Category: Business
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Monitoring system good but prosecute fuel smugglers – COPEC to government
The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) says beyond the introduction of the monitoring system by the government, prosecution of perpetrators is key to addressing the country’s fuel smuggling challenge. Ghana currently loses billions of Ghana cedis to such illegal activities and in response to this, the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), launched a National Fuel Monitoring…
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LPG marketers urge government to reconsider increase in gas prices
The Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), Marketers Companies Association of Ghana is asking the government to reconsider the announced 18-pesewa upward adjustment on a kilogram of LPG. According to the association, the tax will further worsen the plight of consumers and subsequently lead to a reduction in the use of the product. The association further indicated…
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Timing for proposed increment in electricity tariffs wrong – Consumer Protection Agency
The Chief Executive Officer of the Consumer Protection Agency, Kofi Kapito, says any possible increment in electricity tariffs would be ill-timed. Though he acknowledged the need for an increase in tariffs, he has instead urged the Public Utility Regulatory Commission (PURC) to focus on seeking compensation for customers who have lost electrical gadgets due to…
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A/R: Kumasi residents kick against ECG’s proposal for tariff increment
Some residents and business owners within the Greater Kumasi Metropolitan Area of the Ashanti Region, have kicked against the proposed increment in electricity tariffs in the midst of erratic power supply being experienced in some parts of the country. At a public forum on Thursday, April 8, 2021, the Managing Director of the Electricity Company…
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A/R: Vegetable farmers call for plan to produce quality seeds locally
Some vegetable farmers within the Asokwa Municipality of the Ashanti Region have renewed calls for stakeholders in Ghana’s agricultural sector to develop a sustainable plan to produce quality seeds locally to avoid the over-reliance on importation of seeds. Researchers at the Department of Horticulture under the faculty of Agriculture at the Kwame Nkrumah University of…
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Housing Ministry pledges to review Rent Act, Mortgage Finance Act
Government intends to review the current Rent Act to address the perennial landlord-tenant impasse in the country. This is according to the Minister for Works and Housing, Francis Asenso-Boakye. Many stakeholders in the real estate sector have over time, complained of the current Rent Act 1963, Act 220, saying that the act which has been…
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There’ll be systematic power outages in May – Energy Minister
Ghanaians would have to brace up themselves for more power outages in May 2021. According to the Minister of Energy, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, there will be an erratic power supply in May due to the ongoing upgrade of the Kasoa and Pokuase substations. Speaking at a forum in Accra on Thursday, April 8, 2021,…
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Kumasi: Residents and business operators call for dumsor timetable
Following the announcement by officials of the Electricity Company of Ghana that the intermittent power outages being experienced in the Ashanti Region may not end anytime soon, some inhabitants and business operators in the region have called for a load shedding timetable. According to them, the unannounced power fluctuations have been causing damages to their…
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GSS begins training for 2021 Population and Housing Census national trainers
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The final phase of training of National Trainers for the 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC) commences today, Thursday 8th April 2021. The residential training workshop will end on Friday, 16th April 2021. It is to equip prospective trainers with the requisite knowledge, skills and competencies to train regional trainers who in turn will…
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Don’t engage quack engineers – Engineering Council warns public
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The Engineering Council has admonished the public to refrain from engaging the services of engineering professionals not registered under the Council. The public is to inspect registration certificates issued by the Engineering Council from engineers, be it, Civil Engineers, Auto Mechanic Engineers, Electoral Engineers, etc. The 9 member council established under Act 819, LI 2410…