Government Urged To Ensure Equal Distribution Of National Resources
A Senior Research Fellow at IDEG Professor Kwesi Jonah has challenged government to ensure equality in the distribution of national resources. He called for the promotion of inclusive development saying, the State will be doing itself a deservice if all citizens are not included in the national development agenda. Professor Jonah was speaking at a […]
CHRAJ hails Ghana’s performance at UN Universal Periodic Review
The Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Joseph Akanjolenur Whittal, has hailed Ghana’s performance at the United Nations (UN) Universal Peer Review on human rights. He said Ghana’s report was so well received by the UN Human Rights Council; and that the nation had been highly commended for the steps […]
Give due recognition to non-teaching staff-TEWU
The Teachers and Educational Workers Union, (TEWU) of the Trade Union Congress has called on government to give due recognition to the role of non-teaching staff towards the successful implementation of the double track system. The Union said for the system to have smooth and continuous implementation, the roles of both the teaching and non-teaching […]
US Team, Compass 21, Offers Hydroponics Training In Sankana
The Sankana community in the Nadowli-Kaleo District of the Upper West Region is hosting a four-member team from the US under the banner of an NGO known as Compass 21. The team will train selected residents of the Sankana in managing business finances and hydroponics, which is a method of cultivating plants without soil, in […]
Asantehene pays historic visit to Akyem Abuakwa Today
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, will on Thursday, August 24,2018 pay a historic visit to Akyem Abuakwa state in the Eastern region of Ghana. Otumfuor Osei Tutu 11 will be a special guest at a durbar being hosted by Okyenhene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin to climax the 75th Anniversary of the late King of […]
GBA wishes Dogboe, Lawson and Ashie well
The Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA) has sent a goodwill message to World Boxing Organisation (WBO) Super Bantamweight Champion Isaac ”Royal Storm” Dogboe, as he makes his first title defence on Saturday, August 25, in Glendale, Arizona, United States of America (USA). The youngest Ghanaian world champion would be looking to maintain his unbeaten record on Saturday, especially after […]
Former President Mahama calls on Rawlings
Former President John Dramani Mahama Wednesday called on the founder of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Jerry John Rawlings at his office in Accra. The two former presidents centred their discussions on the re-organisation of the NDC, the upcoming regional and national executive elections as well as the presidential primaries for the party. President Mahama […]
Nigerian Economist, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Lauds Government's Double Track System
A Nigerian economist, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has commended Ghana for adopting the double track system for some selected Senior High Schools in the country. Reacting to an article wrtten by Viva Obi Professor Chukwuka Okonjo, (Hippolyt A S Pul, PhD), titled – “Double Intake Has Resurrected And Is Alive” published in Modern Ghana’s July 30, edition, […]
President Akufo-Addo Commiserates With Kofi Annan's family
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Sunday, August 19, 2018, visited the family of the late former United Nations Secretary General, Busumuru Kofi Annan, to sign a book of condolence and also to commiserate with them. In signing the book, President Akufo-Addo noted that late Kofi Annan served Ghana, Africa and humanity with dignity and […]
Ghana committed to peace and security of Africa – President Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says Ghana is committed to regional and international efforts to maintain peace and security on the African Continent. Thus, the country stood ready to support strategies and plans aimed at addressing the issues of drugs and human trafficking, cross-boarder crimes, and terrorism, and would spare no efforts to make the […]
Foreign Ministry Opens Book Of Condolence For Kofi Annan Today
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration will open a book of condolence in honour of the former UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, from Wednesday August 22 to Tuesday August 28 at the Accra International Conference Centre. Mr. Kofi Annan passed on in Switzerland, Saturday, August 18, after a short illness. An official statement […]
President Akufo-Addo Eulogises Late Joseph Henry Mensah
PIAC calls on government to pump more funds into agriculture
The Vice Chairman of Public Interest and Accountability Committee, PIAC, Dr. Thomas Kojo Stephens, has said the Committee has concerns in the area of road construction in the country. He said there have been cost overruns in terms of project execution, especially road construction, mainly because successive governments have failed to pay constructors on time […]
Kenyan editors condemn attacks on Uganda journalists
Kenyan editors have condemned the attacks on journalists covering the ongoing protests in Uganda. The Kenya Editors Guild on Tuesday said it was “gravely concerned about the developments affecting media freedom” in the country. “The action of security agencies in Uganda is a blatant attempt to silence journalists and deny Ugandans and the world the […]
