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Govt promises home loans for youth

The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has promised to set up a loan scheme for young Ghanaians that will help them rent decent homes. The Vice President made this revelation at the NPP’s 2020 manifesto launch. He indicated that the government will implement the policy through a National Rental Assistance scheme with an initial sum of GH¢100 million “There are ...

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Coronavirus: Ghana developing special kit to test passengers arriving at airports

Ghana is preparing to deploy a special Coronavirus testing kit to test international passengers arriving at the Kotoka International Airport and other ports of entry. Currently, the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research is testing the potency of the kit, dubbed Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Detection Kit, ahead of reopening of Ghana’s international air traffic later this month. According to ...

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The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has released guidelines for coronavirus safety protocols ahead of the possible resumption of international air travels soon. The guidelines include the following: – Ensure there is no congestion at all sections of the airport (arrival, departure and environs) to fail adherence to social distancing protocols; – Compulsory mask wearing for all passengers (both arriving and departing) as well as staff; – Temperature monitoring to continue at both arrival and departure terminals; – Ensure social distancing and compulsory mask-wearing at the car parks and in front of all terminals; These guidelines are contained in a notice from the GHS to the management of the Kotoka International Airport (KIA). The GHS has said it is hopeful that the new guidelines will be operationalised and strictly adhered to. GHS said it has identified overcrowding as one of the major factors contributing to the spread of the pandemic, hence the need for the safety measures to stem the rates of infection during the easing of COVID-19 restrictions on flight travel. The GHS said in the notice that because of this, the Ghana Airports Company Limited must demonstrate that it would not be a place for the transmission of the virus. Recently, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo hinted that the country is preparing to reopen its airports to human traffic. The President said he has instructed the Ministry of Aviation, the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority and the Ghana Airports Company Limited to work with the Ministry of Health and its agencies, to ascertain the country’s readiness to reopen the airport. Already, the GHS has said it was engaging various stakeholders to come up with modalities to ensure all persons who arrive in the country are tested for COVID-19 ahead of the possible opening of air borders in September. Ghana’s air, sea and land borders were closed on Sunday, March 22, 2020, as part of efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19 in the country.

The senior national team, the Black Stars will return to action in November, 2020, following the approval of the resumption dates for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers and the 2022 World Cup qualifiers by the Confederation of African Football, CAF. This was communicated to member associations on Wednesday, August 19, 2020. CAF, in March, 2020, postponed all qualifiers ...

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GHS issues new guidelines for start of international air travel

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has released guidelines for coronavirus safety protocols ahead of the possible resumption of international air travels soon. The guidelines include the following: – Ensure there is no congestion at all sections of the airport (arrival, departure and environs) to fail adherence to social distancing protocols; – Compulsory mask wearing for all passengers (both arriving and ...

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How do you campaign, make promises without manifestos? – Political Analyst quizzes politicians

Economist and Political Analyst, Dr. Worlanyo Mensah, has opined that Ghanaian politicians take the electorates for granted, often making promises they do not intend to keep, only doing so because they feel the electorates will be pleased to hear these promises. He made this assertion in relation to the recent campaign trails by the two presidential candidates of the major ...

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Fact check: Bawumia’s claim that Circle Interchange cost $260m mostly true

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia claims the National Democratic Congress government constructed the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange at a cost of $260 million while 4 interchanges constructed by the NPP government cost 280 million dollars. Is that a fact? Claim: Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia says the NDC government constructed the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange at a cost of 260 million dollars ...

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How Mahama govt used state funds to sponsor anti-Free SHS campaign – Kweku Baako

Under the Mahama regime, there was a state-sponsored campaign to discredit Akufo-Addo’s Free SHS programme, Kweku Baako is alleging. Baako asserts that the government of Mahama did not only oppose the program but they followed through with adverts on media platforms to make it unpopular. The veteran journalist says his newspaper New Crusading Guide were among the media houses that ...

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FULL TEXT: Bawumia’s presentation on govt’s infractural dev’t at town hall meeting

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, on Tuesday, August 18, 2020, made a presentation to tout the government’s infrastructural achievements in its first term in office. The event was held at the Ghana Academy of Arts and Science in Accra and outlined major achievements under the current administration led by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. “Before the 2016 election, the ...

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Some infrastructure projects NPP and NDC are fighting over

To bridge the inequality gap and alleviate the plight of the ordinary Ghanaian, political parties are given a mandate by the electorates to implement and manifest their goodwill and promises. By and large, this goodwill of political parties contained in their manifestos in developing countries like Ghana, are mostly weighed per the number of developmental projects which are actually achieved ...

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