President-elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has mentioned three additional names for ministerial positions subject to parliamentary approval after his inauguration. The names are Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto for the Ministry of Food and Agriculture; Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, and Mr Isaac Asiamah, the Ministry of Youth and Sports. … Read more
Since Ghana (knowingly or unknowingly) decided to adopt a Gradualist Approach to decentralization, we are bound to grapple at this time with certain issues which could have been addressed long ago. It is nevertheless said, ‘better late than never’. The effectiveness of a decentralized system is measured by certain indicators across the strands of political … Read more
Lawyers for Fredco Company Limited are preparing to attach and auction landed properties of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), including its headquarters building at Adum in Kumasi, within the week to defray a debt of GH¢4.3 million owed it by the assembly. Court officials from the Kumasi High Court (Commercial Division) were on the premises … Read more
The Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) and UNICEF have held an engagement with the media on reporting effectively on the District League Table (DLT) to generate the desired responses from stakeholders. The District League Table, initiated in 2014 with consecutive annual publications since, is a simple ranking tool of the level of development in … Read more
The Centre for Democratic Development (CDD Ghana) in collaboration wit UNICEF and the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has released 2016 District League Table with La Nkwantanang Madina Municipal emerging as the best performing Assembly with 77.8% score. It placed second in last year’s ranking with Tema Metropolitan Assembly falling from it’s first … Read more
Ghanaians in an electoral dilemma hours after the close of the December 7 Election as both the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) have usurped the powers of the Electoral Commission and claimed victory. Ghana News Agency nationwide assessment indicates that followers of the two parties are gearing … Read more
The amount collected represents 72 per cent of the GH¢29,596,267.00, it had targeted for the year. The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) had collected a total GHC21,204,978.54 in internally-generated revenue as of the end of September. Mr. John Alexander Ackon, the Ashanti Regional Minister, who is also the acting Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE), said the figure … Read more
Some die-hard supporters of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), in the Bolgatanga Central Constituency, have been going the extra mile for their party by keeping watch of the special voting ballot boxes being kept in a safe room of the police station. This is to ostensibly prevent any attempt at rigging in an election … Read more
Twenty-three former Agona West Municipal Assembly Members have threatened to take legal action against the assembly for failing to pay them their ex-gratia for more than two years. The threat was issued at the third ordinary session of the assembly at Agona Swedru. A spokesman of the members, Mr Jude Baffoe, former Assemblyman for Agona … Read more
The Upper East Region recorded the highest open defecation in Ghana with a percentage of 74.7 according to the Demographic Health Survey (DHS) of 2014. This was revealed in Bolgatanga at the commemoration of the 2016 World Toilet Day with the theme: “Stop open defecation, own a household toilet now”. According to the DHS, out … Read more
The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has urged Ghanaians to build, own and use improved toilet facilities at home as a means to ending open defecation. “We want our people and institutions to understand that the moment somebody practices open defecation everybody’s life is endangered,” Alhaji Collins Dauda, Minister of Local Government, said … Read more
The Ministry of Roads and Highways has allayed fears that the newly inaugurated Kwame Nkrumah flyover will, like many other Ghanaian infrastructure, be left to deteriorate as a result of the bad maintenance culture in the country. According to sector minister Alhaji Inusah Fuseini, government has put steps in place to ensure that the €74million … Read more
The Central Regional capital, Cape Coast is a fishing port and one of the most historical cities in Ghana, founded by the people of Oguaa and is situated on its south to the Gulf of Guinea. According to 2010 population census, Cape Coast had a settlement population of 169,894 people. Cape Coast is a humid … Read more
Yesterday, the 9th of November 2016, Hon Nii Osah Mills, Minister for Lands and Natural Resources launched a very important document, titled “The Economics of the Atewa Forest Range”. The report is the first pioneering Economics for Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) Report for Ghana. The study which was made possible by the support of the … Read more
Yesterday, the 9th of November 2016, Hon Nii Osah Mills, Minister for Lands and Natural Resources launched a very important document, titled “The Economics of the Atewa Forest Range”. The report is the first pioneering Economics for Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) Report for Ghana. The study which was made possible by the support of the … Read more
Ghana Federation of Disability Organisations (GFD) is calling on the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD), to as a matter of urgency order the stoppage of the collection of money from the 3% of the district assembly common fund allocated to Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) by organizations which are not beneficiaries of the … Read more
The Central Regional capital, Cape Coast is a fishing port and one of the most historical cities in Ghana, founded by the people of Oguaa and is situated on its south to the Gulf of Guinea. According to 2010 population census, Cape Coast had a settlement population of 169,894 people. Cape Coast is a humid … Read more
Twelve students from Community Development Vocational Training Institute in Tamale have graduated with self-employable skills. The event was on the theme: “Eradicating poverty by empowering the youth with employable skills to be self-reliant.” Mrs Agnes Adagblenyah, the Principal of the Community Development Vocational Training Institute in an interview with Ghana News Agency said some of … Read more
The Central Regional capital, Cape Coast is a fishing port and one of the most historical cities in Ghana, founded by the people of Oguaa and is situated on its south to the Gulf of Guinea. According to 2010 population census, Cape Coast had a settlement population of 169,894 people. Cape Coast is a humid … Read more
The First Lady Lordina Mahama has called on chiefs, elders and community leaders to support the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Integration monthly in the National sanitation day clean up exercises by helping to sensitize residents about the need to improve public health. This First Lady noted that health is a public concern since … Read more