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Govt targets youthful with student loan promise

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia says government will waive the requirement of a guarantor as a prerequisite to accessing student loans starting next year, should the incumbent win the upcoming December 7th presidential elections. Dr. Bawumia presenting the key highlights of the governing New Patriotic Party’s manifesto for the upcoming elections said all that will be required to access support ...

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‘We took 1D1F for a joke but it’s working’ – Allotey Jacobs

The former Central Regional Chairman of the main oppositionNational Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Allotey Jacobs, has said, “Initially, we took the one district one factory for a joke but we’ve realised that it can employ a whole lot of communities”. Mr Jacobs, who joined President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to officially open the Ekumfi Fruit and Juices factory as well ...

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You can’t steal electricity anymore – Bawumia, as he announces anti-power theft ECG technology

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said it will soon be impossible for anybody to steal power from the national grid through illegal connection since the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has acquired a new technology that will make power theft impossible. Speaking at the launch of the governing New Patriotic Party’s 2020 manifesto on Saturday, 23 August 2020, Dr ...

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Mahama compares Akufo-Addo and his appointees to pigs

The humiliating defeat of President John Mahama and his NDC seems to have had more than telling effects on the former Ghanaian leader than what can be considered to be normalcy. Much as everyone has the inalienable right to express his or her sentiments on matters of national importance, going to the extent of labeling fellow human beings as animals ...

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Noguchi tests rapid PCR kit ahead of planned airport re-opening

The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research of the University of Ghana is currently testing the efficacy of a COVID-19 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Detection Kit, to be used for testing in-bound international passengers when the airport is re-opened next month. An efficient and reliable COVID-19 PCR Detection Kit is key to any plans of re-opening the country’s airport for international travel, following the ...

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NPP promises 16 model SHSs in Zongo Communities

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has promised on behalf of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), to build sixteen model Senior High Schools in the Zongo communities in all sixteen regions in Ghana. This was among many promises that were made at the launch of the NPP Manifesto held on August 22, 2020, at the University of Cape Coast. Dr. Bawumia said, “We ...

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Free SHS, TVET cannot be entrusted in your hands – Akufo-Addo to NDC

President Akufo-Addo has told the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) that its renewed stance on the Free Senior School and TVET programmes cannot be entrusted in their hands. According to him, the NDC in its eight-year tenure could not adequately manage what he calls the party’s ‘watered down version’ of a so called progressively free education policy. Speaking at his party’s [New ...

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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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