Business News of Thursday, 6 July 2023. Source: thebftonline.com Some 2.5 million people are yet to register for their Ghana Cards The Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority (NIA), Prof. Kenneth Agyemang Attafuah, has said over 800,000 printed national identification cards (Ghana Card) remain uncollected. According to Prof. Attafuah, the NIA has opened a total of 276 district offices ...
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Dual citizens should be allowed to contest to become MPs – NPP MP
General News of Thursday, 6 July 2023 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Member of Parliament for (MP) Mpraeso, Davis Ansah Opoku The Member of Parliament for (MP) Mpraeso, Davis Ansah Opoku, has stated that persons with dual citizenship should be allowed to contest in elections to become Members of Ghana’s Parliament. According to him, it does not make sense that persons with dual nationality are allowed to hold ...
Read More »Gyakye Quayson trial: Minority boycotts parliament for court
General News of Thursday, 6 July 2023 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Minority in parliament The Minority in Parliament have abstained from participating in parliamentary business today following the hearing of Assin North ongoing criminal case in court. In a show of solidarity, the entire Minority caucus have accompanied Mr. Quayson to court. On Tuesday the minority took a firm stance to abstain from participating ...
Read More »Welfare families are hundreds of euros short every month, 6 billion euros needed against poverty
People on welfare do not receive enough money to make ends meet. Couples with children in particular are short of up to 500 euros per month, the government has investigated. The government must allocate 6 billion euros on Budget Day to prevent poverty from spreading further. Laurens Kok 30/06/23, 16:01 PM Last update: 30/06/23, 17:13 PM This is stated in the long-awaited first sub-report ...
Read More »One in ten over-25s lives with parents: many more men than women
The number of 25 to 40-year-olds living under one roof with father and/or mother, which remained more or less the same in 2022, has suddenly risen by 5 percent this year. As a result, one in ten people in their thirties and late twenties now (still) lives at home. The difference between men and women is large: almost a quarter ...
Read More »Storm damage? This does and does not cover your insurance
The roof tiles, your brand new solar panels and the front door of the freshly painted shed: you just have to hope that everything survives storm Poly. Fortunately, I am well insured, you may think now. But is that really the case? Bonne Kerstens 05-07-23, 14:15 Last update: 15:23 For example, home contents insurance does not cover flying roof tiles. Home insurance does. ...
Read More »Danger of alcohol is greatly underestimated: one glass a day increases the risk of cancer
The Dutch mainly associate alcohol with socializing (54 percent) and much less with something that is unhealthy for you (27 percent). And that while 1 in 10 cases of cancer in men and 1 in 33 cases in women is caused by alcohol. “Whether you drink regularly or often: there is no healthy amount of alcohol,” say the Maag Lever ...
Read More »Ofori-Atta wants Ghana to ‘wow tourists like King Solomon did to Queen Sheba’
play videoFinance minister Ken Ofori-Atta Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has likened his dream for Ghana’s tourist sector to the instance where Queen Sheba was astonished by King Solomon’s country when she visited him in Bible days. The minister in his address during the launch of the redeveloped and refurbished Kwame Nkrumah Park said the government is doing all it takes to make ...
Read More »ECG to embark on ‘Operation Zero’ from July 11
Business News of Wednesday, 5 July 2023 Source: rainbowradioonline.com File photo of ECG Prepaid Meters The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced the launch of a new nationwide revenue mobilisation initiative known as “Operation Zero.” The exercise will begin on July 11 and end on September 11, 2023, according to the company. According to an ECG statement, the two-month ...
Read More »Capital Bank case: Court orders Ato Essien to pay outstanding GH¢12 million by July 27
Business News of Wednesday, 5 July 2023 Source: starrfm.com.gh Founder of defunct Capital Bank, William Ato Essien Convicted William Ato Essien, the founder of the defunct Capital Bank has been given at least up to July 27 to redeem his first installment of GH¢20 million to the State. It has emerged in Court on Tuesday, July 4, that Mr Ato Essien has ...
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