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An academic and legal practitioner, Mr Ernest Kofi Abotsi, has condemned bullying in schools, saying it should be discouraged because it destroys the future of students. “Bullying demoralises students and destroys the ego and confidence of others.   The scars of bullying have been physically written on some and psychologically imprinted on the minds of others,” he said. Anniversary lecture ...

Director, Technology Programme at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Professor Samuel Mensah Sackey has called on the Government to help establish Ghana’s maiden Technology Park at KNUST, to help transform the nation into major technology giant. A Technology Park is an area where companies have offices and laboratories and do work involving science and technology. Prof Sackey ...

A Deputy Minister of Communications, Mr George Andah, has advised institutions managing personal data to help prevent identity theft by taking extreme caution in how such data are used. “There is the need to protect personal data and the right to privacy.   It is vital that personal data held by organisations, businesses and government institutions are accurate and used ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has started discussions aimed at introducing chip-embedded passports to keep up the pace of technological advancement and enhance the security of Ghanaian passports, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Ms Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey has said.   Additionally, she said there were plans to introduce 48-page passports to satisfy the needs ...

Government has unveiled two separate funds – the Green and Delivery Funds – intended to generate monies to facilitate Ghana’s attainment of the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The initiative is being undertaken by the CEOs Advisory Group on SDG established by President Akufo-Addo to help generate resources to fund projects. The selected CEOs from various corporate organisations ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated emphatically that “aid can never develop the African continent”. The continent he says must get to work if she is to develop to meet the aspirations of her peoples. Addressing the 2019 African Governors of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (African Caucus) meeting at the Kempinski Gold Coast Hotel on the ...

The Government has announced immediate suspension of the concession agreement with Power Distribution Services (PDS) Ghana Limited. A press statement signed by the Information Minister, Mr. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, said the decision followed the detection of “fundamental and material breaches” of the company’s obligation in the provision of Payment Securities (Demand Guarantees) for the transaction. The breaches, it added, were ...

Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta, the Finance Minister on Monday said government has begun negotiations with prospective land owners to purchase 65.5-acres of land at Ayidan, in the Ga South Municipality to develop a mechanised disposal site for the Greater Accra Metropolitan area. He said to facilitate the proper disposal of solid waste, 2,000 public litter bins were being placed at vantage ...

Sanitation happens to be one of the major challenges of many local and national governments in recent times. The industrial revolution brought with it the production and consumption of several kinds of goods and services which led to the generation of several kinds of waste with various kinds of negative environmental, health and economic impacts.   Even from the colonial ...

The Vigilantism and Related Offences Bill, 2019 which was passed into law Monday, will undergo minor changes, Chairman of the Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee of Parliament has said. Ben Abdallah Banda said the move is to enable Parliament to make some slight improvements to the bill which is awaiting presidential assent. “It is just a minor error that we want ...