The Forestry Commission has reemphasized its resolve to continue to arrest and prosecute people who engage in illegalities in the forestry sector. “The Forestry Commission will not allow anybody to profit from such illegalities; we will continue to arrest people who engage in these illegal activities,” the Chief Executive Officer of the Commission, Mr Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie cautioned at a ...
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‘Agenda to bridge devt deficit in inner cities, Zongos on course’
The Minister of Inner Cities and Zongo Development, Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, has stated that the government’s agenda to bridge the development deficit in inner cities and Zongos is on course. He said to ensure efficiency and coordination, the ministry had segmented its development agenda into sectors, including health, water and sanitation, education, livelihood empowerment, peace and security. Apart from ...
Read More »Leprosy not curse, stop spurning sufferers – Public urged
The Acting Programmes Manager of the National Leprosy Elimination Programme, Dr Benedict Okie Quao, has called for an end to discrimination and stigma against people affected by leprosy. He said it was important to dispel the myth that leprosy was a curse resulting from sin, adding that leprosy could not be contracted through walking beside patients or shaking their hands. ...
Read More »OccupyGhana voices concern over Ghana’s fiscal responsibility act
OccupyGhana is delighted that Ghana has passed a fiscal responsibility act. It’s a step in the right direction. But we at OccupyGhana are still grappling with the basic question: “will the Act actually control excessive government expenditure now and in the future?” For instance, according to the law, “… the overall fiscal balance on cash basis for a particular year shall not ...
Read More »Passport office to halt processing of manual applications
The Passport Office and the Regional Passport Application Centres will no longer process manual passport applications effective Thursday, February 28, 2019. This was disclosed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration in a statement issued January 28, 2019. According to the Ministry, it is part of an initiative to migrate old manual passport application forms to the new ...
Read More »Gov’t will not back down on free, quality education – Deputy Education Minister
Deputy Minister of Education, Kwabena Osei Adutwum, has reiterated government’s determination to go to every length to ensure that all Ghanaian children have access to quality education. No child should be denied the opportunity of going to school because of the financial situation of their parents or guardians, he said. The Minister said free Senior High School (SHS) policy has ...
Read More »‘Overhaul Medical Supply Chains In Africa’
Three international security organisations, including INTERPOL, have called for a substantial overhaul of the regulatory, enforcement and educational systems of medical supply chains in Africa to reduce the proliferation of counterfeit drugs. According to the three organisations — the Institute of Security Studies, INTERPOL and the Global Initiative against Transnational Organised Crime — there was a liberal criminal market for ...
Read More »Forestry Commission, CEIEC sign deal to increase forest sector revenue
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between Ghana’s Forestry Commission and the China National Electronic Import and Export Corporation (CEIEC) meant to lead Chinese companies to corporate with the Ghanaian government to construct a China- Ghana Forestry Economic and Trade Corporation park. The move aims at building an internationally advanced industrial cluster and bringing out strong industrial agglomeration ...
Read More »Data collection, a catalyst for tourism growth in Africa
Exactly a week into the New Year, Kenya released its tourism statistics for 2018 much to the admiration of industry watchers who hailed the quickness and effectiveness with which they have been able to collate and compile the data. Kenya like just a few African countries has adopted an effective data collection mechanism as one of the multi-faceted approach to ...
Read More »2,341 killed in 2018 in road accidents; 795 are pedestrians
Data compiled by the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service has revealed that, the total number of commuters killed in road traffic accidents in 2018 recorded a 12.76% jump over the figure for 2017. This means persons killed rose from 2,076 in 2017 to a total of 2,341 in 2018. It comprises 1,796 males and ...
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