News that the government is engaging the services of Dr Lui Thai-Ker from Sinagapore, ”an acclaimed master planner and architect of modern Singapore” to plan Accra and its surrounding towns has been greeted with mixed reactions. So far, none of the reactions I have read or heard has questioned the competence and pedigree of Dr Thai-Ker. He is indeed one ...
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Traditional authorities must help reduce child exploitations – DCFI
Traditional authorities have been rallied to join forces and support efforts at reducing child abuse and all forms of sexual exploitation, particularly against the girl-child. This is the path to travel to enable girls pursue meaningful education and also acquire employable skills to make their lives better in future. Mr Martin Opoku Sekyere, Field worker for Defence for Children International ...
Read More »‘Empower women to play greater role in mining sector’
The Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mrs Barbara Oteng-Gyasi, has called on mining companies to empower and help develop women to take up higher positions in the sector in order to attain better gender equality in that area. Mrs Oteng-Gyasi, who was speaking at a workshop on the country’s mining regulatory landscape in Accra, noted that: “The challenges ...
Read More »‘Weak policies, poor leadership hindrance to Africa’s devt’
The Chief Executive Officer of the Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors (CBOD), Mr Senyo Hosi, has encouraged Africans to focus on demanding for accountability and true service from political leaders. He noted that the biggest hindrance of Africa was its weak policies and institutions superintended by poor leadership. Speaking at the 2018 African Development and Investment Convention (ADIC) on the topic “Africa ...
Read More »Health professionals urged to stop stigmatizing children with Special Needs
Some parents of children with cerebral palsy have expressed concern about the level of stigmatization in some hospitals when handling children with special needs. Some of the parents said that stigmatization of children with special needs especially cerebral palsy starts right at the hospitals with the kind of attitudes and behaviors some health care professionals show towards the children Mrs ...
Read More »CHRI makes case for establishing Independent Police Complaints Commission
The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), has out doored a Research Report, detailing the need for Ghana to consider establishing an Independent Police Complaints Commission. The Report which was launched in Accra on Wednesday gives an overview of the legislative framework and accountability mechanisms of the police service in Ghana, provides models of Independent Police Commission(IPCC) from around the world ...
Read More »Economy regains momentum, moves 6 places in latest World Bank report
Ghana has made progress to improve the ease of doing business, according to the World Bank Group 2019 Doing Business Report – Training for Reform, released Wednesday. In the latest report, Ghana has improved its ranking to 114 out of 190 economies up six places from 120 in the 2018 Doing Business Report. Ghana’s ease of doing business score formerly called distance ...
Read More »First Ladies pledge to eliminate stigma associated with infertility and cancers
First Ladies in Africa have pledged their collective resolve to partner “Merck More Than A Woman” initiative to create greater awareness on infertility and cancers, which are perceived mostly to afflict women. The First Ladies of Ghana, Senegal, Botswana, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Niger, Sierra Leone and Zambia made the pledged at the opening ceremony of the fifth edition ...
Read More »2020 Census to capture data on Disability
The 2020 Population and Housing Census to be done by the Ghana Statistical Services, will for the first time capture data on disability. The Statistical Service will be using the Washington Group of Questions, a set of questions on disability designed for census use in the survey of general population. Some disabled persons’ organizations have lauded the move, but have ...
Read More »US$56.52 million project for famers in Northern, Upper East Regions
Selected farmers in the Northern and Upper East regions are to benefit from a US$56.52 million African Development Bank loan facility to fund an initiative dubbed ‘Savannah Agricultural Productivity Improvement Project {SAPIP}’. The five-year project, which is targeted at 50,000 farmers, will be implemented in Savelugu, Nanton, Tolon, Kumbungu, West Gonja and West Mamprusi districts in the Northern Region, while ...
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