2017

The ministries of Gender, Children and Social Protection and Local Government and Rural Development, in collaboration with UNICEF, have launched a national campaign to protect children against abuse. A statement from the organisers…

Mr Salifu Saeed, the Northern Regional Minister has tasked stakeholders in the Water and Sanitation sector to work hard to eliminate the problem of Open Defecation (OD) in the country. He said communicable diseases such as, cholera and…

Three hundred and fifty (350) small-scale miners have been trained at the University of Mines and Technology in Tarkwa as part of the government’s drive to make mining in the country become environmentally sustainable. Mr. Kofi Dzamesi,…

Ghana is to build a high speed rail system from Kumasi to Tamale and Kumasi-Accra, under a public-private partnership arrangement, to provide impetus to the nation’s socio-economic growth. Dr. Thomas Mensah, United States (US)-based…

In excess of one million economically-active business entities in the informal sector have been found to be outside of the tax net – not paying any tax on their earnings. Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Mr.…

The World Bank Mid-Term Review Mission is currently reviewing Ghana's Public Financial Management Reform Project (PFMRP) in Accra. The development objective of the PFMRP is to improve the budget management, financial control and…

The Management of Melcom Group of Companies has called on state agencies who conducted investigations into the collapse of a six-storey rented building at Achimota in 2012 to release their reports. According to Management, those…

Mr Samuel Atta-Akyea, Minister of Works and Housing has revealed that government has put together a roadmap to provide permanent infrastructure solution to the perennial flooding in Accra. He explained that because the capital…

Denmark's Queen Margrethe arrived in Accra on Wednesday to begin a five-day tour of the country. Queen Margrethe was met at the Kotoka International Airport by Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, amidst display of Ghanaian culture. The…

SEND Ghana, a policy research and advocacy non-governmental organisation, has asked government to pay attention to social and children protection issues in the 2018 Budget and Economic Policy Statement. It expressed concerns about the…