Development Agenda

More than 1.3 million doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine donated by the United States arrived via COVAX in Accra this afternoon.The  delivery brings the total to more than 2.5 million doses donated by the United States to Ghana to date.  U.S. Ambassador Stephanie Sullivan was joined by Ghana’s Deputy Minister of Health, Honorable Tina Mensah, Chief Director of the  Ministry ...

The “three planetary crises” of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution are reinforcing each other and driving further damage to the environment and to our health, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said on Tuesday.  Executive Director Inger Andersen told an online discussion that the “significant and pathbreaking” information contained in the UN agency’s synthesis report Making Peace With Nature, not only breaks down ...

The Association of Small Scale Miners is urging the government to force persons found to be mining illegally in forest reserves to reclaim the lands and plant new trees before exiting the site. The group believes that it will be wrong for the government to bear the cost of reclaiming destroyed lands in forest reserves as a result of actions ...

World leaders must act now and put the planet on a green path because “we are at the verge of the abyss”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Thursday in his address to the virtual climate summit convened by United States President Joseph Biden. “Mother Nature is not waiting”, the UN chief warned, as the past decade was the hottest ...

The lack of resources and homes for the upkeep of homeless and vulnerable children who have been picked from the streets is a major hurdle undermining the capacity of the various Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in Accra to rid the capital of child beggars. Currently, the various offices of the Department of Social Welfare (DSW) at the assemblies ...

The Deputy Accra Regional Manager of the Forestry Commission, George Agbenowoshi has disclosed that his outfit is set to ‘green’ the region. The operation Green Ghana campaign initiated by the Commission under the leadership of the sector minister will see the planting of some 300,000 trees in the Greater Accra Region as part of the 5 million trees nationwide campaign. ...

Mrs. Selina Twum-Ampofo, Headmistress of the Madina Demonstration Basic and Special School says Inclusive Education must be shared responsibility and all stakeholders must be on board. She thus called on the La-Nkwantanang Municipal Assembly to pay their part and ensure the smooth implementation of the Inclusive Education policy within the school. “As a school, we lack some basic things like ...

Ghana and Cocoa and Chocolate Companies have announced an agreement to accelerate collaboration to protect and restore forests in cocoa-growing areas. With the agreement, the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) and the Forestry Commission of Ghana (GFC) are building a partnership to further align the Ghana Cocoa Forest REDD+ Program (GCFRP) and the Cocoa & Forests Initiative to achieve no deforestation ...

The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) has partnered the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to outdoor the “SDG Investment Platform” meant to provide market intelligence on investment opportunities in Ghana to investors. The launch sets in motion the UNDP’s enterprising initiative to accelerate SDG-aligned investments in the country by offering insight, data, and impact measurement tools to both local and ...

The Greater Accra Regional Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has advised the public to use Alternative Disputes Resolution (ADR) to resolve conflicts. Lucille Hewlett Annan said there was the need to resolve conflict amicably hence the ADR mechanism to deal with societal issues for peaceful co-existence. The NCCE Greater Accra Regional Director gave the advice at ...