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GSA warns Consumers against patronage of Substandard electrical products from the Market
Ghana Standard Authority has held stakeholder’s forum in Tamale aimed at sensitizing the general public against the patronage of inferior electrical products at the Market.
During the meeting, the officials from Ghana Standard Authority noted the influx of substandard electrical products in the market, posing threats to consumers including destruction of properties, warning them against purchasing products not approved by Ghana Standard Authority.
This follows domination of the market by substandard products following a scientific test conducted by the Ghana Standard Authority.
The forum dubbed ‘Electro-Vigillance’ brought Stakeholders in the electronic value chain together including Electronic Dealers, certified electricians, Contactors, students, Security Agencies, and Persons from the academia.
Speaking to the media, the Northern Regional Manager of Ghana Standard Authority, Mr. Basim Alhassan, hinted that GSA in collaboration with Energy Commission will embark on surveillance in the markets to rid off inferior electrical products.
“We are going to have collaboration with Energy Commission, we are going to have a series of surveillance to make sure that we wane off our markets of these substandard electrical cables”.
On his part Ing. Francis Akpaloo, the Senior Scientific Officer at GSA, entreats consumers to patronize electrical products that are labeled by Ghana Standard Authority, insisting that products without labels at the market are either substandard or fake ones.
“The introduction of this label which will be difficult for anybody to attempt to copy, When you have the labels on the products, it is an authentication that the products have gone through various stages of quality test under GSA. But if you are buying and you don’t see this label. The first impression is that product is a substandard one, fake one or it has not gone through the GSA system of verification”.
Story by: Inusah Dondaliya
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NOMMAG MARKS 5TH ANNIVERSARY: AGENTS LAUDED FOR PLAYING PIVOTAL ROLE IN THE FINANCIAL STRUCTURE
Northern Regional Mobile Money Agents Association of Ghana(NOMMAG) has climaxed its 5th Anniversary Celebration with a grand Durbar held in Tamale, aimed at promoting activities of the Association for the attention of the general public especially MoMo subscribers.
The anniversary was marked by NOMMAG under the theme: “5 years of Empowering and Uniting agents to secure better condition of service in the financial ecosystem”.
NOMMAG marked the anniversary celebration with series of activities preceding the grand Durbar program held on Saturday, 6th December 2025, at the Aliu Mahama Sports Stadium. Some of the activities undertaken include free health screening exercise for residents of Choggu, Football games played against Media XI and Access Bank, Health Walk exercise and a donation to inmates at the Tamale Central Prisons.
Attending the event were some of the partners of NOMMAG which included, Officials from Forms Capital, Access Bank, and the Norhern Regional Manager of MTN Ghana. While a legal Practitioner, Lawyer Kobina Paul Ampem who also graced the occasion following an invitation, was made the Chairperson of the occasion.
Also present to witness the climax was the Northern Regional P.R O.of Ghana Police, Chief Inspector Alhassan Lukman Neindoow who attended the event on behalf of the Regional Police Commander.
NOMMAG members across the region and beyond also attended the 5th anniversary ceremony.
Addressing the gathering, the President of Northern Mobile Money Agents Association of Ghana, Mumuni Abdul Aziz outlined some of the activities undertaken to mark the 5th anniversary of NOMMAG, highlighting achievements of the Association after 5 years existence in the financial ecosystem.
Among the key successes enumerated by the NOMMAG president include increment of cash commission of Members, increment of airtime commission for members, collaborating with security agencies to arrest fraudsters, awareness creation and providing security tips to members, among other successes.
On behalf of the Northern Regional Police Commander, the Police Public Relations Officer for Northern Region, seized the platform to share security tips with Momo Agents, urging them to report suspicious characters moving around their spaces of operations.
Speaking at the event as chairman of the occasion, Lawyer Kobina Paul Ampem, a Private Legal Practitioner, acknowledged the pivotal role MoMo Vendors play in the financial structure with a lot people relying on the agents for business transactions and sustainability of livelihoods through MoMo transactions.
Story by: Inusah Dondaliya
