding 2.14% and Alhaji Yusif Ibrahim, a Ghanaian business entrepreneur, holding the remaining 2.14%.<br />Source : Daily GuideTHE GHANAIAN REACTORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120582745649180058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762710832337089814.post-62046498049542532192010-05-22T09:58:00.000-07:002010-05-22T10:01:19.181-07:00Sawla-Tuna-Kalba DCE Dead<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1Ay9f9uiEpA/S_gNxTST1bI/AAAAAAAACQY/8II-kMbe9Xo/s1600/171706683ghhh.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 230px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1Ay9f9uiEpA/S_gNxTST1bI/AAAAAAAACQY/8II-kMbe9Xo/s320/171706683ghhh.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474140487710660018" border="0" /></a><span class="peace_content_text_1">Information reaching peacefmonline.com indicates that the District Chief Executive(DCE) of the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District in the Northern Region,Hon. Alhaji Shakour Bukari Alhassan has died.</span><br /><br /><span class="peace_content_text_1">He died when the vehicle he was travelling with from Bole to Sawla was involved in an accident in the afternoon of Saturday May 22.</span><br /><br /><span class="peace_content_text_1">According to reports received from Peace Fm’s Northern Regional correspondent,Kwabena Ntow,the DCE had his car somersaulting three times after he failed to control his steer at a top speed in a sharp curve.</span><br /><br /><span class="peace_content_text_1">The 32-year old DCE died with two(2) other National Democratic Congress(NDC) activists in his official ford vehicle on their way to his district on official duty.</span><br /><br /><span class="peace_content_text_1">His body has since been deposited at the Sawla Government Hospital Mortuary.</span><br /><br /></div>THE GHANAIAN REACTORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120582745649180058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762710832337089814.post-91498329525658856652010-05-22T09:57:00.000-07:002010-05-22T09:58:29.062-07:00Tullow To Begin Massive Exploration... Oil giant seeks more black gold in Ghana, rest of world<br /><br /> Tullow Oil plc (Tullow), Operator of the Jubilee Field in Ghana, is set to commence a new round of massive oil exploration campaign with up to four wells in the company’s Deepwater Tano license in Ghana. The search for the black gold due to start in June this year follows the company’s successful work at the Tweneboa-2 oil well.<br /><br /> Tullow’s fresh exploration will not be limited to Ghana. Significant wells are also planned in Liberia, Sierra Leone, French Guyana and Guyana to test the extension of the Jubilee play in the Equatorial Atlantic region.<br /><br /> Tullow goes into these massive exploratory works, while looking forward to its first oil flow from Ghana’s Jubilee Field in the last quarter of this year. The company sees the expected oil flow in Ghana as a landmark event for itself, its partners and the people of Ghana.<br /><br /> According to Tullow, besides the Jubilee Field programme and plans for an accelerated basin-wide development to significantly enhance the value of the Lake Albert Rift Basin in Uganda, “a high-impact drilling campaign is planned for the second half of 2010.”<br /><br /> Given the extent of this activity, Tullow's Board believes the outlook for 2010 is very positive.<br /><br /> In an Interim Management Statement released on May 12, 2010, the Group said it would announce its half year Trading Statement and Operational Update on 6 July 2010. The release said Tullow has continued to perform very strongly in 2010. Tullow said it has also strengthened its balance sheet by completing a £925 million equity placing. GHANA Giving an Operational Update on its activities in Ghana, Tullow cited the commissioning of ‘FPSO Kwame Nkrumah MV21’, named after Ghana’s first president. The official Commissioning of the FPSO was performed in Singapore on May 1, 2010. The vessel will set sail for Ghana at the end of May, to be connected to subsea equipment which have since been installed on the seabed. According to Tullow, the drilling phase of the project was finished in February 2010 and completion equipment are now being installed in the wells with production scheduled to commence in late 2010, while ongoing well completion work continue for a further three to six months. During this period, facilities will be commissioned and production will be steadily ramped up to an expected plateau rate of 120,000 barrels of oil per day, Tullow announced. They disclosed that in January, the Tweneboa-2 appraisal well in the Deep Water Tano license proved Tweneboa to be a major oil and gas-condensate field. The potential of this expansive 200sqkm turbidity fan system will be evaluated with an exploration and appraisal drilling campaign scheduled to commence next month. According to Tullow, drilling will start on the high-impact Owo-1 exploration well, which will test the upside potential of the greater Tweneboa resource range in the West of the structure. “This will be followed by a well on the Onyina prospect, which lies between the Jubilee and Tweneboa fields. The rig will then return to the Tweneboa field to drill further exploratory appraisal wells. In parallel, conceptual field development planning is in progress with the aim of completing an assessment of field commerciality in mid-2011. “In April, the Atwood Hunter rig drilled the Dahoma-1 well, in the southeast Jubilee area, some 11 km down-dip from known oil. Water bearing reservoirs were encountered below a possible oil-water contact. “Indications of oil migration in the reservoirs suggest potential for oil trapped up-dip. The rig is now drilling Mahogany-5 to test up-dip oil accumulations east of Mahogany-3,” the statement revealed. Uganda In Uganda, Tullow announced that it has made significant progress towards aligning equity interests across the Lake Albert Rift Basin. According to Tullow, on 17 January 2010, it exercised its right of pre-emption on the Heritage Oil Plc asset sale to acquire a 50% interest in Blocks 1 and 3A for a consideration of up to US$1.5 billion. Tullow said on 2 February 2010, a formal request was submitted for consent from the Government of Uganda for the assets to be transferred to Tullow, and the government has indicated its intention to approve this transaction in the next few weeks. Tullow said it has been working closely with the Government of Uganda to farm down a proportion of its interests in the Basin and has selected two partners, “CNOOC and Total, and each partner will acquire a one-third interest in each of the three blocks.” Tullow said the move “will result in a unified partnership with considerable technical, operational and financial capability. In addition, it will enable Uganda to become a significant oil producing nation with the potential to produce at rates significantly in excess of 200,000 bopd. The new partnership arrangements will be finalised and approved shortly after the pre-emption”. Tullow disclosed that “in Block 2, the Kasamene-2 and Kasamene-3 appraisal wells were drilled in January and March respectively. The wells successfully delineated the upside potential of this field and provided essential reservoir data for the future development project. Extended well testing on the Kasamene field is expected to commence in the second half of 2010, and the crude oil produced will be trucked to local industry. The ultimate objective of this appraisal programme is to support the development of the field with first commercial oil production targeted for the fourth quarter of 2011. “In April, the Kasamene-3A well made a further oil discovery adjacent to the Kasamene field in the Wahrindi North fault block. The rig has now moved to drill the Nzizi-3 appraisal well as part of the Nzizi gas development project, and the well is expected to complete later this month. First commercial gas production is targeted for the fourth quarter of 2011. “To facilitate an accelerated Exploration and Appraisal programme, a second rig is due to commence drilling in Block 1 in June 2010. The programme will include appraisal of the Ngiri (Warthog) discovery and a comprehensive exploration campaign, east of the Jobi-Rii field, including the material Mpyo (Crocodile), Bbegeri (Leopard) and Jobi-East prospects, before year end. Additional rig capacity is currently being procured for later in the year.” Rest of Africa Production performance from the African portfolio is in line with expectations. In April, Tullow completed the first of two planned wells in the Ruvuma Basin in southern Tanzania. The Likonde-1 well, located in the Lindi block, encountered thick sands with hydrocarbon shows which are encouraging for the future potential of the basin. In Gabon, drilling in the Onal licence area has yielded the Maroc Nord OMOC-N-1 discovery where Tullow has a 7.5% interest. Further wells are planned to appraise this discovery and additional prospects are being drilled in the region where Tullow has back-in rights. In addition, the Noix de Coco-1 well in the Azobe exploration license commenced drilling in April and is expected to reach total depth later this month. In the Equatorial Atlantic area, plans for four high-impact wells in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Mauritania during the second half of the year are well advanced. Europe Gas production in the UK is ahead of expectations. A well performance optimisation campaign on the Schooner and Ketch fields yielded excellent results and the Thames fields have performed strongly. An infill well on the Ketch field is expected to commence in May with drilling operations forecast to take approximately three months, with first production expected by year end. On 25 March, Tullow exited its exploration interests in Portugal. South Asia<br /><br /> In Bangladesh, production remains steady at 120mmscfd, the maximum processing capacity of the facilities. In March 2010, a hydrocarbon dewpoint control system was commissioned which has resulted in a considerable increase in condensate recovery from the gas stream and delivery of gas to the main pipeline. In Pakistan, drilling operations on the Shekhan-1 well are ongoing with results expected later this month.<br /><br /> South America<br /><br /> Activity has focused on the transform margin from Guyana through Suriname to French Guiana where the Group is seeking to replicate its success in Ghana. Acquisition of a 2,500sqkm 3D seismic survey in French Guiana was completed in March and initial interpretations are very encouraging. Plans are progressing for drilling operations to commence in both French Guiana and Guyana around year-end.<br /><br />By J. Ato Kobbie/The Business AnalystTHE GHANAIAN REACTORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120582745649180058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762710832337089814.post-11290533359697809212010-05-22T09:17:00.000-07:002010-05-22T09:30:31.836-07:00I stand for party's unity – Prof Frimpong-Boateng<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1Ay9f9uiEpA/S_gFuiUqcRI/AAAAAAAACQQ/aw4KjT939_A/s1600/496752468yeee.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 248px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1Ay9f9uiEpA/S_gFuiUqcRI/AAAAAAAACQQ/aw4KjT939_A/s320/496752468yeee.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474131644114432274" border="0" /></a><span class="peace_content_text_1">Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, Flagbearer aspirant of New Patriotic Party (NPP), on Wednesday declared: “I stand for unity of our party, a pre-requisite for victory in Election 2012”.</span><br /><br /><span class="peace_content_text_1"> </span><br /><span class="peace_content_text_1">He said NPP must reduce intra party antagonism, bickering and any negative tendencies that had the potential of derailing the party’s quest to regain power by electing a candidate who cut across any perceived divide.</span><br /><span class="peace_content_text_1"> </span><br /><span class="peace_content_text_1">“I am offering to lead our great party not because it is my turn but in order to secure a platform to transform the fortune of Ghana and Ghanaians,” Prof Frimpong-Boateng stated in Accra, as he officially launched his bid to contest for the Presidential primaries of the party for Election 2012.</span><br /><span class="peace_content_text_1"> </span><br /><span class="peace_content_text_1">He tagged the campaign as; “Forging Unity in the NPP Family in the Service of Our Great Nation; A Mission for Modernisation”.</span><br /><span class="peace_content_text_1"> </span><br /><span class="peace_content_text_1">Prof Frimpong-Boateng said: “ I want young people to have the education that would equip them with skills, vocation, knowledge and experience to enable them manufacture, fix and repair things as well as solve problems of this 21st Century”.</span><br /><span class="peace_content_text_1"> </span><br /><span class="peace_content_text_1">On ethnocentrism, he said his leadership would unite and work with all ethnic groups to help their rapid development to enhance livelihood of the citizenry.</span><br /><span class="peace_content_text_1"> </span><br /><span class="peace_content_text_1">Prof Frimpong-Boateng urged delegates to elect him as a flagbearer since he had the required technical skills to transform the nation’s economy in the fight against poverty, ineptitude, disease, drug abuse, filth, crime, indiscipline and incompetence.</span><br /><span class="peace_content_text_1"> </span><br /><span class="peace_content_text_1">“I am offering to lead our great party because I am passionate about healthy food, potable water, affordable housing, and reliable electricity and transport accessible to all,” he added.</span><br /><span class="peace_content_text_1"> </span><br /><span class="peace_content_text_1">Prof. Frimpong-Boateng promised to encourage women to participate more seriously in the socio-economic development of the country.</span><br /><span class="peace_content_text_1"> </span><br /><span class="peace_content_text_1">He said when given the mantle issues relating to corruption that cost the African continent about 148 billion dollars a year would be a thing of the past.</span><br /><span class="peace_content_text_1"> </span><br /><span class="peace_content_text_1">Prof Frimpong-Boateng said “If we are unable to deal with corruption in all its shades and sizes then we should as well forget about any dreams of achieving economic breakthrough.</span><br /><span class="peace_content_text_1"> </span><br /><span class="peace_content_text_1"> “Ghanaians entrusted me all these years with their ailing heart. Surely you can trust me with the heart of our great party and the heart of our nation at a time when we all need healing”.</span><br /></div>THE GHANAIAN REACTORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120582745649180058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762710832337089814.post-77032059541431355322010-05-22T09:12:00.000-07:002010-05-22T09:17:48.120-07:00Ga Mantse Caught<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1Ay9f9uiEpA/S_gDfPhiyZI/AAAAAAAACQI/8-MEhJdyG4I/s1600/34543039tooo.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1Ay9f9uiEpA/S_gDfPhiyZI/AAAAAAAACQI/8-MEhJdyG4I/s320/34543039tooo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474129182346889618" border="0" /></a><br />*.Asks Security Agencies To Disrespect Supreme Court *<br /><br />*.But Ga Chief Say He Should Rather Be Blacklisted *<br /><br />Days after launching a vile attack on President Mills and some of his advisors, labeling them as "standard seven boys," because he and some Ga chiefs feel unimportant to the president, the Ga Mantse has been caught setting a vicious trap which could stir up trouble in an already volatile environment.<br /><br />The Herald has laid hands on a letter purportedly authored by the Ga Mantse, Nii Tachie Tawiah III, asking the security agencies to disrespect a Supreme Court ruling on the Gbese chieftaincy dispute, and give his man, Nii Tetteh Quaye II, protection to enable him celebrate the forthcoming Homowo festival.<br /><br />This is in spite of a decision by the highest court of the land on April 27, this year, that Mr. Thomas Okine of Accra Hearts of Oak fame should occupy the Gbese palace as the lawful Gbese Mantse under the stool name Nii Ayi Bonte II. This was after a protracted legal battle between the Ga Mantse’s favourite, Nii Okaidja III and Mr. Thomas Okine.<br /><br />But the Ga Mantse insists that although the Ga Traditional Council is aware of the decision by the Supreme Court on the occupation of the Gbese Palace, it has decided to set aside all contending parties in Gbese and place the performance of rites and ceremonies under the supervision of Ga Dzasetse, Nii Tetteh Quaye II, to prevent any public disturbance.<br /><br />Nii Tackie Tawiah III in his letter dated May 10, 2010 attributed his call to disregard the Supreme Court decision to what he claimed are opinions expressed in the media on aspects of the matter thus sparking “grave uncertainty”, hence the Ga Traditional Council has resolved to take control of the Homowo celebration in order to minimize any incidental conflicts.<br /><br />Nii Tachie Tawiah’s letter which was served on the Inspector General of Police (IGP), the Greater Accra Regional Minister, the Minister of Chieftaincy and Culture as well as all media houses demanded all security agencies to co-operate fully with the council on this decision.<br /><br />When reached, the Gbese Mantse was utterly shocked at the letter especially when the Supreme Court has declared him the proper custodian of the Gbese Mantse Palace, and described the Ga Mantse, known in private life as Dr. Jo Blankson, as a fraudster and a lawless person.<br /><br />In an interview yesterday in his pharmaceutical office near the Rawlings Park in Accra, Nii Ayi-Bonte, threatened to drag the Ga Mantse to the Supreme Court on contempt charges for what he called “his blatant disregard for the highest court”.<br /><br />According to him, the Gas currently have no king and “whoever is claiming to be the king of the Gas is a fraud” and must not be entertained by the public especially the security agencies. Present at the interview was Nii Bi Ayi-Bontey, former Member of Parliament for Odododiodioo and one other person.<br /><br />Brandishing, a copy of the Supreme Court judgment, Nii Ayi Bonte, told The Herald that he has been given the authority to perform the necessary traditional rites and ceremonies towards the celebration of the Homowo, and he has since taken over the palace and performed some of the rites.<br /><br />He warned the security agencies not to offer any form of protection sought by Dr. Blankson to celebrate the annual Homowo festival, adding “when the Supreme Court gives a ruling even the president must obey. He is a trouble maker and the security agencies must watch him”.<br /><br />The Gbese Mantse maintained that Dr. Blankson was not customarily nominated, elected and installed as Ga Mantse and even the Abola Kpiam Royal Family which he claims he hails from, has disowned him, therefore, he is not recognized and must henceforth desist from holding himself out as Ga Mantse.<br /><br />Another person who identified himself as the Ga Dzasetse, in a separate interview, asked that the Ga Mantse who prefers to be called Dr. Jo Blankson, must be ignored.<br /><br />Nii Yartey Otoga, described Dr. Jo Blankson as a provocative person who the security agencies must keep on their radar else he would cause trouble.<br /><br />He advised Dr. Jo Blankson to deal with all the numerous cases filed against him before the Greater Accra House of Chiefs by all the royal families; Nii Amugi We, Teiko Tsru We, Tachie Kommey We and the Abola Kpiam We and get himself gazetted before holding claim to Ga Stool.<br /><br />Both The Gbese Mantse and Ga Dzasetse denied knowing who Nii Tetteh Quaye II is, and his connection to Ga Mantse?<br /><br />Meanwhile, documents obtained from the Supreme Court by this paper revealed that the court has by majority decision ruled in favour of Mr. Okine to take control of the Gbese Mantse’s Palace in Accra.<br /><br />The Supreme Court judges who sat on the case include Justice Sophia Akuffo, Justice Mrs. S.O.A. Adinyira, Justice Sule Gbadebge, Justice Mrs. V. Akoto-Bamfo with Justice William Atuguba, the Deputy Chief Justice presiding.<br /><br />Nii TackieTawiah III whose status as Ga Mantse has consistently been challenged recently openly criticized President Mills for ignoring him and other Ga chiefs by refusing to invite them to state functions since he took office in 2009. But government insists Nii Tackie Tawiah II must first be gazetted before he will be officially recognized.<br /><br />However, the Ga Mantse insists it was time President Mills discards the notion that he (the GaMantse), was installed by the NPP government; therefore his administration will never be associated with him. He accused the Mills' administration of deliberately sidelining him and sought to remind the president that Ga chiefs are not fools to be sitting in Accra and not be invited to state functions.<br /><br />"The President of the Republic of Ghana is so fully persuaded that the NPP had installed the Ga Mantse, the least he can do is provide evidential proof. He must be able to tell us how this manifested. He more than anybody else knows that this is impossibility. Additionally, we're not fools sitting in Accra, because the President cannot proceed on the basis he is doing," he averred.<br /><br />A visibly angry and highly agitated NiiTackieTawiah opened up to what he perceives as injustices being perpetuated by the Mills' administration against the Ga State during an exclusive press briefing held after a durbar of chiefs at the GaMantse's palace recently.<br /><br />By Larry-Alans DogbeyTHE GHANAIAN REACTORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120582745649180058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762710832337089814.post-62300796722726522422010-05-19T08:17:00.000-07:002010-05-19T08:18:43.659-07:00Africans look up to Ghana as a toast - Bagbin<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1Ay9f9uiEpA/S_QBSmqpoDI/AAAAAAAACQA/4rZygIlP8Kc/s1600/Majority.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 107px; height: 182px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1Ay9f9uiEpA/S_QBSmqpoDI/AAAAAAAACQA/4rZygIlP8Kc/s320/Majority.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473000866290704434" border="0" /></a><br />Mr Alban Kingsford Bagbin, Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing, on Tuesday observed that the rest of Africa was looking up to Ghana as a toast to move the continent forward. He said in order not to fail people on the continent, Ghanaians should strive to live on values and principles, and work hard to improve the lives of majority of the people.<br /><br />Mr Bagbin made the observation when he paid his maiden working visit to the Tema Development Corporation (TDC) in Tema to interact with management and staff of the Corporation. He pointed out that the country would not develop if the citizenry continued to live in the culture of corruption. The Minister, therefore, advised Ghanaians to reflect soberly on their lives, and strive to lead upright lives devoid of corrupt practices. Mr Bagbin advised management of TDC to guard against gluttony and greed in the allocation of lands, since they were major drawbacks on the country's development efforts.<br /><br />On encroachments, he pointed out that they were part of insanity and indiscipline in society, and appealed to the law enforcement agencies to assist TDC to enforce the laws on its encroached lands. He advised management and staff of the corporation to help reduce land litigations at the law courts, by ensuring that the right thing was done at the right time.<br /><br />Mr Joe Abbey, Acting Managing Director of TDC, expressed worry about regular encroachments on the corporation's lands at Communities 23 and 24 by land guards, and urged the Ministry to help abate the encroachments. Mr Abbey suggested that a ministerial intervention was the only possible way of bringing an end to the impasse between the Corporation and the Tema Metropolitan Assembly on the issuing of land permits.THE GHANAIAN REACTORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120582745649180058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762710832337089814.post-13523238213273763192010-05-19T08:10:00.000-07:002010-05-19T08:13:37.453-07:00Kasa Organises Financial Management Workshop for CSOs in the Natural Resource and Environment Sector<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1Ay9f9uiEpA/S_QACOhUqPI/AAAAAAAACP4/NARDQ9C2ZH4/s1600/kasa.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 143px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1Ay9f9uiEpA/S_QACOhUqPI/AAAAAAAACP4/NARDQ9C2ZH4/s320/kasa.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472999485419596018" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:100%;">Kasa, a civil society support mechanism operates within the natural resource and environment sector in Ghana with the main objective of supporting civil society, research and media organisations to advocate in a concerted manner for transparency and accountability in the natural resource and environment sector.</span><br /><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:100%;">The project facilitates strengthening of civil society engagement in natural resource and environment sector through supporting of research and evidence-based advocacy, provision of grants to aid organisations in their work and facilitate information-sharing platforms between stakeholders in the sub-sectors of forestry, mining, environment, oil and gas, etc in various national forums bringing together state and non-state actors. </span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:100%;"> </span><br /></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:100%;">Capacity building support is another core tenet of Kasa’s work through which learning events are organised to meet capacity building needs of partners.<b> </b> In line with this, a financial management training workshop is being organised for fifty-two (52) financial staff of partner civil society organisations working in the sub-sectors of mining, environment, land, forestry, the media and others. These organisations have a national spread from the north to the south of the country.</span><br /></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:100%;">The three day programme which is being held in Noda Hotel, Kumasi from May 17-19, 2010 has the objective of assisting participants to enhance skills in financial management and to ensure that partner financial officers have a clear understanding of the basic financial books and records that need to be kept to present a complete true and fair view of the financial activities of their organisation. Some of the areas for the training include general principles of Donor Funds Management, Budget and Budgetary controls, Roles and Responsibilities of Finance and Programme Management, etc.</span><br /><br /></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:100%;">At the opening session, the Kasa Project Manager mentioned that, the Financial Management Workshop is important because Kasa provides grants to partners to facilitate their in their different sub-sectors and this brings into sharp focus the essential point of providing grantees with the current trends in financial management principles in order for funding to be well utilised and to upgrade the skills of partners to be able to source for funding from various organisations and manage it well in order for continuity in their work in the sector. </span><br /></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:100%;">Participants’ expectations cut across learning on internal controls, managing risks, the role of budgets, basic accounting principles and budgetary controls, financial transparency and the issue of fraud both perceived and real.</span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:100%;">In the first session of the workshop presentations on the issues of Corporate Governance and General Principles of Donor Funds were made and a discussion session followed to clarify some issues. Under general financial management the issues to be highlighted during the workshop are issues of accountability and internationally acceptable financial standards, budgets and financial planning, internal controls, book-keeping and accounting, Financial Reporting etc. </span><br /></p> <span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:100%;">At the end of the workshop it is expected that participants would have enhanced their knowledge and skills in the concepts of financial management and review of financial reports and also be exposed to donor guidelines for grants.</span>THE GHANAIAN REACTORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120582745649180058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762710832337089814.post-42139812620006277632010-03-31T04:11:00.000-07:002010-03-31T04:16:18.079-07:00Nigerian Pirates Seize Ghanaian Captain<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1Ay9f9uiEpA/S7MuZe-2OhI/AAAAAAAACPw/unx1EH63UMI/s1600/5506524165r.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1Ay9f9uiEpA/S7MuZe-2OhI/AAAAAAAACPw/unx1EH63UMI/s320/5506524165r.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454754589024074258" border="0" /></a><br />Pirates have demanded a one-and-half-million dollar ransom for two sailors they seized at the weekend off the coast of Cameroon but close to Nigeria, a Nigerian navy officer said on Tuesday.<br /><br />A Ghanaian captain and his Cameroonian engineer were attacked on Saturday off the restive Bakassi peninsula and taken from their vessel, Nigerian Navy spokesman commodore David Nabaida told AFP.<br /><br />The yet-unidentified pirates "have asked for a ransom of 1.5 million dollars (1.1 million euros)," said Nabaida, adding the seamen are being held in Abana. Abana, a major town in oil-rich Bakassi peninsula, was part of Nigeria before the territory was ceded to Cameroon.<br /><br />"MV Seagull was coming from Cameroon when it was attacked very close to Bakassi peninsula in the Cameroonian waters," he said.<br /><br /><br /><br />"They (the pirates) didn't find anything valuable to steal, so they took the captain and the engineer off the ship," added Nabaida.<br /><br />The ship, which is believed to be used for general trading along the west coast of Africa, has been towed to Nigeria's southern coastal city of Calabar, capital of Cross River State.<br /><br />Seven Chinese fishermen were this month freed by an armed gang in Cameroon's southwest Bakassi region after a six-day hostage ordeal.<br /><br />Several groups, mostly armed, are active in the Bakassi peninsula, which was handed over to Cameroon by Nigeria in August 2008 under an international court settlement of a border dispute between Douala and Abuja.<br /><br />The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) identified Africa as a piracy hotspot following an increase in attacks in 2008, with Somali and Nigerian waters the most dangerous for seafarers.<br />Source:AFP<br /><strong>Comments:</strong>THE GHANAIAN REACTORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120582745649180058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762710832337089814.post-22174432699143708202010-03-31T04:04:00.000-07:002010-03-31T04:10:02.946-07:00India celebrates ITEC day in Accra<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1Ay9f9uiEpA/S7MtaMMaKcI/AAAAAAAACPo/bo3Hes4e9Z4/s1600/incredibleindia22.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 188px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1Ay9f9uiEpA/S7MtaMMaKcI/AAAAAAAACPo/bo3Hes4e9Z4/s200/incredibleindia22.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454753501648923074" border="0" /></a><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:16pt;" >The High Commission of India in Accra has formally celebrated the Indian Technical and Economic Corporation program (ITEC) day over the weekends at the residence of the High Commissioner in Accra.<span> </span></span></div><div> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:16pt;" >The program was launched by the Government of India on September 15<sup>th</sup>, 1964 as a bilateral program to assist developing countries like Ghana. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:16pt;" >Speaking at the event, India High Commissioner to Ghana said, ITEC program has really benefited thousands of students and professionals from Africa including Ghana. Her Excellency Ruchi Ghanashyam said “Government of India bears the entire cost of the program and since its inception in 1964, spends over Rs 500million annually on ITEC activities and provided technical assistance of more than $2billion to developing countries”.<span> </span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:16pt;" >Since the commencement of the program, over 1100 Ghanaian students and professionals have been trained in India. They have also benefitted from other existing schemes such as annual scholarships awarded by Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR) to Ghanaian students to pursue undergraduate/post graduate and higher courses in India such as United Nation Peacekeeping courses, professional courses<span> </span>for Foreign Diplomats and ‘Know India Programme’ for Ghanaian Citizens of India origin among others.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:16pt;" >Her Excellency Ghanashyam further reiterated that, India’s initiatives such as “Focus Africa Policy”, TEAM-9 and ITEC have strengthened cooperation between the two countries which today extends to key sectors of agriculture, rural electrification, infrastructure and human resource development.<span> </span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:16pt;" >“I commend the two personnel from the Ghana Narcotic Control Board who have returned to Ghana with their two Indian dogs, Sunny and Fame after receiving training in narcotic dog training course at the National Training Centre for Dogs, Border Security Force Academy in Tekanpur, Madhya Pradesh, India.” She said this training will help the Government of Ghana fight vigorously against narcotic trafficking in the country.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:16pt;" > </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:16pt;" >The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional integration of Ghana, Alhaji Muhammad Mumuni commended the high Commission and the people of India for the long fruitful relationship between the two countries. He also commended the Indian Government as a whole in offering great assistance to Africans especially Ghanaians in diverse fields of human development which has contributed positively to the Ghanaian economy. “I pledge Governments total support to these programs anytime the need arises”.<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:16pt;" >Source: Michael Amedor<br /></span></p>THE GHANAIAN REACTORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120582745649180058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762710832337089814.post-16806284656896986712010-03-31T04:02:00.000-07:002010-03-31T04:04:28.727-07:00Passion for Needy pays tribute to the recent past commanding officer of Nsawam prison<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1Ay9f9uiEpA/S7MsGVjyppI/AAAAAAAACPY/FSdgkXkS6Fo/s1600/1144007584obituary.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 243px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1Ay9f9uiEpA/S7MsGVjyppI/AAAAAAAACPY/FSdgkXkS6Fo/s320/1144007584obituary.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454752061053904530" border="0" /></a><b>Passion for Needy</b>, a local Non Governmental Organization (NGO) has paid tribute in memory of the recent past Commanding Officer of the Nsawam medium prisons, DDP Alexander Ansong-Agyepong. </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">This was at a short ceremony during which the organization took the opportunity to donate items worth GH¢1,201 to the inmates of both the male and female prisons at Nsawam.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Mrs. <span> </span>Janet Torgbor El-Aschker, chairperson of Passion for Needy said that the news of the incidence came as a shock to the organization members. She lamented that the nation cannot continue to loose the needed human resource through road accident.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Finally, she appealed to drivers to ensure safety on our roads since nothing can replace human life.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Superintendent of Prisons, Richmond Adiaba who received the items on behalf of the inmates, thanked the NGO for their continuous </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Some items donated included, washing powder and soap, ladies under wears and pressing iron.</p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Source: Isaac Ametepe<br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"> </p>THE GHANAIAN REACTORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120582745649180058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762710832337089814.post-19428770652539852092010-03-31T02:49:00.000-07:002010-03-31T02:54:40.396-07:00Ghana and Germany Joining Forces to Promote the Agric Sector<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1Ay9f9uiEpA/S7MbxEjpzOI/AAAAAAAACOw/98frNO08jiM/s1600/farmproduce565.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 250px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1Ay9f9uiEpA/S7MbxEjpzOI/AAAAAAAACOw/98frNO08jiM/s320/farmproduce565.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454734103526624482" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">The Government of Ghana and KfW, the German Development Bank acting on behalf of the German Government signed on Monday a loan and financing agreement for a 10.0 million Euros loan and a 1.0 million Euros grant for the establishment of an “<b>Outgrower and Value Chain Fund</b>” (OVCF). </span><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">The Agreement was <b>jointly signed</b> by Honorable Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning and Dr. Klaus Mueller, KfW First Vice President in the presence of Mrs. Harriet Ludwig (Head of Cooperation at the German Embassy), Mr. Martin Mueller (GTZ Director West Africa and Pan-African Programmes), Dr. Helmut Schoen (KfW Country Director, Accra), and Mr. Fred Brandl (GTZ Country Director, Accra). </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">The ceremony was attended by Hon E. T Mensah (Minister, Employment and Social Welfare), Mr. Okyere-Nyako (MoFEP Director Bilateral) and other officials from MoFEP. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">Agriculture is one of the three <b>focal sectors</b> of German Development Cooperation with the overall goal to improve the income of the rural population by supporting value chain approaches and strengthening small scale commercial farmers. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><b>Access to finance</b> is a major problem for the development of the agricultural sector. This problem is specifically addressed by the Outgrower and Value Chain Fund which will provide improved access to medium to long term financing of investments by small scale farmers and will contribute to the development of outgrower schemes and the integration of small holder farmers into market oriented agricultural development.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">To further underline the importance of the agricultural sector for Ghana the German <b> Government</b> announced on the same day the <b>new commitment of an amount of 3 Mio. €</b> for technical assistance for this sector. This is additional to the 130 Mio. € envelope already committed to Ghana in December 2009. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">The <b>visit of two high ranking officials</b> from the Headquarters of two of the major implementing agencies of Germany’s support - from KfW Development Bank and GTZ -demonstrate the joint approach in the sector. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">The Government of Ghana and KfW, the German Development Bank acting on behalf of the German Government signed on Monday a loan and financing agreement for a 10.0 million Euros loan and a 1.0 million Euros grant for the establishment of an “<b>Outgrower and Value Chain Fund</b>” (OVCF). </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">The Agreement was <b>jointly signed</b> by Honorable Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning and Dr. Klaus Mueller, KfW First Vice President in the presence of Mrs. Harriet Ludwig (Head of Cooperation at the German Embassy), Mr. Martin Mueller (GTZ Director West Africa and Pan-African Programmes), Dr. Helmut Schoen (KfW Country Director, Accra), and Mr. Fred Brandl (GTZ Country Director, Accra). </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">The ceremony was attended by Hon E. T Mensah (Minister, Employment and Social Welfare), Mr. Okyere-Nyako (MoFEP Director Bilateral) and other officials from MoFEP. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">Agriculture is one of the three <b>focal sectors</b> of German Development Cooperation with the overall goal to improve the income of the rural population by supporting value chain approaches and strengthening small scale commercial farmers. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><b>Access to finance</b> is a major problem for the development of the agricultural sector. This problem is specifically addressed by the Outgrower and Value Chain Fund which will provide improved access to medium to long term financing of investments by small scale farmers and will contribute to the development of outgrower schemes and the integration of small holder farmers into market oriented agricultural development.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">To further underline the importance of the agricultural sector for Ghana the German <b> Government</b> announced on the same day the <b>new commitment of an amount of 3 Mio. €</b> for technical assistance for this sector. This is additional to the 130 Mio. € envelope already committed to Ghana in December 2009. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">The <b>visit of two high ranking officials</b> from the Headquarters of two of the major implementing agencies of Germany’s support - from KfW Development Bank and GTZ -demonstrate the joint approach in the sector.<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">PR Section/ German Embassy,Accra<br /></span></p>THE GHANAIAN REACTORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120582745649180058noreply@blogger.com0