Breaking News: Police clash with Arise Ghana Demonstrators
A post on Ghana Police Meta account sighted by Apexnewsgh has it that demonstrators of Arise Ghana clashed with the members of Ghana Police. There are some picture of evidence of a police officer with some blood flow on his ear. Below is the information on Police Meta account: Attack on Police in the Ongoing Arise Ghana Demonstration What a shame, we were there to protect you and ensure your safety, but you throw stones at us, injure and hurt us. This behaviour is unacceptable and must be condemned. Source: Apexnewsgh
UE NAGRAT Threatens Strike Action Over Govt Adamant on COLA
The Upper East Regional Chapter of the National Association Of Graduate Teachers(NAGRAT) led by it’s regional president Akunzebe John has threatened to embark on a strike action should the government fail to grant their request for twenty(20%)cost of living allowance(COLA) which they think will help mitigate the mass suffering of the Ghanaian worker. Mr. Akunzebe John who addressed the press at the regional secretariat of NAGRAT in Bolgatanga said, prices of fuel, goods and services continue to rise day by day and between January to now, fuel has increased by fifty percent(50%) and prices of basic food and other commodities have increased astronomically. The regional President further lamented that price of a bowl of groundnut which was seven cedis(7) was now thirteen cedis(13) and a bowl of beans which was nine cedis(9) has increased to twenty five cedis(25) and the price of lorry fare from Bolgatanga to Accra which used to be one hundred and fifty cedis(150) was now twenty hundred and twenty five cedis(225) and the teacher today lives on the providence of the Lord and not knowing how long this would continue. Mr.Akunzebe said, in the face of this challenges, the Labour unions requested for (COLA) from the government to mitigate this sufferings during this year’s MAY DAY celebrations which had the president and vice president of Ghana in attendance. He said having not heard from government despite the calls the union whose core mandate is to promote the welfare of its members it would not sit unconcerned and they had come to their wits end and demand from their national leadership that if by the end of June 2022 their call for COLA is not heeded to they lay down their tools as stated by members of NAGRAT in the Upper East region. Source: Apexnewsgh
The government did not promise to provide 1D1F, is a private sector motivated–Boniface Gambila.
The Ghana Ambassador to Burkina Faso His Excellency Boniface Gambila has said, there was no time government promised to provide every district with a factory under its flagship policy of One District One Factory (1D1F). According to Ghana’s Amb. to Burkina Faso, the government policy of One District One Factory is a private sector motivated initiated. He further told Apenewsgh.com during an exclusive interview, “The government pledged that it will support the private sector to carry out the intervention. So, you would realize that if you want to go into establishing a factory in your district, the first motivation is that you are from the district, you will not go and do it in someone’s district. But technically, the issue of raw material cost and labour cost may influence you to locate your industry somewhere else”. He explained “The policy is that you the private person who wants to make that intervention wherever in a district, it will be known as One District One Factory. Because is the government that has a certain package for you, not that government is coming to provide the factory”. “So, if we have people from the Upper East region who want to be engaged in the policy, there should be some proposals from the private person or private sector promoters. You will now go and tell the government that you are establishing a meat factory but the area has no electricity and there is no water leading to the place and maybe you have invested $ 20 million dollars but the project is $40 Million dollars and which bank can give you the soft loan package, then the government will direct you there is a consortium of banks and then, the government will now have to look at its list and check which of the banks has the level of funds needed and then direct your proposal to the banks for assistance. Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093
Ban importation of rice from Europe, why should Ghana import toothpicks and matches?—Amb. Boniface Gambila laments
The Ghana Ambassador to Burkina Faso His Excellency and former Member of Parliament (MP) for the Nabdam District Boniface Gambila have called on the government to ban the importation of rice, toothpicks, and matches into the country. Ghana’s Ambassador to Burkina Faso made the call during an exclusive interaction with Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen of Apexnewsgh.com According to the Amb. Gambila, “Is really difficult because the reality is hitching on all of us and all of us are not making effort to be productive because some of us don’t have the capacity. So, now it means that government should be able to identify that and provide the capacity so that people will not pine but will rather move into something”. “So, Government should look into certain sectors and expand those sectors for people to be able to find something doing. As for this buy and sell, people like doing buy and sell block it. Ban the import of rice from Europe and all those places and let everybody go into the rice business in Ghana. We should learn to eat our own local rice. At the moment, the imported rice is not banned and so, people are pretending that they can’t eat the local rice. But if you ban it, in times of war if foreign rice is not coming, won’t we eat the local rice? So, we are not been hard, we are not been pragmatic to ban certain things. There are certain imports we should ban. Why do we need toothpicks in this country, what for? We have a nime tree. If you eat and your meat gets stuck go and get a nime tree break it and sack it off. Why should we import matches when there was a matches factory, of course, those Nkrumah’s factories are now old models and technology has changed but is something that government could get the private sector to take it up. If you ban matches from coming into this country, a private Ghanaian will take it up”. The challenges have come and the President himself doesn’t want those challenges but they are bound to come. He concluded Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093