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The Quiz Mistress  for the National Science and Maths quiz, Dr Elsie Effah Kaufmann, has called for the need to reassess the objectives of university education in the country. She said for a long time, the focus of university education had been on getting a degree, rather than learning the required skills to solve specific problems in the country and ...

The Informal Hawkers and Vendors Association (IHVA) of Ghana has called on the government to come up with a comprehensive policy to regulate the activities of street hawkers and vendors in the country. The absence of a clear policy framework, the association said, denied the government the opportunity to collect the appropriate revenue from such trade activities across the country. ...

Labour unions in the country have called for the urgent review of the current labour laws which they describe as colonial in nature and an affront to the dignity and sweat of the Ghanaian worker. They argued that the prevailing laws did not provide adequate protection for workers in terms of job and income security as well as health and ...

Workers in the country yesterday joined their colleagues in countries worldwide, to mark the 2019 edition of May Day, also referred to as International Workers’ Day. The day is marked as a holiday to celebrate the contributions of workers to national development and nation building. This year’s May Day coincided with the centenary celebration of the International Labour Organisation (ILO). ...

The Executive Secretary of the National Labour Commission(NLC) Mr Ofosu Asamoah has challenged gender activists who always seek gender balance, especially in government appointments to also encourage more Ghanaian women to work in the mortuary. His call comes on the back of the revelation that Ghana can boast of only three female mortuary workers. The General Secretary of the Mortuary ...

Saudi Arabian budget airline Flynas plans to open a hub in West Africa or the Balkans within five years to expand beyond its oversupplied domestic market, according to the airline’s chief executive officer. “Since we are a short-haul carrier, we seek to link those hubs with the current hubs in Saudi Arabia,” CEO Bander Al-Mohanna said Tuesday in an interview at ...

Foods sold at sprawling markets in Accra, have been found to have very poor nutritional quality, according to research by Food Safety Consultant, Dr. Mavis Owureku-Asare. Dr. Owureku-Asare mentioned tomatoes, oranges, pineapples, garden eyes, cocoyam leaves (Kontomire) and also looked at proteins like shrimps as well as fish powder as sold at Agbogbloshie, Dome, Kaneshie, Makola and Okaishie markets. She explained to ...

The resignation of the Minister of State, Rockson Bukari following bribery allegations, must pave the way for full investigation involving all parties cited in the scandal, the CDD has said. “I think that for a start it is important that it clears the way for proper investigations. This will ensure that the processes of investigations are not impeded,” Director of Advocacy and Policy ...

The Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has charged the Office of Diaspora Affairs to speed up work on the Diaspora Development Policy document aimed at targeting more Ghanaians living abroad. He said the policy once introduced, will attract and encourage Ghanaians in the Diaspora to bring their technical skills, money and investment opportunities back home for the growth and development. ...

The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom (UK), Mr  Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt, says the time has come for the developed world to change its attitude and mentality about the developing world. “The Western world needs to see Africa for what it is. A continent full of the most extraordinary opportunities that can bring ...