Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Ernest Addison has reiterated that depositors of all the nine collapsed banks in the country have been paid their locked-up funds. Speaking at a meeting with President Nana Akufo-Addo during the President’s working visit to the Central Bank on Tuesday, 25 August 2020, Dr Addison said: “We had the [banking sector] reform in ...
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10 dams in your hometown, in all 372 completed – Bawumia to Mahama
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said claims by former President John Mahama that the One Village One Dam initiative has not materialized are false and should be ignored. Dr Bawumia said 10 dams have been built in Bole, where Mr Mahama comes from and wondered why the opposition leader would make such claims. The flagbearer of the National Democratic ...
Read More »Transport consultant condemns Mahama’s promise to legalise Okada
A road safety expert and transport consultant has said a proposal to legalise the use of motorbikes for use as commercial means of transport (Okada) in the country is a bad one. Cecil Gabrah believes the promise to legalise and regularise the activity is a political gimmick. His comments come on the back of a promise by the flagbearer of ...
Read More »We’re sorry for harsh heading of our communiqué; please forgive us – APCC begs Akufo-Addo
The Association of Pentecostal and Charismatic Clergy (APCC) has apologised to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for saying that persecution of the Church will be one of his legacies in a communiqué it issued a few weeks ago. In a statement signed by its General Secretary Rev. John Armaah, APCC said: “Upon sober reflection on the heading of our recent ...
Read More »EOCO must properly interrogate Tracey Boakye and her ‘Papa no’ – Maurice Ampaw
Private legal practitioner, Mr Maurice Ampaw has called for a thorough investigation into the issue surrounding actress Tracey Boakye and her ‘ghost’ boyfriend who allegedly acquired a $450,000 mansion for her in one of the most expensive neighbourhoods of Accra. In an exclusive interview with GhanaWeb, Mr Ampaw said the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) should probe Tracey Boakye’s ...
Read More »Govt targets youthful with student loan promise
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia says government will waive the requirement of a guarantor as a prerequisite to accessing student loans starting next year, should the incumbent win the upcoming December 7th presidential elections. Dr. Bawumia presenting the key highlights of the governing New Patriotic Party’s manifesto for the upcoming elections said all that will be required to access support ...
Read More »‘We took 1D1F for a joke but it’s working’ – Allotey Jacobs
The former Central Regional Chairman of the main oppositionNational Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Allotey Jacobs, has said, “Initially, we took the one district one factory for a joke but we’ve realised that it can employ a whole lot of communities”. Mr Jacobs, who joined President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to officially open the Ekumfi Fruit and Juices factory as well ...
Read More »You can’t steal electricity anymore – Bawumia, as he announces anti-power theft ECG technology
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said it will soon be impossible for anybody to steal power from the national grid through illegal connection since the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has acquired a new technology that will make power theft impossible. Speaking at the launch of the governing New Patriotic Party’s 2020 manifesto on Saturday, 23 August 2020, Dr ...
Read More »Mahama compares Akufo-Addo and his appointees to pigs
The humiliating defeat of President John Mahama and his NDC seems to have had more than telling effects on the former Ghanaian leader than what can be considered to be normalcy. Much as everyone has the inalienable right to express his or her sentiments on matters of national importance, going to the extent of labeling fellow human beings as animals ...
Read More »Noguchi tests rapid PCR kit ahead of planned airport re-opening
The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research of the University of Ghana is currently testing the efficacy of a COVID-19 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Detection Kit, to be used for testing in-bound international passengers when the airport is re-opened next month. An efficient and reliable COVID-19 PCR Detection Kit is key to any plans of re-opening the country’s airport for international travel, following the ...
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