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Rev John Ntim Fordjour, MP for Assin South on Thursday 26th July 2018, donated 300 dual desks and 40 teachers furniture to ensure that the over 1,500 pupils in Assin Ochiso D/A Basic School and Assin Kruwa D/A Basic School, all have decent and comfortable seats for teaching and learning. This is part of the vision of Hon Ntim Fordjour to ensure that every child in the constituency receives basic education and studies under congenial conditions. He was accompanied by the District Director of Education, Mr Stephen Abamfo. The Chiefs, teachers and parents expressed profound gratitude for the kind gesture by the MP. The pupils with excitement gathered around the MP each wanting a handshake to say thank you. Rev Ntim Fordjour charged the pupils to commit to learning and discipline and pledged support for as many pupils who excel in their studies to reach the highest attainment possible. The MP further charged both teachers and the pupils to embrace the culture of maintenance to ensure t...

Michael Essien will be on one field with a host of other ex-footballersGhana’s Michael Essien will be on one field with a host of other ex-footballers to participate in the Match for Solidarity on April 21. Match for Solidarity, which is set to take place at the Stade de Geneva, Switzerland is a joint UEFA-United Nations charity game which is aimed at raising funds for charities. Several legendary players including Luis Figo, Ronaldinho, Cafu and Andrea Pirlo will be coached by Didier Deschamps and Carlo Ancelotti.Two teams namely; Figo & Friends, managed by France coach Deschamps and Ronaldinho & Friends, coached by former Bayern Munich gaffer Ancelotti will trade tackles in an encounter officiated by renowned former Italian referee Pierluigi Collina to raise money for charity. Essien will join former Chelsea teammate Juliano Belletti, Patrick Kluivert and a host of others former football stars in Ronaldinho’s team. While Figo’s setup also brims with players such as Rio Fer...

TV licence: GBC plans to deduct levies from public workers salaries at source GBC Director-General, Dr Annor Akufo Ntow The controversial television licence fee may be deducted from the salaries of public workers at source as the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) considers more ‘decent’ way of collection, it has emerged. According to the Ashanti Regional Director of the GBC, Mr Samuel Kwatia, the move to deduct the fee at the Controller and Accountant Generals Department (CAGD) would make it more convenient for public service workers. There has been a raging debate over the collection of TV licences by the state broadcaster, Ghana Television (GTV) for sometime now. While many have called for a revision of Act 1966 (NLC Decree 89), which mandates that Ghanaian households and individuals owning television sets are to pay designated fees, to reflect current happenings, others have blatantly kicked against the existence of any such fees. But speaking on Garden City Radio on Saturd...