Having had the first-hand knowledge of the benefits of free National Health Service in the United Kingdom, I jumped for joy when former President Kuffour implemented the National Health Insurance Scheme in Ghana. I was equally excited when in the subsequent general election NDC Party gave a manifesto pledge of implementing one-time NHIS premium if … Read more
Ogyeahorhuor Kwaku Gyebi II, the Chief of the Anhwiaso Traditional Area, in the Bibiani Anhwiaso constituency, in the Western Region, has endorsed the “1-District-1-Factory” policy of the 2016 presidential nominee of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. According to the Chief, the policy was one sure way of creating the hundreds of thousands … Read more
Background: One of the avoidable threats to environmental sustainability and improvement in Ghana’s agricultural sector is bushfire. The very wide, pervasive and extensive nature in which bush fire occurs seriously affects the composition and density of vegetation and undermines the national efforts at sustainable development as it contributes in significant proportions to losses in soil … Read more
The Paramount chief of Sefwi Anwhiaso Ogyeahoho Yaw Gyebi, has asked the presidential candidate of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akuffo-Addo, to consider bringing back the four-year duration for Senior High Schools if he’s given the nod in the December general elections. The Chief made the appeal on Wednesday, when Nana Addo commenced … Read more
Ghana’s central bank has been asked to reduce its policy rate to alleviate the high cost of borrowing which is crowding out the private sector in the country. According to the Centre for Economic and Business Research (CEBRE), a Kumasi-based think-tank, the Bank of Ghana would need to change the policy direction of its inflation … Read more
Alhaji Limuna Mohammed-Muniru is the Minister of State in charge of Human Resources Department and Scholarships at the Presidency An Administrator and a Health Policy Analyst with a focus on Health Financing 2010 to date – Administrator and Health Policy Adviser, Office of the Minister of Health 2004 -2009 Administrator and NHIS Desk Officer, Policy … Read more
Abidjan, May 31st, 2016 – The insurer AXA Côte d’Ivoire and Jumia, the ecommerce leader, launched yesterday Monday, May 30th, the first online sales service for mobile phones insurance in Côte D’Ivoire. Two products under the name “ASSUR’MOBILE” are now available through Jumia at annual flat rates. Taking advantage of the Mobile Week that started … Read more
The General Agriculture Workers Union (GAWU) has warned that Ghana may experience shortage of foodstuff if pragmatic measures are not taken to develop irrigation farms due to changes in the weather pattern. A large part of Ghana’s agriculture sector depends on rainfall, but recent reports indicate a shortage of common staple which hitherto was in … Read more
After President John Dramani Mahama delivered his State of the Nation address two weeks ago, most of the discussions were on local and internal affairs, and this being an election year in the country, the debates were heated and will continue for a long time. But hidden somewhere in the speech and lost in all … Read more
Government says it will re-launch the botched National Identification policy in the country. This was revealed by the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning Seth Terkper during the presentation of the 2016 Budget statement, Friday. The identification policy which started in 2008 under the erstwhile New Patriotic Party with a $115 million loan facility from … Read more
The Ghana government has secured funding for 320,488 day students to commence the free SHS programme, the Finance Minister, Hon Seth Terkper has revealed during the 2016 Budget presentation to parliament. Presenting the 2016 budget and economic policy statement, Terkper stated that the country is on course to provide 200 Community High Schools. According to … Read more
Commercial drivers say they will resist the implementation of a new law that makes it mandatory for them to fix seatbelts for each passenger. Parliament passed a legislative instrument two years ago to help deal with the high rate of road accidents in the country. It is expected to achieve a 50 per cent reduction … Read more