POLITICS

Local government Minister Hajia Alima Mahama has directed officials of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) to take food aid to homes of the vulnerable instead of sharing them on streets. The directive comes on the back of the public anger at how food distribution to the vulnerable in the wake of the coronavirus lockdown has been done. Some Ghanaians ...

As we mourn the dead from COVID-19, meningitis is reported to have killed 37 people in the Upper West Region, out of hundreds who have contracted the illness’ these were the words of former President, John Dramni Mahama as a reminder to the government on the urgent need for action. According to him, “Even as we focus on the COVID-19 ...

The President of the National House of Chiefs, Togbe Afede, has asked politicians to desist from taking credit for the measures being instituted by the Akufo-Addo government, to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. He said the nation needs unity at this moment to totally eradicate the pandemic and not scoring of political points. In a statement, Togbe Afede said: “We would … like ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved the disbursement of US$1 billion to Ghana under the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF) to address the fiscal and balance of payments needs that the country is facing and also improve confidence in the economy. The release of fund was subject to the decision of the Executive Board of IMF. Ken Ofori-Atta, Ghana’s finance ...

The U.S. securities regulator on Monday charged a former banker at Goldman Sachs for arranging at least $2.5 million in bribes to be paid to Ghana government officials to gain approval for a client’s power plant project. The Securities and Exchange Commission said Asante Berko, a former employee at a subsidiary of the U.S. lender, arranged the bribes for a ...

A former secretary to the office of the Inspector General of Police Superintendent retired Peter Toobu has expressed concerns over the sharing of food in crowds in the wake of the covid-19 pandemic. “The idea of distributing food both cooked and uncooked by people who do not carry COVID-19 Test Clearance Certificates is worrying. Unconsciously creating crowds in the name ...

President Akufo-Addo has extended the restrictions on public gatherings by two more weeks. The President signed the Executive Instrument (EI) extending the duration of the restrictions imposed under EI 64 and EI 65 Sunday. The extension takes effect from Monday April 13, 2020. As announced already, the restrictions imposed on movement of persons in Accra, Tema, Kumasi and Kasoa, under ...

The Municipal Chief Executive for Ayawaso North, Aminu Mohammed Zakari, has confirmed some 31 cases of Coronavirus in the constituency. Citing information he received from a just-ended meeting in a live broadcast Sunday afternoon, he indicated that 10 of the recorded cases are in critical condition. Areas including Newtown, Mamobi and Nima were mentioned as specific areas where the virus has affected. ...

The parliamentary candidate of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the Bawku Central Constituency, Gabiana Agbanwa Bugri, has warned of Ghana possibly recording fresh imported cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) from France whose death toll has passed 13,000. Ghana, in the wake of the strange pandemic, has embargoed movement of persons into the country in the short term. But some ...

A former member of the Bank of Ghana Board, Mr Cassiel Ato Forson, has asserted that Mr John Mahama, as President, provided the needed leadership that conceptualised and established the Bank of Ghana Hospital, and has, thus, asked the Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Abdul-Malik Kweku Baako, to stop denying the former President credit for the health post, ...