Author: Krobea

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) said government’s absorption of water bills of Ghanaians for the next three months, among other measures to cushion the citizenry in throes of the coronavirus fight, began with its flagbearer John Dramani Mahama. The largest opposition party said the former president had mentioned this on Friday, when he made a donation of some medical supplies for onward distribution to various health facilities in the country. “It is time to utilize the Stabilization Fund to build some additional buffers for the economy, and cushion the population,” the NDC quoted its leader as saying. President Nana Addo…

Bayern Munich were among a number of Bundesliga clubs to return to training for the first time since the campaign was halted by the coronavirus pandemic. The champions trained in groups of five but without any contact, as did Borussia Monchengladbach and Wolfsburg. Bottom side Paderborn worked in small groups and coach Steffen Baumgart said it was important for players to “get the ball on their feet again”. Germany’s top flight has been suspended since 13 March until at least 30 April. “It was certainly a very unusual feeling holding a training session in small groups today, but it was…

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola’s mother, Dolors Sala Carrio, has died aged 82 in Barcelona after contracting coronavirus. “Everyone associated with the club sends their most heartfelt sympathy at this most distressing time to Pep, his family and all their friends,” said Manchester City on social media. Monday’s increase of 637 coronavirus deaths means 13,055 have died in Spain. Last month, Guardiola donated 1m euros (£920,000) to help fight the outbreak. The money will be used to purchase medical equipment and protective material for staff involved in treating those admitted to hospital. Barcelona is in Catalonia, which is one of…

Married life got off to an unexpected start for a pair of newlyweds in South Africa when police showed up to the party. They had received a tip-off that the wedding in KwaZulu-Natal was happening on Sunday despite a nationwide ban on all public gatherings because of coronavirus. All 50 wedding guests, the pastor who conducted the ceremony, and the newlyweds themselves were promptly arrested and taken to a police station outside Richards Bay. The whole group is to be charged in court on Monday. Widely circulated videos show the moment the besuited groom helps his wife into the back…

Member of Parliament for Ajumako Enyan Essiam Constituency Cassiel Ato Forson has donated items including personal protective equipment (PPEs) to 193 communities in his constituency. The GH¢125,000 worth of items, presented on his behalf by his party’s Constituency Secretary, Andrews Kojo Doodu, also included 500 Veronica buckets, 20,000 hand sanitizers, nose masks, gloves, liquid soaps and other things. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Constituency Secretary said the MP’s priority is the health and safety of his constituents, adding that this is the third in a series of donations by the MP. Paramount Chief of Enyan Denkyira Osaberima Otsibu Kwaw VI,…

Ghana is on a partial lockdown. Most businesses have ceased. Life has almost come to a standstill. A virus we cannot see is threatening our lives and everything around us. Who ever thought a day would come that man, despite all his sophistication, would bolt at the name of a virus!? While we remain indoors, we should learn the lessons this outbreak is teaching us. The plethora of lessons this virus is teaching us remains one of the most significant facets of this season. People may die but the lessons that came with the outbreak may not. Today, life has…

According to the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC), approximately GH¢ 600 million appears to have vanished into a black hole. The media as usual has shown no interest in this important revelation. Government refuse to furnish the public with accurate information about our oil revenue and how it is being used and the magnitude of payments made to the state making it impossible for civil society to hold government to account over misappropriation of state assets. The hard truth is that, government has consistently mismanaged our oil revenues, and despite its substantial rhetorical commitments, has yet to demonstrate a…

The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu, over the weekend donated some relief items including several bags of rice and undisclosed amount of money to the various Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in the Greater Accra Region. The items, according to him, were meant for distribution to the underprivileged in the region regardless of their political affiliations to support them cope with the difficulties and hardships occasioned by the partial lockdown of the capital city in order to arrest the spread of the deadly coronavirus. The items were received on behalf of each MMDA by…

More senior officers have been deployed at the operational level to lend a hand in Operation Covid Safety currently underway in four major cities of the country, government has confirmed. This is to enhance command and control. Explaining the move on Sunday in a nationwide broadcast, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said his attention has been drawn to cases of the use of excessive force by officers in the enforcement of the Imposition of Restrictions Law, 2020 (Act 1012). “Thus far, the alleged wrongdoers have been withdrawn from the ongoing exercise,” the Commander-in-Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces said. He…

Fellow Ghanaians, Good evening. Nine (9) days ago, I came to your homes and requested you to make great sacrifices to save lives, and to protect our motherland. I announced the imposition of strict restrictions to movement, and asked that residents of the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area and Kasoa and the Greater Kumasi Metropolitan Area and its contiguous districts to stay at home for two (2) weeks, in order to give us the opportunity to stave off this pandemic. As a result, residents of these two areas had to make significant adjustments to our way of life, with the ultimate…