Henceforth, students in tertiary institutions will not need a guarantor to access loans from the Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF). With this policy, a student only needs an admission letter and the Ghana Card to access the loan. This followed the launch of the ‘No Guarantor Students Loan Policy’ by the Vice- President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, last Wednesday at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). Present at the ceremony were Vice- Chancellors of public universities, a Deputy Minister of Education, Rev. Ntim Fordjour; the Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei-Mensah, and some metropolitan, municipal and district chief executives....
Go back to wearing your masks – GHS advises as Covid-19 cases increase
The Ghana Health Service has urged the public to go back to wearing face masks. Addressing the media on Wednesday, the Director-General, Ghana Health Service, Dr. Patrick Kumah Aboagye recommended the wearing of face masks in schools, churches and other enclosed areas as means to curtail the spread of the virus. This call comes after the emergence of new strains of the Covid-19 Omicron variant in circulation across the country. The Omicron variant of Covid-19 was the main driver of the country’s fourth wave, peaking at more than a thousand new cases daily. As the infections begin to rise again,...
Sam George gives authorities 24-hour ultimatum to pull down LGBTQI billboard
The Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, Sam George has issued a 24 hour ultimatum to authorities to pull down a billboard on the Accra-Tema Motorway that supposedly promotes LGBTQI activities. “We are calling on the Inspector General of Police to immediately, within the next 24 hours to carry out the necessary security operations to ensure that this billborad which is an affront to the Constitution is taken down in conjunction with the MCE for the area.” According to one of the sponsors of the Anti- LGBTQI Bill currently before the house, the promotion of the practice through outdoor advertising is...
The Council of State can’t justify the amounts we spend on them – Prof. Agyeman-Duah
Former Senior United Nations Governance Advisor, Professor Baffour Agyeman-Duah says the Council of State should be entirely scrapped from the constitution of Ghana. According to him, their role in the state machinery is redundant and merely contributes to the duplicity seen in several Ghanaian governments over the years. He noted that their main mandate which was to provide advice to the President has been usurped by the Presidential appointments of special advisors; thus currently the Council is merely creating jobs for itself to justify the salary it receives. Speaking on JoyNews’ PM Express, he said, “The creation is redundant. Before...
Dortmund Legends arrive in Ghana ahead of clash with African Giants
Borussia Dortmund legends have arrived in Ghana ahead of their maiden visit to the West African country. The former players, including Champions League winners Karl Heinze Riedle, Jan Koller and Roman Weidenfeller arrived at the Kotoko International Airport (KIA) last night for Legends Tour Ghana 2022. They are expected to be in Ghana till June 12 and play in a special legends game against African Giants captained by Abedi Pele on Saturday, June 11 at the Accra Sports Stadium. Dortmund and Ghana Legend Coach, Ibrahim Tanko, along with officials of Shooting Stars FC and key partners of the event were...
Chief Imam To Engage Security Experts
The National Chief Imam, Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu, has reacted to the recent massacre of worshippers by terrorists in a Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State of Nigeria, as he seeks to engage a group of security experts. The experts, who must be Muslims, will have their terms of reference centering on how to protect mosques against terrorists. The experts, he added, would constantly counsel the cleric about how keep congregational prayers held in the open safe. According to the spokesperson of the revered cleric, who spoke to the DAILY GUIDE earlier, “drawing from the lessons of the unfortunate incident which occurred...
MPs In ‘Dog Fight’ Over Gay Bill
Discussions on the perceived delay of work on the anti-LGBTQ bill by the Committee on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs deteriorated into a dogfight in Parliament yesterday amidst shouting matches. The Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, 2021, seeks to criminalise homosexuality and its allied sexual orientations and make advocating for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people a crime in the country. Currently, the committee is holding a public hearing to give individuals and organisations who have submitted memoranda on the bill the opportunity to justify their submissions and offer further explanation on...
Ecobank Armed Robbers Jailed 40 Years
Two armed robbers who were arrested in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region in connection with bank robbery have been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment each. The convicts, Emeka Opara and Samuel Kalu, were arrested on May 30, 2022, following their attack on a victim at ECOBANK, Abrepo Junction, where they succeeded in bolting with a bag containing an amount of Thirty Thousand Ghana Cedis (GH₵ 30,000.00). But the Police succeeded in retrieving the money and successfully prosecute the robbers. Police is therefore asking “Any member of the public who can recognise any of them in connection with other crimes, should...
More personnel deployed to Ghana’s borders amidst terror threats – Ambrose Dery
Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery says government is taking threats of terror attacks in Ghana seriously. Mr. Dery says government is leaving no stone unturned in its quest to protect lives and properties. Speaking on the floor of Parliament, Ambrose Dery said the Ghana Immigration Service has increased its border patrols to check persons arriving into the country illegally. The West Africa Centre for Counter-Extremism in its latest report warned that Ghana is at high risk of terrorism following pockets of civil, political, and social unrest in parts of the West African sub-region. It said threats of violent extremism are heavily...
World Bank warns Ghana, others against widening credit spreads, weakened currencies
The World Bank is warning Ghana and some African countries against the widening credit spreads and weakened currencies. In its June 2022 Global Economic Prospects report, the Bretton Wood institution, also said the tightening of monetary policy to combat rising inflation has also gathered pace in several Sub-Saharan African economies including Ghana, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and South Africa. Moreover, the rising core inflation in several countries (Cameroon, Nigeria, Uganda) points to broadening price pressures, further reducing room for accommodative policies. The World Bank also pointed out that the tightening of monetary policy to combat rising inflation has also...