President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday received a strategic document and Charter that outlines the roadmap for Ghana’s attainment of her goal of self-reliance and the vision of a country beyond aid. The document, which was put together by a 13-member Ghana Beyond Aid Charter Committee, constituted by the President last June, is envisaged to become the mobilizing instrument ...
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Gov’t reviews traffic regulations to improve road transport
The government says it is reviewing road traffic regulations to incorporate innovations in the management of road transport services. The reviews being done on Road Traffic Regulation, 2012, L.I.2180 through the Transport Ministry, according to Government and also seeks to address some implementation challenges faced by the regulation. Minister of Transport, Kwaku Ofori-Asiamah who made this known to journalists on ...
Read More »Nigerian woman nabbed for trafficking girl to Ghana for prostitution
A 29-year-old Nigerian hairdresser who allegedly trafficked a girl from Nigeria to Ghana to engage in prostitution has been remanded into police custody by an Accra Circuit Court. Omotola Daramola has been charged with human trafficking but pleaded not guilty before the court presided over by Mrs Rita Abrokwah Doko. Omotola is expected to reappear on March 5. State prosecutor, ...
Read More »329 rape cases recorded in KNUST in one academic year
A total of 326 rape cases were recorded at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) out of which Sixty-Seven (67) male students are reported to have raped female students of the institutions according to the Students Representative Council (SRC) Safety and security coordinator, Faith Adubofour. He revealed on KNUST Campus radio, Focus FM monitored by MyNewsGh.com that ...
Read More »PIAC raises red flag over $3.8m GNPC cash for Maritime boundary dispute
The Public Interest and Accountability Committee, (PIAC) is raising a red flag on a decision by the government to use $3.8 million of funds from the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, GNPC for the cost of the litigation on Ghana’s maritime boundary dispute with Cote D’Ivoire. According to the PIAC, the cost of the entire dispute must be funded by the ...
Read More »“Spousal Violence Is A Crime Report All Cases” – CHRAJ
Mr Shadrach Majisi, an officer of the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), has called on women to report all forms of violence perpetrated by their partners for the appropriate action. He said quite often many women have kept quiet over abuses and violence perpetrated against them by their partners and refuse to report with the excuse that, ...
Read More »World Bank pushes govt to fast track structural reforms to aid cedi
The World Bank Country Director Henry Kerali is urging the government to fast track on-going structural reforms to help Ghana improve its exports and local consumption. According to Mr Kerali, this could help firmly stabilizes the local currency in the medium term and help deal with the perennial depreciation that hits the Ghana cedi every year. The cedi’s challenge for ...
Read More »Gov’t Procures 275 Ambulances
Two hundred and seventy-five ambulances procured by the government are set to arrive in the country by the end of April this year. The vehicles are to be distributed to all constituencies in the country. Currently, there are less than 100 functional ambulances operating in some parts of the country. Interview The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr ...
Read More »Half of the world is still offline. How do we connect them quickly?
I was in a café in London on my phone when I read the news. For the first time, more than half the world’s people were online. Yes, this 50/50 moment was a milestone to celebrate, but surrounded by people sipping coffee and browsing the web, it was hard to comprehend that for billions of people around the world, internet ...
Read More »CHRI outdoors project to promote women’s rights and economic empowerment
The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) and the African Centre for Human Right and Sustainable Development (AfCHuRSD) have set in motion a project that seeks to promote equal rights and economic empowerment of women in Ghana. The Project,which is scheduled to end in 2021,intends to increases awareness, knowledge and understanding of women’s rights among communities and influencers such as local ...
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