The Second Lady, Mrs Samira Bawumia, has underscored the need to make the national fight against Sexual and Gender Based Violence( SGBV) and harmful practices more proactive, pragmatic and well-coordinated. She said although discussions around the disturbing phenomenon at various national levels were very key to the campaign to end SGBVs, talks without action would not produce the desired results. ...

Two-thirds of amendments required for the passage of the Right to Information( RTI) Bill into law has been completed, the Minister of Information, Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has stated. He, therefore, expressed the optimism that when Parliament resumed sitting from January 29, 2019, efforts would be fast-tracked to bring the bill to a “historic conclusion.” “Those of us in Parliament ...

Mr Yaw Ofori-Debra, President of Ghana Federation of Disability Organizations (GFD), has called on teachers, parents and peers to stop stigmatizing and discriminating against children with disabilities to promote inclusive education. Speaking at a sensitization forum on inclusive education at Wechiau, Mr Debra said some people including parents are still having the negative impression that children with disabilities are useless ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Tuesday said Ghana’s public finance was now in order. He said the period when the country’s economic indicators “went haywire and through the roof are over.” “The days of disarray in our public finances, the reason for our recent marriage with the IMF, are over,” the President said when he commissioned three new State-of-the-art production ...

Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck Germany, in partnership with Ghana’s First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has launched a campaign to overcome the stigma associated with infertility among women. The “Merck More Than a Mother” campaign would leverage on the power of the mass media to educate and help everybody to have better understanding of fertility issues. It would ...

The Goaso District office of the Forestry Services Division( FSD) of the Forestry Commission has impounded about 3,000 chainsaw machines used by illegal operators to fell trees within forest reserves in the area over the past one year. Also impounded are 18 motorbikes, while 23 persons, who were arrested by a special task force, have either been jailed or fined ...

The Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Mr Joseph A. Whittal, contends that the country will lose the fight against corruption if its leaders fail to take steps to strengthen statutory anti-corruption institutions. He also said it was needless to set up more bodies to fight corruption, adding that the legal framework establishing statutory anti-corruption ...

The Managing Director/CEO of Zeinth Bank Ghana, Mr Henry Oroh, has said that the recent recapitalisation exercise that has seen 23 banks increase their minimum stated capital to GH 400 million will increase competition in the industry which will subsequently drive interest rates down. He said the recapitalisation exercise meant that every bank was now a big bank and ready ...

Tax expect and Managing Partner of Ali-Nakyea and Associates, Mr Abdallah Ali-Nakyea, has urged the government to fully operationalise the National Single Window and Paperless regime at the country’s seaports. This, he said, would help the government achieve its ambitious target of GH¢7.42 billion from import duty this year. “Granted that the National Single Window and Paperless Port System will ...

A US-based non-profit organisation headquartered in Ghana, the Amazing Grace Children’s Foundation (AGCF), has organised a medical outreach with the aim of promoting maternal and infant health. The medical screening took place at Jamestown and Odorkor-Otaten in the Ablekuma South and the Ablekuma North municipalities, respectively, in Accra from January 7-9, this year. The AGCF undertook the exercise in collaboration ...