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Eighty percent of road projects being pre-financed by Ghanaian contractors across the country have stalled, the National Chairman of the Association of Ghana Road Contractors, John Afful, has estimated. He attributed these challenges to the depreciation of the cedi and the increasing cost of petroleum products. Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show, Mr. Afful said it has become practically impossible for ...

The growth of indiscriminate sand mining has led to the destruction of the natural environment, especially farmlands and water bodies. The population in Ghana has continued to grow almost fivefold since the first post-independence census in 1960 (2021 Population and Housing Census|). It has led to an increase in the demand for housing, hence construction materials like sand. The effect ...

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) began conducting a mass deworming exercise across 15 regions from yesterday, November 21 to December 9, 2022 The exercise is targeted at 1.94 million schoolchildren aged between five and 14. It is being undertaken in 11,322 public and private schools in 89 districts spread across 15 regions, except the Ahafo Region. The Deputy Director-General of ...

Nana Abrokwa Asare, the administrator of the National Premix Secretariat, believes criticism of the secretariat from the Odododiodioo MP, Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye, because of the premix fuel shortage is unfair. “I believe it is a very unfortunate statement. We are doing everything possible to reverse this challenge that we are facing,” Mr. Asare said on Eyewitness News. As a possible ...

Ghana risks terrorist evasion due to the activities of illegal mining activities in the country popularly known as galamsey.  This is according to the National Security Minister, Mr Albert Kan Dapaah.  He said these “criminals” are attracted to gold mining areas.  Speaking at a press briefing on Sunday, the Minister said the terrorists will use the monies to fund their ...

The Canoe and Fishing Gear Owners Association of Ghana is calling for greater transparency in the threats currently facing fishers in Ghana and the measures taken to resolve them to save the sector. A statement released by the Association and signed by its president, Nana Kweigyah, among other things, called for broader stakeholder engagements and a lasting solution to the ...

The National Identification Authority has begun the registration and issuance of Refugee Identity Cards to refugees living in Ghana. The process is expected to enable refugees in the country to access some social services they do not currently enjoy due to their unregistered status. Accessing basic services such as opening a bank account, registering SIM cards, etc. is often a ...

A lawyer at Adom Legal Consult, Daniel Korang, has warned the public against pleading guilty on the behest of police prosecutors when they get charged with a crime. According to him, some police prosecutors misconduct themselves by inducing accused persons to plead guilty under the pretense that they would receive lighter sentences. This, he says, infringes on the accused person’s ...

The Ministry of Communications and Digitalisation has announced that it has instituted plans of deactivating all SIM cards yet to be registered by November 30, 2022. The Ministry, in a statement issued on November 11, warned that “all SIM cards which have completed the first stage of the registration exercise but not done the second phase will be blocked from ...

President Akufo-Addo has asked rich countries to allow heavily indebted poor African countries to swap their debts with climate interventions.  The President has been addressing the world at this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP27 in Egypt.  Ghana is currently facing a crippling economic crisis fueled by huge debt.  The debt situation is proving to be a major stumbling block to getting an IMF deal in ...