Former president John Agyekum Kufuor has said that Ghanaians cannot wait any longer to have Basic Education to the Senior High School, fee free.

Presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo, on Wednesday night told students and lecturers of Takoradi Polytechnic that his government will spend a chunk of GhanaÂ’s oil revenue on Education and Health.

Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the 2012 NPP Vice-Presidential candidate, has appealed to the people of Ghana to remain resolute in their determination to secure a better future for their children and avoid being swayed by the numerous gifts being doled out by the ruling party for vote buying purposes.

The Peoples National Convention (PNC) is divided on calls for the removal of Mr Hassan Ayariga as the party's flag bearer barely two weeks to go for the Presidential and Parliamentary elections.

Thousands of NDC leading members and party supporters in the Greater Accra region marched through the principal streets of the capital on Saturday November 24, 2012 to participate in the ‘John Mahama Victory 2012 Health Walk’.

The chief of Akim Akrosu in the Eastern Region Nana Kwabena Ofori says President Mahama and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) deserve one more term to complete what he believes is the developmental projects implemented across the country.

The Forum for Governance and Justice (FGJ) has condemned what it claimed were “attempts by some citizens of our nation to prevent President John Dramani Mahama from campaigning in Kyebi in the Eastern region”.

Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the 2012 NPP Vice-Presidential candidate, has asked the people of the Yagaba-Kubore and Daboya-Mankarigu constituencies of the Northern Region and the people of Ghana generally, to be very circumspect of the decision they make on December 7th as the whole future of the nation depends on the choice to be made by the people of Ghana.

Aspiring parliamentary candidates in the Ablekuma West Constituency were Friday afternoon in a battle of wits in yet another debate organised by the Coalition of Domestic Election Observers and the Centre for Democratic Development.

The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has intensified its nationwide education on proper voting to reduce the incidence of ballot paper rejection or spoilt ballots in the December 7 polls.

The Upper West Region police have shot and killed two of four armed robbers who engaged them in a shoot out following a robbery.

We often say the wealth of every nation is its human resource capital but when that human resource is not contributing to the economy because a larger percentage of the productive force are jobless, how do they begin to create the wealth needed for growth?

Eleven people died Saturday when the vehicle they were traveling on collided with an articulated truck near Dormaa Ahenkro in the Bono Ahafo region.

Dear Interior Minister, With less than two weeks to election 2012, many Ghanaians are deeply concerned about the lack of clear cut transparent election security plans that will assure us of the peace we all so ardently desire. A crescendo of voices rising from religious bodies, non-governmental organisations, traditional rulers, academics, students, businesspeople, professionals, workers and others throughout Ghana are demanding peace from political parties participating in this yearsÂ’ Presidential and Parliamentary Elections.

Accra, Nov. 25, GNA – Fourteen Ghanaians are to participate in strategic communication for development and advocacy training at the Eastern and Southern African Management Institute (ESAMI), Arusha, Tanzania from the November 25 to December 7, 2012.   The training being sponsored by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs under the DANIDA Fellowship programme will focus on how to plan, design and manage communication interventions and advocacy communication campaigns.   The participants were selected based on their working with information, communication and advocacy in public service, development programmes, and NGOs in Danida partner countries.   The Ghanaian participants are: Ms Ethel Doris Lawson and Mr Gideon Selorm Hosu-Parbley from STARGhana; Mr Francis Ameyibor of Ghana News Agency; Mr Mahamud Mohammed, IBIS Ghana; Mr Francis Xavier Andoh-Adjei, National Health Insurance Authority; and Ms Winnifred Nafisa Mohama, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning.   Those from the Ghana Immigration Service are - Mr Francis Yaw Palmdeti, Ms Maud Anima Quainoo, Ms Emelia Afua Martey, and Mr Amoateng Ennin; and Mr Theophilius Teeteh Teinor of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice.   The rest are Mr Kofi Asare, Mr George Ferguson Laing and Mr Frank Agyei-Owusu, all from the Council for Technical and Vocational Education Training.   The participants will be equipped on how to use strategic communication as essential elements in all development interventions and change processes, building the learning community and unwrapping strategic communication.   Other topics are tools for analysis, planning and monitoring; development communication planning and design.   The module is crafted to strengthen the capacity of participants to plan, design, and manage effective development communication interventions and advocacy communication campaigns, set out and expound contemporary strategic communication concepts, and monitor and evaluate communication and advocacy communication activities.   The course will be run by a Danish consultancy, Danicom in cooperation with ESAMI.   The DANIDA Fellowship Programme seeks to support capacity development in developing countries, primarily, but not solely, in Danida’s priority countries.   “We organize and or implement capacity development support in terms of courses, studies, research, study tours, seminars, in Denmark as well as in developing countries both nationally and regionally,” a DANIDA statement obtained by the Ghana News Agency indicates.   The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs defines the framework for the fellowship activities, while Danida Fellowship Centre (DFC) is in charge of all educational, administrative and practical issues.   GNA...

Hohoe, Nov 25, GNA - Ten beneficiaries in hairdressing under the Trades and Vocation module of the now Ghana Youth Employment and Entrepreneur Development Agency (GYEEDA), have been presented with kits to commence business.   Other individuals received drink dispenser, out-board motor engine, corn mill and tricycle dump car, all totalling GH¢ 25,489.   The training was in partnership with Local Enterprise and Skills Development Programme (LESDEP) and Asongtaba Cottage Industry and Exchange Programme, a private company, which specializes in creating job opportunities for the youth.   Mr Darlington Emmanuel Drayi, Volta Regional Coordinator of LESDEP said the concept was government’s response to wealth generation and job creation, which focuses on training and re-training viable skills towards self-reliance.   He, however, indicated LESDEP is non-political and urged unemployed youths to take advantage of the scheme to make life better for themselves.   Mr Drayi urged the beneficiaries to refocus attention on employing others, which calls for change in attitudes and hard work.   Mr Moses Yao Kumah, Hohoe Municipal Coordinator of GYEEDA, said the name change was to deepen the relevance of the scheme towards wealth creation and generation.   He enumerated the different modules being undertaken in the area including those in auto-mechanics, forestry, sanitation and ICT.   Ms Selase Dzidzornu, a beneficiary of a hair-dryer pledged to put the kits to good use to employ more apprentices and create wealth.   All beneficiaries received certificates.   GNA...

Hohoe, Nov 25, GNA - Professor Audrey Gadzekpo of the School of Communication Studies, University of Ghana, has asked the media to ward-off interference and inducements from political actors in the run-up to the December general elections and beyond.   She urged media professionals and managers to accord fair opportunity to all parties contesting the elections and set issue-based agenda to guide publics to make informed decision.   Prof Gadzekpo made the remark when she addressed the Gbi Traditional Council meeting last Thursday.   She said the time had come again for media professionals to demonstrate the highest journalistic standards in order to chart an issue-base and incident-free election, urging the media to “avoid making their good work become undone through negligence and partisanship.”   Prof Gadzekpo said she expected the coverage of the upcoming elections to be an improvement over that of 2008 general elections, which registered some professional deficiencies including unexplained and complex processes, turning rumours into facts and un-qualification of provisional results.   She said multiplicity of radio stations and the inability to monitor their operations towards the build-up to the election, media ownership by politicians and the absence of broadcast law constitutes some of the challenges of the National Media Commission, Ghana Journalists Association and the Media Foundation for West Africa.   She praised the Lorlornyo FM, a Hohoe-based radio station and others for maintaining the ethical standards and not allowing their mediums to be used as a platform to propel hate-speech and instigate violence.   Togbega Gabusu, Paramount Chief of Gbi Traditional Area, said the forum was to create awareness on the impending elections among stakeholders and tighten all loose joints towards making the elections a master-piece once more.   He said the seemingly heightening of political tension would be abated when candidates continued to preach peace and assured their supporters that the contest was about supremacy of ideas and not hostilities.   Togbega appealed to political parties to prevail on minors, who found their names onto the biometric electoral register not to visit the polling station on voting day since their conduct was a recipe for violence.   Mr Francis Dusey, Hohoe Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), appealed to registered voters to come out massive to exercise their franchise on Election Day.   He appealed to the voting public to guard against exchanging their voting sovereignty for temporary benefits.   Representatives of the Electoral Commission and the Police pledged their neutrality and discharge the task with professionalism, fairness and in transparent manner.   GNA...

Seth Okai (C/R), Nov 25, GNA - The chiefs and people of Seth Okai, a village near Agona Nsaba, have appealed to the Ghana Education Service (GES) to help construct classrooms, especially a Junior High School (JHS) structure in the area.   Nana Okai II, Chief of the town, made the appeal on behalf of the people after conducting the Ghana News Agency (GNA) round to inspect the existing school structures.   He said currently students in JHS “2” and Primary “6” are studying under a hut due to lack of adequate classrooms. Those in JHS “1” are studying on the veranda of the existing classroom for Kindergarten.   The chief said the people at Seth Okai are predominantly small scale farmers and therefore had not enough money to put up school building themselves.   Nana Okai said school children in the village had suffered by walking long distances to Agona Nsaba and other areas to attend school.   He said several appeals had been made to the Assembly for the construction of the classrooms but no concrete response had come.   Nana Okai commended the National Democratic Congress government for putting up the four classrooms in 1995, but expressed regret that the same government had refused to assist them to construct additional classrooms.   Mr Kwesi Fosu, Assemblyman for the area, confirmed that letters had been written to the Assembly for assistance to build more classrooms.   He appealed to the Minister of Education and other Non-Governmental organizations (NGOs) to come to the aid of the town.   GNA...

Seth Okai, (C/R), Nov. 25, GNA-The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has intensified its nationwide education on proper voting to reduce the incidence of ballot paper rejection or spoilt ballots in the December 7 polls.   Ms Abena Offe, a Commission Member, made this known at a durbar organized by the Agona East District branch of NCCE at Seth Okai near Agona Nsaba in the Agona East District of the Central Region at the weekend.   She said the Commission had been organizing seminars, durbars and fora to demonstrate to the public the correct procedure of voting and also to collate views and other relevant information that could help reduce the spoilage of ballot papers by voters.   Ms Offe said during the education the NCCE had also allowed Persons With Disability to voice out their problems. She said similar programmes were taking place in all 10 regions across the country, adding that it was being organized in the local dialects to enable the people to understand the importance of the education.   “The Commission is doing everything possible to educate the electorate on the correct voting procedure to avoid plenty ballot papers spoiled as was seen during previous elections”.   Mr Cletus Abang, Central Regional Director of NCCE, said research conducted by the Commission revealed that voters were very much interested in voting for candidates who had prioritized education, quality health care and employment.   He said the NCCE had also been able to reach out to communication teams of various political parties in all the 23 constituencies of the Central Region and educated them on the dangers of elections violence.   The Regional Director said the NCCE had been organizing film shows on war-torn countries such as Liberia, Ivory Coast, Rwanda, DR Congo and others to enable the people to see the devastating effects of wars.   Mr Sackyi Sam, Agona East District Director of NCCE expressed gratitude to the European Union (EU) for sponsoring the Commission to organize such education programs. He charged Ghanaians to ensure that democracy in the country was sustained while the peaceful atmosphere being enjoyed in the country was also maintained.   Mr Sam urged political parties going round poisoning the minds of Ghanaians with propaganda and other vain promises that could not be fulfilled to put a stop to it.   GNA...

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