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Minister of Aviation, Joseph Kofi Adda, has said that government is aggressively working to ensure the country’s new national airline commences concurrently with the global resumption of air operations. According to him, even though the partial closure of borders worldwide has come at a great loss to players in the sector, the country has a rare opportunity to tap some ...

The Automobile Dealers Union of Ghana has threatened to demonstrate if government fails to amend aspects of the Customs (Amendment) Act, 2020. The said Customs (Amendment) Act bans the importation of second-hand cars of more than ten years old, and salvage cars, locally referred to as ‘accident cars’. General Secretary of the Automobile Dealers’ Union of Ghana, Clifford Ansu, stated ...

Apostle Kwabena Owusu Adjei has tested positive for Tramadol and Tetrahydrocannabinol after a urine sample test conducted by the Police Hospital in Accra after his arrest on Tuesday, June 9, 2020, by National Security Operatives. The 56-year-old man tested positive for Tramadol and Tetrahydrocannabinol in a test conducted and results signed by Supt/Dr. Adwoa Nuro-Panin, MWACP (Psychiatry) and sighted by ...

The Attorney General’s (AG’s) Department has offered its position on why the old voter ID cards should not be accepted as one of the legal documents for proof of citizenship for the upcoming voter registration exercise. The Deputy AG, Godfred Yeboah Dame, in his filed legal argument, cited a number of decisions of the Supreme Court itself, saying the state’s ...

The leadership of the NDC has rescinded its decision to stop the Electoral Commission (EC) from going ahead with the voter registration exercise. Having earlier filed a suit to challenge the electoral body’s decision to conduct the exercise at the Supreme Court, the largest opposition party, the National Democratic Congress, aborted parts of the suit on Thursday morning. The NDC’s suit at ...

Convener for political pressure group, LMVCA, David Asante has disclosed that his outfit has obtained evidence to prove that the Electoral Commission is aware that there are persons using fake voters ID cards in the country. “We are in possession of documents that prove the Electoral Commission has written a lot of letters to several institutions, notifying them that voter ID cards that were ...

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice has found the Electoral Commission chairperson, Jean Mensa guilty of failing to declare her assets when she assumed office as required by law. The Alliance for Social Equity and Accountability (ASEPA) petitioned the Commission to investigate Jean Mensa for not disclosing her assets in accordance with Article 286 of the Constitution. CHRAJ’s ...

The Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), MrSamuel Ofosu-Ampofo has charged members of the party to reject the call to participate in the Electoral Commission’s (EC) mass voters registration exercise scheduled to begin on June 30, 2020. Mr Ofosu-Ampofo said the party was against the compilation of the new voters’ register because the atmosphere in the country was not ...

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has cautioned farmers against the misuse of agro-chemicals on vegetables to protect themselves and consumers from food poisoning. Mr Michael Kumah, the Ahafo Regional Plant and Protection Officer of the Plant Protection Research Services Directorate (PPRSD) of the MoFA advised vegetable farmers to check labels of agro-chemicals when they buy and applied them ...

The Government of Ghana CAP Business Support Scheme (CAP BuSS) has received over 170,000 successful registrations on the online portal, with about 65 per cent of this number successfully completing applications. In a statement issued by the National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI), Executive Director of NBSSI, Mrs Kosi Yankey-Ayeh said due diligence on the successful applications was on-going ...