Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin, the Speaker of Parliament appealed to policy-makers to demonstrate accountable governance to ensure fairness and honesty in the electoral systems to prevent violence during this year’s election and after. He said Policy-makers should promote peace through participatory, institutional quality, and accountability. Bagbin made the appeal during the 18th Harmattan School 2024 organised by the University for ...

Despite it being outlawed in 1994, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is still practiced in Ghana and is prevalent among 5 in every 100 girls. Kuurima Ibrahim is a victim and survivor of Female Genital Mutilation. She was cut when she was a one-week-old baby but didn’t know until senior high school. “We had students from the South, and we saw ...

The provision of education materials to paralegal trainees in mining-affected communities in the northern part of the country is yielding some positive results. The paralegal trainees say the handbooks given to them after a series of capacity-building workshops are being used as reference materials in their advocacy work in their respective communities.    Beneficiaries of the paralegal training which was organised ...

SEND GHANA, a policy think tank says it stands in solidarity with organized labour and concerned citizens across the country in calling for the complete withdrawal of the 15% Value Added Tax (VAT) for residential customers of electricity above the maximum consumption level for lifeline consumers, whose consumption is limited to 30 kilowatt-hours per month. In a press statement issued ...

The Ghana Health Service (GHS), in an effort to reduce the prevalence of the human papillomavirus among women in Ghana, will roll out a vaccination campaign by the end of the year targeting pre-adolescents aged 9 to 14. This nationwide vaccination aims to immunize adolescents before entering into sexual activity, given the alarming rate of cervical cancer. Programmes Manager for ...

Former Finance Minister, Seth Terkper, has stated that the current tax regime in Ghana is the most severe and punitive in the nation’s history. The opposition National Democratic Congress has accused the New Patriotic Party government of introducing over 50 new taxes since 2017. The continuous imposition of taxes has sparked public outrage in Ghana. The most recent taxes slapped on Ghanaians ...

The Adoagyiri- Zongo Former Footballers Association ( AZOFFA) has made donations of an undisclosed amount of money and items worth hundreds of Ghana Cedis to three distinguished retired footballers at Nsawam in the Eastern  Region of  Ghana. The Items donated included tins of Milo, Milk, Sugar, Loaves of Bread, Packs of Mineral Water Soft Drinks, and Toiletries. The three retired ...

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) successfully held the maiden Open Competitive Tender for LPG imports into the country on Monday, January 29th, 2024. The winning tenderer submitted the lowest premium of USD30.39/MT for the four (4) Lots that were tendered for the period from March to June 2024. This marks a significant drop from the current premiums, which range between ...

The Ministry of Roads and Highways has announced that the Ofankor-Nsawam road project is set to be completed early next year. In an interview with Bernard Avle on the Citi Breakfast Show, Nasir Yartey, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) for the Ministry, also revealed that substantial progress on the project is expected by November 2024. “The date for completion is early ...

working hours in Africa may see a more than a two-hour reduction in six years due to heat stress resulting from climate change, with the situation projected to have dire consequences on the labour market and economies. It is also projected that heat stress globally would reduce workable hours in most regions as some areas would be too hot for ...