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A group calling itself Friends of Rhoda have besieged the Asokwa District Court in Kumasi ahead of the hearing of a case in which a lecturer at KNUST is accused of kidnapping his wife. Dr Wilberforce Aggrey has been standing trial over the disappearance of his wife, Rhodaline Amoah-Darko, staff at the Lands Commission. Since September, Dr Aggrey, who has been in police custody, was last week denied bail by a Kumasi High Court after his lawyers applied for bail. The police had earlier secured a court order for psychiatric examination after he was initially denied bail by the Asokwa…

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has taken a swipe at the 60,000 Ghanaian professionals including Accountants, Doctors and Lawyers, and many more who have not been paying taxes, but lament the 1.75% Electronic Transaction Levy expected to be implemented from 2022.  According to him, digital levy is now the way to go because many Ghanaians who are not paying taxes or under declaring taxes can be captured. Speaking at the TUC Economic Dialogue on the 2022 Budget, Mr. Ofori-Atta said the Electronic Levy is a necessary evil to rope in many Ghanaians onto the tax net. “Through technology, therefore, we can…

Silver Spring, MD — Safe use of tower cranes – typically used to construct skyscrapers and other large structures – is the subject of a recently published toolbox talk from CPWR – The Center for Construction Research and Training. Available in English and Spanish, the toolbox talk includes a short story and discussion questions, safety tips, and a way to communicate how organizations can “stay safe today.” CPWR reminds employers that any worker involved in a lift must be licensed/certified and trained, if appropriate. A qualified person needs to inspect the crane, and wind speed should be monitored. No one…

On Friday, a fuel tanker exploded at the outskirts of Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, killing at least 98 people and wounding dozens of others in one of the deadliest accidents in the history of the country in years. According reports, when the tanker collided with a truck at a busy intersection in Freetown’s suburb of Wellington, people crowded around the crash to collect leaking fuel, when the tanker blew up, witnesses said. Anything spilled was viewed as wasteful in a community where many struggled to afford gas. The wreck didn’t seem dangerous until it burst into flames resulting in hundreds…

Accra Area Manager of the Ghana Railways Company Limited, Ing. Michael Asante, met his untimely death, after he jumped off a moving train and got run over by the train. The unfortunate incident happened when he together with his team were on an inspection tour of the Accra-Nsawam rail line. According to reports, he was standing in the outer frontage of the train when they saw a naked electric wire across the route of the train around Pokuase. In an attempt to avoid being entangled by the wire, he jumped off the moving train, and was overrun by the train.…

Three persons including two students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology have died following an explosion that took place on Tuesday 5th of October 2021 at the Juaben Oil Mills in the Ashanti Region. According to reports, nine persons sustained injuries during the accident, four of them whose conditions were critical were sent to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital but three were later pronounced dead on Wednesday morning. The deceased, yet to be identified, were said to be two students from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) on industrial attachment and a Tanzanian engineer. They…

On Friday, 24 September, 2021, a worker fell from height while working on a container, landed on his head and died instantly, according to reports. The incident got some workers of the Tema Port on Friday evening protesting the death of their colleague, resulting in the police personnel firing rubber bullets to disperse the angry crowd. Although no further casualty was recorded, some of the protesters sustained injuries from the rubber bullets. The workers were agitated by the lack of response to several calls for an ambulance. According to them, management of the port had failed to provide a standby…

Road Safety Advocates of Ghana (RoSAG) has issued a press release to commend the effort of the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) for demanding positive action from Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assembly (MMDAs) in respect of unlawful use of tricycles.  According to ROGAS, last week, the Authority had issued directives to six municipalities to cease their endorsement of unlawful and unsafe use of tricycles for fare-paying or passenger purposes forthwith. While the Authority is ordinarily exercising its mandate, it bears mentioning that it is uncommon in our kind of environment for a public institution to bare its teeth at another…

On Friday 27th August, 2021, the Organization and Human Resource Department of the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS) held a technical review session with Ghana Institute of Safety and Environmental Professionals (GhISEP) on the course content of its upcoming Master of Science in Occupational Health and Safety Management. The technical review meeting was held on the back of the University’s effort to engage stakeholders to peer review its programs and GhISEP’s commitment to collaborate with the academia to address the challenges that confront industry and society at large. According to Prof Amponsah-Tawiah, the head of Organization and Human Resource…

On Thursday, 22nd July, GhISEP met with the EPA to begin discussions to foster a tripartite collaboration between the academia, industry and the regulator to improve environmental sustainability in Ghana. This meeting was engendered by the recent MoU signed between GhISEP and University of Mines and Technology and GhISEP ‘s move to coordinate the effort of all the key stakeholders from the academia, industry and the EPA. In attendance at the meeting were Hon. Dr. Henry Kwabena Kokofu, Executive Director of the EPA, Nana ANNOR AMIHERE II , National President of GhISEP, Dr. Ishmael Quaicoe, Head of Environmental and Safety…