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The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has sworn in new executives to steer the affairs of the group for the next two years. Associate Professor Solomon Nunoo, is the President, Dr Eric Wiah, Vice President, Dr Asare Asante-Annor, Secretary and Dr Akyene Tetteh, treasurer. The ceremony was performed at…

The Vice-Chancellor of University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS), Professor John Owusu Gyapong, has asked the country’s universities to use lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic to help accelerate the institutional reform agenda. "We need to change the way we do business. It should not be business as usual and…

Ntim Fordjour was among deputy ministers who were sworn in by president Akufo-Addo Deputy Minister for Education, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour says he is poised to serve Ghana and Assin South Constituency most conscientiously as he was sworn in as Deputy Minister for Education. “I’m grateful to the Lord Most High for His exceptional favor, and to His Excellency the President of the Republic Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for the confidence reposed in me. “In humility and poise, I do accept the r...

KNOWLEDGE WITHOUT WISDOM IS A CURSE June 1, 2021 0 4 minutes read I do not blame the people who think that it is “illegal” for the Government to order soldiers engaged in “Operation Halt”, to burn the excavators, bulldozers and other equipment seized at galamsey sites. Politics has been defined as “the art of the possible”, and past Governments, as well as the present one, have been struggling to balance what they find to be a delicate problem concerning the widespread operation of...

  Presidential candidate aspirant of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and former Minister of Railways Development, Joe Ghartey, has received the coveted Ghana Ministers of State Excellence Award. The Ghana Ministers of State Excellence Honours was presented to Hon. Ghartey; Trade and Industry Minister, Alan Kyeremanteng; for Trade and Industry Minister, Ekow Spio-Garbrah. In all, 15 former and serving ministers of state were honoured at the maiden Ghana Ministers of State Excellence Honours held ...

Ghana-Press-Review May 14, 2021 to 10:30 430 APA – Accra (Ghana) The announcement by Unilever Ghana PLC of an increase in the company’s revenue for the 2020 financial year and the promise by the Western Regional Coordinating Council to win the fight against illegal mining activities are some of the leading stories in Ghanaian press on Friday. The Daily Guide reports that Edward Effah, Board C...

  The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr Samuel Abu Jinapor, has pledged the governments support to the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT) towards scaling up a technology developed by the institution to purify water bodies polluted through illegal mining activities. He said the discovery of that technology was a major boost to the government’s quest to restore the health of water bodies affected by illegal mining, commonly called galamsey. The Deputy Minister designate of Lan...

Go for regular medical examination — Prof. Akosa to Ghanaians LISTEN 11 HOURS AGO The Former Director of Ghana Health Service (GHS), Professor Agyeman Badu Akosa, has admonished Ghanaians to have regular medical check-ups to ascertain their health status. According to him, diseases detected early were easy and less expensive to treat. Prof. Akosa gave the advice at Tarkwa when the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT) in collaboration with the University Teachers Association of Ghana ...

Ghana-Press-Review April 09, 2021 to 10:44 181 APA – Accra (Ghana) The directive by President Akufo-Addo to the Engineering Council of the Ministry of Works and Housing to undertake a comprehensive integrity audit of all public buildings and structures and advise the government appropriately is one of the trending stories in the Ghanaian press on Friday. The Graphic reports that President Nana ...

Graphic Online BY: Augustina Dzodzegbe 705 The University of Mines and Technology (UMaT) has started a programme in railway engineering and related courses to support the speedy revamping of the country’s rail sector. The programme, being run at the Essikado campus of the university, is in collaboration with the Ghana Railway Company. The university observed that the sector, once a vibrant and dominant industry in the country, went down at a certain stage, but was currently going through ser...