Author: Nerteley Nettey
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COVID-19: GSA partners FDA to ensure production of standardized PPE locally
The Ghana Standards Authority, GSA, says it is collaborating with the Food and Drugs Authority, FDA, to ensure that all Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) being produced on a large scale locally meets the set standards for use. Some local companies have started producing about 3.6 million masks as government steps us efforts to encourage their…
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COVID-19: Halt demurrage and rent charges at the ports – GUTA to GPHA
The Ghana Union of Traders’ Associations (GUTA), is calling on government to compel the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) and the shipping lines to refrain from claiming ‘demurrage and rent charges’ on cargo at the country’s ports during the period of the partial lock-down amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Demurrage is a charge payable to…
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Energy Minister announces withdrawal of new LPG levy
Government has announced the withdrawal of the 13.5 pesewas Cylinder Recirculation Margin (CRM) levy placed on every kilogram of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG). This was revealed by the Minister of Energy, Peter Amewu at a press briefing on Thursday, April 16, 2020. “That slight increase in price that you saw in the papers, it has…
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COVID-19: Govt to spend GHS1billion on Energy Relief Package
Government is expected to cumulatively spend GHS1 billion to absorb the electricity bills of Ghanaians for April, May and June, as part of measures to offer some relief to consumers in the wake of tightened financial conditions caused by the novel Coronavirus pandemic. The package will cover over 86 percent of individual consumers and industries…
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Fuel prices to remain stable in first pricing window in April – IES predicts
Prices of fuel are to remain stable in the first pricing window of April, 2020, according to the Institute of Energy Security, IES. In a statement issued by the Institute, they attribute the stability in fuel prices to the fairly modest reduction in prices of Gasoline and Gasoil on the international market, as well as…
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Gov’t should have investigated allegations against TOR’s Asante Berko – IES
The Executive Director of the Institute of Energy Studies, IES, Paa Kwesi Anamuah Sakyi, says government should have investigated bribery allegations against the Managing Director of the Tema Oil Refinery, Asante Berko, before accepting his resignation. According to him, it is not enough for government to only rely on information from ‘foreign entities’. Speaking to…
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Inflation rate for March remains at 7.8 percent
New figures released by the Ghana Statistical Service, GSS, show that inflation rate for March 2020 remained unchanged at 7.8 percent. By this, the rate at which prices of goods and services change over a period of time was the same for the February figure of 7.8 percent. Also, this means that, in the month…
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Electricity tariffs must go down despite Government’s relief to consumers – CUTS Ghana
Research and Public Policy Think Tank, CUTS Ghana, which has petitioned the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission,(PURC) to reduce electricity tariffs to reflect the current cost of generation, says the call is valid despite the newly announced interventions by government. Lifeline consumers of electricity are to enjoy free power for three months, whereas all other consumers…
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COVID-19 cases in Ghana now 641 with 83 recoveries
The confirmed cases of the novel Coronavirus in Ghana have increased to 641. The number of recoveries has also increased to eighty-three. However, the number of deaths still stand at eight. The 83 were part of the 268 confirmed cases under routine surveillance. This was confirmed by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) on Wednesday, April…
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TOR MD, Asante Berko resigns after bribery allegations in US
The Managing Director of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), Asante Berko has resigned. His resignation comes after he was dragged to court in the United States for allegedly making illegal payments to gain approval for a client’s power plant project from 2015 through to 2016 in Ghana. A press statement issued by the Director of…