Make Campaign Period Accident-Free
Former President J. A. Kufuor has urged political party leaders and their supporters to put road-safety ahead of any other considerations during the campaign season, given the high accident figures...
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Ghana Imports Substandard Diesel Fuel
A study conducted in Ghana and seven other African countries has revealed that the sulphur content of diesel products imported into the relevant countries are 150 times and, in some cases 1,000...
Stop Making Gargantuan Promises – GII To Flagbearers
The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) has called on political parties to stop their game of promises, and rather focus on addressing issues that matter to the people in their campaigning. The two...
NCCE Boss Storms Out of Meeting Over Request To Speak Twi
Drama unfolded at a forum organized in the New Juaben Municipality of the Eastern region Thursday when the New Juaben Municipal Director of the National Commission for Civic Education, NCCE, Peter...
Failure To Highlight Graft Bad – GII
Anti-graft body Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) has expressed disappointment with it describes as government’s failure to highlight corruption as part of its 2016 manifesto. President John Dramani...
PURC Unsure of Powers Under ECG Concession Agreement
Utility regulator, PURC, is uncertain if its jurisdiction to determine electricity tariffs would be ousted under a new arrangement to leave power distribution in the hands of private firms. The...
Nana Akufo-Addo Strong Backbone Support In UK
A Coalition to Elect Nana Addo, and Bawumia, is abbreviated as CENAB and CENAB UK is an affiliate of a worldwide CENAB Advocacy group, which is a broad coalition of patriots, friends, sympathisers,...
Cheap Funds For MFIs In the Offing
The Financial Inclusion Advocacy Centre, in collaboration with the Ghana Microfinance Institutions Network (GHAMFIN), is set to establish a financial inclusion fund that will provide cheap lending...
Mahama’s Manifesto Highlight Belated – Group
The Youth Bridge Foundation, a Civil Society Organisation has slammed President John Dramani Mahama and his administration describing the highlight of the party’s manifesto as belated. President...
ACEP Proposes Privatisation of ECG Through Stock Exchange
Energy think tank, Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), is proposing the transfer of at least 51 per cent stake in the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to a strategic partner through the Ghana...
President Mahama Deserves A Second Term
Governance and Corruption Adviser to the president Daniel Batidam has made a case for a second term for the president John Dramani Mahama. According to Mr. Batidam, the President and the National...
ECG Strike ‘unacceptable’
The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has criticised the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) for neglecting its consumers. Staff of the power distribution company have been on a series of...
Don’t Neglect ECG Workers’ Cry
The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has urged the government of Ghana to pursue its agenda of introducing reforms to the management of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to make it more...
Have We Been Turned Into Dumb Animals?
IT was our great song-writer, the late Owura Ephraim Amu, who confessed in his “Kente song” that: Now, Owura Amu was of Ewe descent, but many of the lovely songs he wrote were composed in Twi....
It’s ‘total Nonsense’ To Demand Flag Bearers’ Health Records
Executive Director of the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG), Dr. Emmanuel Akwetey has rubbished suggestions that Presidential candidates must make public their entire medical records before...
Re -Thinking Juvenile Justice Delivery In Ghana
My excitement and joy at reading the news item published by ghanaweb.com last saturday 27 August 2016 on the subject of a sod cutting event relating to the construction of a Juvenile Justice Centre...
Kyebi Water Treatment Plant Shut Down Over Galamsey
The Kyebi Water Treatment plant has been shut down because the water has been left untreatable. The plant which serves much of the Eastern Region was shut down early on Tuesday due to the effects of...
Ghana Must Strategise For Youth Crime & Re-Integration
Nii Osah Mills, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, has called for strategies that would respond to youth crime, re-integration and after-care services to support the development of...
NVTI Boss Calls For Re-Branding of Technical Vocational Training
A call has been made to re-brand Technical Vocational Education Training (TVET) as it has the potential of employing young professionals, job seekers and reshape current workers. Mr Stephen Amponsah,...
Journalist Can Stop Corruption In Oil and Gas Sector – ACEP
The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), has called on media practitioners to demand transparency and accountability to help fight corruption in the oil and gas sector. According to the Executive...