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The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the national development agenda will be anchored on science, technology and innovation. He said sectorial policies, programmes and strategies were being implemented on the basis of “a national science, technology and innovation policy.” The President, therefore, called on all to support his development vision, stressing, “we can realise this Ghana, the Ghana of ...

The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has called for a renewed commitment to library development and has applauded the recent initiatives of the Ghana Library Authority. NUGS is urging government to do more in expanding access to public libraries in Ghanaian communities and prioritize its development to all districts in the country. NUGS made this known during a working ...

Security Expert Adams Bonah says some drug cartels are trying to infiltrate the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) and has, therefore, called on the state security agency to be extra careful in its operations. According to him, he picked the signal, which is seriously gaining grounds, somewhere last year. Adams Bonah, who was speaking in an exclusive interview with The Chronicle, ...

The Second Lady, Mrs Samira Bawumia, has underscored the need to make the national fight against Sexual and Gender Based Violence( SGBV) and harmful practices more proactive, pragmatic and well-coordinated. She said although discussions around the disturbing phenomenon at various national levels were very key to the campaign to end SGBVs, talks without action would not produce the desired results. ...

Two-thirds of amendments required for the passage of the Right to Information( RTI) Bill into law has been completed, the Minister of Information, Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has stated. He, therefore, expressed the optimism that when Parliament resumed sitting from January 29, 2019, efforts would be fast-tracked to bring the bill to a “historic conclusion.” “Those of us in Parliament ...

Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck Germany, in partnership with Ghana’s First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has launched a campaign to overcome the stigma associated with infertility among women. The “Merck More Than a Mother” campaign would leverage on the power of the mass media to educate and help everybody to have better understanding of fertility issues. It would ...

The Goaso District office of the Forestry Services Division( FSD) of the Forestry Commission has impounded about 3,000 chainsaw machines used by illegal operators to fell trees within forest reserves in the area over the past one year. Also impounded are 18 motorbikes, while 23 persons, who were arrested by a special task force, have either been jailed or fined ...

The Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Mr Joseph A. Whittal, contends that the country will lose the fight against corruption if its leaders fail to take steps to strengthen statutory anti-corruption institutions. He also said it was needless to set up more bodies to fight corruption, adding that the legal framework establishing statutory anti-corruption ...

A US-based non-profit organisation headquartered in Ghana, the Amazing Grace Children’s Foundation (AGCF), has organised a medical outreach with the aim of promoting maternal and infant health. The medical screening took place at Jamestown and Odorkor-Otaten in the Ablekuma South and the Ablekuma North municipalities, respectively, in Accra from January 7-9, this year. The AGCF undertook the exercise in collaboration ...

The Ministry of Education is planning to introduce a placement system for the admission of students to tertiary institutions. The new system will replace the current stressful and expensive system where applicants purchase separate application forms for each university. The proposal for the adoption of the centralised system was submitted by a nine-member committee the ministry set up to holistically ...