The Northern and Upper East Regional Branches of the Seed Producers Association of Ghana, have expressed worry over the delay in releasing Genetically Modified (GM) cowpea seed varieties developed by scientists to farmers for commercial purposes. A statement read by Mr Alhassan Amadu, Northern Regional President of the Association, at a press conference in Tamale, … The post Seed
The issues surrounding land in Africa are myriad, complicated, and even deadly. Even though countries on the continent have land laws, systems and structures, matters of land ownership, sales, development and management are thorny. Land governance to a large extent is at the heart of property ownership, poverty, food security and Africa’s dire housing crisis. … The post AfDB,
The National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), has launched processes towards the preparation of Ghana’s second Voluntary National Review (VNR) report of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The report will be presented at the 2022 High Level Political Forum (HLPF) at the United Nations (UN). World leaders in 2015 adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) … The post NDPC
The government through the National Security, has cautioned the public to disregard information on some social media platforms, instructing prospective Ghanaian students and business owners to access an alleged ‘United Nations Money Funds’. The amount ranged from GH¢150,000 to GH¢700,000. Addressing the media on the fake UN grant in Accra, Madam Fatimatu Abubakar, the Deputy … The post Ghana
Reverend Father Professor Peter Nkrumah Amponsah, the Dean of Graduate Studies of the Catholic University College of Ghana (CUCG) at the weekend, expressed disgust about ‘needless abuse of the Ghanaian media, thereby, threatening the nation’s press freedom. Describing the situation as a ‘digital form of political vigilantism’, Prof Amponsah, a Catholic Priest, regretted the Ghanaian … The post Ghanaians
The Ministry of Health says the recruitment of the 2019 Degree and Diploma nurses and midwives into the Ghana Health Service will commence on Wednesday, November 10, at 1200 hours. It said nurses with Degree and Diploma certificates from public and private health training institutions and certificate midwives (Only Public) who completed in 2019 and … The post Ghana
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia Sunday launched the Konkomba Education Endowment Fund, to which he donated GHc100,000, to support brilliant but needy Konkomba students. It is an initiative of the Konkomba Youth Association (KOYA), targeting to raise one million Ghana cedis as a seed capital. Vice President Bawumia, who was the Special Guest at the … The post Bawumia
Some Communities in the Kassena-Nankana Municipality and Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region have identified limited health facilities for the management of mental health conditions as one of the causes of increased depression and hypertension. The communities also called for the management of other Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), especially hypertension at the Community-Based Health … The post Depression
Mrs Cecilia Abena Dapaah, the Caretaker Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, has inspected ongoing payment to LEAP beneficiaries, within the Ga North Municipality, to ensure the monies were appropriately dispensed to help them met their basic needs. The Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme is a cash transfer for the extremely poor and … The post Minister
Sergeant Welbeck Agyina of the Osu Police Station CID, Accra, has been arrested for the alleged unlawful discharge of firearms during a durbar at Suhum in the Eastern Region, injuring seven persons, including two women. The injured were Sandra Kwakye, 23, Roselyn Boateng, 32, John Offei, 26, Francis Ntow, 27, Godfred Owusu, 32, Emmanuel Offei, … The post Police
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