Operation vanguard: Are we at war?
In recent weeks, stories have emerged of the Government’s latest attempt to end galamsey in our communities. Operation vanguard is aimed at flashing out so-called ‘illegal mining’ groups and does…
DEEPENING DEMOCRACY IN GHANA
Ghana’s fourth republic has been thriving for 25 years now, which is more than the first Republic which lasted for 6 years and the second and third republics both of…
Tamale to get first major shopping mall
The Chief Executive Officer of the Savanna Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) has disclosed that the Northern Regional Capital, Tamale, will soon get its first ever major shopping mall. …
Middle income status affecting development aid.
The creation of the Ministry for Sanitation and Water Resources signals government’s preparedness to tackle the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as well as other global, continental and national commitments. According…
‘Operation Vanguard’: Ghana is not at war
Following the Government’s resolve to stamp out illegal mining, also known as ‘Galamsey’ it has launched “Operation Vanguard” (OV) to deal with the symptoms of the problem. As tempting as…
One dead as ‘Operation Vanguard’ forces clash with stone throwing miners.
The anti-illegal mining task force dubbed Operation Vanguard clashed with some illegal miners in the Ashanti Region, leading to the death of a small-scale miner. Major Gariba Pabi, the Public…
Woes of the Public sector
Sometime in July this year, news filtered out on social media that the Minister of Finance, Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta, had appointed his sister, Alice Ofori-Atta, as the new Managing Director…
Time to exploit Ghana’s ground water resources
In the wake of indiscriminate pollution of the water bodies and its associated cost of treatment for consumption, a proposal has been made for Ghana to consider exploiting its ground …
Chiefs involved in ‘galamsey’ must stop – President
President Nana Addo Danquah Akufo- Addo has called on chiefs involved in illegal mining to halt such acts. He said such activities could thwart the development efforts of the Government…
ABANTU to train CSOs to track Adaptation Fund projects
Civil Society organizations(CSOs) working in the area of Climate Change will convene at the Institute of Local Government Studies tomorrow, Tuesday, August 15 to be trained on how to track…
