Category: General
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GOIL donates items worth over GHS50,000 to Poilce Hospital
As part of efforts to fight the coronavirus outbreak in the country, Oil Marketing Company (OMC), GOIL Company Limited, has donated items worth over GHS50,000 to the Police Hospital to help front line staff to fight the virus. The items include Medical scrubs, face masks, bed sheets, veronica buckets, liquid soap, tissue, hand sanitizers and…
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COVID-19: NSIA Insurance donates five motorbikes to Ministry of Health
In support of government’s efforts in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, the Board, management and staff of NSIA Insurance Company Limited, have donated five comprehensively insured multi-purpose motorbikes to the Ministry of Health. The donation is to facilitate and enhance the tracing and surveillance activities of the Ministry. Though other measures such as the…
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COVID-19: Ghana’s case count now 1,671 with 188 recoveries; 16 deaths
The confirmed cases of the novel Coronavirus in Ghana have increased to 1,671 from 1,550. The number of recoveries and deaths have also increased to one hundred and eighty-eight (188) and sixteen (16) respectively. This was disclosed by the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr. Patrick Aboagye at a press briefing on Tuesday,…
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COVID-19: Accountant General implements tax reliefs for health workers and COVID-19 Fund pledges
The Controller and Accountant-General has implemented the three months tax relief granted to all health workers as directed by the President in his recent address to the nation on the coronavirus pandemic. President Akufo-Addo, while addressing the nation on April 5, 2020, on measures taken by the government to contain the spread of the COVID-19…
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COVID-19: Citi TV partners Zoomlion to fumigate selected University campuses
Ghana’s fastest growing television channel, Citi TV, has rolled out a plan to fumigate campuses of selected Universities in the Greater Accra Region, in partnership with waste management firm, Zoomlion. The Corporate Social Responsibility initiative by the company; seeks to keep the campuses safe and clean for use when academic work resumes; as schools are…
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Citi TV to embark on COVID-19 Awareness Campaign with Mobile Vans
Ghanaian Television channel, Citi TV, will from Thursday, April 9, 2020, kick-start a sensitization campaign on the coronavirus pandemic in specific markets and communities in Accra, to keep citizens more informed to protect themselves and the masses from the disease. The station has thus dedicated two of its pick-up vehicles solely branded for the exercise.…
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Wilmar Africa supports COVID-19 fight in cash and kind worth 1 million cedis
Wilmar Africa Ltd has presented cash and products worth GHs 1,000,000 to support government’s efforts to check the spread of COVID-19 and also alleviate the plight of the less privileged families in society. The donation comprises a GHs 100,000 cheque to the Covid-19 Trust Fund, and GHs 900,000 worth of products ; namely Viking Rice,…
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Hasman Tech. Services Ltd. donates GHS100,000 to Noguchi to aid COVID-19 fight
Hasman Technical Services Limited, a Ghanaian-owned company providing world class technical services to the power generation and oil and gas sectors has presented a cheque for One Hundred Thousand Cedis (GHS1,00,000) to the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research. The donation is to support the institute to enhance its testing activities to boost Ghana’s fight…
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COCOBOD CEO, deputies donate salaries, hand sanitizers to aid COVID-19 fight
The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Joseph Boahen Aidoo, and his three deputies, have donated 50 percent of their salaries for three months, and a cash amount of GH₵ 200,000 to support the fight against COVID-19 in the country. In addition, Mr. Aidoo on behalf of COCOBOD presented 5000 gallons of…
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Some Ghanaian hotels contemplate closure soon as COVID-19 causes low patronage
As the coronavirus COVID-19 takes a toll on all kinds of businesses and economic activities globally, the Ghana Hotels Association says its members may be forced to close down some of their facilities if government doesn’t take steps to cushion them from the effects of low patronage. The Association says very few people are now…