Volta Region: NDC demands the nine hospitals promised by President Akufo-Addo
The Volta Regional branch of The National Democratic Congress is demanding the nine hospitals promised by President Nana Addo. In a press statement issued and signed by both the Regional and Deputy Regional Communication Officers reminded “H. E. President that, a promise is like a debt and so long as he has made the promise […]
CalBank supports GSS for the 2021 Population and Housing Census
CalBank PLC has donated GHS 10,000 to the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) to support the printing of the Field Officer’s Manual (FOM) for the 2021 Population and Housing Census. The FOM will be the reference document to be used for training the Field Officers to be deployed for the census exercise. The 321-paged manual is […]
International Criminal Court adopt High-Level Statement on Gender Equality
President of the International Criminal Court (“ICC” or the “Court”), ICC Prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda and ICC Registrar, Peter Lewis adopted a High-Level Statement on Gender Equality at the ICC. According to them “we firmly believe that in order to uphold women’s rights and to reap the benefits of women’s important contributions, the perspectives of women […]
Ghana holds ECOWAS regional statistical coordination meeting in Accra
Ghana is currently hosting ECOWAS regional statistical coordination meeting on implementation of The World Bank Project on “Harmonizing and Improving Statistics in West Africa” (HISWA) from 3rd to 5th MAY 2021 in Accra. The Regional Statistical Programme is an articulated effort to meet the national, regional and international demand for statistical data to monitor development, […]
GSS commences training of District Data Quality Management Team today
Ghana Statistical Service will commence training of 1,605 prospective District Data Quality Management Team (DDQMT) members for the 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC). The ten-day residential workshop will take place at the University of Cape Coast from 4th to 15th May 2021. The trainees were invited to the workshop after making it through a […]
‘Stop indiscriminate harvesting of bamboo and rattan’
The Association of Bamboo Growers in the Assin South District of the Central Region has appealed to the Forestry Commission to check the indiscriminate harvesting and trading in bamboo and rattan in the District. It said that would help forestall the depletion of bamboo and rattan plantations in the area. Mr Nathaniel Asamoah, the Chairman […]
Police officer jailed 30 months for causing harm
General Corporal Kwasi Yeboah of the Kadjebi Police Command has been sentenced to 30-months imprisonment by a Ho Circuit Court for dangerous cycling and causing harm resulting in the death of one Gabriel Azilaku. Yeboah pleaded not guilty to the charges but the Court, presided over by Mr Felix Datsomor, found him guilty after a […]
Tema West Municipal to formalise ‘borla taxi’ operations
The Tema West Municipal Assembly has rolled-out a process to formalise the activities of ‘Borla taxi’ operators into its main waste management system to enhance their regulation. ‘Borla taxis’ are tricycles being used to collect refuse, mostly from densely populated areas, to waste transfer stations, for onward transportation to landfill sites. The move would improve […]
Use COVID-19 levy to fund vaccines and immunisation activities
The government must use revenues from the COVID-19 levy and any windfall to cover vaccines and immunization-related services in the country. It must also set aside a dedicated budget to finance epidemic preparedness and implementation of the National Action Plan for Health Security and the Ghana Centre for Disease Control to respond to the threat […]
Ghana needs divine intervention, not politics- Dr Lawrence Tetteh
Reverend Dr Lawrence Tetteh, President of Worldwide Miracle Outreach (WMO) and the Lawrence Tetteh Ministries (LTM), has called on Ghanaians to rely solely on God’s intervention through fervent prayer to deliver the nation from its crisis. “Our nation will not be saved by politics or economic structures. It will only be saved through the divine […]
Successful implementation of AfCFTA requires national coordination
Mr Alan Kyerematen, Minister of Trade and Industry says the successful implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) requires national coordination between actors at all levels. He said it would also require the translation of the strong political will demonstrated by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in support of the AfCFTA into concrete […]
President Akufo-Addo launches $25 million Presidential Film Pitch Series
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has launched the $25 million Presidential Film Pitch Series, whose aim is to help make Ghana’s film industry a significant contributor to national development. Launching the Series on Wednesday, 28th April 2021, at the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel, President Akufo-Addo noted that Ghana has an abundance of […]
Minority entreats Gov’t to come clean on the current power crisis
The Minority in parliament has called on the Government to come clean on the current power crisis as a matter of urgency and desist from engaging in blame games. According to Minority in Parliament, “shifting blame and providing conflicting information only goes to exacerbate the crisis which is threatening lives and businesses across the country”. […]
National Constitutional Week starts in Kpone
The Kpone-Katamanso Directorate of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) on Tuesday outlined a programme for the commemoration of the 2021 National Constitution Week, which starts from April 28th to May 4th. The celebration, which was instituted in 2001 was to ensure that the Constitution becomes a living document embossed on the minds and […]
