Author: Krobea

All passport application centres (PACs) across the country will re-open for business from Monday, May 18, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has announced. Nonetheless, online applications can only be done from Wednesday, May 20. These were contained in a press release issued by the Ministry on Thursday. “The general public will be required to comply with the following measures intended to minimize the risk of exposure to the spread of the Covid-19 in consonance with the government’s directives,” the release noted. Among the measures are ‘No Face Mask, No Entry’ and ‘No Hand Sanitizers, No Entry’. This…

Scientists at the World Health Organization (WHO) say nearly a quarter of a billion people in Africa could contract coronavirus within the first year of the pandemic. But they think more people will survive it than in the US and Europe because so many Africans are young. Their study, published in BMJ Global Health, says between 150,000 and 190,000 Africans could die from Covid-19. This is higher than previously predicted. It says 5.5 million people would need hospital treatment, overwhelming services already struggling to treat malaria, tuberculosis and HIV. Coronavirus has been relatively slow to spread in Africa but has…

Three Ghanaian internationals Kudus Mohammed, Majid Ashimeru and Gideon Mensah have underscored the importance of football academies. Making separate arguments for their contributions to the overall growth process of players, the trio, who are products of the system, touted its efficiency and critical role in a player’s early to mid-years. Appearing on #InConversationWith, they said it offers an ideal foundation for excellence, adding that it was a sure way to solidify young talents and get them grounded before the big break. Majid Ashimeru and Gideon Mensah who both played for WAFA, reechoed this. “Academy football is really important for a…

Businesses should obtain Tax Identification Numbers (TIN) before they can benefit from the GH¢600 million stimulus package, the Executive Director of the National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI) has said. Government has earmarked GH¢600 million as stimulus package for small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) to ease the pressure on them posed by the Covid-19. But Madam Kosi Yankeh-Ayeh told Alfred Ocansey, the host of the Sunrise morning show on 3FM Thursday that ‘No TIN numbers, No stimulus’. She assured the general public that her firm will be fair in the distribution of the GH¢600 million package. She said…

Plans are far advance by the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) to open schools in other African countries, Chief Executives Officer Dr Afua Asabea Asare has said. Dr. Asabea Asare said GEPA has already opened a school in Nigeria to train Nigerians in export but the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic has halted the opening of further schools in other countries. Speaking in an interview on Onua TV’s Maakye hosted by Bright Kwasi Asempa, she explained that “we have plans to open schools in other African countries”. “We are already in Nigeria and they pay in dollar and it helps…

All companies intending to hold virtual annual general meetings (AGMs) are expected by the Companies Act 2019 (Act 992) to notify the Registrar-General first. The notification must spell out the electronic system to be used and must be fair to all members, a statement issued by Registrar-General Jemima Mamaa Oware said. This comes in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, which has occasioned a presidential ban on social gatherings and public meetings. Most meetings are being held virtual as ‘No Mask, No Entry’ orders have been issued by many companies. Section 378(2) of Act 992 confers on the Registrar-General powers…

Africa has so far escaped the worst health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the continent looks like it could be the worst hit from the economic fallout of the crisis: 80 million Africans could be pushed into extreme poverty if action is not taken. And disruptions in food systems raise the prospect of more Africans falling into hunger. Rural people, many of whom work on small-scale farms, are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of the crisis. It is therefore vital that the COVID-19 response address food security and target the rural poor. At this time, the international development agenda…

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has suspended a parliamentary aspirant in the Nalerigu-Gambaga Constituency of the North East Region, citing misconduct as the basis. Peter Baaga, a former DCE and a former Gambaga/Nalerigu Constituency Chairman was suspended following utterances he made on Tizaa Radio, a local radio station in the North East capital, Nalerigu, on May 12, 2020. The Deputy National Coordinator of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) accused the Member of Parliament for the Gambaga/Nalerigu Constituency, Hajia Alimah Mahama, who is also the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, of distributing motor tricycles to win favours from…

The Executive Director of the National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI), Kosi Yankey-Ayeh, has assured the general public that her firm will be fair in the distribution of the GH¢600 million to small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) to ease the pressure on them following the Covid-19 outbreak. She said the disbursements will be transparent with external auditors in place to audit the funds, hence no need to entertain fear of introducing partisan politics into the allocation. Her comments come after the CEO of Dalex Finance, Ken Thompson, and others raised concerns that the NBSSI package is too political to…

One of Ghana’s most popular and respected names in gospel music, Pastor Joe Beecham, is set to release his latest single, which is expected to provide comfort and calm in these trying times. The song titled ‘Peace be Still’, which is to be released on May 15, has come at no better time than when Ghana and the world contend with the Covid-19 pandemic. ‘Peace be Still’ is an old hymn revisited to put the heart at rest and revive one’s confidence in the Lord. It is a conversation between a man facing a storm and God, a similitude of…