Tag Archives: Covid-19

The Senior management staff and other staff of Ministry of Information paid themselves 151,500 cedis as covid-19 risk allowance for coming to work during the lock down without approval from Chief of Staff . This was revealed in Auditor-General, Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu’s audit of Covid-19 transactions for the period March …

SEND Ghana, a non-governmental organization (NGO), has advised government to deposit the covid-19 levy into an identifiable fund. According to the organization, the current fund – the consolidated fund – is not the sole fund for the revenue accrued from the Covid-19 levy making it difficult to use the money …

The National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, says the current economic condition in the country is killing more people than the COVID-19 pandemic. According to him, the magnitude of suffering being experienced by Ghanaians cannot be compared to the ravages of the pandemic. Speaking in an …

The Ghana Health Service has expressed worry over the rate at which children between the ages of 0 and 15 are contracting COVID-19 in Accra.   According to the service, data available indicates cases involving children in Accra have increased from 18 percent to 20 percent in June. Ghana currently …

The President of Ghana, H.E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has urged the global community to increase its efforts to help developing countries withstand the devastations caused by the deadly coronavirus pandemic.   In a keynote speech delivered at the 15th Edition of the European Development Days (EDD) in Brussels, Belgium, …

The Country Director of CUTS International, Appiah Adomako, says Parliament must invite the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, to render accounts on monies that have accrued to the country from the various taxes imposed on petroleum products.   He said that will ensure accountability with regard to the many taxes …

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) seems to be in fresh trouble as a viral audiotape on social media threatens to reignite the main opposition’s allegations involving the wanton dissipation of covid funds by the government. In an apparent attempt to fend off attacks from some elements of the party …

Fully vaccinated persons arriving at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) will longer present a negative PCR COVID-19 test from the country of embarkation, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced. From Monday, March 28, 2022, the president said, such travellers, will also not be tested on arrival. Those who have …

Ghana has finally reopened its land and sea borders two years after closing such entry and exit points following the outbreak of COVID-19. This was announced by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as part of measures to ease the restrictions brought on by the pandemic.   While speaking in his …

The President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has observed that the challenges facing the country are not peculiar to Ghana as many other nations across the globe are going through the same. He noted that the challenges have been occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic. “Our nation, and indeed every …