Month: August 2022

Govt Integrating Credit System Into Ghana Card – Vice-President

Govt Integrating Credit System Into Ghana Card – Vice-President

The Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has said the government is integrating a credit record system into the Ghana Card to enable financial institutions to calculate the risk associated with granting a loan and the probability of non-repayment. He said the Ghana Card, which provided unique identity and essential information about the bearer, including bank accounts, subscriber identification module (SIM) card and the National Digital Property Address, had already been put in place and the other necessities would be in place very soon to facilitate credit scoring. “In just some few months, Ghana will, for the first time in our history,…
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Denkyira Traditional Council Must Be Proactive To Prevent Chaos At Nkotumso Community

Denkyira Traditional Council Must Be Proactive To Prevent Chaos At Nkotumso Community

It is about hard time Chiefs in Denkyira Traditional Council must be Proactive and do the needful to avert possible anarchy at Nkotumso Nkasawura stool land. Nkotumso Nkasawura is a mining community in the Upper Denkyira West District in the Central Region of Ghana. Investigations conducted by newsmen over the weekend revealed that there is a total outbreak of law and order in the said community. According to investigations,the law permits Doduo Biribi Aduonum-Gyeabour to operate fully as a Chief to be able to reorganize and develop his jurisdiction which is now in mess but Nana Anyimadu Kuffour II, popularly…
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Floyd Mayweather And Cheddar Don’t Have Class At All- Maurice Ampaw

Floyd Mayweather And Cheddar Don’t Have Class At All- Maurice Ampaw

Lawyer Maurice Ampaw has taken a direct swipe at legendary boxer Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather, describing him as someone with “no class”. His decision to brand the American boxer as such is based on the flashy and opulent lifestyle Mayweather always shows on social media. Lawyer Ampaw didn’t also spare Nana Kwame Bediako also known as Freedom Jacob Caesar or Cheddar. He branded the Ghanaian as a man with little class following his antics on social media by constantly displaying cash. “Mayweather has no class at all. Just like chedda. I hear them talk about money and I want to tell…
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Harmonious Religious Diversity Is A Force For Good – Dr Bawumia, As He Launches To EP Church, Ghana’s 175th Anniversary

Harmonious Religious Diversity Is A Force For Good – Dr Bawumia, As He Launches To EP Church, Ghana’s 175th Anniversary

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has launched the 175th anniversary celebrations of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church Ghana (EPCG) with a call on Ghanaians to view and utilize the various religious inclinations as a force for good and a facilitator of national cohesion. “As children of the only and one true God, whether Christian or Muslim, we all believe in the God of Isaac, Jacob and Abraham. We all believe in the virgin birth of Mary. We all believe that Jesus Christ is the savior and that Jesus Christ will come back again to save the world. “This is what should…
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How Non-Resident Ghanaians, Ghanaians Outside The Country, Visitors Can Register Their SIMS – Ursula

How Non-Resident Ghanaians, Ghanaians Outside The Country, Visitors Can Register Their SIMS – Ursula

The Minister for Communications and Digitalisation, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has explained how non-resident Ghanaians, Ghanaians on official assignments outside the country and visitors can register their SIMS without a Ghana card. Non-residents According to the Minister, non-resident Ghanaians who do not have the Ghana card can use their passports to complete the process but will be required to update. "I urge them to comply with these directives and to contact the National Communications Authority (NCA) if they have any peculiar challenges," Mrs Owusu-Ekuful said today at a press briefing in Accra. She added that Ministry will on Tuesday, August 2, 2022,…
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Minister Directs GES To Speed Up Staff IDs Of Newly Recruited Teachers

Minister Directs GES To Speed Up Staff IDs Of Newly Recruited Teachers

Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, Minister of Education, has directed the Ghana Education Service to speed up the processes for the issuance of staff ID numbers to newly recruited teachers. The Minister stated that it would help enable the teachers to be put on the payroll to receive their salaries. Dr Adutwum’s call follows reports in a section of the media that some newly recruited teachers have not been paid a few months after being posted due to lack of staff ID numbers to be used for the payment processes. Mr Yaw Opoku Mensah, Deputy Spokesperson of the Ministry of Education,…
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“Breaking The 8” Is Last Feat Of My Political Career, Help Me Achieve It- President Akufo-Addo To NPP Members

“Breaking The 8” Is Last Feat Of My Political Career, Help Me Achieve It- President Akufo-Addo To NPP Members

President Akufo-Addo has made a passionate appeal to the rank and file of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), to help him achieve the last feat of his political career, which he says is "breaking the 8" and handing over to another NPP President on the 7 January 2025. Speaking to NPP faithful at their 30th Anniversary and National Thanksgiving Service held at the Ohene-Konadu auditorium at the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) , today 31 July 2022, under the theme; "NPP@30: Our Shared Traditional, Holding and Working Together a Stable and Prosperous Nation", President Akufo-Addo said it is hoped…
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Quick Loan Non-Payers Are Evil And Corrupt; We’ll Find Them Out – Ursula Owusu-Ekuful

Quick Loan Non-Payers Are Evil And Corrupt; We’ll Find Them Out – Ursula Owusu-Ekuful

The Minister of Communications and Digitisation, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has bemoaned the attitude of some Ghanaians take that loans from telecommunication companies and refuse to pay back. She said one of the reluctances by some section of Ghanaians to register their sim cards is because they are owing some of the telcos. Speaking to the press in Accra ahead of the deadline for sim card registrations across the country, she said such people are evil doers and corrupt. The Minister said the government is devising ways to phishing out such unscrupulous people and hold them accountable. "I have been informed that…
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Self-Service SIM Re-registration App To Be Launched, Subscribers To Pay ₵5

Self-Service SIM Re-registration App To Be Launched, Subscribers To Pay ₵5

The Minister for Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has announced that a self-service sim reregistration app will be launched on August 2. According to her, this app will enable the public re-register their sim cards in the comfort of their homes without having to queue at any network operator’s office. Speaking at a press briefing on Sunday, Mrs Owusu-Ekuful said that the app will be available for download on both android and IOS this week barring any unforeseen circumstances. Also, each registration via the app will be subject to a GH¢5 surcharge, she added. The minister said that the launch of the…
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NPP Is The Best Party To Deal With Ghana’s Economic Challenges – Akufo-Addo

NPP Is The Best Party To Deal With Ghana’s Economic Challenges – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reiterated the competence of his team and his party to deal with Ghana’s current challenges. He said the New Patriotic Party (NPP) over the years has demonstrated that it has the right to people steer the affairs of the country. Speaking at the 30th anniversary thanksgiving of the party in Accra, the President said that the party will continue to churn out such leadership to handle national issues. “This is a party that has provided national leadership to deal with difficult phases of our national lives…” he said. He added “it will provide the leadership…
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