Journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni wants the Youth Employment Agency to cut ties with waste company Zoomlion. He believes local governments can handle street cleaning without help from outside companies. He says workers should answer directly to town officials and receive their full pay.
YEA head Malik Basintale promised earlier he would change the current deal that pays sweepers just GH¢250 from a GH¢850 allocation. Azure argues the contract ended last September, making talk about renewal pointless. He pushed for the complete removal of Zoomlion's role as a middleman between workers and local assemblies.
Azure noted that many towns already employ their sweepers because they lack control over Zoomlion staff. He claimed corruption thrives...
YEA boss Malik Basintale called the agency's contract with Zoomlion Ghana Limited unfair. He posted on Facebook that he refuses to extend the current sanitation module agreement. The deal gives workers just GH¢250 from the GH¢850 allocated per person. Zoomlion keeps GH¢600 as management fees. Basintale labeled this arrangement evil.
He stressed that the previous government renewed this contract for almost eight years, which he sees as terrible treatment of workers. The newly appointed CEO promised changes under President Mahama's administration. He wants fairer pay for young Ghanaians in the program. Basintale announced plans to discuss his vision on Facebook later tonight.
Basintale wrote that he fought for integrity throughout his...
Violence erupted between farmers and herders at Aboso, a farming area in the Eastern Region's Fanteakwa North District. Local farmers burned several homes belonging to herders, destroyed property, and killed six cattle during their raid.
The attacks started after an alleged rape incident three months ago. Police arrested a herder suspected of raping a Christian woman, but he remains in custody awaiting trial. Farmers grew angry about what they saw as slow justice, leading them to target other herders living in the community.
In the most recent clash, attackers shot a 10-year-old boy who lies critically injured at the Begoro government hospital. Barakisu Belko told reporters that despite police involvement, herders continue to feel...
The Dagbon chief sent helpers to fix the doctor problem at the Tamale Teaching Hospital. His team met hospital leaders and striking doctors to ease tensions. The Yaa Naa praised doctors but asked them to restart emergency care during talks.
He promised to tell the health minister about their problems. The chief wants doctors to keep helping urgent cases as they work things out. The hospital pharmacy director thanked the chief for stepping in at the right time.
He begged his coworkers to respect the chief's messengers. On April 24, doctors stopped emergency and regular patient visits after feeling attacked by officials. They decided to strike after an argument with the health minister during his visit.
Many sick people wait helplessly...
COCOBOD leader Dr. Randy Abbey showed anger after finding lots of imported cocopeat left unused at the Sewhi Boako Cocoa station. He spotted the abandoned materials during his check-up trip to the Western North Region. The cocopeat should help grow cocoa seedlings. Abbey wondered why anyone would buy such important supplies just to leave them outside.
He called the situation completely wrong. The materials represent money spent to improve cocoa farming. Abbey ordered an investigation to start right away. He asked local officials to explain what happened with these supplies. He stressed that farm inputs need better tracking systems throughout the distribution chain.
People living near the station felt happy about Abbey's reaction. They...
Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu says President Mahama wants eligible deputy education directors promoted immediately. This comes after teachers threatened to strike next week over promotion delays.
The minister shared this news during a school pad distribution event yesterday. He mentioned that many deputy directors have struggled to become full directors because schools lack office space. President Mahama told education officials to promote these teachers anyway, even if they must work without proper offices.
The free sanitary pad program aligns with Mahama's goals for gender equality. He believes all children deserve a good education regardless of gender. The president discussed this issue during his first State of the Nation...
Parliament wants to talk with journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni about his harsh words against the waste company Zoomlion. Azure warned Youth Employment Agency head Malik Basintale not to extend a sanitation deal with Zoomlion. He called the contract theft on Facebook, saying it smells bad.
The problem centers on workers' pay. The deal gives each sanitation worker GH¢850 monthly, but Zoomlion takes GH¢600 as fees. Workers receive just GH¢250, which many people call unfair. The contract ended last September, but reports say the YEA board might renew it despite the previous CEO fighting against it.
Nkwanta North lawmaker John Kwabena Bless Oti disagrees with Azure. He leads the Sanitation Committee, which visited the Kumasi Compost Plant...
Police locked up a 48-year-old pastor after he spread lies about another church leader online. Emmanuel Boachie faces charges for publishing false news that could disturb peace. He denied doing anything wrong when he appeared before Judge Gloria Mensah Bonsu at the Asante Akropong court.
The case involves claims Boachie made against Prophet Stephen Adom Kyei-Duah, who leads Believers Worship Center in Kumasi, Kenyasi. Boachie runs Souls Pasture Church and heads Awesome Bible College in Achiase. Police say he posted videos on WhatsApp, TikTok, and Facebook, making serious accusations.
In these videos, Boachie called the prophet a false teacher, thief, robber, murderer, and more. He claimed the prophet teaches things that go against the...
Ghana's military rejected false social media claims about an attack on Army Chief Major General Lawrence Kwaku Gbetanu during his Bawku trip.
The Ghana Armed Forces released a statement Thursday calling two videos circulating online "completely misleading" and urged people to ignore them. The military confirmed the Chief of Army Staff visited Bawku on Wednesday for operational work without any problems. Officials launched an investigation to find who created and shared these fake videos.
The military warned content creators and media outlets to be careful when reporting about military operations in Bawku. They stressed that spreading wrong information might make security problems worse in the area. Brigadier General E. Aggrey-Quashie...
