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The chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC) Jean Mensa has revealed she inherited a weak system at the Commission, claiming the electoral body was without rules and lacked governance structure. “We inherited a very weak institution,” she told President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Thursday at the Jubilee House, and claimed the EC was being “run as a free for all institution”. She said the IT Department and its infrastructure was the weakest link at the Commission when her leadership took over in August last year. She stated that the situation was so serious that the department was no way…

Boris Johnson says he did not lie to the Queen[/caption] Boris Johnson has denied lying to the Queen over the advice he gave her over the five-week suspension of Parliament. The prime minister was speaking after Scotland’s highest civil court ruled on Wednesday the shutdown was unlawful. Asked whether he had lied to the monarch about his reasons for the suspension, he replied: “Absolutely not.” He added: “The High Court in England plainly agrees with us, but the Supreme Court will have to decide.” The power to suspend – or prorogue – Parliament lies with the Queen, who conventionally acts…

Three suspected armed robbers who allegedly slashed the wrist of a 26-year-old hairdresser to take her mobile phone in Sunyani, have been arrested. The victim, whose name has been withheld by the police, has been taken to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi due to the severity of the wound. The wrist was nearly severed. The suspects, who are being processed for court, were said to have used a sharp knife to cut the left wrist of the lady at Dream Field in Sunyani, leaving her with a gaping wound. Bono Region Police PRO, Chief Inspector Augustine Kingsley Oppong…

Minimum capital requirement for mobile money operators in the country has been increased from 5 million cedis to 20 million cedis, the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has announced. The increment, the central bank explained in a statement Thursday, is in line with the Payment Systems and Services Act (Act 987) which was passed by parliament this year to provide the legal and regulatory framework “for the orderly development of the payment system”. BoG said the passage of the Act was necessitated by the emergence of new payment streams, institutions such as financial technology companies and the general acceptance of electronic…

Minimum capital requirement for mobile money operators in the country has been increased from 5 million cedis to 20 million cedis, the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has announced. The increment, the central bank explained in a statement Thursday, is in line with the Payment Systems and Services Act (Act 987) which was passed by parliament this year to provide the legal and regulatory framework “for the orderly development of the payment system”. BoG said the passage of the Act was necessitated by the emergence of new payment streams, institutions such as financial technology companies and the general acceptance of electronic…

213 persons suspected to be engaging in crime and other crime related activities have been rounded up in a joint security operation dubbed Operation Calm Life in Sekondi–Takoradi in the Western Region. The operation was done with a total number of 400 security personnel drawn from the various Western regional security agencies and was supported with one helicopter, one Naval ship, two Naval boats and one marine police boat. The suspects were arrested in “ghettos” at European Town and the Albert Bosomtwi Sam Fishing Harbor. Addressing the media at a joint press conference at the Western Naval Command, Deputy Western…

Electoral Commission (EC) chairperson Mrs Jean Mensa has praised President Nana Akufo-Addo for giving the commissioners and the electoral body absolute independence, devoid of political interference. Mrs Mensa who has been in charge of the commission since August 2018, claimed the presidency has never dictated to the commission on how to execute its mandate, stating they have enjoyed full independence to operate. “It’s important to emphasise that since our appointment one year ago, we’ve not received a call from the office of the president directing us to do our work,” the EC chair stated Thursday when she called on Nana…

Government intends to recruit 600 Right to Information Officers to man information units at various public institutions before the Right to Information (RTI) law is implemented next year. These officers will also be provided with equipment to aid their work. This is part of the roadmap towards the implementation of the Right to Information Act. Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah made this known during the first level training for Chief Directors and Regional Coordinating Directors on the RTI law towards its operationalisation in January 2020. The participants were drawn from the ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) across the country…

If the biblical Book of Revelations were revealed to a political writer, its verse would have ended on the 22nd and not the 21st. This new verse may have read ‘verily I say unto you, the church shall be on fire for the good of political leadership when elections are approaching”. I have followed the story of the General Overseer of the Action Faith Chapel International, the most revered, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams, who used his pulpit to preach some economical sense to both the government of Ghana and the general populace. The respected man of God, famously known in history…

A comprehensive general health magazine with key concentration on mental health has been launched in Accra. The magazine, VivaHealth, available for free at hotels, gyms and supermarkets across the country features vital information on community health, pregnancy, childbirth education and assistance, infectious diseases, public health research and development. The magazine delivers accurate and trusted information on real life medical challenges and educates readers about the underlying causes of certain medical conditions and how to safeguard against them. Speaking at the launch of the magazine at the 37 Military Hospital Officers Mess, Dr. Carl Nutsugah, the founder and Editor-in-Chief of VivaHealth…