Author: Krobea

Former Black Stars goalkeeper Abukari Damba has said that there should be a minimum wage structure for players in the various leagues in Ghana. Abukari Damba said clubs need to meet some criteria before they can be licensed and player’s minimum salary is one of such criteria. In an interview with Franklin Oteng Appau Papin on Onua TV, the former Black Stars goalkeepers’ trainer said the club licensing system insists on minimum wage for players and if clubs do not follow the right structure, bodies like the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and FIFA can take them on ‘’I Damba…

Former Hearts of Oak coach Cecil Jones Attuquayefio’s legend precedes him. His accolades are many and the successes he chalked makes light of how much of an incredible man he was. May 12 marked 5 years since the legendary coach passed away and on social media, his stories were shared many times. One of the stories that stood out though was one about his handkerchief. Attuquayefio held that handkerchief in many games, waved it and at times it could be found strapped to the side of his trousers. Many football fans believed it was some sort of hoodoo that allowed…

President of the Ghana Football Association Kurt Okraku is urging calm among clubs as the body battles with the devastating impact of coronavirus on the sport locally. Football activity in Ghana has been rocked by the outbreak of the pandemic and with social gatherings banned until at least end of May in Ghana, the wait for the various leagues including the Ghana Premier League to resume is taking longer than usual. The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has given itself up to the end of June to be clear on what to do with the league and its president is clear…

Renowned and outspoken legal practitioner Maurice Kwabena Ampaw has described the verdict on former Director General of the National Communications Authority (NCA) William Tetteh Tevie and two others by an Accra igh Court as “lenient and kind”. Lawyer Maurice Ampaw says Mr. Tetteh Tevie and his colleagues deserve more jail terms per the gravity of the case and charges leveled against them. He wanted each of them to have been slapped with at least 20 years in prison to serve as a deterrent and get everyone in the country talking. That he believes would have sent a signal to whoever…

The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) appears to have eased the restrictions on some services following the president’s address last Sunday. According to some guidelines issued on Monday, May 11, the Authority says hotels can operate as normal and host their guests. This would, however, be subject to “specified elevated hygiene protocols” as well as social distancing. The ban on social gathering, extended by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in his address last Sunday, saw restaurants and drinking bars closed though the former delivered pick-up services. But the GTA in the guidelines said food chains and restaurants can operate sit-in as…

The Supreme Court by a majority decision has dismissed a suit challenging Martin Amidu’s age as Special Prosecutor. Reasons for the the 5-2 decision, according to the Chief Justice, would be made available at the registry of the Court. The majority, who voted for the dismissal of the suit, are Chief Justice Anin Yeboah, Baffoe Bonnie, Marful-Sau, Nene Amegahsie and Prof Nii Ashie Kotey. This was against Sulley Gbadegbe and Agnes Dodze, who agreed with plaintiff Dominic Ayine that the age of Martin Amidu does not qualify him to handle the position of Special Prosecutor. Mr Ayine, a former Deputy…

Introduction Governments have had to hurriedly formulate laws and take measures to address some of the unprecedented challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. This write-up is meant to raise the issue of the fate of ordinarily resident Ghanaians who have become stranded abroad by Ghana’s border closure. Brief background:   Ghanaian citizens (ordinarily resident in Ghana for all purposes including tax) who were temporarily visiting other nations, were left stranded and without options once Ghana abruptly and without any prior warning closed Kotoka International Airport (KIA) to commercial flights. This measure together with a partial lockdown of two cities and…

Director of Operations at the Dalex Finance Joe Jackson has asked the Trades Union Congress (TUC) to have patience with the government in dealing with the effect of the coronavirus pandemic on the economy. He noted that the government cannot meet the demands of the TUC regarding a call to invest GH¢18 billion into the economy to save jobs following the effects of coronavirus pandemic. Mr Jackson said the pandemic has damaged government’s budget and other sources of funds, making it impossible to even raise half of the amount TUC is demanding. The TUC has asked the government to inject…

Brazil has recorded its highest daily rise in the number of deaths from the coronavirus, health officials say. It registered 881 new deaths on Tuesday, the health ministry said. The total death toll now stands at 12,400. It means Brazil, which is at the centre of the Latin American outbreak, is now the sixth worst affected country in terms of recorded deaths. And experts say the real figure may be far higher due to a lack of testing in the country. “Brazil is only testing people who end up in the hospital,” Domingo Alves from the University of Säo Paulo…

The UK economy shrank at the fastest pace since 2008 in the first three months of the year as coronavirus forced the country into lockdown. The Office for National Statistics said the economy contracted by 2% in the three months to March, following zero growth in the final quarter of 2019. The decline was driven by a record fall in March, and reflects just one full week of lockdown. Analysts expect a bigger economic slump in the current quarter. This is the first official growth estimate since the government introduced social distancing measures at the end of March. Ruth Gregory,…