There has been a rush for the Nadowli-Kaleo Constituency seat after the nation’s longest serving Parliamentarian, Mr Alban Sumanaa Kingsford Bagbin decided to stepdown. Mr Bagbin, who is currently the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Nadowli-Kaleo Constituency and Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, is among some other incumbent National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentarians who … The post Aspirants

Ghanaians and Africans have been encouraged to embrace local community justice systems as an alternative in resolving disputes. Professor Ernest Uwazie,  Chair of the Division of Criminal Justice,  California State University, Sacramento, United States of America,  says such community justice system play a very important role in quick justice delivery. Prof. Uwazie, who is also … The post Ghanaians

Mrs Doris Kessie, the National Chairperson for Textiles, Garment and leather Industries at the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), has called for more efforts to be made to encourage the youth to grow more cotton. “It’s time to train the youth and farmers to produce high quality cotton on a larger scale to feed the … The post Let’s grow more cotton

The Association of Catholic Heads of Higher Institutions (ACHHI) has called on education stakeholders to consider reviewing disciplinary systems and policies to fight growing indiscipline in Senior High Schools (SHS). “With the inception of the Free SHS coupled with increasing enrolment, students discipline has become a major concern,” Mr Fabian Bezel, Upper West Regional Chairman … The post Review

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has vetted and approved all 36 candidates who picked nomination forms to contest the party’s parliamentary primaries across the eleven constituencies in the Upper West Region. The two-day exercise, which saw aspirants arriving at the venue in the company of their jubilant supporters, points to a keen contest come August … The post NDC

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has vetted and approved all 36 candidates who picked nomination forms to contest the party’s parliamentary primaries across the eleven constituencies in the Upper West Region. The two-day exercise, which saw aspirants arriving at the venue in the company of their jubilant supporters, points to a keen contest come August … The post NDC

The President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo on Friday cut the sod for construction works to begin on the Moree Fishing Landing site to boost fishing activities in the area. The project, which is expected to be completed within eighteen months, is the first of six to be constructed by the China Habour Engineering Company … The post President cuts

A recent research has shown that policies geared towards discouraging people to migrate internally are bound to fail unless the current spatial inequalities in development are reduced. The research also states that spatial inequalities in job opportunities are the main drive of internal migration in the country. Professor Joseph K. Teye, Director of Centre for … The post Migration

The Ghana Health Service’s (GHS) Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Programme will undertake a two-week nationwide Mass Drug Administration (MDA) Programme in 126 districts endemic for elephantiasis and Onchoceriasis (river blindness), starting Monday July 29, 2019. Dr Patrick Kuma Aboagye, the Acting Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, who announced this at a press conference on … The post GHS

Six countries within the ECOWAS sub-region have signed a Memorandum of understanding (MoU) for joint Maritime operations in ECOWAS maritime zone F. The Chiefs of Navies of Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, Sierra Leone and Guinea, as well as the Chief of Coast Guard of Liberia and the High Commander of the National Gendarmerie of Burkina Faso … The post Ghana, other

Commissioner of Police (COP) Mrs Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, Director General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has called on investigators to work with diligence and act without bias in all their affairs. She said comments she has received from clients are not pleasant because of the manner they handle them. The Director General was … The post Work

Social programmes that are designed from a human rights perspective are more likely to be sustainable and effectively contribute to the eradication of extreme poverty, Mr Bishop Akolgo, a former Executive Director of Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC), has said. He said programmes drawn from human rights perspective, empowers the vulnerable, because they are in … The post Rights-based

Madam Doris Kessie, the National Chairperson for Textiles, Garment and leather Industries at the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), has called for more efforts to be made to encourage the youth to grow more cotton. “It’s time to train the youth and farmers to produce high quality cotton on a larger scale to feed the … The post Let’s grow more cotton

The Vetting Committee of the National Democratic congress (NDC) has approved 60 parliamentary aspirants to contest in the forthcoming primaries of the Party in the Volta Region. Paul Mensah Voegborlo and William Mawuli Ahado, aspirants for Keta and North Tongu Constituencies respectively, were disqualified by the Committee chaired by Mr Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, National Chairman … The post 60

Candidates who promise to organize regular community meetings to address the concerns of constituents are mostly preferred, according to a research conducted by Dr George K. Ofosu, an Associate of the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana). The study indicated that candidates who promise to sometimes or always help constituents in dealing with the government … The post Voters