Ghana’s economic growth and development could be propelled by a prudent management of its natural resource endowment, Mr Henry Kerali, World Bank Country Director has observed. Mr Kerali stated, that the country is endowed with abundant natural resources that could provide the basis for its economic transformation. Thus, there is the need to harness the revenues from these natural resources ...

Following reports that the free Senior High programme consumes a chunk of budgetary allocation to the educational sector, a former Director-General of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), Dr. Nii Moi Thompson, has advised government to abolish the boarding system to sustain the initiative. “I don’t know of any country anywhere that provides free secondary school education for boarding school ...

Anti-corruption campaigner, Dr Valentin Mensah, has called for a time-consistent law to check corruption and corporate governance malfeasance in the private sector. The Professional Accountant, Auditor and Researcher said one of the effective ways to fight graft in non-public companies is to revise the key law regulating activities in the sector. “Our laws addressing corruption in the private sector are ...

The Auditor-General Daniel Domelevo says his desire to fight corruption has been heightened by the abject poverty he had witnessed across the country in one of his recent travels. “…Anytime I travel outside Accra my resolve to fight corruption becomes higher because I can see the poverty everywhere, it is not acceptable,” he stated Monday at the launch of the ...

The Special Mothers Project, an advocacy and awareness creation programme on cerebral palsy has called on the First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo to support children with cerebral palsy and their families Mrs Hannah Awadzi, Executive Director of the Project said raising a child with cerebral palsy in Ghana can be challenging because of the lack of a concrete policy to ...

The Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta has revealed that food imports cost the nation an average of US$2.4 billion every year. This means that about GH¢10.8 billion (one dollar to GH¢4.5) is used to import rice, sugar, sorghum, frozen chicken and meat, among other food items, for domestic and industrial consumption on annual basis. At US$2.4 billion, the cost ...

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), has appealed to the government to adopt policies, which would improve quality education in the Northern region to bridge the North-South gap. According to them, there should be policies in the country to ensure equity and effective education in the northern region. Madam Gifty Apanbil, Deputy General Secretary in charge of Education and ...

Limited educational opportunities for girls and barriers to completing 12 years of education cost countries between $15 trillion and $30 trillion in lost lifetime productivity and earnings, says a new World Bank report. According to the report ‘Missed Opportunities: The High Cost of Not Educating Girls,’ less than two thirds of girls in low-income countries complete primary school, and only ...

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has cautioned the general public of an expired malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) kit being offered for sale on the Ghanaian market. According to a press statement by the FDA, it investigated a complaint and established the fact that some persons have tampered with the product information on the said expired kit. Though the ...

The General Secretary of the Apostles Revelation Society{ARS}, Reverend Apostle Albert Tehn-Addy, has urged the youth to find a balance between their physical and spiritual lives. “If you don’t get God involved in your affairs, you will be beating about the bush, but if we want to stand in line with the divine plan of God, then we must live ...