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The Court of Appeal today threw out an application from the Bank of Ghana (BoG), which challenged the jurisdiction of the High Court. BoG had argued that the High Court has no jurisdiction to hear the complaint which is challenging the revocation of GN Saving’ licence. It argued that the only lawful forum for resolving the GN Savings concerns is ...

The National President of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), Philipa Larson says government has supplied all necessary safety materials as schools reopen in the wake of COVID-19. According to her, GNAT made specific demands before accepting to cooperate on the decision to reopen schools and the government has satisfied all those requirement. Senior High Schools are reopening for ...

(Appreciating the World’s and Ghana’s ICT Trail Blazers in a COVID 19 Pandemic World and Making a Case for Indigenous participation in the Internet & Mobile telephony sector in Ghana) By Ato Sarpong Preamble It is estimated that some 4.2billion people [or 56%] of the world’s population, in the last few months, have experienced some sort of lockdown necessitated by ...

Former Finance Minister, Seth Tekper says government cannot continue to assume it is impossible to pay back depositors their locked up capital after the collapse of some 347 micro-finance companies, 39 microcredit companies, 23 savings and loans and finance house companies. According to the former Finance Minister, there is no excuse for leaving those affected frustrated resulting in the renewed ...

President Akufo-Addo has directed that one dormitory in every secondary school should be used AS COVID-19 isolation centre as schools reopen in the wake of the pandemic. “One dormitory block in each senior high school is to be used as an isolation centre, in the event of a student falling sick. Again, each SHS has been mapped to a health ...

President Akufo-Addo has assured that his government will protect the over 800, 000 final year Senior High School students who return to school on Monday, June 22, 2020. In an address to the Nation on Sunday, June 21, 2020, President Akufo-Addo stated that all Senior High Schools across the country have been fumigated and currently safe for students. He added ...

Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Elsie Awadzie, has disclosed that over GH¢3 billion has been advanced to businesses by commercial banks following the lifting of coronavirus restrictions. Speaking at a webinar organised by the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS), the Deputy Governor of the central bank said the recent measures announced by her outfit influenced the huge ...

Policy Think Tank, IMANI Africa has served notice of an intention to petition the Supreme Court in the ongoing case between the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the Electoral Commission (EC). IMANI, ASEPA and other CSOs say they will file amicus curiae in the landmark case challenging the Electoral Commission’s decision to limit eligibility criteria for the compilation ...

President Akufo-Addo has said government will absorb the examination fee for students sitting for the 2020 West Africa Senior School Certification Examination (WASSCE). “For the first time in our nation’s history, Government will absorb the WASSCE examination fees of the 313,837 SHS 3 students who will sit for the exam. GH¢75.4 million will be spent on this. These SHS 3 ...

The Governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) planned and indicated earlier that their parliamentary primaries which was supposed to be held on the 25th April, 2020 at Constituencies where there is a sitting member of parliament for the party. The deadly Coronavirus Pandemic which has killed tens of thousands and infected millions globally became a hindrance to the slated date for ...