Fairtrade Africa empowers women to take leadership roles in their respective jurisdiction
By Akosua Frema Frempong Fairtrade Africa has held a graduation ceremony in Kumasi for 14 students who have undergone gender training to become gender ambassadors under its Sustainable, Democratic, and Inclusive Cocoa Cooperatives in West Africa, Project NORAD. The project is being implemented with the support of Fairtrade Norway for Development Cooperation, a department under […]
Cervical Cancer screening to be integrated into routine care for HIV patients
By Rachel Kakraba Ghana is to commence screening for cervical cancer with the use of Human papillomavirus with Genotyping Polymerase Chain Reaction, HPV PCR. This is the recommended way to screen as it is able to detect the presence of HPV, the virus that causes cervical cancer. Associate Professor of Medicine, Molecular Microbiology and Virology […]
Stop threatening Caterers – Otiko Djaba to School Feeding Secretariat
By Emmanuel Oti Acheampong Former National Women’s Organizer and Gender and Social Protection Minister of Ghana under the Akufo-Addo government, Madam Otiko Afisa Djaba, has issued a word of caution to the Secretariat of the Ghana School Feeding Programme, to desist from threatening the Caterers who are employed under the policy. “…when you owe somebody […]
Parliament approves US$150 million loan for Primary Healthcare Investment Project
By Edzorna Francis Mensah Parliament has approved the Financing Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Ghana (represented by the Ministry of Finance) and the International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank Group (WBG) for an amount of One Hundred and Fifty Million United States Dollars (US$150,000,000.00) to finance the Primary Healthcare investment […]
Asante Presbytery Chairperson of PCG says government’s fight against galamsey is non-negotiable
By Akosua Frema Frempong The Asante Presbytery Chairperson of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Reverend Benson Osafo Kantanka, has called on the government to give a human-face approach to the galamsey menace in the country as a means to finding a lasting solution to the canker. […]
I will not apologize for recruiting 550 women organizers in school feeding programme – Otiko Djaba
By: Roberta Gayode Modin Former Minister for Gender, Children, and Social Protection, Otiko Afisa Djaba has denied any wrongdoing by awarding school feeding contracts to 550 women organizers of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) during her regime. According to her, women organizers of the NPP are also citizens who have the right to work and […]
Protect our Pensions- CLOGSAG
Civil and Local Government Staff Association, CLOGSAG asks the authorities to be proactive about the recommendations of the Presidential Commission on Pensions and the Government’s White Paper thereon indicated that SSNIT as Managers of Tier-1 should be restricted in order for SSNIT to deliver on its mandate efficiently and effectively under the contributory 3-Tier Pensions […]
Court dismisses Rev. Kusi Boateng’s contempt case against North Tongu MP …slaps him with GHS10k cost
By Franklin ASARE-DONKOH The Accra High Court has dismissed a contempt case filed against the North Tongu Member of Parliament (MP), Mr. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa by the Secretary to the Board of Trustees of the National Cathedral of Ghana, Rev Victor Kusi Boateng. The court has therefore, awarded GHS10,000 cost against the complainant after the […]
Scoop With Otiko Afisa Djaba: I Feel Extremely Responsible for the Treatment of Caterers
By Clifford Okyere Miss Otiko Djaba has disapproved vehemently of the treatment metered out to the workers of the Ghana school and feeding programme, citing extreme responsibility for their current ordeal. Speaking on the scoop segment of GTV Breakfast, the former gender minister stated that the mistreatment of the school feeding programme is greatly disappointment […]
Majority Leader lauds workers’ immeasurable contribution to post-covid economic recovery
Source: GNA Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, the Majority Leader in Parliament and Leader of Government Business, Monday lauded Ghanaian workers for their immeasurable contribution to the nation’s post-covid economic recovery. In a statement copied to the GNA, he said: “On this special day when workers revamp and re-energize our spirit of unity and solidarity, let me […]
