Monthly Archives: September 2020

Dit zijn de extra coronamaatregelen van de ‘risicoregio’s’

Zes ‘risicoregio’s’ zijn genoodzaakt extra maatregelen te nemen om de opkomst van het coronavirus in te dammen. Zo sluit Amsterdam ’s nachts preventief plekken, zoals parken, af om illegale feesten tegen te gaan, terwijl Rotterdam extra gaat controleren op naleving van de coronaregels. In dit artikel lees je welke extra coronamaatregelen de grote steden vanavond hebben genomen. Sebastiaan Quekel 18-09-20, 20:08 Laatste ...

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‘I’ll give you motorbikes on hire purchase’ – Mahama to Okada operators

The next administration of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will supply motorbikes to Okada operators on hire purchase terms, former President John Mahama has promised. Speaking at a mini-durbar of chiefs and people of Kajeji in the Sene East Constituency of the Bono East Region, the NDC flagbearer said after his next government amends the law to legalise the use ...

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Govt suspends law banning importation of salvaged cars

Implementation of the law that bans the importation of salvaged vehicles and those older than 10 years into Ghana has been suspended. The Tema Regional Chairman of the Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders (GIFF), Alex Asiamah, told Citi News that the suspension was announced by the Customs Commander at the Tema Port. Mr Asiamah told Citi News that “Just this ...

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Stop running after politicians for favours – Asantehene tells Chiefs

Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene, has observed with concern that so far as chiefs keep running to politicians for favours, the chieftaincy front will remain divided and eventually lose its relevance. Addressing a durbar of Nananom at the inauguration of the renovated National House of Chiefs'(NHC) building in Kumasi, the Asantehene said, “as fathers of this nation, politics came to ...

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Kweku Baako ‘exposes’ Mahama over ‘sakawa’ projects

Seasoned journalist, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako has berated former President John Dramani Mahama for claiming the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has been embarking on a ”sakawa” sod-cutting of projects. The Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama, speaking at the party’s Town Hall meeting held in Kumasi questioned the NPP’s commitment to complete the projects saying it’s ...

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Adding existing companies to 1D1F appropriate – Alan Kyerematen

The Minister of Trade and Industry, Alan Kyerematen has downplayed criticisms over government decision to support existing companies and list the same as part of One District One Factory (1D1F) projects. He said government believes in order to promote rural industrialization such companies must be supported. “I’m happy also that they are making an appeal in front of the media ...

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We retrieved our locked-up capital through Kumasi Mayor – Collapsed MFIs customers

Some customers of collapsed savings and loans and finance houses, who will from Wednesday, September 16, 2020, receive their locked-up capital, have expressed gratitude to the Chief Executive of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly. According to the Leader of the Coalition of Affected of Savings and Loans Customers, the Mayor Osei Assibey Antwi was very instrumental in their quest to retrieve ...

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FULL TEXT: CDD-Ghana’s report on NPP’s $1m-one-constituency promise

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 ...

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