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Presidency breaks silence on ‘NDC Boy’

The presidency has finally broken its silence on the arrest of the National Communications Director of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, debunking reports that the arrest is politically motivated. According to the Presidency, the NDC member had clearly committed a serious offence, which has the tendency of undermining the integrity of the highest office of the land, ...

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Universele oplader mogelijk verplicht in Europa: Europese Commissie bereidt wetgeving voor

De Europese Commissie wil fabrikanten van mobiele telefoons gaan verplichten die in de EU te leveren met een universele oplader. Ze bereidt een wetsvoorstel voor dat in het derde kwartaal van dit jaar voorgesteld wordt, zo staat in het vandaag gepresenteerde werkprogramma van de Commissie. De maatregel moet de opstapeling tegengaan van snoeren en stekkers die in vrijwel elk huishouden ...

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Ghana Health Service calls for boat ambulances for water bound areas

Mr Robert Adatsi, Head of Clinical Services at the Volta Regional Directorate of the Ghana Health Service, has appealed for the provision of boat ambulances to handle emergencies in water bound areas in the Volta and Oti Regions. He said health emergencies in areas like Nkwanta, and Krachi Districts, Jasikan, Biakoye, Kpando, the Dayi Districts posed challenges to the Health ...

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Make ‘Year of Roads’ a success – Bawumia to contractors, engineers

Ghana’s Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has urged key stakeholders in the road sector to collaborate with Government to make the year 2020 truly the ‘Year of Roads’. The Vice President, who was addressing a Road Sector Retreat in Accra on Wednesday, 29th January 2020, stressed that Government is committed to the development of infrastructure, especially in the road sector, ...

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Government won’t be lured into operating outside budget – Bawumia

The Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has said that the government will not be tempted by the election-year fever to embark on projects outside its approved budget for the year to forestall budget overruns. He said the government was conscious of and determined to maintain fiscal discipline and that most of the projects that it wanted to undertake had already been ...

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Non-emergency patients to pay for ambulance – Ambulance Service

The National Ambulance Service will demand money for fuel from patients in non-emergency situations who require the service of the ambulances. This is according to the Deputy Director in Charge of Operations, Foster Ansong-Bridjan, who said the money collected will help sustain the service. In an interview with Citi News, Mr. Ansong-Bridjan said patients who cannot afford the payment will ...

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Akufo-Addo shuns Special Prosecutor, insists diplomats send corruption evidence to presidency

The Office of the Special Prosecutor mandated “to investigate and prosecute cases of alleged corruption under the Public Procurement Act 203 Act 63 and other corruption-related offences implicating public officers, political office holders and their accomplices in the public sector” was conspicuously missing from the speech of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo during a meeting with the diplomatic corps at ...

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Over GH¢5 billion paid to road contractors since 2017 – Minister

Government has so far paid over five billion Ghana cedis as outstanding arrears to road contractors since 2017, Mr Kwasi Amoako-Atta, the Minister of Roads and Highways, announced this in Accra, on Wednesday. Government made the payment through the Consolidated Fund and the Road Fund to contractors with Interim Payment Certificates (IPCs) at the cut-off date of August 2019. Government ...

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Govt didn’t abandon ‘Onuador’ medical vans – Oppong Nkrumah

The Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says the government did not abandon the Onuador Medical Outreach Vans bought by the Mahama administration. Reacting to a call by the Minority that the government should distribute the vans to help address health concerns in the country, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said if the vans are in good condition and fit for purpose ...

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