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Ghana still not preferred tourism destination- Report suggests

Catherine Abelema Afeku, Minister for Tourism

NPP’s 2016 manifesto acknowledged the huge tourism potential that has been left unexplored for many years by successive governments and promised their government will be different.  To  achieve  this,  the  NPP  government  promised  to  aggressively  develop  tourist sites and bring them to world-class standards. They also promised to deliberately market and promote Ghana’s unique tourist sites; promote domestic tourism; and ...

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Sanitation in Bugubelle– an urgent need for education

Hon. Kofi Adda,Minister for Sanitation and Water Resource

Sanitation is critical to the total health and well being of every community. Due to its importance, it features as goal six of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which states: “ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.” In spite of its importance, sanitation in Bugubelle, a community in the Sissala East of the Upper West Region ...

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Ghana stagnates in latest Open Budget survey

Ken Ofori-Atta, Minister for Finance

Ghana’s performance in the 2017 Open Budget Survey has remained stagnant after gaining overall score of 50 out of 100 points, declining by a point in the previous survey conducted in 2015. The score connotes that, the government of Ghana provided the public with limited budgetary information in the years under review. The limited, according to the report meant that ...

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Small scale mining needs government’s maximum attention-TWN

Dr Yao Graham

The Third world  Network –Africa(TWN)  has acknowledged  the  significant  contribution of  the  Artisanal Small scale Mining(ASM) sub sector to Ghana’s economy and  wants government to give  the sector  the needed  attention. The Organization argues  that the  bulk of  the earnings of  the artisanal small scale  mining stays  in the country, yet government policies appear to be favourable towards foreign  investors  ...

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IMANI evaluates NPP’s first year in Office

IMANI Centre for Policy and Education has launched a report meant   to assess   the performance of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP)  in its first year in office based on their 2016 election manifesto promises. The assessment, according to the think tank was purely qualitative unlike previous years and had highlights and comments on what had been achieved so far ...

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Ghana cautioned to abandon coal power nightmare … As the move breaches global environmental protocols

Environmentalists and critics of Ghana’s coal power project have cautioned government to discontinue its ambitious plan to construct a Supercritical Coal-fired Power Plant in Ghana, arguing that, such a move amounts to violation of International environmental protocols and conventions of which Ghana has signed onto. They believe that government is being adamant in its expedition to construct the coal power ...

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Let’s abandon colonial languages- Justice Crabbe advises

Justice V.C.R.A.C. Crabbe

Former Supreme Court Judge, Justice V.C.R.A.C. Crabbe has advised the general public to adopt as the local language for both official and non-official purposes instead of English which happens to be the colonial language. Justice Crabbe speaking on TV3 recently explained that “Ghanaians should not be proud because they can speak English, but rather be proud of being able to ...

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Gov’t encouraged to create grazing reserves and fodder banks

The Ghana National Association of Cattle Farmers has called on the government to create grazing reserves and fodder banks across the country to be able to accommodate their cattle to prevent the conflict between the cattle herdsmen and farmers. Speaking at the press conference, Imam Hanafi Sonde, Chairman of the Ghana National Association of Cattle Farmers (GNACAF) said, the creation ...

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Human trafficking business booms … As security on illegal drug trade tightens

It has emerged that drug magnates around the world including Ghana have shifted their attention to the business of human trafficking after security on illegal drug trade is tightened across various transit points. The shift has come as a result of the low capital investment and less security stress of the human trafficking business compared to drug trade which involves ...

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How Social Media can change our lives

They are everywhere: in Trotro, in Taxis, on the streets, in supermarkets, at home. On our mobile phones they always accompany us, no matter where we go. Everybody knows them, everybody uses them: the social media. Facebook for example is a very famous platform with more than 2 billion users worldwide. The platform makes it possible, that all these people ...

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