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Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has said government may be compelled to impose sanctions on persons who refuse to take the COVID-19 vaccine. Ghana commenced a vaccination exercise last week with over 200,000 persons vaccinated so far. Speaking at a press conference on Monday at the Peduase Lodge, Hon. Oppong Nkrumah stated that the government believes it will have ...

Government has excluded security services in the country from the unification of pensions and has opted to allow them to remain on their already existing pension programmes. This was disclosed by the Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah at a press briefing in Accra on Thursday August 20, 2020. Addressing journalists, Mr. Nkrumah noted that the decision was reached to ...

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah appeared to have bitten more than he could chew as a ‘jest’ comment which he passed in parliament landed him on the wrong side of the NDC and its supporters. Over the weekend, Oppong Nkrumah was subjected to a tirade of abuses from some NDC figures who were unhappy with his description of John Jinapor ...

The Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has dismissed suggestions that the directive for the Auditor General, Daniel Domelovo, to proceed on leave is a ruse being used by the president to sack him. Speaking in an interview on GHONE TV on Wednesday, Oppong-Nkrumah justified the directive stating that the Auditor-General will resume work after he exhausts his leave. Mr Domelovo ...

Ghana is focused on redusing COVID-19 cases to zero to ensure that life returns to normal, the Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has stated. Speaking on the Morning Starr on Monday, the Information Minister said the country can only achieve the target if citizens strictly keep to the preventive measures. “Ghana’s mortality rate is one of the lowest in the ...

Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says Ghana’s mortality rate of COVID-19 is among the lowest in the world. According to him, that is because the country has been efficient in its response to the virus. So far, 148 Ghanaians have died of the virus with about 27,667 confirmed cases and 23,249 recoveries. The country still has 4,270 active cases, according ...

Minister of Information Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has said the government will not hesitate in informing Ghanaians should President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo test positive for COVID-19. “If he is positive, we will tell you because the president has been at the forefront of asking people to speak up and help fight stigma. The president was the one who spoke on the Health Minister’s positivity and ...

Government has slammed the Opposition NDC over claims that the ruling party has only achieved about 14% of its manifesto promises. Addressing journalists in Accra on Monday, June 15, 2020, Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah described the claims by the NDC as distortion of facts “one that the leading opposition party is engaging in to serve their own parochial ...

The Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has slammed the Minority in Parliament for their call on the Auditor General to audit the GHC280.3million government spent on food and other relief packages under the Coronavirus Alleviation Program (COP). The Minority at a press conference called on the Auditor General to probe the use of the money fearing the ruling party ...