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The government is reviewing the law banning the commercial operation of motorbikes, otherwise known as ‘Okada’, to determine whether to amend the law to regularise its operations or maintain its current form and punish offenders. The Minister of Transport, Mr Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, said the government was reviewing the Road Traffic Regulation, 2012 because its non-enforcement had increased Okada operations ...

Reverend Professor Emmanuel Adow Obeng, the President of the Presbyterian University College, Ghana (PUCG), has indicated that irrespective of the educational policy reforms that have taken place over the years, Ghana has not benefited much from such policies. “Despite all the educational policy reforms that have taken place in Ghana, the relevant type of education that is required to contribute ...

 Some gender activists in the country yesterday used the celebration of the International Women’s Day (IWD) to rally stakeholders to demand for the passage of the Affirmative Action Bill into law, as  a matter of urgency. At a national dialogue held in Accra to mark the day, the activists stressed that the passage of the bill would be the best ...

SEND-Ghana, a policy think tank has made a proposal to government to consider setting up an Agricultural Investment Fund to ensure the sustainability of the sector and to enhance Ghana’s quest to maximize its agricultural production. The Organization indicated that “to ensure sustainability of the sectors growth, the investment or development expenditure allocation of the sector should be increased to ...

Dr. Elsie Effah Kaufmann has argued that an ideal society may delay if society keeps doing the same things which have resulted in the present undesirable outcomes. “So many things are accepted as normal.  If you have done things in a certain way for a long time, it takes effort to change. That is Newton’s first law,” the host of the ...

The Developing Women for Mobilisation (DWM) has urged the government to find innovative ways that can remove barriers and accelerate progress for gender equality. Formerly, the 31st December Women’s Movement, the organisation now re-christened DWM is of the view that the current trajectories showed that existing interventions would be impossible to achieve the sustainable developmental goals by 2030. It argued ...

A top Ghanaian official has promised action following a CNN report into child slavery on Lake Volta. Around 20,000 children work on the lake, enslaved by fishermen they call “master.” Most of them come to the lake from hundreds of miles away. They are sold by their desperately poor parents to human traffickers, sometimes for as little as $250. “It’s ...

The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) and its partner, Hen Mpoano, Friday released a new report that highlights the critical roles of women in Ghana’s fisheries industry. The report, titled: “Gender Analysis: Ghana’s Artisanal Fisheries 2019”, was released today, March 8, 2019, to mark the International Women’s Day. According to a statement issued by the two bodies, women play a crucial ...

About 200 Ghanaians and some expatriates, young and old, joined the staff of the nation’s best selling sports newspaper Graphic Sports and its mother organisation, Graphic Communications Groups Limited, for the third Graphic Sports Health Walk last Saturday morning to promote fitness and healthy lifestyle through regular walking and exercises. The four-kilometre exercise started at the Ayi Mensah Police Station ...

Reverend Doctor Joseph K.K. Baisie, Assemblies of God, Greater Accra East Regional Superintendent, has pleaded with all churches in the country to watch the level of noise they make during service. Rev. Dr. Baisie, speaking at the first Regional Council Meeting, stated that, “I make a solemn plea to all churches to take a critical look at noise making”. He ...