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Some departments in hospitals nationwide have been deserted following the strike by the Health Services Workers Union. This has left some patients stranded because of the absence of records personnel, cleaners, lab technicians, orderlies, among others. The union is striking in protest of its desire for better conditions of service, which it says have not been fairly addressed.

Some departments in hospitals nationwide have been deserted following the strike by the Health Services Workers Union. This has left some patients stranded because of the absence of records personnel, cleaners, lab technicians, orderlies, among others. The union is striking in protest of its desire for better conditions of service, which it says have not been fairly addressed.

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Prof. Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, has appealed to government to pay off its debt to some six banks over the construction of four residential halls on its campus. The University of Ghana, in 2008, contracted a syndicated ¢43 million loan facility from six banks, including Cal Bank.

The leadership of the Health Services Workers' Union (HSWU) has declared nationwide strike from Tuesday, October 26, over alleged unfair treatment by Government towards their members.Mr Flanklin Owusu Ansah, the General Secretary of the Union, briefing the media, said their resumption would depend on how the government team facilitated their negotiations in good faith and concluded all outstanding issues.

Member of Parliament for Madina, Francis-Xavier Sosu, has accused government of failing to pay contractors who have been assigned to work on various roads in the Madina constituency. He has said that all efforts to get the government to fix roads in the constituency have fallen on deaf eyes. The MP has led constituents in a demonstration on Monday morning to register his displeasure and force relevant authorities to act.

Joy FM Afternoon News Bulletin

Joy FM Afternoon News Bulletin

Two police officers are reported to have died in a road accident on the Walewale-Bolgatanga Highway. Three other officers who were among the team are said to have sustained various degrees of injuries and were rushed to the Tamale Teaching Hospital.

President Nana Akufo-Addo has admitted that he made a mistake in his comment regarding the construction of a harbour in Cape Coast. In a recent interview on Cape Coast-based Eagle FM, he denied that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) had made any commitment to undertake the said infrastructural project in the region. “Let me just confess it. I made a mistake,” he said on Accra-based Peace FM’s Kokrokoo on Thursday. He added, “Presidents are human after all, we are not supermen. We make