Read the full story below;President Nana Akufo-Addo has disclosed that 280 million cedis have been allocated to absorb water bills for Ghanaians in the months of April, May and June. According to him, the government is hopeful the alleviation programme will help cushion Ghanaians as the nation fights against the COVID-19 pandemic. Out of this amount, two hundred and eighty million cedis (GH¢280 million) is being used to provide food for the vulnerable and free water for all Ghanaians for three (3) months, i.e. April, May and June, three hundred and twenty-three million cedis (GH¢323 million) is being used to motivate our health workers, and six hundred million cedis (GH¢600 million) of assistance is being provided to micro, small and medium-scale businesses. I expect disbursements of the six hundred million cedis to start in May',' he said.

Business News of Tuesday, 20 April 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comCorrespondence from Upper East:With barely a month to drift into the rainy season in the Upper East Region, Bolgatanga has been hit by a shortage of cement. Ghanaweb's Upper East Regional correspondent, Sarah Dubure, interacted with some cement dealers in Bolgatanga, to find out more about the development. In a visit to Mr. Fatawu Akaribo's shop, GhanaWeb spotted only 2 bags of cement available in the shop. A cement shop attendant, Rukaya Rufai, confirmed that there is a shortage of cement in Bolgatanga, which has led to an increase in price. She observed that business was always slow during the rainy season, but takes a positive turn during the months of February and March.

Following Ghana’s independence in 1957, the development of nursing gradually began to shift amid a dynamic change. Prior to this, all senior nurses in the Gold Coast were composed of White colonial women, but how did the profession actually gain roots in the country? In January of 1945, Isobel Hutton arrived from Britain to the Gold Coast to start a nursing school which was associated with that of the British nursing system, with focus on training nurses for the Ghanaian environment. A training school named the State Registered Nurses (SRN) was quickly established upon Hutton’s arrival and was situated at Kumasi. Though there’s not much significance in terms of their outfit, there still remains a startling semblance between how Ghanaian nurses looked in the 1960's and how they look today in 2021.

General News of Tuesday, 20 April 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comMinister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has opted to use his personal furniture at his office in the ministry. This was disclosed by fellow Member of Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong, who was speaking on ‘The Seat’ show on Net2 TV on Monday evening. “Go to Abu Jinapor’s office, go to NAPO’s office and go to Nitiwul’s office and see for yourself. “Abu Jinapor has changed his office, his own chairs at home is what he has used to set up his office. The president on his part called for a concerted, coordinated and non-partisan approach to combat the scourge which is threatening water bodies especially and farmlands in the countryside.

General News of Tuesday, 20 April 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comThe government has announced a ramping up of efforts to protect Ghana's water bodies from the activities of small scale miners. The renewed efforts include the enforcement of the ban on mining on water bodies across the country. This was announced by Water and Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Abena Dapaah at the start of a national tour of water bodies. The delegation first visited the Sekyere Hemang water treatment plant that supplies water to large parts of the Central Region before heading to examine the Daboase water treatment plant that supplies water to parts of the Western and Central Regions. She disclosed that the government is embarking on several water projects but the intake points of these water bodies have been compromised by activities of illegal miners stressing that as a result, the government has tasked Regional Security Councils to move in and help clamp down on illegal mining in these areas.

A video which has since gone viral has seen a Pastor and his congregants butchering satan with a machete in their church. But reacting to this, Captain Smart who was shocked indicated that these are the people to be blamed for the backward nature of the African Continent. “God doesn’t bless people who just pray. So it’s not about you going to sit in Church and pray all the time. Why are we becoming fools?”He noted that it’s even shocking that people who attend these Churches are professionals who should know better.

Politics of Tuesday, 20 April 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comThe Electoral Commission (EC) has finally provided Christopher Beyere Baasongti, the NDC parliamentary candidate for Techiman South, the constituency’s original pink sheets on the 2020 parliamentary election for inspection. The High Court had ruled that the original documents of the pink sheets should be presented to the candidate for inspection but the EC failed to heed the directive and instead provided photocopies. The EC, according to reports, arrived at the court on Monday, April 19, an hour late to file the original documents. The opposition NDC in arriving at the court, came along with a power generator and a photocopier to assess the documents. This is because there was nearly a power outage while the EC was filing its documents but the NDC was able to assess the documents.

In 1959, during the presidency of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, came to the country to, as part of many other official things, attend the presentation ceremony of the presentation of an aeroplane to Ghana Airways. In a photo shared by @GhanaianMusuem on Twitter, it showed how the late Duke was in the company of Kwame Nkrumah. "Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh at Ghana Airways aeroplane presentation ceremony in 1959. That will not be the only time Prince Philip will interact with leaders of Ghana, or visit the country though. As in most cases, the Duke Edinburgh had accompanied his wife to the ex-British colony.

BBC Pidgin of Monday, 19 April 2021Source: bbc.comJose Mourinho chop sack for Tottenham Hotspur FC on Monday morning afta 17 months. Di Portuguese guide di club to sixth position inside di Premier League last season. Spurs currently dey seventh for table as dem only pick up two points from dia past three league games. Spurs go face Manchester City inside di Carabao Cup final on Sunday. Di club knack out of the Europa League for March.

Rachel Appoh, in an Okay FM interview stated that, she has learnt of the activities of some unknown persons who are fleecing people with her identity on social media. Rachel Appoh angrily invoked the wrath of God on anyone who is engaged in such acts. "I have seen a number of accounts with my name on social media. I have not asked anyone to solicit money or do anything for me on social media. God punish you people, Any business transaction with this scammer is at your own risk.

Ama Busia, a sister of Kofi Abrefa Busia has conceded being wrong with her initial reaction to the appointment of Bawumia as Akufo-Addo’s partner. I told President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo that if I ever opposed his selection of Dr. Bawumia as running mate, he should please forgive me,” she said. She described Bawumia as ‘gem’ who has exceeded expectations as Vice President. I hold Dr. Bawumia in high esteem and have unwavering faith in him” Madam Ama Busia said during the interview. He has performed so well as Vice President and I say no Vice President has worked so hard and performed better than him in Ghana," said Madam Ama Busia.

Banku who is a die-hard supporter of the National Democratic Congress and has always expressed his unflinching support for ex-president, John Dramani Mahama, explained that he harbours no form of hatred for President Akufo-Addo. According to him, people doubt him anytime he says he has not been able to meet the President yet. I don’t envy or hate him, Banku said in an interview monitored by Ghanaweb. Banku recounted how he has been told several stories about how President Akufo-Addo used to fight as a juvenile boxer while growing up in Swalaba, an area in Accra. “If I’m going to fight and he comes to watch, it’s fine because he is the president,” Banku told Joy FM.

General News of Monday, 19 April 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comA pilot programme focused on fostering peace relations and operations among missions in Africa has been launched. The aim of the pilot course is to enhance the capacity of Humanitarian, Development and Peace (HDP) actors to work more coherently in attaining sustainable peace in conflict and post-conflict settings in Africa. Major General Francis Ofori, Commandant of the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Center (KAIPTC) in his opening remarks stated that a baseline study report commissioned by KAIPTC and the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) revealed the need for flexible and context-specific application of the HDP Nexus across the contexts of peace operations in Africa. “The report identifies potential roles that could be played by different actors as convening powers on specific projects in order to streamline initiatives. The report also recommends greater commitment towards the implementation of collective outcomes through joint analysis, mapping and planning by all the actors in peace missions,” Major Ofori said.

Business News of Monday, 19 April 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comOn the commodities market today April 19, 2021, Gold is trading at One thousand, seven hundred and eighty-eight dollars, ten cents ($1,788.10) with a price change of positive eleven dollars, seventy-nice cents. This signifies a positive rise in the price of Gold on the world market opening the trading week. Cocoa also started the week with a selling price of two thousand, four hundred and fifthteen dollars ($2,415) with a price change of positive seven dollars (+7.00). Coffee is trading at one hundred and thirty dollars, twenty-five cents ($130.25) with a price change of a positive one dollar ten cents (+1.10). Meanwhile, Cotton is also trading at eighty-four dollars, eighty cents ($84.80) with a price change of a positive one dollar (+1.09).

Earlier, it had been reported that some of the Coronavirus vaccines had gone waste in the Northern Region, while there remains quite a number of people who are yet to be vaccinated. All regions were able to use it except for the 480 doses that could not be used in the Northern Region and the 100 doses in the Oti Region. Some of 480 vials containing the coronavirus vaccines were reported to have gone bad due to the limited timeframe as at the close of the first phase of the vaccination exercise. So we had three clear days to the six months date,” Hilarious Abiwu, the Director in charge of Public Health, explained. A low turnout of health workers also contributed to the extension of the days for the vaccination in the region.