Just In: Prof Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa appointment terminated
Prof Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), appointment has been terminated. According to a letter issued from the Office of the President on Monday, October 17, 2022, “The Ministry of Education has informed this Office that the exigencies that required your skills and expertise as Director-General of the Ghana Education Service do not exist any longer”, the letter said. The letter further said, having been appointed in April 2017, specific reference was however made about Prof. Opoku-Amankwa’s secondment in January 2021 from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). The contract was extended again in June 2021 but this extension according to the letter was in “contravention of the Human Resource Policy Frame and manual of the Public Services Commission as it purports to extend your secondment beyond the 3-year maximum limit.” Prof. Opoku-Amankwa has been instructed to return to the KNUST. “The President thanks you for your service to the nation and wishes you the very best in your future endeavours”, the letter from the Presidency signed by the Secretary to the President, Nana Bediatuo Asante, concluded. Copied in the letter are the Vice President, Chief of Staff, The Minister of Education, Board Chairperson, Ghana Education Service, the Vice Chancellor at KNUST and the Registrar of the same institution. Source: Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email: apexnewsgh@gmail.com
Breaking News: Yellow yellow ban lifted in Bawku
The statement says, following appeals by mostly Public Sector Workers on the difficulties they face commuting to their work places as a result of the temporary ban on the use of tricycles (yellow yellow), REGSEC at its meeting held on Tuesday 18th October, 2022 decided on the following; Apexnewsgh.com report A statement sighted by this platform, dated 20th September, 2022, and signed by the Upper East Regional Coordinator Inusah Abubakari Alhaji on behalf of the Regional Minister, REGSEC reviewed the security situation in Bawku following the unstoppable fight which includes the ban of tricycles popularly known as yellow yellow. Read the full statement below: Source: Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email: apexnewsgh@gmail.com
Threats to vote out NPP don’t frighten me – Akufo-Addo
President Akufo-Addo has said that he is not threatened by calls for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to be voted out of office in the 2024 election. He said such threats do not frighten him. The President made this comment in an interview on Kumasi-based OTEC FM on Monday. His comment was in response to a question posed by host of the programme regarding what he made of threats by the people of Kwabre against the NPP in the 2024 election due to poor road infrastructure in the area. Reacting to the threats President Akufo-Addo replied, “no problem. I am saying people make those kinds of threats; me they don’t frighten me.” According to him, although he understands the masses may support a party with an expectation, he, however, does not see the need to threaten the government if it fails to deliver. “If you decide to vote for the NDC in the general election, it is your choice and that is not my problem. No one will force you to vote for someone,” he stated. He, however, admitted that he has been mandated with a responsibility to construct roads and will definitely execute it. —myjoyonline— For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336063 or Email: apexnewsgh@gmail.com
Four Supreme Court nominees to face Appointments C’tee today
The four Judges nominated onto the Supreme Court bench by President Akufo-Addo will face the Appointments Committee of Parliament later today, the Public Affairs Directorate of Parliament disclosed in a statement. The nominees are Justice Barbara Frances Ackah-Yensu, Justice George Kingsley Koomson, and Justice Samuel Kwame Adibu Asiedu, all from the Appeal court. The only High Court judge who made the list is Justice Ernest Yao Gaewu. They were referred to the Appointments Committee for consideration after Speaker Bagbin announced their nominations in the House in July. Their appointment followed pending and projected vacancies at the Supreme Court this year. —Starrfm— For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email: apexnewsgh@gmail.com