[ad_1] The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has waded into the controversy surrounding the illegal mining crisis, questioning the government’s approach to the fight against the canker. Addressing a news conference on Wednesday, October 18, the President of the Ghana Bar Association, Yaw Acheampong Boafo asked the government to target corrupt politicians, believed to bankrolling and…
[ad_1] The minority in Parliament says it is ready to support government to completely deal with the dialysis crisis as stakeholders race against time to find a lasting solution to the issue. The minority revealed this when the ranking member on the Health Committee, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh led his colleagues to visit the Renal Dialysis…
[ad_1] The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has warned government officials and party apparatchiks engaged in illegal mining that they would not escape the law. Addressing the media on Monday, October 16, the National Communications Officer, Sammy Gyamfi said all government officials and party apparatchiks engaged in illegal mining must be arrested, prosecuted and punished. This,…
[ad_1] Government has been urged to make rural communities a priority in terms of infrastructural development to help improve the socio-economic conditions of the people, especially women and girls. The bad state of roads, old and dilapidated public school buildings with virtually no school logistics, lack of electricity, as well as bad state of most…
[ad_1] Traders at the Kumasi Central Business District are protesting what they describe as the government’s neglect of development projects in the Ashanti region. They point to the stalled market and hospital projects as the bane of the socio-economic growth of the region. Sarfo Kantanka led the aggrieved group to address a press conference in…
[ad_1] The US government has avoided a federal shutdown after both House and Senate agreed on a short-term funding deal. A bill ensuring funding until 17 November received overwhelming support, and was signed into law by President Joe Biden minutes before a deadline. However, it was stripped of any new aid for Ukraine for its…
[ad_1] The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor has called on the media to partner government and the Lands Ministry in the creation of awareness on nature crimes in the country and across. He stressed that the public needs to be informed of the urgency of the situation and the adverse effects…
[ad_1] Global Mercy Ship, the world’s largest civilian hospital ship, is offering support to the government in reducing deaths associated with lack of surgical care. Globally, about five billion people lack access to safe and affordable surgical care, leading to at least 17 million deaths each year. Largely affected are the poor and rural folks…
[ad_1] The Minority in Parliament has expressed its opposition to the government’s plans to either collapse the National Investment Bank (NIB) or merge it with the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB). The government has been working over the years to merge ADB and NIB to create the National Development Bank due to the struggles of the…
[ad_1] Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has assured the Ghanaian populace of the government’s unwavering commitment to introducing electric vehicles in the country. According to him, electric vehicles represent the future and the government is actively developing a policy framework to incorporate these vehicles into public transportation. “This will drastically reduce the cost of transportation…
