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The Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG), a research and advocacy think tank is advocating the amendment of Article55 (3) of 1992 constitution to remove the prohibition against political parties in local governance. “IDEG supports the President’s decision to amend Article 55(3) because it is visionary and very good for the advancement of Ghana’s inclusive democratic governance and transformational development.” Article ...

The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, has served notice that he will resign over any amendments aimed at decriminalising gayism or lesbianism. In an interview with the host of Metro Television’s “Good Evening Ghana,” Mr Paul Adom Okyere, he stated categorically that because he had some principles he meant to live by, he would leave the chamber of ...

Former Chief Executive Officer of the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission, George Smith-Graham has stated that workers are being paid minimum wages way above the national productivity level for the past 10 years. According to the former Fair Wages CEO who was speaking on 3FM’s morning show, the Commission was approving higher minimum wage as a result of the lack ...

More than 1,000 unauthorised structures in a slum near the Adenta Redco Flats were Sunday demolished to rid the area of suspected criminals. The operation was carried out by the police in collaboration with the La Nkwantanan Madina Municipal Assembly. The 10-hour exercise was undertaken by 100 policemen drawn from various formations within the Accra Regional Police Command. The place ...

Environment and Agriculture Farmers Association of Ghana (EAWAG) in collaboration with the Department of Gender and Climate Change of the University of Energy and Natural Resources, (UENRY) Sunyani, have organized a day’s capacity building training workshop on Ecological farming for selected women farmers within Sunyani West District. The Workshop which was held on the theme “Improving Farmers Knowledge on Ecological ...

Civil Society Organizations working within the Ahafo Mine catchment area of Newmont Ghana Gold Limited (NGGL) are calling on government to ensure that adequate compensation packages are paid to the families and relatives of the deceased persons. While condemning the disaster that occurred at the Company’s plant site recently, killing six people and injuring four others, the Civil Society Organizations ...

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has urged unemployed graduates to sign up to the Nation Builders Corps (NaBCo) programme to assist with the public sector service delivery in the country. According to him, the programme, aside giving graduates the opportunity to help build the country, would also enhance their dignity and self-esteem. Launching the NaBCo programme in Kumasi as part ...

  The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has described the frequent redundancy at workplaces as a worrying development in many working environments in the country. It has therefore called on the government to amend the country’s Labour Act, Act 651 to help protect Ghanaian workers from exploitation, mainly by foreign-owned firms. Speaking at the May Day celebration in Accra on behalf ...

Government has indicated its readiness to grow the salt industry by ceding portions of the country’s salt endowed areas to the local people, a move intended to prevent potential clashes between indigenes and foreign companies who acquire concessions within these areas. Mr Nelson Ahedor, Assistant Manager In -Charge of Small Scale and Industrial Minerals at the Minerals Commission who disclosed ...

The Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, on Thursday cut the sod for work to begin on a 5.4-kilometre road from the Tema Steel Works Junction through the offices of the Driver and Vehicle Licencing Authority (DVLA) to the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) Junction in Tema. The project, being financed by the government of Ghana, is expected to be completed in 18 ...