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Results of the second wave of the Ghana Election Poll which ran online from July 1 to August 1, 2020, via the renowned market research firm MSI-ACI, has found the majority of respondents in favour of allowing Ghanaians abroad to be allowed to register and vote in the 2020 general elections. Out of the weighted sample of 2,055, more than half (55%) of the respondents wanted Ghanaians in the diaspora to vote despite the Electoral Commission’s reservations over challenges caused by the global coronavirus pandemic. Nearly a third of Ghanaian adult voters (29%) did not agree that Ghanaians living abroad should…

Former GFA Exco member Wilfred Osei Kwaku Palmer says he will not seek further redress after his appeal against his debarment from contesting the 2019 GFA presidential elections was dismissed. The football fraternity had waited for months for a final verdict from the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) after the 10-month long arbitration process. After the verdict release Wednesday morning, the Tema Youth FC founder posted a statement on his twitter feed with caption that read ‘Thankful’. Part of the statement read: “It is my prayer that we all continue to pool our resources to move Ghana Football forward…

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has assured that the device approved for use at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) is fit for purpose and the Authority shall continue to monitor its performance in accordance with regulatory requirements. The FDA’s statement comes after Dr. Kofi Bonney of the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research raised issues with the device being used for the testing at the airport. The FDA described his clams as “inaccurate and unscientific”, adding that the device detects the ANTIGEN (SARS-CoV-2 Virus) by fluorescence technology. According to the FDA, it gave market authorization to the device after…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has commissioned the five (5) piped water supply systems under the Water Supply Improvement Project (WSIP) of the Ghana-Spain Debt Swap Development Programme (DSDP). Commissioning the Project at Amedzofe, in the Ho West District, on Tuesday, September 1, the president stated that the Water Supply Improvement Project (WSIP) is being implemented in the Ho Municipality and in three (3) districts of the region namely, Ho West, Agortime Ziope, and Adaklu-Anyigbe, at a cost of $3.78 million. Beneficiary communities include Amedzofe, Ziope, Akpokope/Batume Junction, Matse, Dzolo Gbogame, and surrounding communities. The Ghana-Spain Debt Swap for Development…

The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) has asked the government to pay the debt owed the state’s oil management company. The GNPC says, at the moment, it is having challenges especially with cash flow in this period of the coronavirus pandemic, hence the government must prioritise the payment of its debt. The government owes the Corporation over $21 million and, officials claim, they are almost helpless in their quest to retrieve the money. Speaking at a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) sitting on Tuesday, September 1, Deputy Chief Director the GNPC Joseph Dadzie, said: “We don’t have a choice in the…

The Institute of Energy Security (IES) has predicted that fuel prices will shoot up slightly in September. This is due to, among other things, the depreciation of the local currency, Cedi, against the major trading currencies especially the dollar. Research and Policy Analyst at the IES Raymond Nuworkpor said: “Fuel prices on the local market have been stable for the past 8 weeks. “However, taking into consideration the appreciation in the price of international benchmark, Brent Crude, that is 2.45%, and refined product – Gasoline, which is also known as Petrol (6.23%), as well as the 0.17% depreciation of the…

Comrade Duch, a former senior figure of the Khmer Rouge convicted of crimes against humanity in Cambodia, has died. He was serving a life term after being sentenced by a UN-backed court. Kaing Guek Eav, known as Comrade Duch, ran the notorious Tuol Sleng prison where thousands of people were tortured and murdered in the late 1970s. As many as two million people are believed to have died under the Khmer Rouge, a Maoist regime that controlled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. In 2010, Duch became the first senior Khmer Rouge leader to be convicted by the UN-backed tribunal after…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has cut the sod for the construction of Phase III of the Five Districts Water Supply Project in five districts of the Volta Region. At a ceremony Tuesday, September 1, at Adaklu-Anfoe in the Adaklu District, President Akufo-Addo stated that Phase III of the project will provide potable water to Central Tongu, North Tongu, Adaklu-Anyigbe, Agotime-Ziope and Ho West districts. “It is gratifying to note that this project will provide potable water to eighty-nine thousand, one hundred and seven (89,107) people in one hundred and eighty-three (183) beneficiary communities, such as Dadoboe, Mawoekpor, Mafi Zongo,…

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has dismissed football administrator Wilfred Osei Kwaku Palmer’s appeal over his disqualification from the 2019 GFA Presidential elections. In an episode that began last year, Palmer had gone to CAS to seek redress over what he termed unfair treatment from the then Normalization Committee. The Tema Youth FC bankroller was disqualified from the FA elections over claims that he had not paid a mandatory 10 percent of the transfer fee of Joseph Paintsil to the Ghana Football Association and over comments he had made in the past about bribery. He was seeking some…

The 2020 Africa Women’s Sports Summit will be held virtually in the evening of Wednesday, September 2 under the theme: ‘Shifting Mindsets’. The mentorship event, which had its maiden edition last year, champions the cause for African sports women to be included in the Africa sports ecosystem. This year, four speakers and two panel members will take part in keynote sessions and interviews via a live webinar. FIFA’s General Secretary, Fatma Samoura, is the Guest Speaker for this year’s edition. Other speakers include GFA President Kurt Okraku, President of the Sierra Leone FA and CAF Executive Committee member Isha Johansen…