The New Patriotic Party’s campaign manager for the 2020 general elections, Peter Mac Manu and Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Carlos Ahenkorah have been admitted at the Intensive Care Unit of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital after testing positive for COVID-19. Citi News understands that a number of government officials have tested positive for […] The post Mac
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency has accused the New Patriotic Party (NPP) of busing in persons from other places to register to vote in the constituency. The NDC views this as an attempt by the incumbent MP, Lydia Alhassan of the NPP, to manipulate the polls. Her main opponent […] The post Ayawaso
Ghana’s COVID-19 case has risen to 18,134. This was confirmed by the Ghana Health Service’s latest update on Wednesday, July 1, 2020. Meanwhile, a total of 13,550 persons have recovered from the disease. Five more persons have succumbed to the disease raising the death toll to 117. Ghana has 4,467 active cases as of July […] The post COVID-19: Ghana’s
Former General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, popularly referred to as Sir John, has died. The Former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) reportedly died in Accra after a short illness. – More soon. The post Former NPP General Secretary, Sir John dies after contracting COVID-19
In this edition of the Eyewitness News, Umaru Sanda and Hawa Iddrisu bring you all the big news stories for the day. Some of the stories include: -Government’s move to set aside GHC8m to pay health workers. -There was also a story about stranded Ghanaians who were evacuated leaving the quarantine centres after failing to […] The post Eyewitness News, Wednesday 1st July 2020
A Ghanaian Oceanographer has dedicated her time to study major pollutants having adverse impacts on Ghana’s aquatic system. The Senior Research Scientist with the Department of Marine and Fisheries Science at the University of Ghana, Dr. Edem Mahu has been identifying the environmental problems associated with water pollution and the threats therein. Her research pioneered […] The post #CitiBusinessFestival:
A Ghanaian Oceanographer has dedicated her time to study major pollutants having adverse impacts on Ghana’s aquatic system. The Senior Research Scientist with the Department of Marine and Fisheries Science at the University of Ghana, Dr. Edem Mahu has been identifying the environmental problems associated with water pollution and the threats therein. Her research pioneered […] The post #CitiBusinessFestival:
A Ghanaian Oceanographer has dedicated her time to study major pollutants having adverse impacts on Ghana’s aquatic system. The Senior Research Scientist with the Department of Marine and Fisheries Science at the University of Ghana, Dr. Edem Mahu has been identifying the environmental problems associated with water pollution and the threats therein. Her research pioneered […] The post #CitiBusinessFestival:
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has presented GH¢1 million to twenty young entrepreneurs under Season Three of the Presidential Pitch, an initiative of the Ministry for Business Development. Addressing the programme on Wednesday, 1st July, 2020, President Akufo-Addo stated Government understands the importance of the initiative, because entrepreneurship is a vital […] The post Akufo-Addo
The Upper East Regional office of the Electoral Commission (EC) says it has been unable to register final year students of second cycle schools eligible for the voter identification card. The Ghana Education Service, through the Ministry of Education, directed heads of senior high schools to send home any final year student who leaves the […] The post Voter
The Electoral Commission (EC) has urged the public to ignore a viral audio clip with misleading information on the guarantor system currently being used for the voter registration exercise. It cautioned that it is an electoral offence for an individual to guarantee for more than 10 applicants. The EC also warned that its “system is […] The post EC
A former General Secretary of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA), Dr. Jehu Appiah, has advocated for the inclusion of private health facilities in the testing of COVID-19 samples in the country. He argued that the government facilities conducting the test are overwhelmed hence the need to include private institutions that have the capacity to test. […] The post Include
A former General Secretary of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA), Dr. Jehu Appiah, has advocated for the inclusion of private health facilities in the testing of COVID-19 samples in the country. He argued that the government facilities conducting the test are overwhelmed hence the need to include private institutions that have the capacity to test. […] The post Include
A Deputy Minister for Health, Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye has justified the government’s decision to comply with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) recommendation to discharge persons with COVID-19. According to him, the World Health Organization made the declaration based on new prevailing scientific knowledge of the novel coronavirus which has not yet been contested by […] The post Okoe
National Democratic Congress Executives in the Ashanti Region have called on the Ashanti Regional Police Command to call to order its officers deployed to provide security in the ongoing voter’s registration exercise in the Sekyere Afram Plains constituency. The executives have alleged that the District Chief Executive for the area is using state security to […] The post Voter
Some stranded Ghanaians in South Africa because of the novel coronavirus pandemic are concerned that their prolonged stay abroad may disenfranchise them in the upcoming election. They believe their inability to partake in the registration exercise due to the closure of the border is an infringement on their rights. The Ghanaians, who have been asking […] The post Voter
The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) and the Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety today, Wednesday, July 1, 2020, held a kick-off meeting marking the official start of six years of support toward the prevention of road traffic crashes in Ghana’s second-largest city and capital of the Ashanti Region; Kumasi. The initiative will pay particular […] The post KMA,
The Volta Regional Steering Committee of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) has called on the Member of Parliament for Adansi Asokwa, K.T. Hammond, to retract his comments equating the people of the Volta region to Togolese. The legislator’s comments followed the deployment of soldiers to parts of the country, including border towns in the Volta […] The post V/R
The Volta Regional Steering Committee of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) has called on the Member of Parliament for Adansi Asokwa, K.T. Hammond, to retract his comments equating the people of the Volta Region to Togolese. The legislator’s comments followed the deployment of soldiers to parts of the country, including border towns in the Volta […] The post Retract
In this edition of the Citi Breakfast Show, Bernard Avle and the team focus mainly on the letter by the government asking the Auditor General to proceed on leave. Listen to the podcast below. Citi97.3 · Citi Breakfast Show: Wednesday, 1st July, 2020 The post Citi Breakfast Show – Wednesday, 1st July, 2020 appeared first on Citinewsroom
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