The National Identification Authority (NIA) has refuted claims that the Authority has unlawfully issued Ghana cards to some foreign nationals, specifically to a Chinese national. This follows a video circulating on social media suggesting that the possession of a Ghana card by a Chinese was unlawful. In a statement issued and signed by Mr Francis Palmdeti, the Head of Corporate ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Monday said a careful balance of factors informed the easing of the three-week restriction on movements of persons in Accra, Kumasi, Tema and Kasoa. He said the medical initiatives adopted by the Government, coupled with the country’s expanded capacity to trace, test, isolate and quarantine victims of the COVID-19, as well as the demographics of ...

Many health professionals have expressed their disappointment at President Akufo-Addo’s lifting of the 3-week partial lockdown in Greater Accra, Kumasi and Kasoa on Sunday, April 19. A former Director-General of Ghana Health Service, Professor Agyeman Badu Akosa is one of them. According to the health expert, he, together with his colleagues in the health sector were looking forward to seeing ...

Fellow Ghanaians, good evening, Today, Sunday, 19th April, 2020, is exactly three (3) weeks since I came to you and announced the imposition of restrictions to movement in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area and Kasoa, and the Greater Kumasi Metropolitan Area and its contiguous districts. I explained, at the time, that the decision was taken to give Government the opportunity ...

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has urged local industries to take advantage of the coronavirus outbreak to grow their companies in order to create jobs for Ghanaians. He noted that government will play its part to support these local companies achieve their objectives. The Vice President said these on Friday April 17 when he toured three of the local companies ...

Dr Kobby Mensah, an economist and a Senior Lecturer at the University of Ghana Business School, has expressed shock after he bought a single orange for GHS1. Using the shocked emoji, Dr Mensah tweeted on Sunday, April 19 that One “Orange for GHS1.” Meanwhile, Dr Mensah has noted that the December 7 general elections will be based on the kind ...

The government has ordered the suspension of demurrage/detention, storage rent charges on all cargo that arrived at the ports since March 30, 2020, when the lockdown that was intended to deal with the COVID-19, took effect. This comes after the Ghana Union of Traders’ Associations (GUTA) asked the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) to stop demurrage charging and rent ...

40 people have reportedly died from an outbreak of Cerebrospinal Meningitis in the Upper West Region, the Ghana Health Service has disclosed. According to the Ghana Health Service, as of April 15, 2020, a total of 409 cases had been recorded from the 5 northern regions, with Upper West alone pegging 258. A statement signed by Director-General, Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye ...

Director of Strategy and Business Operations at Dalex Finance, Mr. Joe Jackson has called on the Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu to as a matter of urgency probe the bribery allegations made against the Tema Oil Refinery boss, Asante Berko. Mr. Berko is alleged to have arranged at least $2.5 million in bribes to be paid to Ghana government officials to ...

Vice President Dr.Mahamudu Bawumia says the gathering and availability of data will play a significant role in Ghana’s battle against COVID-19 pandemic. He said identifying suspected cases, testing and tracing contacts of confirmed cases and treating them had become the most effective tool for tackling the virus around the world. Launching the GH COVID-19 Tracker (an app to track COVID-19 cases in Ghana) in Accra, on ...