Tag Archives: Ashanti Region

Former President John Mahama is set to lead a walk on the party’s 24-hour Economy policy scheduled for Wednesday, January 24, 2024. Originally planned for December 2023, the walk was postponed due to the District Level Elections. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) leadership in the Ashanti Region, in a statement …

The Regional Parliamentary Vetting Committee of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ashanti  Region has released the schedule for the vetting of its parliamentary aspirants in the forty-one (41) constituencies that have incumbent Members of Parliament. A press release stated that the vetting  would take place on Wednesday, January 3, 2024, …

As of the close of nominations on December 25, 2023, a total of 128 parliamentary aspirants from the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have officially submitted their nomination forms to compete in 41 constituencies within the Ashanti Region, where sitting MPs are present. Notably, five of these candidates are running unopposed …

Five incumbent Members of Parliament in the Ashanti Region will not partake in the upcoming New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary primaries slated for January 27, 2024. The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, who doubles as the MP for Bekwai, Joseph Osei-Wusu, Majority Leader and MP for Suame, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, …

A total of 72,429 people in the Ashanti Region are estimated to be living with HIV, according to the Ghana Aids Commission 2022 report. Out of this number, only 26,006 are currently on Anti-Retroviral (ARV) medication at health facilities, leaving a gap of 46,421 who cannot be accounted for in …

High court jurors in the Ashanti Region on Wednesday (31 May) declared an indefinite strike over 13 months of unpaid allowances. The foreman general for the Jurors Association, Albert Ackah, said they took the decision because efforts to get their allowances paid have not yielded any positive result. The development …

The New Patriotic Party executives in the Ashanti Region, led by Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi Boasiako (Chairman Wontumi), have urged the government to expedite the processes for work to commence on the Suame Interchange Project. They emphasized that the project is of great importance to the people of the Ashanti …

The General Secretary of Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), has said the nurse who was verbally assaulted by the Ashanti Regional Director of the National Service Scheme (NSS), Alex Opoku-Mensah, has been removed from the Manhyia District Hospital. Speaking in an interview on JoyNews’ The Pulse on Tuesday, …

The Police have arrested three persons for violent disturbances during the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Ashanti Regional Executives Election held on Sunday at Kumasi. According to the police, others are still being pursued to face justice. The suspects and their accomplices were involved in different offences including assault on a …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has hit back at persons he says are his detractors in the Ashanti Region. He maintains that, it cannot be said that his government has not really done enough for the people in the region because there is enough to prove that the Ashanti Region …