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Head of Research at IMANI Ghana Patrick Stephenson has said the compilation of the new voter register has not cured the problems the Electoral Commission (EC) claimed were associated with the old roll. His comment comes after the EC said its attention has been drawn to reports that some foreign nationals have been registered. The elections management body said: “The attention of the EC has been drawn to a video produced and shown on a television station depicting a number of Ivorian nationals alleged to have registered during the voters registration exercise which ended on Sunday with the mop-up exercise.…

Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection Cynthia Mamle Morrison has said the government cannot just close down the witches’ camp in the northern part of Ghana without a proper plan put in place for the women who have been locked-up in those camps. She told Alfred Ocansey on the Sunrise morning show on 3FM Monday, August 10 that the government will have to prepare a special budget to cater for the women if they are eventually evacuated from the place. Decent accommodation, she said, will also have to be provided for them after they are moved. Mrs Morrison noted…

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has signed a book of condolences at the Lebanese embassy in honour of victims of the Beruit explosion. This follows the devastating explosion in the Lebanese capital, Beirut on August 4 which killed at least 200 people and injured around 5,000 others. The minister signed the book on behalf of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the people of Ghana. A statement by the minister described the happenings as “most unfortunate and regrettably poses an even greater challenge to the Lebanese government and its people.” The minister sent…

Member of Parliament for Klottey Korle Constituency Dr. Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings says she is not worried about the competition from the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) parliamentary candidate, Prince Apia Debrah, in the upcoming December 7 polls. Though she acknowledges that there will be competition, she is positive to emerge victorious. “It’s a democracy, so the people get to decide who represents them. It will be tough but I’m sure it will go my way,” she told Etornam Sey on TV3’s New Day Monday. Asked about the experience of her competitor, she mentioned that governance deals largely with the track record of…

MTN Ghana is set to host five experts in the Financial and Technology (FinTech) sectors at the second MTN Business World Breakfast meeting for 2020 on Wednesday, August 12 at 10am to discuss how the FinTech industry could be supported to promote financial inclusion in Ghana. The event, which will be streamed live on the MTN Facebook page and YouTube channel, will have panellists deliberate on the theme, ‘Boosting Growth of FinTech Ecosystem in a COVID-19 World’. Chief Executive Officer of Jumia Ghana Diana Owusu-Kyereko, Managing Director of GT Bank Thomas Attah John, Head of FinTech and Innovation at the…

The Director of Electoral Services at the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr Serebour Quaicoe, has said there is no link between population census  and the compilation of a new voters register. He told Alfred Ocansey on the 3FM’s Sunrise, Monday August 10, that the compilation of a new electoral roll is not dependent on a census being first conducted. He explained that under the laws, it is when the EC intends to make demarcations that the issue of population census will come but not in the case of a registration exercise. “There is no any relations between census and the voter’s…

The coordinator of Ghana Psychological Association (GPA), Joana Larry Afutu, has disclosed the association has done splendid work in the fight against the novel coronavirus (Covid-19). Speaking on TV3’s Covid -19 360 programme, she said the association has been giving psycho-social support to those who test positive for Covid-19. The reason for their support, she explained, is to help patients withstand or overcome stigmatization associated with the disease. According to her, statistics has shown that when the outbreak became massive, anxiety was on the rise among citizens but through psycho-social therapy by psychologists, it has reduced drastically. She also noted…

A mother of one, has narrated that her father got disconnected from her at age nine after she was accused of being a witch by a pastor whose church her step-mother used to attend. She told Alfred Ocansey on 3FM’s Sunrise Monday August 10 that the pastor accused of her of sucking the blood of her father in the spiritual realm after her step mother took her to some pastors for prayers. This claim by the pastor, she said, forced her father to abandon her at the age of nine, a situation that plunged her into a lot of economic…

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is demanding that the Akufo-Addo-led government names the individuals who were alleged to have forged documents to push through the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) concession deal. Parliament approved the concession agreement for the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) under the Millennium Challenge Compact on July 25, 2018. The agreement led to the takeover of ECG by the Power Distribution Services (PDS) which was expected to invest over US$ 580 million over a 5-year period into ECG to improve on  its performance. The deal was however short-lived as it was suspended by the government, citing…