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HOW CONSTRUCTION OF GHANA NATIONAL CATHEDRAL PROJECT WILL HELP THE NATION

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The Minister of Finance, Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta, has assured the nation that expenditure on the National Cathedral will pay off in the future as the project was designed to double as an investment. Beyond serving the spiritual needs of the country, Mr Ofori-Atta said on Sunday that the project was well crafted to double as a tourist attraction to Christians in Ghana, Africa, and the world at large. He mentioned the planned Bible museum and…

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GHANA GOVT. INAUGURATE NEW PURC OFFICE BUILDING

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The Chief of Staff, Mrs. Akosua Frema Osei Opare, has inaugurated a new Public Utility Regulatory Commission (PURC) office building in Koforiduain the Eastern region. The office building has a reception, offices, conference hall, and washrooms, among other facilities. The edifice would facilitate stakeholder engagements, monitoring of performances of the utility providers at the district and regional levels, and ensure the resolution of complaints by clients. Mrs. Opare also launched the 25th Anniversary of the…

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GHANA PRESIDENT CUT SOD FOR CONSTRUCTION OF UEAS

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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo cut the sod for the commencement of construction for the University of Engineering and Agricultural Sciences (UEAS) in Bunso in the Eastern Region. It is expected to be completed in 24 months. President Akufo-Addo in this year’s Message on the State of the Nation to Parliament on 30th March 2022, announced the government’s plans to turn the Bunso campus of the University of Environment and Sustainable Development into an independent…

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AFDB PRESIDENT EXPRESS SATISFACTION OVER FUNDS USEAGE FOR POKUASE INTERCHANGE IN GHANA

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The President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, has commended the government for putting the Pokuase Interchange money to the benefit of the country. The US$84 million the bank gave the Government of Ghana was for a Three-Tier interchange, but that same amount was used to construct all four tiers, a feat that must be commended, he stated. Mr. Adesina made this remark when accompanied by officials of the bank to inspect and finally…

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FIVE KILOMETERE PRAMPRAM COASTAL PROJECT AT 50% COMPLETE IN GHANA

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Work on the five-kilometer Ningo-Prampram Coastal Protection project is almost 50% complete. According to Osei Sarpong, Project Manager, 24 groynes out of the planned 48 had been constructed so far to reduce, and divert tidal currents which hitherto were destroying property along the coastline. A groyne is a rigid hydraulic structure built perpendicularly from an ocean shore or a riverbank, interrupting water flow and limiting the movement of sediment. He was speaking at Prampram in…

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RESIDENT COMPLAIN OVER ABANDON ROAD PROJECTS IN GHANA

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Residents and road commuters in the Tempane District of the Upper East Region, have raised a red flag over abandoned road projects in the district by contractors. The residents feared the roads would deteriorate further if the rains set in. The residents described the broken culverts on the 10-kilometer stretch of the Bugri-Kulbore road as a death trap, arguing the situation could be dire as heavy downpours can begin any time soon, and that, it…

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HO TEACHING HOSPITAL US$3.2M UPDGRADE CADIO CENTRE IN GHANA

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An estimated amount of US$3.2 million is required to equip the cardiothoracic centre of the Ho Teaching Hospital, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the hospital, Dr John Tampuori, has said. Dr Tampuori, who was speaking at the centre’s fundraising meeting and press launch in Accra noted that equipping the centre would transform the Ho Teaching Hospital into a medical tourist centre in the Volta Region. The meeting and press launch were on the theme “Save…

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ENRH TO REDEVELOP ULTRA-MODERN FACILITY IN GHANA

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The Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital (ENRH) is to be redeveloped into an ultra-modern facility to make it the center of excellence in health delivery in the Western Region. The project would include a clinical and support services unit, renovation of catering (laundry and kitchen) building, administration block, and renovation of exterior façade of maternity and theatre blocks and ICT infrastructure as well as equipment to allow modern operations of the facility. The Medical Director of…

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GHANA NATIONAL FIRE SERVICE TO BUILD SEVEN COLLEAGES AND TRAINING SCHOOLS

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The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has acquired a total of 1,510 acres of land in seven regions for the construction of Fire Colleges and Training Schools to train adequate personnel for the service. Three hundred acres each are at Kyebi, Eastern; Mion, Northern; AkatsiGefia, Volta; TongoBeo, Upper East, with 150 acres in BusaMamwe, Upper West, and 80 acres each at DuayawNkwanta, Ahafo, and Ejura, Ashanti. Currently, the Fire Academy and Training School (FATS) at…

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TWO CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS INAUGURATED IN GHANA

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The Minister of Communications and Digitalisation, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, assisted by the Municipal Chief Executive of Ablekuma West Municipal Assembly, George Cyril Bray, on Tuesday inaugurated two newly constructed classroom blocks at Dansoman in Accra. The projects funded by the assembly were a two-storey nine-unit classroom block with a 10-seater water closet at Saint Margaret Mary Senior High School, and a seven-unit classroom block with facilities such as offices, store, and staff common room at…

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GHANA TO BEGIN ROAD SAFETY ENHANCEMENT TO REDUCE ROAD CRASHES

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The road safety enhancement works to be undertaken on the London market street at Jamestown a suburb of Accra as part of efforts to reduce road crashes and their related fatalities have commenced. The enhancement works are being undertaken by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) in collaboration with the Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS) with support from the World Resources Institute (WRI) through its Tactical Urbanism Programme and are expected to be…

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GHANA FIRST MANUFACTURING PLANT CONSTRUCTION SET TO BEGIN IN JULY

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The construction of Ghana’s first vaccine manufacturing plant is expected to begin in July this year, the Chairman of the Presidential Vaccine Manufacturing Committee (PVMC), Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, has said. Under a private led consortium; DEKS Vaccines Limited, the plant would be a “fill and finish” site that imports components of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines for processing, packaging and distribution nationwide and within the sub-region. With funding support of 5million Euros from the German Development Cooperation…

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GHANA GOVT. TO DEVELOP POLICY FOR NATION’s AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY

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Ghana President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced that the Government would develop a policy to ensure the sustainability of the automobile industry. He said the policy would involve a vehicle financing scheme to support the purchase of locally assembled vehicles by Ghanaians President Akufo-Addo said this at a commissioning ceremony of the Japan Motors state-of-the-art Nissan Assembly Plant in Tema Industrial enclave. He said the government’s policy in the automobile sector has attracted several…

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GHANA PRESIDENT INAUGRATE FIRST TAMALE INTERCHANGE

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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has inaugurated the first Tamale Interchange here in the Northern Region. The 1.7 kilometre-interchange which construction began in 2019, is part of the US$2 billion Sinohydro Master Project Support Agreement (MPSA) between the government of Ghana and the Peoples Republic of China through the Sinohydro Corporation. The project involves the construction of 1.1 kilometres of bridges and ramps, drainage works, streetlights and 10 kilometres of asphalt overlay around the project….

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GHANA VP CUT SOD FOR 145 DIFFERENT ROADS CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

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Ghana Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, spread a shovel of sand at Kwadaso in the Ashanti Region to signal the beginning of the construction of 145 different roads in the Region. The construction works which cover a total of 100km are under the Kumasi City Inner Roads project and would benefit Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies such as Asokwa, Kwadaso, Oforikrom, New Tafo, Suame, Mampongand Effiduase. Manhyia, Bantama, Nhyiaeso, and Subin, all sub-metros within the…

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U.S.$50M WORLD CLASS PHARMACEUTICAL PLANT TO BE BUILD IN GHANA

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Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon, Dr. Michael K. Obeng has reached an agreement with Sushen Medicamentos Private Limited to build a world-class pharmaceutical plant at Akwamu in the Eastern Region. Sushen Medicamentos Private Limited is a global organization of end-to-end pharmaceutical services with all-embracing experience in pharma projects, management, and development of high-quality pharmaceutical generic products. The deal comes as a great benefit to Ghana’s pharmaceutical market which currently comprises 30% locally produced drugs and 70%…

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GHANA GOVT. HANDS OVER VEA IRRIGATION DAM PROJECT REHABILITAION

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The government of Ghana has over the weekend handed over the Vea Irrigation Dam project in the Bongo District of the Upper East Region to a contractor for rehabilitation works to begin. Messers RannLuuk Limited has been awarded the contract for the rehabilitation work with a proposed completion date set for 30 months as Ghana Irrigation Development Authority (GIDA) will be supervising the project. Mr. Stephen Yakubu, the Regional Minister, handed over the project to the…

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GHANA VP CUT SOD FOR CONSTRUCTION OF MODEL STEM SCHOOLS

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Ghana Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has cut the sod for work to begin on the first of planned nationwide construction of model STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)-based Junior High Schools at Essikado in the Western Region. The Project which is known as the ‘21st Century schools’,  is designed to equip the youth at their formative stages with the necessary foundation on which to acquire the skills and knowledge – at the Free SHS or…

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GHANA HOUSING MINISTER ANNOUNCE PLANS TO REDUCE HOUSING DEFICTS

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Ghana Ministry for Housing has noted that his ministry is making plans to reduce the deficit that is currently facing the nation when it comes to the housing sector. According to Francis Asenso-Boakye, he said that the government is committed to the full implementation of housing programmes to bridge the country’s housing deficit and challenges. Speaking during a presentation of the 2021 Population and Housing Census General Report on Housing Characteristics in Accra, the minister…

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