Government is considering loan system for needy tertiary students – Nana Addo

President Akufo-Addo says his administration is looking towards a loan system that will adequately cater for deprived students who can’t pay for tertiary education. Read: Free Electricity For Lifeline Customers Starts Today 1st August,2020 This comes on the back of his administration’s much-touted free Senior High School and Technical and Vocational Education and Training introduced … Read more

COVID-19: Government announces GHS 10.3m package for ‘infected’ health personnel

Government has provided a life insurance package worth GH¢10.3 million for health personnel at the forefront of Ghana’s fight against the novel Coronavirus disease in the country. Health personnel expected to benefit from this package include persons involved in surveillance and case management, as well as other health personnel who get infected in the line … Read more

No decision has been taken on when public gatherings can resume – Akufo-Addo

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says a decision on when restrictions on public gatherings – put in place to curb the spread of coronavirus – to be lifted, has yet to be taken. He said a lot of information has been gathered on the geographical footprint of the virus, which has influenced the manner … Read more

We’ll lock down any community where COVID-19 is prevalent – Nana Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said although the partial lockdown of some parts of the country has been lifted, the government will closely monitor events in some hotspots in the Greater Accra and Eastern Regions to prevent a spread of the Coronavirus. Addressing the nation on Sunday, Apri 19, 2020, the President said the … Read more

Akufo-Addo extends ban on public gatherings by two weeks

The president, Nana Akufo-Addo has extended the initial one-month ban on public gatherings including religious activities and funerals by an additional two weeks. The extension comes into full force after he signed the Executive Instrument to give effect to the new measure. The Director of Communications at the presidency, Eugene Arhin said the extension takes … Read more

President Nana Addo announces 3 months tax holiday, allowances for health workers

President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced a tax holiday for health workers in the country for the next three (3) months beginning April 2020. The President made this known during his fifth national address today, Sunday, April 5, 2020, where he updated Ghanaians on the fight against the spread of the novel Coronavirus disease in the … Read more