The Management of the Akosombo International School (AIS) has said in a statement that all the students and staff who tested positive for COVID-19 have now recovered from the virus. A statement released on Thursday March 11 by the Volta River Authority (VRA) said “All students and …
Read More »Surveying Roads And Infrastructure Ahead Of 2021 Budget Presentation
President Akufo-Addo’s declaration of 2021 as the “second year of roads” already raised expectations for the development of roads infrastructure. In his second term’s inaugural speech, the President said he will largely focus and prioritise road projects to improve infrastructure this year. But Ghanaians can’t be faulted for feeling …
Read More »Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu Appointed ‘Caretaker Finance Minister’
Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has been appointed as the caretaker Minister for Finance. The appointment was communicated in a letter from President Nana Akufo-Addo to the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin. President AkufO-Addo indicated that the Suame legislator, who is currently the Minister for …
Read More »Akufo-Addo fires Deputy Director General Of NLA, Yaw Amoakohene Baafi
President Nana Akufo-Addo has asked the Director-General of the National Lottery Authority (NLA), Mr. Kofi Osei Ameyaw, to go on his compulsory retirement. The President has also terminated the appointment of Mr. Osei Ameyaw’s deputy, Mr. Yaw Amoakohene Baafi. The correspondence from the President …
Read More »Kennedy Agyapong Rejects Free Coronavirus Vaccines To Ghana
Assin Central lawmaker Kennedy Agyapong has said he is against the free supply of coronavirus vaccines to Ghana. He said the free supply of the vaccines to developing countries by the developed economies will further increase the overreliance on them by 3rd world countries for support. Speaking on his television …
Read More »Akufo-Addo Retires Director-General Of National Lottery Authority, Kofi Osei Ameyaw
President Akufo-Addo has instructed the Director-General of National Lottery Authority, Kofi Osei Ameyaw to retire. In a letter dated March 10, signed by the Secretary to the President, Nana Asante Bediatuo, he said the one year contract given to the former NPP MP for Asuogyaman expired …
Read More »Covid-19 Pandemic Costs Ghana GH¢ 25.3 Billion – Akufo-Addo
Covid-19 Pandemic Costs Ghana GH¢ 25.3 Billion – Akufo-Add President Akufo-Addo on Tuesday said the country lost more than GH¢13.5 billion in revenue in 2020 because of the economic shocks induced by the Covid-19 pandemic. In his state of the nation address to Parliament, the President said with additional …
Read More »Tamale COVID-19 Treatment Centre Workers Threaten Strike Over Non-Payment Of Allowances
Frontline health workers at the Tamale COVID-19 treatment centre have threatened to lay down their tools by Friday 12th March over the government’s failure to pay them the 50 percent basic salary allowance which has been in arrears since last year. In a statement sighted by Citi News, they highlighted …
Read More »COVID-19: Non-Vaccine Takers Won’t Be Sanctioned – Government Says
The Information Ministry says the government has no plans to punish any citizen refusing to be inoculated against The government has denied media reports that it intends passing laws to sanction Ghanaians who refuse to take the COVID-19 vaccine, a statement from the Information Ministry said. “The said …
Read More »Today’s Newspaper Headlines: Thursday, 11th March, 2021
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