Tag Archives: ashanti

  by;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Kojo Bonsu A former Mayor of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), Kojo Bonsu, has said it will be easier for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to win the 2024 elections if he is elected the flagbearer of the party. “I’ve told you that as an Ashanti …

  Illegal miners have invaded forest reserves in the Ashanti Region, despite the government’s ban on small-scale mining in forests and water bodies. The Illegal miners have taken over the Apamprama and Odaw reserves with heavy earthmoving equipment, destroying several forest covers with impunity. Officials of the Forestry Commission who …

    The Ashanti Region has recorded one more death making it a total of two casualties when torrential rains swamped across communities on three continuous days. The victims, an unidentified male believed to be 30 years old was the first to be confirmed dead at Asokwa while the recent …

  By;brightwebtv Some chiefs in the Ashanti Region have refuted claims that traditional leaders have a hand in illegal mining activities in the region. According to them, politicians should be blamed for the persistence of the canker and not them. The traditional authorities expressed this position in a dialogue held …

By:brightwebtv/nana asare barimah     The Akufo-Addo led government has since 2017 completed 1,180kms of roads in the Ashanti Region. These involves 264kms of high way roads, 495kms of unban roads and 421kms of feeder roads. The revelation was made by the Vice President of the Republic of Ghana, H.E. …

  by;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah The New Patriotic Party (NPP)’s Members of Parliament (MPs) in the Ashanti Region are demanding an urgent meeting with President Nana Akufo-Addo over development in the region. The caucus insists that the region has been neglected in terms of infrastructure and other amenities after years of …

  By;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah AngloGold Ashanti Ghana (AGAG) has reacted to unemployment concerns raised by the Obuasi Youth Community Mining Association through a demonstration. A group of irate youth on Tuesday hit the street to register their displeasure with what they described as the worsening unemployment rate in the area. …

By: brightwebtv/nana asare barimah There has been some growing concerns about the slow pace of infrastructure development in the Ashanti Region particularly lack of Interchanges at the roundabouts of Suame, Bekwai, Santasi, Airport, Anloga Junction and uncompleted Sofoline Interchange. However, Mr. Sarfo Raphael Patrick has assured the people of Asanteman …

  By: brightwebtv There’s tension at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi as the election of regional executives of the NPP has been put on hold for the second time. This follows a move by one of the Ashanti Regional Chairman aspirants, Odeneho Kwaku Appiah, to block some members of TESCON …

ByBy:brightwebtv /nana asare barimah The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) had earlier warned of a possible load management across the country after a communication mast collapsed and fell on its 330kV Aboadze -Kumasi transmission line   Parts of the Ashanti Region will experience power cuts for the next twenty days starting from Wednesday 1 December, the Ghana Grid Company …