Development Agenda

In the  wake  of  indiscriminate pollution  of the water bodies and  its  associated cost of treatment for  consumption, a proposal has been made for Ghana to consider exploiting  its ground  water  resources.                                                    The proponent, Dr Anthony Ewusi, a Geological Engineer at the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT) said though Ghana is wealthy in ground water resources, the country ...

President Nana Addo Danquah Akufo- Addo has called on chiefs involved in illegal mining to halt such acts. He said such activities could thwart the development efforts of the Government and appealed to them to help secure the water bodies and lands for posterity. “I know and I can say without reservation that some of you chiefs are behind galamsey ...

Civil  Society organizations(CSOs) working in the  area  of  Climate Change will convene at  the  Institute  of  Local Government Studies tomorrow, Tuesday, August 15  to be  trained  on how  to track the  implementation of  the Adaptation Fund Project.   The workshop aims is to strengthen the capacities of a core group of women and men in the civil society domain on ...

“The answer is four,” said Patricia, 10, smiling brightly before she walked to the chalk board with confidence to write the answer to the maths problem in class that morning. Division was the topic of today’s primary 2 maths lesson at Afoko District Assembly School in Sandema, district capital of Bulisa North in Ghana’s Upper East region and Patricia Adeborinsa ...

  A Kumasi – based herbalist, H/Dr Samuel Ampomah who doubles as the Managing Director of Ampomah Herbal Clinic and Research Centre located at Kumasi – Abuakwa has expressed his readiness to engage thirty (30) persons with disabilities within Atwima Nwabiagya District in the Ashanti Region into his Clinic to compliment government effort at creating jobs for the disabled people, ...

Every year from 1-7 August marks the World Breastfeeding Week (WBW), a week set aside to draw attention to the importance and benefits of breastfeeding. ‘World Health Organization (WHO) recommends, babies should be exclusively breastfed for first six months and continue up to two years or beyond to give them a healthy start to life. it is estimated that infants ...

  It has emerged that the Savanna Accelerated Development Authority (SADA), a body established under an Act of Parliament to spearhead the economic and social development of the Northern Savannah Ecological Zone (NSEZ) has been starved of funds from government for the past five years.   Public Agenda has learned that  the last  time  the  Organization  received money from the ...

The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has held two separate dialogue meetings with farmers and officials of districts assemblies in the Brong Ahafo and Upper East Regions in Techiman and Paga respectively. The purpose of the meeting was to promote Agro-ecology farming practice through increased budgetary allocation of District Assemblies in support of sustainable Agriculture.   The meetings form ...

The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Ms. Otiko Afisah Djaba has called on the nation to eliminate the negative perception people have that disability is a curse. “We must collectively work harder to celebrate their abilities, for disability is not inability.” The Hon. Minister  said this  when she presented Ghana’s case at the 10th session of the Conference ...

Amidst concerns about Ghana’s over dependence on annual multi-million dollar food and general agricultural goods imports, while Ghana abounds in 17.5 million acres arable land, forested area excluded, the Presidents Atta Mills and John Dramani Mahama-led NDC governments launched the Savannah Accelerated Development Programmes in 2010 and the Ghana Commercial Agriculture Project (GCAP) in 2013 respectively. Within the context of ...