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By Richard Adorsu- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Accra- Ghana Institution of Surveyors (GhIS) says it has developed an application that will help the COVID-19 response team of government to carry out effective contact tracing as well as monitoring and evaluation of all information gathered. The President of the institution, Surveyor Dr. John Kwaku Amaglo, made the disclosure at the Jubilee House when he presented a cheque of fifty thousand Ghana Cedis (US$ 9,600.00) to the Chief of Staff Akosua Frema Osei Opare on behalf of the institution as their contribution to the COVID-19 National Trust Fund. Dr. Amaglo indicated that the Institution of Surveyors have already made contact with the COVID-19 response team and did made presentation on their application to the team, 8th of April 2020....

By Abdul Rahman Bangura – NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS ( NADN ) Freetown, Sierra Leonne- The Government of Sierra Leone has announced a reduction in the pump prices of petroleum products, following the recent fall in prices of the same at the world market. The Petroleum Regulatory Agency (PRA) in a general announcement on Wednesday April 8th, 2020 expressed that, the cost for fuel is presently Le7000 per liter, signifying a Le1, 500 rebates from the last price. ‘‘Following recent developments in the international market of petroleum products, the Petroleum Regulatory Agency, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Trade and Industry and Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs), have jointly examined the pump prices of petroleum products to reflect the movements in the plats and foreign exchange rates,’’...

By Abdul Rahman Bangura – NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS ( NADN ) Freetown, Sierra Leonne- NIGERIA, President Muhammadu Buhari certified withdrawal of US$ 150 million from Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) Stabilization Fund to support June 2020 FAAC disbursement. Zainab Ahmed – Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning remarked in news-gathering stimulant criteria is in riposte to the novel Coronavirus surge and oil prices fiscal shock in Abuja. She added that the budget was also to handle these arising fiscal threats that the pandemic had inflicted. She recounted that the Stabilization Fund dealt with for such dilemmas and was to be wielded for this intention, while the government was also sifting additional alternatives to bolster FAAC disbursements over the lesson...

By Abdul Rahman Bangura – NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS ( NADN ) Freetown, Sierra Leonne- South Africa’s Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development on April 6th, approve pleas from despicable small-scale farmers, that desire economic consolation from the wreck of Coronavirus (COVID-19). This pursues last week’s statement of the R1.2 billion COVID-19 emergency fund intervention in the agricultural sector, as an acknowledgment to assist small-scale farmers. On April 6th, 2020 Thoko Didiza – the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development confirmed facts of how the allotment will help during a basic media briefing. Requisitions will close on April 22nd, 2020 and application forms can be accessed on the department’s website...