The Minority in Parliament believes Ghana was short-changed in the deal with Frontiers Healthcare Solution Services Limited with regard to COVID-19 testing services at the Kotoka International Airport. The government engaged Frontiers Healthcare Solution Services Limited to conduct the rapid COVID-19 tests at KIA following the reopening of the airport to international passenger flights in September 2020. The 30-minute PCR COVID-19 test initially attracted a $150 fee but was subsequently reviewed. While the amount was maintained for non-ECOWAS citizens, those from any of the West African countries were to pay $50 for such services at Kotoka International Airport. The MPs…
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A former Member of Parliament for Tamale Central, Inusah Fuseini, finds the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Dame’s justification of the government’s approach in fighting the illegal mining menace, particularly the burning of excavators untenable. Mr. Dame mounted a strong defence of the government’s strategy, saying its foremost principle in the fight is that “a person engaged in an illegality has no right [to do so].” “The principle we are operating with is that no right accrues to a person who is engaged in an illegality, and that is a principle recognised by the laws of Ghana,” Mr.…
Seven persons, suspected to have abducted and killed a 12-year-old boy, Cornelius Negble at Nornyikpor, a farming community in the Akatsi North District of the Volta Region, are in the grips of the Volta Regional Police Command. The deceased was said to have gone missing on Saturday, May 22, 2021, at about 7.00am. He was subsequently declared missing after several attempts to search for him proved futile. According to the Volta Regional Police Commander, DCOP Edward Oduro Kwateng, the suspects were arrested after the Assembly Member for the area led a team to arrest one of the suspects following a…
Property running into thousands of Cedis have been destroyed by flood at the newly-built Kejetia Market in Kumasi. This comes after two hours of rain which affected parts of the city. The Ashanti Regional capital has experienced two successive nights of heavy rains. At the Kejetia market, shopkeepers made an effort to remove any remaining flood water from their stalls, after the water receded. Some wares destroyed by the water are moved out, while some were being salvaged. “Most of the fabrics I sell here are wet. An the nature of these products is such that, if it gets into…
The Gyaasehene of Offuman, Nana Owusu Nkwantabisa Duah, also known as Nana Bossman has been dragged before the Techiman Circuit Court for developing on a piece of land in Offuman, a community in the Techiman North District of the Bono East region without building permits. According to the Techiman North District Physical Planning Office, calls by the authorities on Nana Bossman to stop developing on the said piece of land and obtain a building permit proved futile as he rather intensified work on the land. Upon hearing the case on 23rd June 2021, The Techiman Circuit court placed Nana Bossman…
The Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party in the Bono Region has revealed that residents at New Dormaa dry their clothes in their rooms. Mr Kwame Baffoe, made this statement on a local base radio station in Sunyani during a one on one interview on Nimdeɛ Fm 95.1. The NPP Regional Chairman on Thursday, June 17, 2021, revealed this on Nimdeɛ Anɔpa Adwasuo, which was hosted by Mr Fada Frederick, the regular host of Nimdeɛ Morning Show. Mr Kwame Baffoe Abronye, who was reacting to issues raised by Concern Residents of Sunyani, on the lack of developmental projects…
Even before nominations are open for the flagbearer contest of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Vice president Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia appears to be winning some influential individuals in the party to his side for obvious reasons. According to snippets of information gathered by Masemtvgh.com, a Deputy General Secretary of the NPP Lawyer Obiri Boahen is picking an interest to lead the campaign of Dr. Bawumia in order to get him elected as NPP flagbearer for the 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections. Nana Obiri Boahen who initially confirmed his interest to run for the party’s General Secretary post has rescinded…
The last time I said the president had acted irresponsibly, people said I shouldn’t have written that about the president. This time, I won’t say he has acted irresponsibly. I want you to help me describe this. The police say #FixTheCountry protesters cannot march because of Covid-19 restrictions.The deadliest variant of the virus is said to have made it to Ghana and health authorities are saying we should intensify the safety protocols.The President is touring the northern part of the country and students are lined up in their numbers to usher him into communities and towns.Apart from the shady procurements…
Staff of the Pantang Hospital in Accra have threatened to lay down their tools on Monday, June 28, 2021. They said the move is in protest of what they describe as the neglect of their safety by the government. According to the association of over 700 health workers at the facility, their safety has been jeopardized, and they are at risk due to the encroachment of their lands by private individuals who sometimes attack them in their line of duty. The spokesperson for the joint union executives at the Pantang Hospital, Elvis Akuamoah said the health workers will embark on…
Legal Practitioner, Tsatsu Tsikata has described as unlawful, government’s directive to a military task force to burn all mining equipment being used for illegal mining or mining that pollutes the environment. He says the justification that persons believed to be engaged in such acts don’t have rights hence their equipment can be burnt is “nonsense”. Government has been heavily criticized, with many raising concerns that the directive gives the task force too much power contrary to the law and due process. Attorney-General, Godfred Yeboah Dame has insisted that the burning of excavators does not go against the country’s laws; adding…