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The Communications Ministry has ordered Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) to stop passing on the 9% Communication Service Tax (CST) to subscribers. In a letter addressed to the National Communications Authority (NCA), and published in full below, the Communications Ministry stated that the CST should be treated the same way VAT, NHIL, GETFUND levy and all other taxes and levies imposed on entities ...

The quest for increased women’s participation in political space, particularly in local governance has been given a boost following the launch of a book christened, serving the Community – Doing Politics in Poor and Deprived Communities in Ghana: A Dialogue with Selected District Assembly Women in Ghana.   The 80- page book which was authored by five astute gender advocates, including ...

Ghana has set in motion an ambitious target to cut down carbon emission by 10 million tonnes in the next six years. The initiative, dubbed the Ghana Cocoa Forest REDD+ Programme (GCFRP) aims to significantly reduce carbon emissions resulting from cocoa expansion into forests through the promotion of appropriate climate-smart cocoa production approaches, including intensification and yield enhancement. It also ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has given an assurance that so long as he remains President, there is no way Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) will be introduced into the school curricula. Allaying the fears of Ghanaians about the possible introduction of the CSE, he said the rumour was false and urged parents to disregard it. Speaking at a service to ...

Taxes on utilities could go up in a government attempt to raise revenue to fight filth across the country, the Deputy Sanitation Minister has hinted. “It is one of the possibilities,” Michael Yaw Gyato told Evans Mensah on JoyNews’ PM Express programme on Monday. He said some options that “the people of Ghana can look at is: we can put ...

West African politicians and film stars are among thousands calling for action following a BBC report into sexual harassment at top universities. A year-long investigation by BBC Africa Eye, released on Monday, explored student harassment at the University of Lagos and the University of Ghana. The film showed lecturers propositioning undercover journalists. Three of the men featured, two in Ghana ...

The Ministry of Health (MOH) has warned against the practice where mentally-ill patients are chained or put in shackles by prayer camps and healing centres. It described the practice as inhumane and abuse of one’s right to medical care and urged people whose relatives are mentally ill to refer them to the appropriate health institutions for medical attention. “Individuals and ...

The head of the Anti-sexual Harassment Committee of the University Of Ghana says it will not shield any lecturer found culpable of sexually abusing any student. Dr Margaret Ivy Amoakohene said the country’s premier university can only investigate when there is proof to go on and not work with rumours.  “What we intend to do is investigate the matter, follow our ...

Human Rights Lawyer and Activist Francis-Xavier Sosu has called for a National Policy on anti-sexual Harassment. He made the calls on the hills of the BBC expose on ‘sex for grade’ in Ghana and Nigeria  Below is the full statement  Let us not be too quick to judge and condemn Prof Ransford Gyampo. He has worked very hard to get ...

Following the revelation in the ‘Sex for Grade’ documentary video released by BBC Africa Eye, the University of Lagos has shut-down the ‘Cold Room’, where lecturers allegedly sexually assaulted students. The development was announced on Monday by the Principal Assistant Registrar (Communication Unit) of the university, Taiwo Oloyede. The ‘Cold Room’ was mentioned by a lecturer of the school, Boniface ...