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The project coordinator at Ghana Federation of Disability Organizations, Christopher Agbega, has said there has been a rise in the stigmatization against Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) since Ghana started recording cases of Coronavirus (Covid-19). He said PWDs, especially person with albinism are being tagged as Covid-19 patients for no reason due to the influx of fake news on the internet and other platforms. “People with albinism are being tagged with the virus. There is a lot going on that’s not really in the public domain,” he told Berla Mundi on TV3’s COVID-19 360 Tuesday August 11. Star-Ghana has been a…

The Executive Director of the Institute of Education (IFEST) Studies, Peter Partey Anti, has said the academic calendar in Ghana should be restrategized following the outbreak of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) and its impact on the educational sector. The outbreak of the virus in Ghana has disrupted the academic calendar after all schools were closed down in order to contain the virus. Final year students in the universities and the Senior High Schools, however, were recalled to enable them write their final examinations. Mr Anti explained on  TV3’s Covid-19 360 Wednesday August 12 that if the situation is not looked at…

Executive Director of the National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI) Kosi Yankey-Ayeh has noted that the hotel association in Ghana provided incomplete data on its members, hence the inability to access the stimulus package earmarked by the government to support businesses in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Her comments come after the President of Ghana Hotels Association, Dr Edward Ackah-Nyamekeh, revealed that hotels in Ghana will be laying off more workers in the coming days following their inability to access the stimulus package. The government devoted an amount of GH¢600 million as stimulus package to support businesses deal…

Head of  Communications and Public Affairs at the Ministry of Energy, Nana Oppong Damoah, has  said a lot of work has been done to make the capital city of Ghana the cleanest in Africa. He however, said there is still some more work to be done to achieve a 100 per cent cleaner city. Nana Damoah was contributing to a discussion on a comment by Sanitation Minister, Cecelia Abena Dapaah that the government was 85 per cent through to making Accra the cleanest city in Africa. In 2017 President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo declared his government’s intention to make Ghana’s…

Member of Parliament for Tamale North, Alhassan Suhuyini, has said Sanitation Minister, Cecelia Abena Dapaah was dishonest after claiming that the government was 85 per cent through to making Accra the cleanest city in Africa. He revealed that filth has engulfed most parts of the city and there are also not enough bins around, a situation he said defeats the remarks of the minister. In 2017 President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo declared his government’s intention to make Ghana’s capital City the cleanest on the continent by the end of his first term in Office. Speaking to the media as part…

The number of cheque fraud cases increased marginally by 2.56 per cent from 39 cases in 2018 to 40 cases in 2019, the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has said. This, according to the central bank, includes fraud incurred as a result of cloned cheques, stolen cheque leaflets and cheque alteration. Notable, however, is the increase in the number of cases reported as cheque cloning, which originates from the operation of syndicates involving staff of financial institutions, telecommunications companies and cheque-printing houses. The BoG further announced that the banking industry reported approximately GH¢115.52 million as fraud to the central bank. Of…

Ghanaian contemporary gospel singer, songwriter and a pastor, Nana Yaw Boakye, known by his stage name MOG, has said he will win all the four categories which he has been nominated in this year’s Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMAs). He told Giovani Caleb on the 3FM Drive Wednesday, August 12 that he believed he worked extra hard during the year under review, therefore he expects to win those awards. In 2019, he won the Contemporary Gospel Song of the Year and currently he has been nominated in four different categories for the VGMAs. “We are winning everything, all the four…

The banking industry reported approximately GH¢115.52 million as fraud to the Bank of Ghana, the central bank has announced in its 2019 Banking Industry Fraud report. Of the total values reported, the BoG said, approximately GH¢33.44 million, representing 28.96 per cent was reported as losses incurred, while approximately GH¢82.06million, representing 71.04 per cent was recovered. The Bank of Ghana recorded a total of 2,295 cases of fraud, representing a 5.4 per cent increase in cases reported in 2018. Rural and community banks reported 55 per cent of the total cases, and commercial banks and savings and loans institutions reported 23…

The Alliance for Financial Consumer Protection (AFCOP) has commended Vodafone Ghana over its decision to remove all charges on money transfers to other networks. Vodafone has announced it has removed all charges from Vodacash transfers to other networks in the country. The telecom giant said the move is to alleviate the financial challenges on Ghanaians in the wake of Covid-19. In a statement, AFCOP said: “The Alliance for Financial Consumer Protection (AFCOP) has received with great satisfaction, news that Vodafone Ghana has waived fees on transfers from Vodafone Cash to all mobile money wallets. Over the past months, AFCOP has…

In 2019, the banking industry reported a total number of 2,295 fraud cases as compared to 2,175 fraud cases reported in 2018, the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has announced on Wednesday August 12. According to the central bank, the marginal increase in the number of fraud cases reported may partly be attributed to the improved efforts by the Financial Stability Department to identify, monitor and to ensure compliance with reporting of fraud cases in the industry. Also, in recent times, the various forms of advanced technologies adopted by financial institutions have made the banking sector more susceptible to various risks…