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IMF bailout: Apologize for deceiving Ghanaians – Minority to Gov’t

The Minority in Parliament has called on the Akufo-Addo-Bawumia government to apologise to Ghanaians and immediately cancel the Electronic Transaction Levy (E-levy) for heading to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a bailout. Speaking to Starr News Minority spokesperson on Communications A.B.A Fuseini argued the move is final proof of the level …

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Gov’t owes Korle-Bu GHC5m in COVID treatment – Mgt.

The Management of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra says the government is owing the facility a whopping GHC5 million in COVID-19 expenditure. Speaking to GHOne News, the Chief Executive Officer of the facility, Dr. Opoku-Ware Ampomah stated that a lot of factors are affecting the operation of the hospital including …

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Gov’t cancels guarantor policy to access student loan

Government has cancelled the policy which required students to provide three guarantors to secure a loan. Ghanaian tertiary students will no longer require three SSNIT contributors as guarantors before they can secure student loans to pursue tertiary education. Prior to election 2020, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) promised to cancel …

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Gov’t launches ‘No Guarantor Student Loan’ policy

Government has cancelled the policy which required students to provide three guarantors to secure a loan. Ghanaian tertiary students will no longer require three SSNIT contributors as guarantors before they can secure student loan to pursue tertiary education. Prior to election 2020, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) promised to cancel …

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German govt spent over €200,000 on my hospital bills, I would have died if I were in Ghana – Ghanaian claims

A Germany-based Ghanaian, Mathew Ohene Ayim, has revealed that he only discovered he had liver cirrhosis after arriving in Germany and had several fatal operations done without paying a penny. According to him, his hospital bills over the past four years amounted to €200,000 (Ghs1.68 million). The German doctors told …

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Gov’t launches ‘One Student, One Tree’ initiative

As part of measures to create awareness and whip up public interest in the second edition of the Green Ghana Project, the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has activated the ‘One Student, One Tree initiative’. The program which was launched by the Deputy Minister in charge of Forestry, Benito …

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Gov’t earmarks $1.2m World Bank cash for dilapidated structures

Minister for Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has assured Council of Heads of Basic Schools their concerns over poor infrastructure are being addressed. The council in a communique outlined a number of challenges confronting basic education including poor infrastructure. Addressing the media after the World Bank cleared him of any …

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Aburi garden, others undergoing renovation – Gov’t

The government of Ghana has announced the renovation of some tourist sites across the country. “We have embarked on a product improvement plan, in which several tourists sites in the country are currently undergoing site renovations”, the Presidency announced in a tweet on Monday, 30 2022. The tourist sites currently …

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No nurse has turned into a crocodile – Tafo gov’t hospital

The Tafo Government Hospital in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region has denied claims that a student nurse turned into crocodile at the facility. This follows reports that a student nurse had turned into a crocodile causing, a pregnant staff nurse to collapse. According to the reports, the student nurse had …

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We’re dying of hunger – NABCo trainees tell gov’t

The Nation Builders’ Corps (NABCo) Trainees Association of Ghana has called on the government to pay the allowance arrears owed its members.  The trainees, who have not been paid their allowances in the last couple of months, say due to their current situation, they may not be alive to see …

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