Henry Quartey, the Greater Accra Regional Minister, says he will not relent in his efforts to move traders engaged in “bulk breaking” activities in and around the Central Business District (CBD) of Accra to Adjen Kotoku come 1 July 2021.
He said the chiefs of Adjen Kotoku had promised to provide about ten acres of land to expand the market to accommodate as many traders as possible.
Speaking in an interview on Asaase Radio, Quartey said, “When you have tenacres of land to sell onions and you are telling me you are not going to move, that is the joke of the century …
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The Greater Accra Regional Co-ordinating Council has debunked claims that Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) have been directed to vacate office and hand over affairs to their Co-ordinating Directors.
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Some members of organised labour have called on the government to mitigate the impact of the tax hike on petroleum products and the introduction of new taxes in the country.
They have also urged the government to review salaries to ameliorate the hardships being faced by workers as a result of the high cost of living.
The Chairman of the Greater Accra Regional Council of Labour, Mr Patrick Tetteh Binyemi and the Chairman of the Madina, Adentan, Abokobi District of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), Mr Christian Yaw Adinkra, made the call during separate interviews in Tema where the Greater Accra Regional Secretariat of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) observed this year s May Day celebration.
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Mr. William Ashaley (second right), Vice Chairman; Ms. Belinda Cochraine (right), Chairperson, and Mr. Thomas Atiah (3rd-right), Secretary, with other officers of the Greater Accra Regional ICU, swearing the oath of office. Picture: George Ernest Asare
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The Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) has appealed to the Attorney-General (A-G) and Minister of Justice to expedite action on the process to prosecute persons whose actions led to the closure of seven banks in the country.
The General-Secretary of the ICU, Mr. Solomon Kotei, expressed concern about the delay in initiating court action against those implicated in the crisis after the Bank of Ghana (BoG) had concluded investigations into the collapse of the banks.