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HUNGER PROJECT-GHANA CELEBRATES 'WORLD HUNGER DAY' AT KYEMPO. The Hunger Project-Ghana an NGO, yesterday joined the community members of Asante Akyem Kyempo in the Juaso municipality of the Ashanti Region to mark World Hunger Day. World Hunger Day is an initiative by the Hunger Project started in 2011, aimed at celebrating sustainable solutions to hunger and poverty. This year, the day highlighted the importance of fostering self-reliance, upholding principles of human dignity and recognizing that every human is inherently creative,resourceful, responsible and productive. The celebration at Kyempo saw many residents to enlightened  with the importance of eradicating through farming. The country's director of Hunger Project Ghana, Erasmus Samuel Afrane explained that, more than 815 million people in the world do not have enough food to eat. In Ghana, there was a severe hunger in 1983 which many died and others fell in the pool of malnutrition and this acco...

NATIONAL IDENTIFICATION AUTHORITY APOLOGY 28TH MAY 2016 For immediate release PRESS RELEASE COMMENCEMENT OF MASS REGISTRATION OF GHANAIANS FOR THE GHANA CARD The National Identification Authority (NIA) regrets to inform the general public especially the selected institutions scheduled to be registered from today Monday 28th May, 2018 to Friday 8th June, 2018 about its inability to roll-out today as planned. The National Identification System has suffered a technical hitch which has affected the NIA’s ability to commence roll-out as scheduled. Details of the technical difficulties will be communicated to the general public in due course. Our technical team is working fervently to resolve the issue for registration to begin. Under the circumstance registration was suspended today until the problem is completely resolved. The NIA unreservedly apologises to the personnel of the following institutions who were to begin registration this morning at 7:00am for the inconvenie...

Government should ignore the Nation Wreckers Kicking Against the NLA Licence Fees and E-Kiosk Project The Ghana National Chamber of Licensed Banker to Banker Lotto Operators and Agents under the leadership of Mr. Frank Adjei is ever ready to support and work with the Lotto Operators, Agents and Writers who are not able to afford the payment of the License fees approved by the Board of the National Lottery Authority(NLA). As good citizens of Ghana we have to do everything possible to support Government  with our licenses fees. We would like to commend Kofi Osei-Ameyaw, the Director-General of the National Lottery Authority(NLA) for the  modernization of  Lotto business in Ghana by: 1. Giving opportunity to Banker to Banker Lotto Operators,  Agents and Writers to be registered and license under PPP initiative. 2. Scrapping taxes on lotto. 3. Introducing NLA owned Platform 4. Implementing the E-Kiosk project. However, the doors of Ghana National Ch...

GHANA CARD ISSUANCE ON MAY 28 -10,000 Staff, 2,500 machines to be deployed By Elvis DARKO, Accra REGISTRATION and instant issuance of the National Identity ((ID) cards, known as Ghana Card, to all Ghanaians will begin from Monday, May 28, 2018. The registration is expected to begin at 7am, starting from the Jubilee House, Parliament House, Judicial Service, as well as security sector institutions; namely, Ghana Police Service, Prisons Service, Immigration Service, National Fire Service, and Ghana Armed Forces (GAF). Key influencers Professor Kenneth Agyemang Attafuah, Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority (NIA), told The Finder that key influencers in society, such as former presidents and their spouses and the former Chief Justice and her spouse, would be given special treatment. He said the authority is liaising with them and their offices to agree on a convenient time to register them at their homes or offices. At this phase, he said, ...

DECLARATION OF SUPPORT TO HON. HAJIA RUKA SAIDA AHMED* .             The former patron of Greater Accra and also aspiring national treasure for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Hon. Hajia Ruka Saida Ahmed has revealed how the constituency executives and delegates across the country are endorsing and praying for her.    She Said, during the constituencies tour in Greater Accra, they (the executives) asked her to kneel as they layed their hands on her and prayed for her. They promised to stay united in prayer against any weapon of the enemy that will be fashioned against her.      According to her, Some of the constituency executive gave their testimonies of her commitment to the party since since 92. They also acknowledged her contribution as a former patron of Greater Accra, Her works as a member of UNIWAF and the founding of club 2020 in the run up to the 2000 elections. Her funding of Nasara women’s club in Nima ...