Cedi Hits GH¢4.98 Against US Dollar Among Some Major Banks
The local currency is now two pesewas away from hitting the dreaded GH¢5 mark per a dollar. It closed Monday trading at around GH¢4.98 against the US dollar. This is basically the…
Disaster Looms: Parts Of Achimota-Odaw Drain Washed Away As Residents Fear Floods, Erosion
Residents of Aboofum in the Greater Accra Region are living in fear of their lives as floodwaters and erosion threaten to displace them from their homes. This situation has been…
16 days of Activism: Move beyond hashtags, pursue practical policy interventions – NGO
Child-centered NGO, J Initiative, is calling for a confrontation of the problem of the girl child with practical programmes and policy interventions instead of the usual rhetorics during this year’s…
The looming Weija-Kasoa Ridge disaster
Over 5000 residents living around the troubled Weija-Kasoa Ridge on the banks of the Weija Dam in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region face imminent landslide in…
Ghana’s built environment disabling the disabled
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), or call it the 2030 Agenda, pledging to “leave no one behind,” is an ambitious plan of action of the international community towards a peaceful…
‘Make Planting for Food and Jobs inclusive’
Discussants at a two-day policy dialogue meeting on Community Land Rights and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), have appealed to the Government to make the Plating for Food and Jobs (PFJ),…
Passing RTI bill is to benefit government – Kofi Abotsi
Kofi Abotsi, the former Dean of Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) Law School, has stated that the right to information bill is more to the benefit of…
‘Push more women into leadership positions’
The Volta Regional Minister, Dr Archibald Yao Letsa, has bemoaned the low level encouragement women receive when they show interest in occupying leadership positions in the country. According to him,…
Disability Council gears up for IDPD celebration
The National Council on Persons with Disability has outlined series of activities to celebrate this year’s International Day of Persons with Disability (IDPD). The 2018 IDPD will be held globally…
Address inequalities in doctor population – Dr. Awoonor
Dr. Koku Awoonor, Director, Policy, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (PPMED) of the Ghana Health Service, has stressed the need to address internal inequality in medical doctor population in the country.…
