Author: Krobea

Ghana has recorded two additional deaths as regards the coronavirus pandemic. This takes the total number of deaths from 283 to 285. In the latest update released by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) on Friday, September 11, 75 new cases were recorded. This takes the total cumulative number of cases to 45,388. The recoveries-cum-discharge is 44,267 while the active cases continue to fluctuate. They are currently 836. Regional breakdown Greater Accra – 22,885 Ashanti – 10,912 Western – 2,963 Eastern – 2,388 Central – 1,904 Bono East – 777 Volta – 668 Western North – 638 Northern – 528 Ahafo…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has given the assurance that government will pay back the deposits of all customers of the defunct ‘DKM’ micro finance company by the end of October. He said his administration inherited GHC700 million debt in the “DKM” brouhaha from the previous government, but the official liquidator had finalised modalities and customers were expected to receive their deposits as soon as possible. President Akufo-Addo gave the assurance when he inaugurated the Weddi Africa Tomato Processing and Agro farms under the government’s One-District-Factory (1D1F) initiative at Domfete in the Berekum West District of the Bono Region. The…

Residents of Yama in the West Mamprusi Municipality in the North East Region last Wednesday demonstrated over the state of the main access road to the town from Walewale. The aggrieved residents, who walked peacefully on the main access road from Mishio to the town for two hours, said they do not understand why the contractor had abandoned the road, leaving the culvert unfilled. This they say has made it totally impossible to use the road thereby denying them access to healthcare in Walewale despite numerous promises by authorities to get the contractor back on site to continue work on…

Excellent Ghana says it has been observing with keen interest, the matters and issues arising from the outbreak of Bird Flu (Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza HPAI H5NI) in Ghana since 2015. While commending government for adopting tough measures to contain the bird flu outbreak, the civil society organization says it is shocked, at the revelation by Mr. Victor Oppong, President of the Ghana Poultry Farmers Association, that the majority of their members whose birds/farms were destroyed owing to the Bird Flu outbreak are yet to be compensated five solid years after their livelihoods have been destroyed. The CSO, says, it…

The Senegalese army says about 100 of its soldiers from the peacekeeping mission in The Gambia have tested positive for coronavirus. The military contingent composed of 600 soldiers was returning home. They have been quarantined in Toubacouta, on Senegalese territory near the border with The Gambia, as a precautionary measure. Those who tested positive are asymptomatic. More tests are being done. The peacekeeping mission in The Gambia, deployed by regional bloc Ecowas in 2012, mainly consists of Senegalese soldiers. It was deployed to force former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh to hand over power to his elected successor Adama Barrow and…

A Deputy Information Minister, Pius Enam Hadzide, has highly commended traditional leaders in the country for their massive support to government in ensuring compliance with the preventive directives in the fight against the coronavirus disease. He mentioned, for instance, the imposition of restriction on mass gatherings including funerals and festivals, which he said was largely successful because of the understanding and active support of the chiefs. Addressing members of the Western Regional House of Chiefs in Sekondi, the Deputy Minister praised the chiefs in the Region for joining hands in the fight against the pandemic. “We are in this battle…

The 2020 Parliamentary Candidate for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Salaga South Constituency, Hajia Zuweira Ibrahima, has assured electorates in her constituency of a transparent, dedicated and development-oriented leadership if voted into power. She noted the prospects of the constituency do not lie with men alone, but with persons who have the development of the area at heart. The first female candidate to contest the seat, Hajia Zuweira Ibrahima is optimistic she will lead the NDC to victory. She noted the numerous challenges of the constituency have been left unattended to by the incumbent Member of Parliament…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has cut the sod for the construction of a solid waste treatment facility at Fiaso in the Techiman South Municipal of the Bono East Region. The sod-cutting ceremony, which came off Wednesday, September 9, 2020, was graced by the Ministers of Bono East Region, Kofi Amoakohene, Sanitation and Water Resources, Madam Cecilia Abena Dapaah, Executive Chairman of Jospong Group of Companies (JGC) Dr Joseph Siaw-Agyepong, Paramount Chief of Techiman Oseadeyo Ekumfi-Ameyaw IV and the Queen mother of Fiaso, Ohemaa Mariama. It formed part of the President’s two-day tour of the Bono East Region. The €15-million…

A far-right Norwegian lawmaker said Wednesday that he has nominated President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in the Middle East. Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a member of the Norwegian Parliament for the far-right Progress Party, said Mr. Trump should be considered because of his work “for a peace agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Israel which opens up for possible peace in the Middle East.” “No matter how Trump acts at home and what he says at press conferences, he has absolutely a chance at getting the Nobel Peace Prize,” Tybring-Gjedde, told The Associated Press. He…