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18 Mar

Amin Adam Defends Akufo-Addo’s Borrowing Amid COVID-19 Crisis

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Former Finance Minister Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam has defended the Akufo-Addo administration’s borrowing practices, arguing that loans secured during the COVID-19 pandemic were essential and should not be deemed as mismanagement. Speaking in an interview on Channel One TV, Dr. Amin Adam responded to criticisms of the government’s debt strategy, emphasizing the necessity of these financial decisions in tackling the unprecedented challenges of the pandemic. “I don’t know how anybody would describe the borrowing to address the COVID-19 pandemic as reckless borrowing. I don’t know if anybody is right to call that reckless borrowing,” he stated. He stressed the importance…

30 Jul

Vladimir Putin And COVID-19 Are Mahama’s Campaign Managers- Dr. George Domfe

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Development Economist and senior research fellow, Centre for social policies Studies, University of Ghana, Dr. George Domfe, said the current economic challenges in Ghana would be far worse if not for the resilience of the economy built by the current government. He argues that despite the difficulties, everything is still better than what former President John Dramani Mahama left behind. Doctor Domfe credits the growth of the economy in 2019 as a testament to the current government's policies, stating that Mahama would not have been able to campaign if not for external factors. He jokingly refers to Russian President Vladimir…

02 May

Ghana Records 31 New COVID-19 Cases

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The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed 31 new cases of COVID-19 within the country over the past week. Dr. Kwame Amponsah-Achiano, the Programmes Manager at the Expanded Programme on Immunization, assured the public that these cases are not severe. Speaking to the media in Accra, Dr. Amponsah-Achiano emphasized that COVID-19 is now a persistent presence, requiring ongoing vigilance. In response to the recent cases, the Ghana Health Service will initiate a vaccination campaign starting from Sunday, May 5. Dr. Amponsah-Achiano stressed the importance of vaccination in curbing the spread of the virus, noting that the upcoming national COVID-19 vaccination drive is part of the country's…

18 Oct

The Whole World Is Yet To Recover From COVID-19 But Ghana Is Doing Well- Kusi Boafo

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The Chief Executive Officer of Public Sector Reforms, Kusi Boafo has asserted that every economy across the world is yet to recover from the impact of COVID-19. He noted that even the giant economies in the world have still not recovered from COVID-19. This is an indication that Ghana is doing well in terms of management of the economy. He spoke on Movement In The Morning show on Movement TV/ Wontumi Radio with Kwaku Dawuro. "Giant economies like South Korea are predicting 2025 to recover from the negative effect of COVID-19 on their economy. However, in Ghana, our economy has…

18 Oct

It Would Have Taken Ghana 12 Years To Recover From COVID-19 If Not Akufo-Addo- Kusi Boafo

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The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Public Sector Reforms, Thomas Kusi Boafo, has noted that had it not been for the intervention of President Akufo-Addo, it would have taken Ghana twelve years to recover from the brunt of COVID-19. He noted that many Ghanaians would have died if opposition NDC was in power. Because, they couldn't have managed the situation well; they would have chosen money over lives. "Every Ghanaian should ensure that on Sunday, they will go to church to thank God that COVID-19 never occured during the era of John Dramani Mahama. We would have been doomed. The…

04 Sep

Ending Hunger: The Role Of World Food Programme

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In a world of plenty, where enough food is produced to feed everyone on the planet, hunger should be a thing of the past. However, conflict, climate change, disasters, inequality and – most recently – the COVID-19 pandemic mean one in ten people globally are still going to bed hungry and famine looms for millions. One institution with the core mandate of ensuring hunger is a thing of the past is the United Nation’s World Food Programme (WFP). WFP has a presence in over 120 countries working towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal 2 which seeks to end hunger, achieve food…

09 Aug

NPP Has Not Mismanaged The Economy- Comm. Officer NPP Finland Branch

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Communications officer for New Patriotic Party (NPP), in Finland, Kwame Bamforo has emphatically stated that the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has not mismanaged the Ghanaian economy as the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) want Ghanaians to believe. According to him, Ghana’s economy was hit hard by the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian/Ukraine war likewise other European countries. However, despite the dire effect of the pandemic and the war, the NPP Government has been able to do a lot for the citizenry and there’s the need for government to propagate its good works for Ghanaians to appreciate…

20 Jul

GHS Embarks On 5- Day COVID-19 Vaccination With Johnson And Johnson Vaccines

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The Eastern Regional Health Directorate has commenced a 5-day COVID-19 vaccination exercise across the region today Wednesday 19th of July 2023 to Sunday 23rd July 2023 as part of the 7th Round of the National Covid-19 Vaccination Days Campaign. The objective is to increase coverage of vaccinated population to ensure the country achieves head immunity against the virus. Addressing the media in Koforidua ,the Regional Health Director Dr.Winfred Ofosu said , health workers and volunteers would be at strategic points in various communities including the various health directorate offices, hospitals, health centres, clinics, CHPS compounds, schools,marketplaces, places of worship such as churches…

20 Jul

Ashanti Region Fails To Hit COVID-19 Vaccination Target – GHS

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The Ashanti regional Directorate of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has recorded Covid-19 vaccination of about one million eight hundred twenty five people instead of about four million four hundred and eighty two thousand people target. So far two million five hundred and eighteen thousand have received a single dose of the COVID-19 Vaccination. This means the fully vaccinated population for the region against CoronaVirus disease is about 56.7% below the region’s target of over 70%. Despite the Ashanti region failing to achieve its COVID-19 vaccination target of over 70% of the population, the region is second across the 16…

29 May

COVID-19 Pandemic Is Officially Over In Ghana – Akufo-Addo Declares

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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has officially declared the COVID-19 pandemic over in Ghana. Addressing the country in his 29th televised address since the outbreak of the pandemic in March 2020, President Akufo-Addo, on May 28, 2023, said the decision to declare the pandemic over was arrived at during a meeting of the national COVID-19 Taskforce on May 17, 2023. He mentioned that this decision was based on the World Health Organization's declassification of the pandemic as a global health emergency. As a result, the president noted that all remaining restrictions from the COVID-19 era have now been lifted. These restrictions include requirements such as the mandatory testing…