Monthly Archives: July 2020

Remind Ghanaians of ‘the bleak’ situation we inherited – Akufo-Addo to NPP communicators

President Nana Akufo-Addo has urged communicators of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) to remind Ghanaians of his government’s achievements in the past three-and-a-half years as the country goes into another general election. In a virtual meeting with the party’s 2020 Campaign Communications Advisory Team via Zoom on Sunday, 12 July 2020 from the Presidential Villa where he is self-isolating over COVID-19 fears, the ...

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Adom-Otchere tells Domelevo not to overstep his bounds

Paul Adom-Otchere, the host of Good Evening Ghana, has asked Daniel Yaw Domelevo, the Auditor-General not to overstep his bounds relating to his duties at the Audit Service. He said, “…You’re a great man Mr Daniel Domelevo but please don’t overstep your bounds.” He indicated further that some of the Auditor General’s actions do not speak well of a person ...

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Britons and Swedes Remain Subject to Quarantine When Traveling to the Netherlands

Authorities in the Netherlands have decided to keep the quarantine rule in place for nationals of the United Kingdom and Sweden, due to the Coronavirus developments, the Dutch government announced in a notice. According to the government’s notice, everyone arriving in the country from high-risk zones is urged to self-quarantine for two weeks, immediately after arrival, SchengenVisaInfo.com reports. “Within the ...

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I don’t agree with you today or tomorrow – Education Minister refutes calls for closure of schools

The Minister of Education, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh has strongly kicked against calls on the government to rescind its decision to reopen schools for final year students. The minister, who has recovered from a COVID-19 infection after spending two weeks on admission at the University of Ghana Medical Center, made his argument on Peace FM’s Kokrokoo monitored by GhanaWeb, Thursday. “To what ...

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NDC fighting EC’s registration of SHS students becuase it’s their ‘waterloo’ – NPP

The General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr John Boadu, has said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is resisting the move by the Electoral Commission to register final-year senior high school students because the biggest opposition party sees the beneficiaries of President Nana Akufo-Addo’s Free SHS policy as a threat to its electoral chances in the forthcoming ...

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New Biometric Voter Registration kits are robust and efficient – EC

The Electoral Commission (EC) has described the performance of the new Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) kits and the fingerprint scanners as robust, effective and efficient. The Commission said the frequent breakdowns and malfunctioning of equipment and devices that characterized previous registration exercises since 2012 was not experienced in the phase one and batch one of this year’s registration. Mr Samuel ...

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