Author: Krobea

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Dr Samuel Annor, has assured that despite the financial challenges of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), the government will not allow it to collapse. The CEO said the NHIA is working towards a stage where every Ghanaian will have free medicinal care. Dr. Annor had underscored the need for the country to take a serious look at the financing module of the Scheme to prevent it from collapse. He said, “We have been broke for many years now because of the financing module”. NHIS, which started with…

Ghanaian champions Aduana Stars will be chasing their first win in the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup as they host AS Vita Club of DR Congo on Wednesday. Aduana Stars are yet to pick a win after losing their first group game to ASEC Mimosas and drawing 3-3 with Raja Casablanca at home, in their second game. With a win and a draw on their part, the Congolese top Group A ahead of ASEC and Raja Casablanca. They could be in pole position of making it to the quarter-final if they scalp the Ghanaian side. But the Ogya boys have been…

The Auditor-General’s Department says it has identified some irregularities in the ongoing National Payroll and Verification Audit, which began in the Central Region on Tuesday. “We have identified some irregularities in the system and what we can say for now is that those above 60 years and are still working in government agencies should come along with their approval letter indicating the government has given them the approval to work,” Deputy Auditor-General George Swanzy Winful told Onua FM’s Yen Nsempa on Wednesday. The Auditor-General’s Department and the Office of Special Prosecutor are collaborating to audit the payroll of the entire…

Former Chair of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) Charlotte Osei on Tuesday cited Maya Angelou’s Still I Rise poem on her Instagram page. It is unclear what may have inspired her to put the poem up but she got a lot of likes from her followers, some of whom were inspired. “Superwoman, you are our inspiration,” a follower wrote. The post comes a few weeks after Mrs Osei was removed from office as Chair of the Commission. She became the first female to occupy the position in 2015 after her appointment by then president John Dramani Mahama. She successfully supervised…

Barack Obama has used his first high-profile speech since stepping down as US president to take swipes at “strongman politics” and politicians’ disregard for the facts. His comments are seen as thinly veiled criticism of the current US administration’s use of what has been described as “alternative facts”. Here are five key points from his Nelson Mandela lecture, made to the world’s media and an audience of some 15,000 people in South Africa’s main city, Johannesburg. Facts are sacred “You have to believe in facts,” said Mr Obama, “without facts there is no basis for co-operation. “If I say this…

The new Accident and Emergency Centre of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital is scheduled to be commissioned on Friday, July 20. The commissioning is expected to be done by the Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyemang Manu, and other high-ranking persons. The new centre, according to a release on Tuesday, is a 65-bed, 30-trolley facility. It is expected to ease congestion at the old Surgical Medical Emergency Unit “in the short and medium term period”. Not long ago, precisely on Tuesday, July 10, management of the nation’s foremost hospital suspended emergency cases due to congestion at the Unit. Patients had to…

SIC Financial Services Limited (SIC-FSL) has assured its numerous clients that its operations have not been affected by the recent annulment by the Bank of Ghana of the acquisition of shares in adb Bank by some four entities. The Central Bank on Monday announced the annulment of the acquisition of shares by Belstar Capital, Starmount Development Company Limited, SIC-FSL and EDC Investment Limited. It said the acquisition of a total of 50 per cent of shares in adb Bank in 2016 was in breach of Section 49 of the Banks and Specialised Deposit-Taking Institutions Act, 2016 (Act 930). The Central…

The Minority in Parliament is calling on government not to think of implementing its “insensitive” ban on fishing beginning Tuesday, August 7. Government has announced a closed season to fishing between Tuesday, August 7 and Tuesday, September 4 in a move to, among others, replenish fishing stock in Ghana’s waters. This has not gone down well with some fisher folk though the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development has said the decision was wholly agreed to after a wide stakeholder consultation. But addressing journalists in Accra, Ranking Member on the Food And Agriculture Committee of Parliament Eric Opoku said the…

Eight-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt is in talks for a trial to play football in Australia, a club says. The Jamaican former sprinter, 31, is negotiating a six-week stint with the Central Coast Mariners, a team in the country’s A-League competition. Mariners chief executive Shaun Mielekamp said the club had spent four months pursuing Bolt, and a season-long deal could follow. Football agent Tony Rallis said a deal had been agreed “in principle”. Mr Rallis, who has been involved in the deal, told local Sky Sports Radio that negotiations continued over Bolt’s pay. “The owner of Central Coast Mariners has…

Founder of Nneka Youth Foundation Cecilia Fiaka has challenged media practitioners to pay more attention to children and women and other vulnerable groups in deprived communities. Addressing journalists from selected media houses at a workshop in the Volta Region, Madam Cecelia Fiaka expressed worry about the level of deprivation persons living in rural areas go through. According to her, even when there are efforts to reach out to these persons in their areas, the bad nature of the road network as well as inadequate funds becomes a major challenging factor. “I believe if in our own small ways, we can…