A dying civil society in the midst of national crisis
Recently, following the attack on a woman in a Midland Bank premises in Accra (August 2018), the journalist, the Journalist, Linus Atarah posed the question, “where the women’s organisations in…
Africa imports $35 billion worth of food annually …Despite holding 60 percent of the world’s arable land
Africa holds 60 percent of the world’s arable land and yet, imports $35 billion worth of food annually. Ghana on the other hand, imports some $2.4 million of food annually.…
Stakeholders demand establishment of disability desks in Ghana’s Hospitals
A proposal has been made to the government of Ghana to consider the establishment of Disability Desks in all the country’s heath facilities to ensure ease of access by Persons…
‘Implement Programme On Sickle Cell Screening’
President of the Sickle Cell Foundation of Ghana, Prof. Kwaku Ohene-Frempong, has called on the Ministry of Health (MoH) to implement the National Programme on Newborn Screening for Sickle Cell…
Local Content law to be reviewed Regulations
The Petroleum Commission (PC) says the Petroleum Local Content and Local Participation Petroleum, 2013 (Legislative Instrument 2204) will be reviewed next year to make it more pragmatic and practical. Mr…
NHIA to drive public participation in accountability process
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) will fully roll-out a mechanism to involve the public more in its accountability process, Deputy Chief Executive, Operations, Dr Lydia Baaba Dsane-Selby has said.…
Mobile money now leading non-cash payments platform
Data released by the Bank of Ghana last week reveals that mobile money is now the leading platform for payments in Ghana outside of cash itself. During the first half…
Teacher licences; A great idea
When i left secondary school in 1987, I did one year national service before entering university. In those days, national service was for two years. But because of university students’…
Health Sector Loses $500m Annually To Fraud
Ghana’s health sector is estimated to lose about $500 million every year due to large amounts of waste, fraud, corruption, diversion of resources and accounting irregularities. The Founder and President…
The fight against corruption should begin with the individual
Participants at a day’s workshop on anti-corruption have acknowledged the need for the fight against corruption to start with the individual. “Corruption, no doubt continue to ruin the developmental fortunes…
