The Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) on Wednesday, September 16, 2020 made public its preliminary findings on the status of projects promised by Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) during the 2016 electioneering campaign under the ‘$1m-one-constituency.’ The report, which started in 2017, found that overall there was very low community awareness of the pro-poor ...

General News of Wednesday, 16 September 2020 Source: My News GH There are claims that the Supreme Court (SC) does have evidence to the effect that the Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin CentralKennedy Agyapong has indeed scandalized the judiciary hence a contempt of court filed against him. “The normal rule is that you should apply to get the video ...

Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, a Deputy Minister for Education, says he did not see the vision of former President John Dramani Mahama who said that he had a vision of a progressive Free SHS but did not want to pay for the progressive. The deputy minister explained that despite the introduction of the progressive Free SHS under the Mahama administration, ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is courting the support of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) for a peaceful election in the upcoming December polls. Nana Akufo-Addo said he is committed to the peace of the country before, during and after the elections. The President said this on Monday, 14 September 2020, when he delivered the keynote address at the virtual ...

Government is considering the possibility of allowing Ghanaians to access healthcare with their Ghana cards under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). Dr. Lydia Baaba Dsane-Selby, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) who announced this, said the initiative, which is part of efforts to help achieve the universal health coverage, would be piloted soon ...

The Office of the Special Prosecutor has begun investigations into the controversial Agyapa Minerals Royalties Investment deal over suspected “commission of corruption.” In this regard, the office, under the signature of the Special Prosecutor, Martin A.B.K. Amidu, has written to Parliamentrequesting from it information on the deal within seven days. In a letter addressed to the Clerk to Parliament dated ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) expects a rise in the number of corona deaths in Europe in October and November, two months which are “beading as very difficult.” That says the director of the European branch of the organization against AFP news agency. Buitenlandredactie 14-09-20, 12:01 Last update: 12:23 “It will be even more difficult. In October and November we ...

The Ghana Export Promotion Authority, in a new report released this month, has identified several European markets that the country’s exporters of sweet potatoes should seek to exploit. Although Ghana’s sweet potatoes exports grew by 23.3 percent in 2019, to reach US$434,000 up from US$333,000 in 2018, the country’s share of the global market is still an insignificant 0.1 percent, ...

Former President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, says the withdrawal of the United States from the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation is a threat to the ‘whole planet and the US itself’. His criticism follows an ‘unprecedented’ wildfires raging across the western United States. It has emerged that the wildfires which started on Wednesday, September 9, 2020, are currently ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama has said President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) have started implementing the 2020 manifesto of the National Democratic Congress (NDC); something the flagbearer of the biggest opposition party has described as a good thing. Mr Mahama made the comment while speaking in an exclusive interview with Class91.3FM’s Executive Breakfast ...