Tag Archives: GHANA

To make agriculture attractive to big investors, government must invest heavily in infrastructure that will facilitate farming activities and secure their investments, Director of the Institute of Social, Statistical and Economic Research of the University of Ghana, Professor Peter Quartey has said. His comments come on the back of declining …

Ghana’s is expected to lose about GH¢15.85 billion in revenue as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, a report from the Ministry of Finance states. The nation is targeting about GH¢67 billion in revenue (tax and non-tax) for this year. According to the Finance Ministry, Ghana’s fiscal gap as a …

Thirty-five of the 231 Ghanaians who were deported from Kuwait last week have tested positive for Covid-19. This was confirmed by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) in its Covid-19 case management update on May 31. The 231 deportees were said to have tested negative for the virus in Kuwait before …

One more death has been recorded whilst 119 Coronavirus patients have recovered in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of recoveries to 2540. The country’s Coronavirus case count has also increased to 7768, according to the Ghana Health Service. The current figures are an update on Friday, May 29 records where the …

MP for Ododiodio Nii Lante Vanderpuije has warned  Deputy Defence minister Major Rtd. Derrick Oduro not to count on the military government intends oppressing Ghanaians ahead of the December polls. According to him, the military will not allow themselves to be used as a tool for oppression. Speaking to Starr …

Transparency International, the nongovernmental organization based in Germany, defines corruption as the misuse of public power for private benefit. The organization’s most recent version of its Corruption Perceptions Index also states that the failure to significantly control corruption is fueling a global crisis in democracy. Colombia is perceived to be …

Residents at Mamponteng in the Kwabre East Municipality have expressed concern over the continued delay in completing the road networks in the community. According to them, the situation was not only affecting socio-economic activities in the town, but had also resulted in severe injuries to many people who have fallen …

The Police administration has been urged to consider reviewing the training duration for police recruits from six months to a maximum of twelve months.   Social  Commentator and Youth Activist Mr. Kwabena Frimpong believes that  the police are responsible for the prevention and detection of crime and the maintenance of …

The President of Educate Ghana Summit(EGS) is of the view that, the Electoral Commission of Ghana should plan of limited registration to get citizens who have turned 18 years old registered and forget about the new Register for the absence of disturbance; peacefulness.   The cause of this call is …

The communications Director of NDC’s Young Democrats Mr. Japhet Festus Gbede has warned that Ghana is heading of cataclysm if President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo does not stop Electoral Commission from throwing away a register that brought him to power. Mr. Japhet Festus Gbede, who is the NDC Ward Coordinator …