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Government has released an amount of GHC3.5 billion to pay depositors of banks and microfinance which were collapsed. The payment will begin tomorrow Wednesday, September 16, 2020. “Notice is hereby given that with effect from Wednesday 16 September 2020, affected depositors may contact any branch of Consolidated Bank Ghana Ltd (“CBG”) the paying bank to access their newly created Cash ...

Ghana’s President, Nana Akufo-Addo, has called on ECOWAS leaders to work towards the immediate resolution of the political crisis in Mali. Speaking at Peduase in Ghana at a meeting with ECOWAS leaders over the tension in Mali, the President said terrorists are taking advantage of the situation to settle ad dominate the region. “My reason for this meeting is simple: ...

President Akufo-Addo has said the conduct of a free, fair, and transparent election, one whose result is beyond dispute, forms a good basis for strengthening cohesion amongst the Ghanaian citizenry and preventing needless disputations. Speaking at the Annual Conference of the Ghana Bar Association, albeit through virtual means, on Monday, 14th September 2020, President Akufo-Addo explained that from 1992 to ...

Independent Presidential hopeful Jacob Osei yeboah has expressed displeasure over the new presidential filing fee of GHC100,00 announced by the Electoral Commission. Mr Osei Yeboah joins opposition parties including the NDC, PPP and APC who have described the fees as exorbitant and unconstitutional. This new fee is a hundred per cent increase from the previous filing fee which stood at ...

A drone pilot working under the Sustainable Land and Water Management Programme with the Ministry of Environment, Science Technology and Innovation in the Ashanti region has drowned in the Offin River. Isaac Ofosu died while the anti-illegal small scale mining taskforce was chasing after illegal miners on the Offin River at Dunkwa in the Ashanti region. Sources say he died ...

The Minister of Trade and Industry, Alan Kyerematen has downplayed criticisms over government decision to support existing companies and list same as part of One District One Factory (1D1F) projects. He said government believes in order to promote rural industrialization such companies must be supported. “I’m happy also that they are making an appeal in front of the media because, ...

People’s Pension Trust, an award-winning corporate trustee have today launched iCARE Pension, an innovative feature of the PPT Personal Pension Scheme in commemoration of Pension Awareness Day. iCARE Pension will allow anyone to easily set up and contribute to the pension of someone they care about-such as a family member, a domestic worker, a taxi driver or even the neighbourhood ...

Renowned pollster Ben Ephson has jumped to the defense of the Electoral Commission saying there is nothing wrong with the GHC100, 000 filing fee for presidential aspirants for this year’s election. The Electoral Commission on Monday announced that Presidential Candidates in the upcoming elections will pay a filing fee of GHC100,000 while Parliamentary candidates pay GHC10,000. This was announced by ...

Nine more people infected with COVID-19 in Ghana have died taking the country’s death toll from 285 to 294. An update by the Ghana Health Service also indicated that only 29 new cases have been recorded bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 45, 601. However, active cases stand at 628 with 44, 679 recoveries/discharges. Four regions namely; Upper ...

The Education Ministry has denied claims that the teacher licensure examination has been suspended following a promise by the opposition National Democratic Congress to cancel it if they win power in December. The Ministry in a statement said the examination which was scheduled for September has been rescheduled to October as a result of venue challenges.   Some NDC communicators ...