Development Agenda

The Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC), a Policy and Advocacy Think Tank in Ghana, in collaboration with the Network Movement for Justice and Development (NMJD) have jointly held a National Policy Roundtable on Natural Resource Governance in Sierra Leone. The event, which was financed by Ford Foundation, featured the Minister of Mines and Mineral Resources of Sierra Leone as the ...

Rights Activists in Ghana’s foremost salt producing enclave, Ada Songor, in the Greater Accra Region have vowed to use legitimate means to resist any attempt by salt mining companies to violate the rights of indigenes of the area. They want existing and prospective companies to use proper community entry protocols especially Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC) to get the ...

A section of the youth  in the Keta Municipality of the Volta region have called on the Centre  for Public Interest  Law( CEPIL) and other stakeholders  to commit more resources towards training youth activists in mining affected communities to become paralegals. According to them, when activists and community members in mining-affected areas are equipped with knowledge on issues relative to ...

The Board Chairman of TAMA Foundation Universal, a Policy Research and Advocacy organization, Mr Charles Abugre, has asked stakeholders in the mining sector to find innovative ways to minimize the negative social and environmental impacts of extractive activities in the  Northern part of the country. Mr Abugre acknowledged that the northern part of Ghana is blessed with mineral resources, especially gold, and ...

The Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC), one of Ghana’s foremost policy think tanks is calling on the Government through the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) to consider mainstreaming Energy Transition into  Ghana’s decentralized local government structure. The NDPC is also being asked to incorporate a mandatory thematic area on reducing energy poverty and insist on the submission of annual reports ...

The Leader of the Western Nzema Youth League, Dr Patrick Ekye Kwesie, has bemoaned the lack of development in the Nzema areas of the Western Region despite the siting of Ghana’s foremost gas company, the Ghana National Gas Company. Dr Kwesie claims there is nothing to show for in Nzemaland despite hosting the gas company. These were contained in a ...

Progress on women’s representation in national legislatures was “slow and mixed” in 2023, registering a growth of 0.4 per cent over the preceding year, the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) reported on Tuesday. The global proportion of women in the world’s voting chambers inched up to 26.9 per cent on the back of elections and appointments through the year, the international organization said ...

The Member of Parliament for Zebilla in the Upper East Region, Cletus Avoka has appealed to President Akufo-Addo to deploy his ingenuity in resolving the Bawku disturbances. President Akufo-Addo in his State of the Nation Address (SONA) expressed deep concerns regarding the expenditure incurred in resolving the Bawku conflict. He lamented that the funds could have been allocated to other ...

Mary Addah, the Executive Director of the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), has raised concerns about the country’s approach to combating corruption. According to her, the fight against corruption has been more rhetorical than action-oriented. Ms Addah points out that institutions mandated to address this menace, often fall short by merely talking about it rather than taking decisive actions. Despite widespread ...

The flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama, has accused the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) of double standards in the ongoing discourse surrounding the review of the Free Senior High School Policy. Despite consistent calls for a review of the free SHS program introduced in 2017, the NPP government has steadfastly rejected such propositions. According to ...