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Former Asante Kotoko and Hearts of Oak trainer J.E Sarpong has suggested to the incoming new Technical Director for the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to widen the scope in search for talents for the various national teams in the country. He suggested to the incoming Technical Director to move from village to village across the country to unearth talents for the various national teams. He told Yaw Ofosu Larbi on the TV3’s New Day Thursday, August 20 that there are a lot of skilled footballers in almost every part of the country and it is only through a thorough search…

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has released guidelines for the resumption of international air travel at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) amidst the coronavirus pandemic. The guidelines as presented to the management of the KIA on Thursday, August 20 said, among other things, that the management must ensure there is no congestion at all sections of the airport (arrival, departure and environs) to fail adherence to social distancing protocols. Similarly, the guideline said there should be compulsory mask-wearing for all passengers (both arriving and departing) as well as staff. The GHS expressed hope that these measures, if strictly adhered to,…

The Chief Executive Officer of the Dalex Finance, Ken Thompson, has said it was wrong for the Presidential Committee on Trade to have closed down shops of foreigners at Circle in Accra. He told Alfred Ocansey on the Sunrise programme on 3FM Wednesday, August 19 that these are businesses that probably have been operating in the country for a long time. Mr Thompson expressed fear that if care is not taken there are going to be reprisal attacks on Ghanaians in Nigeria. Over 100 retail shops belonging to foreigners at Circle were closed down in an exercise led by the…

The Chief Executive Officer of the Universal Merchant Bank (UMB), Benjamin Amenumey, has said the bank is committed to supporting its Small and Medium Scale (SME) customers, who have been hard hit by the novel coronavirus. UMB, according to the CEO, has decided to offer financial and non-financial support including free business advisory services, extension of loan moratoriums and several other interventions to its customers who are operating SME businesses. He said this in his welcome address during UMB’s first virtual edition of the annual SME Clinic for over 200 of its SME customers across different business sectors. The programme…

First National Bank (FNB) Ghana has announced the introduction of five new Agency Plus partners in Accra, thereby extending accessibility of its products and services to the growing customer base. The new Agency Plus partners are St. Tito Clothing, Topmed Pharmacy, MegaMax Electronics, Healthaid Pharmacy and Kaby Chemists. These bring the total number of First National Bank’s agency partners in Accra to 12. Lauded as a major success in all the countries First National Bank operates in, the agency concept is used by the bank to partner with existing businesses in various communities to operate as outlets, offering a range…

Founder of the Danquah Institute Gabby Asare Otchere Darko has threatened to sue the Member of Parliament for Bia East, Richard Achaeampong, for ‘falsely’ linking him to the Agyapa Royalties deal. According to the member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), the claim by the opposition lawmaker is false therefore, he will seek legal redress. Ghana’s lawmaking body on Friday, August 14 passed the agreement between the Agyapa Mineral Royalties Limited and the government of Ghana, despite the Minority in Parliament raising serious questions over the deal. The House, two years ago, passed the Minerals Income Investment Fund Act 2018.…

The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has accused the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) of willful negligence, leading to leakages in the ongoing West African Senior Schools Certificate Examinations (WASSCE). “The National Union of Ghana is shocked and disgusted that examination papers continue to leak in the ongoing West African Secondary School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) as a result of the willful negligence of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), and wishes to by this medium, call on WAEC and other stakeholders such as the Ghana Education Service (GES) to put in place strict measures to end this spectacle of…

Dear education minister, we want a school fee slash. Your university children have waited with bated breath for so long for you to announce our share of the government Covid-19 packages, but it looks like you are forgetting us. So we would like to ask what is going on. Somewhere in March this year, the president announced that all educational institutions were to be closed due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus in Ghana. Universities closed down and students were asked to go home when they had done only seven weeks of academic calendar. Since closure, many universities in Ghana…

National Project Coordinator for One District, One Factory (1D1F) Programme Gifty Ohene-Konadu has revealed that there is a factory in each district in Ghana under the project. She told Alfred Ocansey on the Sunrise morning show on 3FM Thursday, August 20 that some of the factories have been completed whereas others are at various stages of completion. The 1D1F is the initiative of the Akufo-Addo administration as part of his effort to move the Ghanaian economy from export-driven to value addition. The government received flak from critics, mainly the largest opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), for failing to…

Former Finance under the Mahama administration, Minister Seth Terkper, has projected the 2020 budget deficit will exceed 15 per cent. The current budget deficit is hovering around 11.4% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), compared with a projection of 4.7% at the end of last year. Economic growth is also projected at 0.9%, compared with 6.8% forecast in November and 1.5% estimated in March. The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, told Parliament when he presented the 2020 mid-year budget statement in July this year that  the Coronavirus pandemic has impacted negatively on the economy, affecting government expenditure in all sectors of the…