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The Upper West Regional Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Mrs Zenabu Wasai-King, says bushfires have reduced soil fertility, destroyed farm produce and lowered general agricultural output thereby exposing the Region to hunger. She said bushfires, over the years, had been identified as one of the major challenges to the socio-economic progress of the savanna ecology in which vegetation ...

The Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Mike Aaron Oquaye says parliament should be a place of refuge for persons with disabilities and the less privileged. This position comes barely a month when a physically-challenged man was denied entry into the chamber of Parliament by security who then said he cannot stand to acknowledge the Speaker of the House. Alex Tetteh the ...

The Founder and Leader of the Springhouse Chapel International, Reverend Ohenese Gyan-Agyei, has called on the Gender, Children and Social Protection Ministry, allied agencies and departments to consider adopting some of the private orphanages and child support organisations, as a majority of them are “seriously struggling.” He said a number of the private orphanages were faced with financial and infrastructural ...

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) in accordance with the Public Health Act to ensure public safety has destroyed some expired products in the Upper West Region. The products, valued at GH¢41,027 were seized from traders. The perished products deemed hazardous to public health included non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages, toffees, canned tomatoes, canned or tin fish, milk, herbal medicines and ...

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is urging businesses in the Private Sector to use the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a framework for impact investment in Ghana. The call was made by the acting Resident Representative of UNDP Ghana, Ms. Gita Welch in a keynote address at the 2018 Ghana Impact Dialogue held in Accra by the Global Steering ...

The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII)is demanding of government, particularly agencies of state responsible for investigations and prosecution of graft related issues to provide Ghanaians with updates on the outcomes of alleged corruption cases which rocked the country this year. The request comes following a long silence from these agencies after government had initiated steps to deal with these alleged corruption ...

The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) is calling for the resurrection of cold corruption cases that appear to be dying a natural death. At a press conference in Accra, Tuesday, the anti-corruption institution cited eight corruption cases including the double salary allegations, the MMT scandal, the robbing the assemblies scandal, which they suspect have been abandoned by duty bearers. Programmes Manager ...

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, on Monday, said the Akufo-Addo-led administration would soon pass the Fiscal Responsibility Law to ensure fiscal and debt sustainability. He said the legislation would cap the fiscal deficit and debt to the gross domestic product (GDP) ratio to give assurance to investors and ensure fiscal discipline, no matter the political party in government. He ...

Friends of the Earth- Ghana (FoE) a pro- environment Non -Governmental Organization is  urging government to take a tougher stance on cocoa led- deforestation by equipping the Forestry Commission to increase its forest monitoring activities to prevent reserve encroachment before it happens. The Organisation also emphasised the need for collaboration between the Forestry Commission and Cocobod to sensitize farmers on ...

Touted as the engine of economic growth, the private sector has been admonished to help fight corruption by reporting suspicious business transactions to the security agencies for action to be taken against them. The sector has also been advised to ensure due diligence in complying with their tax obligations to avoid security official coming after them.   Mr K.K. Amoah, ...