Development Agenda

Women’s rights advocacy Organization, ABANTU for Development has intensified its clarion call for Ghanaian Electorate to vote for women candidates in the upcoming District Level Elections which is scheduled for October this year. . Voting for women, ABANTU believes, would consolidate the gains in Ghana’s democratic credentials, while promoting development and women empowerment.  The call was made at press a ...

The government of Ghana has been encouraged to prioritize access to education for Children with disability by redoubling its efforts to promote inclusive education for all and finalize measures to support children with severe forms of disabilities that impede their access to schools The State has also been asked to continue to place emphasis on ensuring equitable education opportunities for children ...

Countries around the globe have made recommendations to the government of Ghana to amend its Persons with Disability Law, Act 715, (2006) in order to align with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD). The quest for Ghana to amend Act 715 was among the topmost recommendations made by 11 countries during the Fourth Cycle ...

The practice of child marriage has continued to decline globally, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in a new report published on Wednesday, warning that a ‘polycrisis’ including war, climate shocks, and the continuing COVID pandemic, is putting the fragile gains made towards ending the scourge, under threat. Currently, one in five young women aged 20 to 24, were married as ...

The Forestry Commission has revealed that 34 out of 288 forest reserves in the country are currently under threat due to illegal mining activities known as ‘galamsey’. This comes at a time government’s fight against the menace has been questioned following a report put together by the former chairman of the defunct Inter-Ministerial Committee on illegal mining, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, ...

The Liaison Group for Mining in Forest Reserves has successfully completed the conversion of the Environmental Guidelines for Mining in Forest Reserves into Legislative Instrument (L.I)to provide legal backing for the regulation of mining operations in Forest reserves in Ghana. The L.I, labeled, ’Environmental Protection (Mining in Forest Reserves Regulations, 2022, L.I 2462) was passed and came into force in ...

Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Samuel Abu Jinapor says the government is launching an aggressive campaign to conserve the country’s forest reserve. Mr. Jinapor claims that all attacks against the country’s forests will be met with resistance. His comment comes after Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng’s damming report on galamsey in Ghana. Samuel Abu Jinapor says the Forestry Commission is up to ...

The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has started a nationwide revenue mobilization exercise to collect all arrears owed by customers. The company is out to collect about GH₵800 million in debts as of January this year, up from GH₵684 million in debts that stood on the company’s books as of January 2022. This was when in September 2022, the Public ...

The UN General Assembly will seek the opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on countries’ obligations to address climate change, following the adoption by consensus of a resolution on Wednesday.  The resolution was put forward by the cyclone-battered Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu, supported by a “core group” of 17 countries from various regions, and is focused on the adverse ...

The Conference of Heads of Basic Schools is lamenting the non-payment of the capitation grant meant for the operationalization of basic schools for the past two years. The association explains that the situation is crippling the progress of teaching and learning in schools. Speaking to Citi News, the General Secretary of the Conference of Heads of Basic Schools, Justice Adu Darko, ...