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The government will, before the end of the year, procure some 4,000 specialised cell phones for emergency response purposes. The phones will be distributed to personnel of organisations such as the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), the Ghana Ambulance Service, the Ghana Police Service and the Ghana National Fire Service.  Communications Minister, Mr Haruna Iddrisu, made this disclosure at the inauguration of a national ‘School Connectivity Project’ at Biriwa in the Central Region. Under the project, Information and Communications Technology (ICT) centres have been provided for all the 37 national vocational training institutes countrywide.  Valued at GH¢75,000 for each institute, the ICT centre project was funded by the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC). The objective is to make all vocational trainees ICT proficient before they graduate. The GIFEC was established in 2004 as an implementing agency of the Ministry o...

THE Manya Krobo Traditional Council has conferred the highest title of the area on Mr E.T Kwashie, a patron of the Sports Writers Association of Ghana, for his contributions to the development of the area. The title, Klomahefalor, which means “Defender of the state,” mandates Mr Kwashie, whose stool name is Nene Azago Kwesitsu I, to perform roles including the responsibility to defend the boundaries of Manya Krobo in consultation with the Paramount chief of the area, Nene Sakite II. Nene Kwesitsu I will also pursue the Volta River Authority (VRA) for money due to the Manya Krobo. Additionally, he will be recognised as a member of the traditional council where he will be expected to give frequent reports on his assignments to the Konor and quarterly reports to the traditional council. Speaking to the Daily Graphic, Nene Sakite said  Nene Kwesitsu was honoured because he had demonstrated over the years that he had the interest of the community at heart and had the capacity to...