The Head of the Addictive Disease Centre of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Mr Logosu Amegashie, has advised Ghanaians to desist from treating drug addiction as a spiritual disease and rather resort to medical treatment. He explained that drug addiction was not a moral deficiency but rather a medical condition which affected many people. According to Mr Amegashie, drug addiction ...

Domestic violence adversely affects the qualitative lives of victims daily in terms of the victims’ ability to work, school or engage in domestic work, concentrate on daily activities and diminishes one’s confidence. According to statistics from the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service, in 2016, 10,460 women were abused as against 1,830 men. Again ...

The Roads Ministry has turned to Cabinet in search of an increment in road tolls to boost revenue for the road fund. The Sector Minister, Kweku Amoako Attah, said this was needed to improve the cash flow of the road fund and help pay contractors. “As at now, I have sent a memo to Cabinet asking for an increase in the ...

For the past few days, I have been wondering whether mother Ghana would ever come good; whether in my lifetime or in the next generation. I have listened to colleague professionals lament about their profession, the poor systems and how livelihoods seem never to improve. I have ended up sending messages to friends in the media about how disillusion seems ...

Professor Peter Quartey, the Head of Economic Division at the Institute for Statistical, Social and Economic Research on Tuesday called on the Bank of Ghana to regulate the Foreign Currency Black-market Transactions. He said the measure would ensure that anybody, who transacted business through exchange of currency, leaves records for the Bank to track and know how much the country ...

The Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) has adopted the Senior Correctional Centers in Accra. The Boys Senior Correctional Center (formerly known as the Ghana Borstal Institute) at Roman Ridge and the Girls Senior Correctional Center at Osu were adopted as part of CDD-Ghana’s 20th anniversary. The initiative is part of the Center’s efforts to advocate for necessary reforms in juvenile justice ...

The Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Ms Cecillia Abena Dapaah has revealed that, poor sanitation cost the country $290 million annually. According to her, the amount, which is equivalent to $12 per person per year, translates to 1.6 per cent of the national GDP. “It makes a lot of economic sense to invest in sanitation; every Dollar invested in ...

The Managing Director of the Graphic Communications Group Limited, Mr Ato Afful, has called for an honest discussion on how to find sustainable solutions to the perennial depreciation of the cedi. Opening the Graphic Business/Stanbic Bank Breakfast Meeting Tuesday morning, Mr Afful said an honest discussion was needed to ensure that the right solutions were adopted to tackle the challenges that ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has paid glowing tribute to the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, describing him as a pillar behind Ghana’s development agenda. He said the Asantehene’s contribution to national development through education and other initiatives had not been limited to his traditional authority but the entire country. At the Akwasidae Kɛseɛ grand durbar last Sunday to mark ...

The president of the Ghana Journalist Association of Ghana (GJA), Affail Monney has said that Ghana’s drop in the latest ranking of the World Press Freedom Index must serve as a wake-up call to increase the protection of journalists in the country. He said the factors that accounted for Ghana’s slip in the league are not far-fetched as there have ...