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Only Ghanaians and foreigners with valid resident permits will be allowed in Ghana-Information Minister

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The government of Ghana has imposed a temporary ban on travelers from countries that have recorded 200 or more cases of coronavirus. This ban is however not applicable to Ghanaian citizens or foreigners with valid Ghanaian resident permits.

The travel ban was announced by Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrkumah at a press briefing in Accra on Sunday, March 15, 2020. 

Mr Oppong Nkrumah also revealed that the government of Ghana is at this moment discouraging any form of travel to the country. 

Speaking to the media Kojo said, “All travel to Ghana is strongly discouraged. Non-Ghanaian citizens who within last 14 days have travelled to countries with more than 200 confirmed COVID-19 cases are barred from Ghana. There is also a mandatory 14 day self quarantine upon entry to Ghana”. 

The new measures have been taken after Ghana announced that it has recorded 4 more cases of the deadly coronavirus, bringing the offical number of cases to six in the West African nation.

The government said three of the cases were recorded in Accra while one other was recorded in the Ashanti Region. 

The Director of Public Health at Ghana Health Service, Dr Badu Sarkodie who provided updates on the country’s cases said in the new cases were also imported into the country. 


Source:A1radioonline.com|101.1MHZ|Ghana

Coronavirus: 6 cases confirmed in Ghana

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Four more cases of the new Coronavirus have been confirmed in Ghana. This makes a total of 6 cases so far. 

The development was announced by Director of Public Health at Ghana Health Service, Dr. Badu Sarkodie during a press briefing on the current status of the country at the Information Ministry, Sunday, March 15, 2020. 

According to him, 2 more cases, after Thursday’s, were confirmed on Friday March 13, 2020 – one from the Ashanti Region and the other from the Greater Accra Region. 

“The first is a 56-year-old Ghanaian who returned from a trip in the United Kingdom on the 4th of March. He stayed in the UK for 10 days. He developed symptoms on the 12th of March and reported to a health facility in Obuasi,” said Dr. Sarkodie. 

Samples, according to Badu Sarkodie, were taken from him and taken to the Kumasi Center for collaborative Research and the results returned positive. 

The second, he noted, is a woman, and a student. She travelled to the United States of Anerica, stayed there for about 10 days and returned to Ghana on the 10th of March. 

On the 13th of March, she started showing symptoms that later were confirmed to be compatible with the suspected case of COVID-19. 

Samples were taken, taken to Noguchi Memorial Medical Research Institute and emerged positive. 

The fifth and sixth cases were recorded on Saturday, late in the afternoon, from the Noguchi Memorial Medical Research. 

According to Dr. Sarkodie, the first is a 42-year-old Ghanaian male who returned to Ghana on the 8th of March. He had travelled to Switzerland and UK in the past 14 days. 

Symptoms started on the 9th of March and he reported to the health facility on the 14. After samples were tested, it was confirmed positive. 

The second case in this batch was a 41-year-old Ghanaian male. He reported to the Tema General Hospital on the 14th of March with fever and acute respiratory illness. He had travelled to Turkey and Germany within the past 14 days. Results from Noguchi came back positive. 

Both cases had no symptoms on arrival. 

Dr. Badu however assured that all four cases are stable and under observation. They are receiving treatment under isolation conditions. 

“This brings to a total of six confirmed COVID-19 cases in Ghana, there are no deaths and this is the situation as at March 14, 2020. All the 6 cases were imported into Ghana” He added. 

Source:Ghanaweb.com

60 graduates trained to handle 1D1F in Builsa South

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Over 60 graduates from diverse backgrounds in the Builsa South District of the Upper East Region have been taken through a two day seminar on the enabled youth 1D1F initiative by the Rural Enterprise programme Under the Ministry of Trade and Industry.

The Builsa South District is so far the only beneficiary of the 1D1F policy in the Upper East Region to process and package rice on commercial scale in an attempt to avoid clouts and post harvest losses.

The 1D1F initiated by the Akufo Addo’s led administration is a production industry driven initiative to establish factories across the country in an attempt to curb unemployment and reduce importation of food.

According to DCE for the area ,Daniel Kwame Gariba said “these Young ones were taken through company registration processes, Developing a workable Business plan, group dynamics and how to manage a business successfully.

All these are steps to build their capacities to manage and operate the Rice Processing Factory coming up in the District under the 1D1F policy of his Excellency the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo. The Objective is to make these young ones Business owners who will in turn employ others to work in the company”.

He added “this is is a pragmatic step to solving the unemployment situation in the country.

The project when operationalized will address post harvest losses and grains clout as witnessed in the Builsa areas in 2019.

Source:A1radioonline.com|101.1MHZ|Ghana

Third suspected Coronavirus case in Ghana to be announced

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Ghana may soon be announcing a third case of the COVID-19 pandemic today. 

According to reports from local news channel Joynews, the suspected patient who works with a mining company reportedly returned from abroad this week through the Kotoka International Airport and flew to Obuasi by helicopter. 

It furthers that the said affected person looked sick upon arrival at the airport, and would even not allow anyone to come close. 

After reporting himself to a health facility in Kumasi where a series of tests were conducted, results came out positive.  

As it stands, he is reportedly under quarantine receiving treatment and undergoing medical observation.

Source:Ghanaweb.com

Coronavirus: GES orders suspension of public activities

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Schools in Ghana have been ordered to suspend all public activities on the back of two confirmed cases of the deadly coronavirus in the country.

“All schools are to suspend all public activities such as speech and prize-giving days until further directives are given by the Director-General,” the Ghana Education Service announced Friday. 

Two persons, a Ghanaian and Norwegian, who recently arrived in the country tested positive to the covid-19 pandemic which has infected over….and killed more than ….globally. 

Health officials have since moved in to contain the spread of the virus by conducting contact tracing. 

The Norwegian Embassy in Accra where one of the infected persons works, has since Friday shut down operations from its premises as all staff have been quarantined. 

A statement from the GES Friday announcing precautionary measures said education materials on the coronavirus developed in collaboration with the Ghana Health Service have been deployed to all schools across the country.

“Regional and District Education Directors are to ensure that heads of schools make the materials readily available to staff and students. Educational Directors are also expected to liaise with their respective Regional and District Health Directors to ensure smooth education campaign in the schools,” the statement directed. 

Also, all schools have been asked to intensify education on hand washing with soap under running water. 

“In the light of this, all schools are to be supported to provide ‘veronica buckets’ and ‘Tippy Taps’ and soaps made available to ensure that children wash their hands frequently,” another statement jointly issued by the GES and the Ghana Health Service directed. 

A toll free number 199 has been introduced for schools to immediately report suspected case for a standby health teams to respond and take immediate action 

It assured the general public measures being put in place to ensure that “our pupils, students and staff are informed and well protected from the disease”.

Source: 3news.com 

Corona Virus:Ghanaians living in sorrow without a decisive leader-Hassan Ayariga

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According to the Leader of All People’s Congress (APC)Dr. Hassan Ayariga ,Ghanaians are now living in sorrow without a decisive leadership who can at the moment protect the lives of the citizens.

Ghana yesterday confirmed its first case of Novel CoronaVirus with government announcing a $100 million budget to deal with the situation.

But Dr. Ayariga in a statement issued and copied A1 News said “We expect our government to roll out intensive measures and proper education at various places, markets places, lorry stations, Airports, harbors mosques, churches, schools, Hospitals and border areas to protect our citizens.

He is suggesting that Government should constitute various teams and deploy them to various constituencies and communities to do proper sensitization of the deadly Virus, not every GHANAIAN is previewed to Radio and Television sensitization.

The Leader of APC has also called on government to close all the borders.

“We also expect our government to ban all affected countries from entering our country. All schools and public institutions should be given proper Education and equipments to protect themselves, if necessary closedown some schools for some weeks

Market women and men should be educated on the challenges of handling money, it is a means of exchange, and it can also be a factor of transmitting the virus” He added.

Meanwhile, he has insisted that Government should do proper investigation of the two affected persons and also help check and screen all their families and friends including co workers to help give immediate attention and treatment.

Dr Ayariga therefore called on the public to be hygiene conscious and educate others on the disease .

“We are all at stake, May the Good Lord Protect and defend our country and it’s citizens.Let’s fight it together and educate our children and families” He appealed.

Source:A1Radioonlinw.com|101.1MHZ|Ghana

UER:All 5 aspirants cleared to contest NPP Primaries

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All five parliamentary candidates from three constituencies have been cleared to contest in the upcoming primaries of the governing New Patriotic Party(NPP) in the Upper East Region.

In a memo containing the clearance of the aspirants sighted by A1 News, the National vetting committee said “the Upper East Region held its vetting of the Aspiring Parliamentary Candidates (APCs) on Monday, the 2nd day of March, 2020 at the Regional Secretariat Bolgatanga.

In line with the rules and regulations governing the conduct of the parliamentary primaries, the following APCs have been recommended by the National Parliamentary Vetting Committee to contest the upcoming parliamentary primaries scheduled for Saturday, the 25th day of April, 2020”.

The statement further stated that “all the Five (5) APCs comprising One (1) female and Four (4) males have been accepted by the National Executive Committee (NEC) to contest in the Constituencies”.

Below are the Constituencies and aspirants:

ZEBILA CONSTITUENCY
(i) Hon Frank Fuseini Adongo
(ii) Dr. John Kingsley Krugu

NAVRONGO CENTRAL CONSTITUENCY
(i) Hon. Tangoba Abayage
(ii) Hon. Joseph Kofi Adda

TEMPANE CONSTITUENCY
(i) Hon. Joseph Dindiok Kpemka

Meanwhile,the National Parliamentary Vetting Committee hasn’t expressed
The National Parliamentary Vetting Committee has expressed profound gratitude to the Regional Executives, Constituency Executives, APCs, their supporters for the good sportsmanship displayed before, during and after the vetting exercise.

The Committee has however cautioned party faithful to remain disciplined ahead of the elections

“It is the cherish hope of the Committee that all members in the respective constituencies will put their shoulders to the wheel to support whoever emerges on the 25th April, 2020 contest in order for the party to resoundingly retain the seat and give Four (4) more years to NANA ADDO-DANKWA AKUFO-ADDO the President of the Republic of Ghana and the Commander-in-Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces” the statement signed by
Cletus Innocent Ayambire Secretary of the National Parliamentary Vetting Committee Upper East Region, Bolgatanga added.

Source:A1radioonline.com|101.1MHZ|Ghana

We are ready to face Coronavirus-GHS

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The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed it’s readiness to deal with the Coronavirus which is ravaging and spreading it’s tentacles to every continent and country in the world.

Dozens have been reported dead and many others infected while,a few have recovered from the viral infectious disease.

The situation has led the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare the disease a pandemic and cautioned affected countries to put in place precautionary measures to contain the outbreak.

Ghana has had 57 suspected cases all tested negative but neighboring countries such as Togo,Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso as well as Nigeria have recorded the disease.

President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Akufo Addo in a televised speech on the disease has expressed satisfaction about the preparation put in place in the country especially at the entry points.

The President therefore announced a budgetary allocation of $100 Million to secure logistics in preventing the disease into the country.

However,a section of Ghanaians have raised concerns about the porous nature of the borders which has the high tendency of exposing the citizens to the disease taking into consideration the daily inter border trading activities.

Meanwhile,addressing health professionals and other relevant stakeholders in Bolgatanga in a performance review meeting, Upper East Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service,Dr.Winfrey Ofosu said all the measures put in place so far were encouraging and adequate enough to tackle the novel Coronavirus.

“The disease now in our neighboring country Burkina Faso to the north,Togo and La Cote D’voire, Ghana has just become an Island in the spread of this pandemic. I believe the questions on the lips of everyone is whether we are ready to deal with the disease if the case comes to Ghana.And I say yes we are prepared but just like any student going to write an exam,you are never prepared until you enter the exam hall “He said.

Dr.Ofosu who was speaking on the theme “the role of quality data in achieving universal health coverage” noted that despite the stringent measures put in place, effective training will be given to health workers across the country.

Source:A1radioonline.com|101.1MHZ|Ghana

Ghana-Burkina Faso Railway will transform Ghana – Joe Ghartey

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Minister for Railways Development, Joe Ghartey has said the implementation of a railway interconnectivity from Ghana to neighboring Burkina Faso will create transformational activities for Ghana.

It will be recalled that the government of Ghana led by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the Burkina Faso side led by President Marc Christian Kabore in 2017 entered into an agreement to connect the two West African countries through the rail line to accelerate economic growth and development for mutual benefits.

The railway is expected to start from Tema through Mpakadan, which is currently under construction, through Hohoe, Nkwanta, Bimbila, Yendi, Tamale, Walewale, Bolgatanga, Paga, Po, Zabre, Tenkodogo, Manga and finally in Ouagadougou.

Minister for Railways Development, Joe Ghartey made this known when he addressed the press in Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region.

Mr. Ghartey said that all regional capitals will be connected by the railway while a branch line will be constructed to Sheini, a village in the Zabzugu-Tatale district in the Northern region to provide rail access to a huge iron ore deposit sites.

The estimated 1, 200km stretch of the project according to the minister when completed will open up the country for economic exploitation.

“The city of Sekondi Takoradi was established by railway, not by the port. So, if we pray to God and the vision of the two presidents come through, Bolga will change, Paga will change, Navrongo will change”, he said.

Without any hindrance, Mr. Ghartey said a signing of a Public Private Partnership (PPP) agreement with the two countries and a private firm is expected to end in September this year to pave way for the commencement of the construction phase of the project.

Burkina Faso Minister for Transport and Urban Mobility, Vincent T. Dabilgou on his part pledged his country support for the project. He added that the railway when completed will support the transportation of goods and as well reduced travelling cost in his country.

Meanwhile,Upper East Regional Minister, Tangoba Abayage said the railway connectivity was in fulfillment of president Akufo-Addo’s commitment to develop the railway sector of the country. Madam Tangoba expressed optimism that the railway when completed will transform the country.

Source:A1radioonline.com|101.1MHZ|Ghana

Wood Workers raises alarm over possible shortage of wood

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Some wood workers in Bolgatanga Municipality of the Upper East Region are expressing worries that the country will soon be hit by shortage of wood.

According to them, the country is at a stage where the wood producing communities have reduced supplies drastically as a result of extinction of some specie.

Speaking on behalf of the wood workers, the National Organizer of the Wood Workers Association, Emmanuel Tetteh Doku explained that the association has begun talks with other neighboring countries for the supply of wood for construction and other related usage.

“Currently, our association is in talks with one company in South Africa on how it can supply wood into the country. It is sad to know that as a country we are beginning to import something which could have made it ourselves.” He said.

Mr. Doku added that despite the country’s efforts to educate its populace on how to protect and grow trees to meet the rising demands of wood products,there were existing challenges.

“This idea of tree planting though somewhat will help the country’s forestry, it can not solve the immediate problem our association is facing currently.”He added.

He, however, pleaded on government to find lasting solutions to their predicament as well as put in measures that will encourage the youth to venture into the technical course at various institutions.

“Our plea to government is to help us do proper negotiations with companies that are willing to supply the country with wood.” He said.

Meanwhile, the Upper East Regional Chairman of the Association, Apuzio Cletus, reasoned that if they get to a point where there is no solution to their predicament on the shortage of wood, bamboo will be used as an alternative.

Source:A1radioonline.com|101.1MHZ|Ghana

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