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The Chairman of the Ghana Chamber of Construction Industry, Emmanuel Martey has described the government’s plan to solve the problem of poor road networks in the country as one that would not be achieved in the shortest possible time. As part of the budget for 2020 which was delivered in Parliament by the Finance Minister on Wednesday, the government promised ...

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has asked that the government prioritizes the health care of prisoners in Ghana. According to the Association, a tour to some of the prisons revealed the outbreak of infectious and skin diseases due to its overcrowded nature. President of the Ghana Medical Association, Dr. Frank Ankobea told Citi News that something must be done urgently ...

Penplusbytes, a leader in enhancing the capacity of journalists in various thematic areas, is pleased to announce its new cross-country training project – “Drilling Down Oil and Gas in West Africa. The new 2-year project with support from the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) is aimed at building the capacity of journalists in the West African sub-region to ...

Fifty per cent of Ghana’s overall primary source of energy is biomass with wood fuel supply contributing Eight million tons per annum Mrs. Akua Amoa Okyere-Nyako, a consultant and an environmentalist has stated. She pointed out that Biomass energy can no longer just be considered as the ‘’poor person’s fuel’’ but rather be recognized as an energy source that can ...

Director for the Regional Bureau for Africa at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has challenged African countries to move beyond aid and graduate towards a high and long-term investment plan to attain the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s). Ahunna Eziakonwa speaking at the UNDP High-Level Dialogue in Accra on November 7 said the move is required to close the current ...

Chairman of the Finance Committee, Dr. Mark Assibey Yeboah has asked the government to pay attention to the road and health sector in the 2020 budget. The Finance Minister is expected to present the 2020 budget and financial policy of the government to Parliament next week. It will be the fourth budget of the Akufo-Addo administration, in accordance with Article ...

We are living in an Era and despensation when most prophesies have turned out to be death, coffin, buried, accident, blood etc targeted at Celebrities, politicians, Religious leaders and ordinary people. The Presiding Bishop of Victory Bible Church International, Bishop N A Tarkie-Yarboi has caution the end time doom prophets to see beyond death. “Death is supposed to be a ...

The Minority Leader, Mr Haruna Iddrisu, has kicked against the call for the decriminalization of Attempted Suicide in the country, describing the attempt to take one’s life as an unacceptable behavior that must rather be punished and deterred. He stated that criminalizing an attempt to commit suicide would go a long way to discourage Ghanaians, especially the youth, to appreciate ...

Three social investment organisations have inaugurated a new rural water delivery model that ensures the sustainability of safe water systems in small towns and villages. United States of America-based Water4, working through its local partner, Access Development Ghana, with the support of the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), has provided access to safe water systems to 54,000 people in the Wassa ...

Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) and Transparency International have launched the 2020 Government Defence Integrity Index (GDI) in Accra. Speaking at the launch, Transparency International Project Manager, Camilla Zuliani said, the Ghanaian defence sector is underpinned by robust legislation, providing strong legal provisions against corruption on issues such as procurement, asset disposal and anti-bribery. Despite these conditions, the Ghanaian defence sector ...